No Arenberg Forest?!!?

"We took into account the fact that the women, and in particular Chloe, earn bugger all from the sport. And if in fact we imposed an immediate $200 fine that would be a very severe penalty.

"For the blokes a $200 fine would be a slap on the wrist. And if the guys earning the big bucks did something similar they could expect a much more savage outcome, but Chloe would be on 10,000Euros or something a year, she has to pay for all her own accommodation, all her own living expenses.

"Chloe was very contrite and we said to her 'we respect your right to savagely criticise the attitude of the UCI and things that Pat McQuaid has done and said, but you can't attack the messenger. You can attack the message, and we respect her right to do that, but calling someone a dick or a dickhead just doesn’t elevate the discussion at all and she knew that.'"

Tour Down Under on NBCSports!
On NOW (1500 EST), and will be on daily this week at 1700 EST. Looks like only 30 minute recaps, but for this sunlight-deprived fan it will be heaven! Time to hook that VCR back up!

"From a moral point of view, from what cycling is trying to achieve, from what cycling's been through the last few years, for what the Olympics stand for, he should never be able to do the Olympics again."

Vos was gridded first. At that point my stomach did a bit of a flip. I couldn’t believe I was lining up in the same race as Marianne Vos!

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As a girl who finds rollers completely impossible, I can't do this... but anyone else, you know what to do!

Geox is also a sponsor of the Red Bull Formula 1 team that is dominating the motor racing season, spending more on being Sebastian Vettel's shoe sponsor than he does on the entire cycling team.

But seriously, this race has been incredibly hard, too hard in fact. I remember riding this race back in 2005 and people where here training for the Worlds and there would be nine or ten sprint stages up for grabs. Maybe one or two guys would go up the road and you’d catch them before the finish. Now everyone wants to be in the break and the starts are uphill. Things are going in the wrong direction.

". . .I have balls. I just went for it and when I saw I had a gap I just drove it."

- Tejay Van Garderen on his recount of Stage 2, and why he descends faster then Leipheimer.

"As soon as the last helper from Rabobank swung off, I said, ‘Andy if you can go, now would be a good moment.’ I got an angry, hateful look from him … but he went anyway.