Love me some Killer, but I just watched the ‘92 MSR where Kelly drops the chasers down the Poggio to catch Argentin and then out-sprints him. Even Phil ws surprised. Argentin gives it half a go but knows he’s beat and then just looks around in hopes that he’s got second with the group closing fast. Funny to see Sean makin his Vitus do things it was never, never designed to do… (was my first pro-bike after saving for a year 1st Gen DA no less) Also great to see them all reaching down to shift… Campy aero levers were as cool as they came at the time! Thank the lord I haven’t tossed out the vcr just yet!

btw, my 10 (15?) year old Minoura Mag trainer has seen its best days. Sonofa… now I gotta spend more $$ to hang out in my basement? Where’s the justice? the love?

I pedalled away while watching this year’s Paris Roubaix on Tuesday and it makes for great interval training: put the hammer down when the hit the cobbles, ease off a little on the proper road and then every time Phil or Paul says ‘Big George Hincapie’……sprint!

the fact that he races without a radio!

Watch Stage 10 of the 2007 TdF.

Cedric Vasseur punks his breakaway mates in the final few meters. IIRC, he’s sitting on the back of the break while Jens! & Halgand are duking it out. They cease and desist for just a second, a little gap on the right opens up and Vasseur shoots through it. He was calm and attentive; not wasteful in the final few K’s when Voigt & Halgand were getting antsy. Total veteran, head’s up maneuver for the win against a decent breakaway.

That was a move to be learned from.

I worked at a bike shop in 2005. My boss would record the RAI coverage at the crack of dawn, then bring in the DVD to put on a widescreen TV all day. That was a very climactic Tour, one of the best I’ve ever seen. Watching races in other languages (Italian or Dutch) is great because you don’t get the commentary until they say a rider’s name. Seeing that Giro everyday is probably what hooked me on road cycling. I feel I was very lucky to see that.