Recent content by The Colnago Kid

McEwen will fight on Robbie McEwen will definitely not retire. He returned to racing yesterday, finishing 2nd behind Cav in a post-Tour crit. "Made comeback in Aalst.got 2nd to Cav, felt ok.lots more work to do but going right direction.now work on power + muscle mass tmoro diksmu" via...

The beast The stage we’ve all been waiting for since the 2009 Tour route was announced late last year - a 167 km odyssey to the top of the mythical Mt Ventoux, the giant of Provence. The first 130 km are really just a warm-up before the ascent of the beast begins. Three category 3 climbs and...

Contador's reign will continue in Spain Caisse d'Epargne is the only team Contador is seriously considering moving to. The way he rode the Dauphiné Libéré this year in support of Valverde was enough of a clue. As for Valverde, he's never going to win the TDF and no one knows that better...

Jack Borbidge high on Armstrong's hit list Young Australian cycling senastion Jack Borbidge is at the top of Lance's hit list even though Borbidge has only recently signed a two-year deal with Garmin. Two other Aussies, Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) and Simon Gerrans (Cervelo) are also on his...

Astana's big bust up I fully expect Contador to be riding with Caisse d'Epargne in 2010, probably with Fernando Alonso on board in some capacity as an additional principal sponsor. No one (who wants to race) is going to want to be on a Vino led Team Astana, mostly because they won't get...

Astana have a mission Tonight’s brutal Queen Stage of the 2009 Tour is all about Team Astana and their one very clear objective - put Bradley Wiggins under pressure and make him crack if they can. Make no mistake, Astana know just how much of a threat Wiggins - this year’s Tour revelation - is...

Two big climbs with three possible outcomes There are three likely scenarios that will play out today, each with some chance of garnering the stage win. Firstly the KOM aspirants and a group of good climbers out of GC contention will attack early and press on up the first climb hoping to...

You make a fair point about the speed not being up where it normally is but given it's Stage 14 after a mid-mountain stage the day before, that's no surprise. Having just watched the final 4km a couple of times this is what I saw: 4km to go: 3 Garmins and 3 AG2R on the front pushing hard...

Yawn Not a lot of insightful analysis there.

Stage 8 More info on the Stage 8 shenanigans here: http://tinyurl.com/mk6cq3

Bill Stapleton and his Columbia boyz prefer to use their figs to make FIGJAM ... they rarely have any left over to go in to their fruit salad.

The Breaks of a Breakaway Chris Carmichael gives a level-headed perspective on the day's events: " ... it's important to remember there are 20 teams in the Tour de France and every one of them is obligated to put its own interests first. "So, while George may have every right to be pi55ed off...

Just checked out that thread and unfortunately, like many of the threads on here, it seems to consist mostly of finger-pointing and name calling and not a lot of insightful analysis. So ... no thanks.

Evans and Silence-Lotto played their part too Just watched the replay of the closing kilometres again. Great to see Cadel Evans and a team mate driving the peloton along from 2km to go until the red kite at 1 km to go - taking over from Garmin and AG2R. Nice to see them owning a slice of the 5...

Just because you make it up doesn't mean people will believe you Never is a mighty long time. But even the casual cycling observer would remember Stage 16 of the 2005 Tour.