Category Archives: Professional

Professional road racing, both mens and womens.

Trek get driven for Team Leopard-Trek

Posted on 9 January 2011 by Alex Murray

In the last decade, Trek have been pretty good at backing Tour de France winners. The likelihood is that the three million euro they’ve put on the name Andy/Frank Schleck and Team Leopard-Trek will ensure that they continue to do … Continue reading →

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The 2011 Men’s professional peloton as seen from above

Posted on 6 January 2011 by Alex Murray

Black seems to be the colour of choice this season: Lazy, unimaginative, corporate, dull.  So (with apologies for my own lazy murdering of the flipflopflyin’ style) here’s what those helicopter shots of the Tour will look like this year. I’ve … Continue reading →

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HTC and Specialized show how to do team branding well

Posted on 4 January 2011 by Alex Murray

Their 2011 kit may be unspeakably bland – black shorts do not a “retro-inspired” kit make – but the HTC-Highroad team and the riders aren’t. They swear, they laugh, they are funny. The are not robots who just ride bikes. … Continue reading →

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