Monthly Archives: May 2010
Giro d’Italia Finale – Three Outta Four Ain’t Bad
This has been the most memorable and exciting three weeks of cycling in recent memory. Seeing Cadel win a stage and battle it out for GC. Richie Porte surprising the cycling world by winning the white jersey, coming in 7th … Continue reading
Melburn-Roobaix – Hell Of The Northcote
Today was the fifth annual Melburn-Roobaix hosted by fyxomatosis. There’s no other event like it in Australia that I know of. It’s not a serious bike race. It’s basically a scavenger hunt around the suburbs of Melbourne with nearly 400 … Continue reading
Cadel’s Shoes Auction
You may have been following this auction that we’re holding for Cadel’s World Champion shoes. A few people have told me that they’d love to be able to donate to the the Cerebral Palsy Education Center (CPEC), but obviously don’t … Continue reading
Giro d’Italia Stage 20 – Passa del Tonale
The spectacle of Stage 20 is another reason why I love the Giro so much. What other race sends the riders up snow capped mountains with ski season still in full swing? The organizers had a few other routes planned … Continue reading
Giro d’Italia Stage 19
Apologies for the late post today. I had a little race myself today and just got home. Some fantastic photos came in from last night’s exciting stage that I absolutely had to share with you. As you may have heard … Continue reading
Giro d’Italia Stage 18
No changes to GC today and not much action until 156km (minus 200m). For once I picked the winner in my tipping competition, however I found out this morning that I already picked him earlier in the tour and it … Continue reading
Why Are the Aussies So Good?
What I want to know is why have the Australians become such successful cyclists over the past few years? Look at the photo above. Three quarters of the jerseys in the Giro are held by Aussies. Mick Rogers just won … Continue reading
Shut Up Legs
T-shirts have arrived! I’ve spent the evening packing them up and they’ll be sent out first thing in the morning. They turned out very well and I’m extremely pleased with the quality and fit that A’qto produced. Head over to … Continue reading
Faces Of The Zoncolan
I don’t think these photos require any captions. I just want to know how these little guys push 400 watts up these mountains after two weeks of racing. Un-freakin’-real. A great article here on Aldo Sassi talking about coaching Evans and … Continue reading
