paris--nice Stories - Podium Cafe
"A Long March to the Col d'Eze"
Or so goes the common complaint about Paris-Nice. For a relatively exciting race, people sure have plenty of complaints. "It's too cold." "It's too wet." "I'm under a truck." But if there's one complaint that rings hollow, it's that the race isn't decided until the last climb, the Col d'Eze. Sure,...
Behind the Wheel with BMC Racing Team at Paris-Nice
BMC Racing Team takes us for a ride in the team car during Thursday's Paris-Nice stage 5 (apparently, the text in the viddy had some trouble with the numbers). Jeff Louder has a mechanical and the team car has to move up through the caravan to get to him. It's very rollercoastery for a while. But...
Things People Say
Tejay van Garderen is currently racing Paris-Nice. His first Twitter update after today's stage: @LeviLeipheimer thanks for the Snickers today dude! True story! In grad school when I had no money... Wait, is that redundant? I think that's redundant. Anyway, I used to buy Snickers bars because...
Chapeau Tommy!
Just yesterday, Voeckler was saying that more riders needed to attack. Today, he put actions to words and won today's stage of Paris-Nice. In Belleville! Really, we should have planned a group viewing. Voeckler spent the day in the break before outsprinting Rémi Pauriol at the line. Race...
There Will Be Points! Upcoming PdC Calendar Events
Oh, you can complain that the Podium Cafe doesn't start its competition schedule early enough, but once we do, it's full throttle. After six races over the weekend and Le Samyn yesterday and the Giro del Friuli today, we embark next on another phase of the early season bonanza: Spanish stage races!...
Paris-Nice on Versus TV
The 2011 edition of Paris-Nice starts this Sunday with a road stage in Houdan. The race runs eight stages and concludes with the traditional finish over the Col d'Eze in Nice. There is one time trial, a 27 kilometer romp in Aix-en-Provence on Friday. Here in the United States, Versus will...
Breaking The Chain, by Willy Voet
Title: Breaking The Chain: Drugs And Cycling - The True StoryAuthor: Willy Voet (with Pierre Ballester, trans by William Fotheringham)Publisher: Yellow Jersey PressOrder: Random HouseYear: 1999 (trans: 2001)Pages: 128What it is: The English-language version of Voet's post-Festina confessional,...
A Worlds Tale: Stephen Roche, Villach, Austria, 1987
The record books only tell you so much. They tell you that Stephen Roche won the World Championship road race in 1987. They may even tell you it was the crowning glory in a year which had already seen him win the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. What the record books don't tell you is how he...
The Daily Race: Tour de France Stage 12
Stage 12: Bourg-de-Péage — Mende What is it? All up and down with a steep uphill finish.Got Climbs? Several, including the Montée Laurent Jalabert in Mende.Yellow Jersey Battle: The final climb is short, but it pitches up to 10%. Positioning is key, and the light climbers with...
First Victory! A Brief Introduction to Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan of Liquigas-Doimo is currently 20 years (not very) old and today he celebrated his first professional victory at Paris-Nice. Sagan joined a move initiated by Nicolas Roche on the final climb of the day in Aurillac and outsprinted Roche and Joaquím Rodríguez for the stage win. Today's...
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