Recent content by marinoni

Re: I completely agree. If I were racing, I would do whatever is needed to win and negative racing has always been a viable way to win a race. My point is that there was a time when being aggressive could also, at times, pay off and get you a win. That doesnt seem to be the case these days...

Tomorrow the CN site will have the usual 10 Conclusions We Can Make From ... article. The only conclusion that matters after this race is that pro cycling does not, in any way, reward aggressive racing. I applaud riders like Martin and Nibali that tried to buck the trend but like in virtually...

Can someone tell me why, like seemingly every race shown by Italian broadcasters, they can't keep a shot going for more than 5 seconds before it freezes? Even in really bad weather you rarely see this happening on French or Belgian broadcasts.

So Cancellara is once again speaking out about race safety after the snowy finish yesterday and the rain today. I'm not looking to see riders get seriously injured; I would not have, for example, allowed the infamous 88' Gavia stage to go forward. But yesterday's stage only saw snow on the final...

I'll admit that looks really strange. None of the other explanations I've seen on this thread really make much sense. Sometimes weird, hard to explain stuff happens and I have to go with that. The alternative is too awful to accept. If it is true that this technology is real and being used and...

Was that supposed to be some kind of sick joke? Has winning this race been completely reduced to the level of who can wait the longest to make a move? That was like watching a 250km flat stage in the Tour.

Did you not see this guy? I'm pretty sure the truck would get the worst of it.

Yeah, I'm still really happy she's around. She's also usually good for a couple laughs every day.

Clementine! Roughly 2 1/2 years after I lost my buddy of 19yrs Hunter(yes, I'm an HST fan,see new avatar), I've taken the plunge again and took in a rescue kitten. She was found abandoned or lost at 6wks old cowering under a boat in someone's back yard. I've had her now for nearly 8 months...

Yeah, I was surprised there's no baseball thread. So here we go. I've been a Red Sox fan since '86 and I'm still fairly pessimistic despite the decent start. However, as a Canadian, I do follow and care about the Jays and I'll tell ya the people who say it's still early, too early to worry are...

I think this pretty much says it. I just think that anyone who hasn't been in that position can't really know. The best I can say is I hope I'd do the right thing. I'm old enough to be a parent to some of these guys and I'd like to think if I had a son in the sport I'd agressively steer him in...

That's what gets me, the astonishingly low journalistic standard. She's a columnist for what is historically a journalistic standard-bearer and yet this poorly written, grossly uninformed pr piece was approved by one if not several editors. People like Katherine Graham and Ben Bradlee would be...

I agree. As much as I hate to see Rabobank drop cycling, this can still be a positive thing if Rabo(and likely others) leaving results in a major change in leadership and ethics at UCI. A sponsorship crisis will be strictly short-term. Modern doping has destroyed the epic, agonizing soul of this...

I had no idea he started DeFeet! Excellent stuff, pricey but worth it. Willerton is, or at least was good friends with Greg Lemond. I think Lemond helped with his training for the '94 mtb worlds.

Cyclingnews.com headline- "Barry apologizes for doping". What I'd like to see happen next is a rider apologizing for doping BEFORE he gets caught. Mike, you're not sorry that you doped, you're sorry you got caught. Just maybe fans aren't as dumb as you seem to think they are. Otherwise, yeah it...