Recent content by Merckx11

Look for something special tomorrow from Levi Leipheimer at L'Alpe d'Huez, He is rested and hunting for a stage win. If he doesn't attack tomorrow he will try to win the TT. He always is strong in the last week of a grand tour and for the first time he hasn't been concerned about his G.C...

Floyd I read that Floyd is caught up in a larger case about hacking in France. Apparently an electric company hacked into Green Peace's computers and this is the big case. The prosecutor wants to focus on that one but the judge has kept Floyd in the mix as well as other minor hacking cases...

Promotion I'm reading a lot of moaning about Lance getting an appearance fee. This is how a good promoter builds a big race. In anything that is star driven, golf, cycling, political speeches, basketball, etc... attendance goes up when famous people participate. A shrewd promoter knows this...

Phinney's results far surpass Indurain at this age. When Indurain graduated high school he weighed 195 lbs. It was not clear he was a great climber until he was over 25. Anyone who thinks they can predict Phinney won't be succesful at the grand tour level based on these specatular results at...

Keep an eye on this kid Joe Dombrowski. He just turned pro for Trek-Livestrong a couple of weeks ago. He is 19. He is already in the action at Utah. He won a bunch of tough east coast races this year including the Tour of Mt. Nebo, which is a tough race. He won that easily. I believe he is...

I saw the track racing in the 72 Olympics from Munich on ABC. It looked really cool. I was 10. I had my first racing license by 1974. I rode with Merckx. pretty cool.

"but Evans is still a question mark on how well he can handle the surface. " Really? Evans is an awesome mountain biker. he should excel on the cobbles.

When does it end. Watchers watching the watchers. I hate that Pro sports have come to this.

Horner and Rast can help on the cobbles too.

Thank you! If anyone had invented a battery so powerful and small that it is capable of make a difference in a 160 mile long bike race while overcoming it's own weight and size limitations, not to mention a whirring electric motor strong enough to withstand the shock while pounding over...

Is anyone paying attention to this guy? He just won the u-23 Paris Roubaix for the second year running. We are watching the birth of a true super star.

It should be interesting to see Floyd racing against Lance at Gila.

I have been following Professional racing since 1974. I follow the new comers and the old pros. Media has it right to focus on Phinney. His bona fides are real. He won the u-23 Paris-Roubaix at 18! He is one of the fastest pursuit riders in history at 18! He can climb. Lance Armstrong...

1974. I would go to the local newsstand and buy the Monday New York Times and they would have a paragraph or two buried in Monday Sports recapping the previous week. Or you waited two months to read about it a cycling magazine.

Mountain Bike Racing is fun for awhile but at the end of the day, it is a Time Trial in the woods. And even Grand Tour Time Trials on the road, where you can see everything are only interesting to watch how the leaders are doing and how they compare. For the other 170 riders in the field, it...