A pair of grand
tours. The Vuelta a Espana and the Tour of Britain finished at the weekend both in their own way were grand. read the rest of this rubbish
Category: Cycling
Toxic ramblings about cycling, track and road racing, the Tour de France and the like…
The bridesmaid’s day in
Glasgow. Lizzie Armitstead always seems to come second in the big events, Geraint Thomas while a winner on the track spends his road days slogging his guts out for others. read the rest of this rubbish
The British sporting summer has been just
great. England football team at the World Cup, the cricket team against Sri Lanka and now India, the rugby teams against the southern hemisphere - some say that Murray berk at Wimbledon. Now the cycling is imploding. read the rest of this rubbish
Are there many of you French fellas in
Sheffield? The 2014 Tour De France Depart through Yorkshire were reet grand. read the rest of this rubbish
What a waste of all those Yorkshire
runs. England finally managed to get some runs on the board in a test match and they still couldn't win a game. Yorkshire runs it was that they wasted. read the rest of this rubbish
But… but… but you win at the Olympics
how? After Britain's haul of medals at the velodrome in the 2012 London Olympics it was the refrain from those beaten on the track. Riders given hope after the failure during the Track Cycling World Championships. read the rest of this rubbish
Top of the Worlds
not. It shows how far British cycling has come over the last few years that coming away from the 2013 UCI Road World Championships with one medal was a great disappointment. read the rest of this rubbish
Der Panzerwagen
war einfach zu gut. Sir Bradley Wiggins could do no more in his attempt to win the World Championships Time Trial. Tony Martin was just on another level. read the rest of this rubbish
The Tour of Britain is meaning something
now. Last year a victory saw Jonathan Tiernan-Locke get a big move to Sky this year it saw Sir Bradley Wiggins put a little gloss on what has been an otherwise “after the lord mayor's show” season. read the rest of this rubbish
One last sting in the 100th Tour de France
tail. The French couldn't let Britain have it all their own way on the 100th Tour de France, well with a bit of help from the Germans. But they couldn't stop Chris Froome winning the yellow jersey for Britain's second Tour victory. read the rest of this rubbish