Recent content by Leopejo

The one thing a goalkeeper can lack is endurance, but force, especially in the explosive form, is one of the determinants of performance.

The Italian 50 km walker and 2008 Olympic Champ Alex Schwazer told the usual omerta' lies after being busted "I did all by myself. I bought the EPO and learned how to use it on internet. I used it once, mid-July (he was tested July, 30th). My fiance (ice skating star Carolina Costner, in whose...

The Italian Olympic Committee threw out one of the Italians, probably for an EPO positive result found by WADA. It should be Alex Schwazer, one of the favourites of the 50 km walk.

Another Liquigas rider, Sylwester Szmyd, wrote about his own and Liquigas's Tour in his blog. He ended the entry with the following significant words: (Polish original)

Did you warm down after each race?

The most respondent, not the best cyclist.

Thank you for your kind wishes.

He is, and for me rightfully.

Well then you should not consider Italy at all, as the traditional cycling centers of Italy are Tuscany, Lombardy and Veneto, though Acqua & Sapone is a bit souther. While Italy, as much as Germany, is quite a varied country, there's no such separation in cycling cultures. Most southern...

Cycling a niche sport in Central Europe? Only if you consider all sports besides football as niche. Eurosport is investing too much in young sports and German/French viewers too, at the expense of traditional sports. See for example how strong biathlon has become at the expense of Nordic...

Me and Fabiana Luperini are sandwiched between Marco Pantani and Maurizio Fondriest.

Didn't being the main sponsor of a UCI ProTeam have one of the best returns on sponsoring money?

As long as there's interaction between the riders, that is, drafting, there's a place for time bonuses. These are no more artificial than, say, the whole peloton getting the same time, or all times being rounded to the nearest second: mass start cycling, thanks to its interaction-between-riders...

Sagan was 11th in the final stage of Tirreno - Adriatico, a 9,3 km flat time trial. He lost 23 seconds to Cancellara, 11 seconds to Bennati and 7 or less to the riders placed 3.-10. This without having a GC placement to defend.

That's often the impression I get, that is of Paris - Roubaix as a Flemish race. Is it only because of all those Flemish Lion flags? ;)