Category Archives: Road Racing
Team Sky riders? Your guess as good as mine
It’s the time of year when I spend a week or two raising an eyebrow at the shuffling of riders around the teams. Until you see a signature on a piece of paper, it’s barely worth believing the vast majority … Continue reading
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Tagged "Radio Shack", Alessandro Ballan, Astana, BMC, Bradley Wiggins, Damiano Cunego, George Hincapie, Lance Armstrong, Team Sky
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Chris Horner: the ‘redneck’ can write
One of the joys of the internet age is that publishing is so swift and global that I can read stuff from news sources that I might never have known about. For example, The Oregonian is unlikely to be on … Continue reading
Posted in Professional, Recommendations, Vuelta a Espana
Tagged "Dog in a Hat", "Joe Parkin", book, Chris Horner, Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Vuelta
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The challenge of the Vuelta
For the riders, it’s the heat, the wind, the Netherlands (WTF?), the mountains and the bleached scenery. For me it’s trying to find an angle to write about the damned thing. Well, I managed it in the end: Read “Has … Continue reading
Posted in Professional, Vuelta a Espana
Tagged "Sean Yates", "Vuelta a Espana", Alexandre Vinokourov, Andy Schleck, BBC, Chris Horner, journalism, Vuelta
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