Recent content by nathanbloke

Langeveldt took a risk, riding behind the spectators, and he paid the price. The spectator should feel agrieved, I bet it hurt, catching his foot in the front wheel.

The crash was, IIRC, about 30k from the finish, enough time for the peleton to mostly regroup, though I notice Cancellara did not wait for Cav! The finish was dry, straight and wide, so why didn't they protest before the stage. Is the PR champion going to organise a protest before today's...

I saw him winning a stage of the TdF in 2003 (I think) from a long breakaway into Bordeaux, always looked out for him after that.

I particularly like the Paris-Roubaix because of the high number of incidents. But what do I know?

Harmon and Kelly are the Morcombe and Wise of cycling commentary. Harmon is so knowlegable about current riders, he can identify the most obscure domestique from a sillueted riding style, and Kelly's analysis is always spot on, informed by his experience. Much as I liked Duffers, Eurosport's...

Are you sure about that? Can you lip read? One, I didn't see it, but then that's not to say Eisel didn't pat Hosvod on the back. But two, where was Eisel in the sprint to have a good enough view to judge what happened. Surely he would have been somewhere to the left of the incident without a...

From the news: I didn't see this, and it wasn't shown in the replays on British Eurosport after the finish. Has anyone any further info?

That bloke was a bit bizzaire, though, wasn't he? Tapping Di Luca on the back in a sort of "I have something to tell you" sort of way while Di Luca was obviously concentrating on something a tad more important.

If he really wanted to get as much coverage for his livestrong organisation as possible, which was, after all, the reason he gave for returning to the peleton, being interviewed by as many different media outlets as possible would be the best, no, the only way to go. Why do you think...

He was critisised in the non-cycling press in the UK for "disrespecting" the Olympics.

That reminded me of a non-car story which made me think "what was I thinking?" I was cycling along a busy residential street in Cardiff, heading out for a ride in the country. I saw this bloke in his 20's stood by the side of the road. I think he thought he looked cool, in an emo sort of...

I was cycling along a lovely country lane in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales once. Not much traffic, good visibility. I was aware that a car was coming up behind me, and it didn't sound like it was slowing. I turned my head as it approached me, and this stupid woman drove past me at...

The reason Ricco generates so much "hatred" is not that he is so arrogant, or that he doped, it is that he was so arrogant and outspoken about how good he was while he was doping.

I once saw a wooden bike, made by some mad dutchman. It was all veneered plywood - it looked absolutely beautiful.

Stronger voice, my R's. Lance Armstrong, who I assume is the strong voice he is referring to, only speaks for himself. This is the man who abused Filipo Simeoni (IIRC) for revealing that it was Armstrongs trainer Dr Michele Ferari that gave Simeoni EPO - Ferari was latter found guilty and...