Recent content by This Charming Man

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    Official Lance Armstrong Thread: Part 4 (Post-Settlement)

    I am sure enjoying Lance's coverage of former classics. Also support him, on having cyclists stand up for themselves. Go Lance.
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    Poll: When will the next major bicycle race happen again?

    Why can't the ture be run on track?
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    Tejay Van Garderen Discussion Thread

    My guess is TJ has a hunch there will not be much going in in Europe, work wise, better to be home with the fam.
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    Amgen Tour of California 2019, May 12-18

    There was a tour of california before...AEG or Amgen......ToC missed out on this spirit. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rfc4iXkIFA https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/07/05/berkeley-helped-create-the-modern-american-bicycle-racing-boom
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    Amgen Tour of California 2019, May 12-18

    Yers, with the impeachment Donald would welcome d Yes, with Donald's impeachment looming, I am sure he would donate billions of tax dollars, to fund the uber popular sport of pro cycling in the USA, MAGA!
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    Il Lombardia 2019, one day classic, October 12

    Roglic is a great rider but.....a Vuelta win against a tired field....great but not fabulous. Merckx, would turn himself out for a worlds' or classic win, even if it was a no hoper. So....crybaby Roglic, go home.
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    The official Great Bauke Mollema thread

    That scandinavian who won worlds is really quite something.
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    Il Lombardia 2019, one day classic, October 12

    Shocking, Roglics comments today. Eddy Merckx would have pulled the peloton to Mollema. Roglics complains that he was beaten by people who wanted him to lose. King Eddy would have cried, to take second. Looks like Roglic has a large ego. You never go far in cycling that way, unless you are the...
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    The "We need to give Matteo Trentin a thread before he becomes world champion" thread

    Congratulations on being first of the last place finishers, Trentin.
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    UCI Road World Championships 21st-29th September 2019 - Yorkshire - Race Thread.

    Sheffield, and Simmons are serious badasses. Nice strong USA team. Smart.
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    Official Lance Armstrong Thread: Part 4 (Post-Settlement)

    Mr. Armstrong had a system of enablers, granted. Anyone, and I insist anyone needs to delve deeply into professional cycling politics from 1988 on(when oxygen vectoring, steroid use, blood doping was perfected, to honestly say Mr. Armstrongs' system was most corrupt. The systems, of Italy...
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    UCI Road World Championships 21st-29th September 2019 - Yorkshire - Race Thread.

    Very sad Cavendish not picked on British Team, he would have made for interesting T.V.
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    Team Ineos Discussion thread

    I have read Millars biography. He was and now she is, both an excellent athlete, and an astute fan, and knowledgeable commentator. If that is clickbait to you, so be it.
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    Team Ineos Discussion thread

    Excellent article by Phillipa York on Ineos today. The most relevant intelligent commentator, York, Chapaue to cyclingnews for giving her time.