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Live Chat Time! Ted King Visits the Cafe Friday
Yes! It's true! Ted King will join us for a live chat here at Podium Cafe. Ted will do a live chat on Friday 24 June starting at 8am Pacific. That's 11am East, 4pm UK, 5pm European. Yes! I did it! So much math. Ted will chat with us for about an hour. You can ask him anything you want. Like, what...
Alison Powers of Team TIBCO: The Skills to Pay the Bills
Every time that I’ve talked with Alison Powers about cycling, racing, and about her life in general, I always walk away feeling, well, stoked so when I was offered the chance to call her up and have a chat I knew I had to say yes. First of all, when it comes to bike racing,...
To Start Again: An Interview with Heinrich Haussler of Garmin-Cervélo
Interview by Jen See Barbie art by Majope Last week, I interviewed Heinrich Haussler of Garmin-Cervélo. It looked exactly like this picture. Except that I called him on the phone and I don't own a pink couch. It's possible he looked exactly like a Barbie, but I'm not sure I did. I did wear...
Podium Cafe Interviews Jonathan Vaughters: Part 2, Transitions!
Interview by Jen See and Chris Fontecchio In our first installment of our four-part interview with Garmin-Cervélo's Jonathan Vaughters, we talked about how the merger (if that's the right word) came about between two ambitious, young franchises. From instability comes some serious ballast;...
Podium Cafe Interviews Jonathan Vaughters: Part 1, Creating the New Garmin-Cervélo Team
Interview by Chris Fontecchio and Jen See. Welcome to the first episode of the Podium Cafe interview with Jonathan Vaughters. Today, we talk about how Garmin and Cervélo became one big team, a process Vaughters describes as a "tug-of-war." The UCI limits how many riders a team can sign. ...
Coming This Week: Podium Cafe and Jonathan Vaughters!
Before Christmas we ran a snippet from the combined interview that Gavia and I conducted with Slipstream Sports honcho and Team Garmin-Cervelo owner Jonathan Vaughters. It was pretty lengthy, covered a ton of ground, and has now been transcribed and prepped for publication. So, look for four...
Noemi Cantele of HTC-Columbia Talks Cobbles
Women's Ronde Van Vlaanderen Italian Noemi Cantele is looking forward to this Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. "It’s the best race of the year," she told me on Friday. Cantele is the current Italian National Champion in the time trial, and she finished on the podium in both the time...
For the Love of Racing: Meredith Miller, U.S. National Champion
Meredith Miller, on the front at the Snelling Road Race. Meredith Miller wears the Stars and Stripes jersey of United States road race champion. She won the title last Summer in Bend, Oregon, when she attacked with 2 kilometers to go and crossed the line alone. The move came after Miller bridged...
Amy Dombroski: I like to go fast
"Wicked Icy." This is how American Amy Dombroski described the World Championship cyclocross race in Tabor. The race turned out to be a frustrating experience, thanks to "treacherous" conditions. "I wasn’t happy with it," she told me in an interview last week. The Tabor slip-and-slide...
Cafe Chat: Get to Know Emma Johansson
Emma Johansson is one of the hard-women of cycling, a rider who thrives on the cobbles and crosswinds of Northern Europe. The Ronde van Vlaanderen is her favorite race. She achieved her best finish at the Flemish classic last season when she finished third. She dreams of winning. Sweden is not...
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