You might remember a couple weeks back when Shane Warne ran into a someone’s bike after tweeting his disdain towards cyclists. Warnie quickly got on the front foot and made statements to the media about his version of what happened. Soon after the cyclist sent me a letter stating his side of the story. Mat Hollingsworth has now revealed his identity and launched a civil lawsuit against Shane Warne.
In case you missed it, last night the pinnacle of the UCI Cyclocross season was raced with the World Championships in Belgium. I understand that not many Australians follow this too closely, but to the Belgians this is basically their AFL Grand Finals. Can you imagine if there was a fresh young Belgian kicking around the footie at the MCG? Well, this is the equivalent of what Australia’s own Lewis Rattray did just a few hours ago over in Koksijde, Belgium in front of 61,000 crazed spectators. I just got off the phone with Lewis who was still charged up after the thrill of his life. Here’s what he had to say…
What an action packed evening it was last night for watching major sporting events. It was a late night after trying to cram in the Australian National Track Championships, the Australian Open Finals (go Djokovic!), and the Cyclocross World Championships all in one go. In case you missed it, Paul Aubrey gives us an overview of what happend over the weekend in Cyclocross’ most coveted trophy – the UCI World Championships.
You might have noticed that we underwent a few small tweaks to the site design over the weekend. The changes are subtle on the surface, but were massive in the backend and took months of work to get to this point. There are a few things left to clean up, but you probably won’t notice many more disruptions.
As with any skill, in order to progress you need two key ingredients: inspiration and challenge. The challenge for me was to diversify the manner in which I photograph and subsequently create a diverse range of photographs. Unfortunately, I am not in a position to get a ride on a motorbike on a UCI World Tour race so I need to improvise. The question is how do I improvise?
This just in from the Alpine Cycling Club. If you didn’t get your entry in on time for the Tour of Bright this year, here’s what you missed…
I never want to chase the news but I always enjoy talking about the news. From this Wednesday onwards a mystery journalist who will go by the name of “Le Grimpeur” will be reporting on selected news snippets of the week to keep you abreast of what’s happening in pro cycling.
Now that the Tour Down Under is finished and the dust has settled with Channel 9′s television coverage we can look back at the numbers and see how successful they really were.
Now that the height of the Australian cycling season is over we can now return to regular programming. Andy White from fyxomatosis sent in this beautifully restored 1989 Eddy Merckx Team 7-Eleven with one of his signature stories to go along with it.
“If you want to see a sporting event, go to the Tour de France. If you want to see a bike race, go to the Tour of Flanders”. Crossing into the windswept fields and cobbled roads of Paris-Roubaix, it’s a punishing race that preys on the weak and unprepared. Win one and you’re a legend. Win both, you’re a god.
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