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Monday Musette – End of Season Awards (You Haven’t Heard of Yet)

It’s the end of the year, a time for reflection, renewal, relaxation, and—awards. To me, most of the serious ones have already been awarded to deserving recipients. But here are a few that might have been missed: The “This Contract’s Not Worth the Paper Upon Which It’s Written” Award Maybe we need to blame EU … Continue reading

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Monday Musette – Wintery Cross, Cool Bikes, Abt, Lance, and Tiger

1. If you missed yesterday’s World Cup cyclocross event in Kalmthout, Belgium, you missed a fantastic race set against a snowy, wintry backdrop—in short, you missed everything that makes cyclocross cyclocross. Never fear—you can watch the race (in 6 parts) here. Enjoy! 2. And speaking of wintry backdrops–how about this? 3. One of the things … Continue reading

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Monday Musette – Beloki, Blogs, Kites, and Kits

Following the long weekend, there’s a veritable cornucopia of things to enjoy! Let’s jump right in: 1. Here’s a great piece on the now legendary Armstrong-Across-Field/Beloki-Across-Asphalt moment from the 2003 Tour from the Freeman Transport blog. Selman’s last point is spot-on: rest assured that Armstrong already knows the profiles of the key stages as well … Continue reading

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Monday Musette – ENECO Final Days, Gerrans, and Blood Doping for Everyone

1. The ENECO Benenlux Tour wraps-up tomorrow with a 13.1km time trial around Amersfoort. After his performance yesterday, should we just go ahead and declare Edvald Boassen Hagen the winner now? The biggest threats to his GC hopes come from the men in places 3, 4, and 5 after Stage 5: Chavanel, Nibali, and Poosthuma. … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Breaking News – Lance’s New Team

Tech-buffs of the world are rejoicing over the news that Alpha Male numero uno, Lance Armstrong, will be leading a new team sponsored by Radio Shack. More news will come, but for now here’s a link to the new team’s website. Let the Post-Tour transfer talk begin!

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Tour de France – Stage 18 Wrap-up

Alberto Contador has all but won the 2009 Tour de France with one of the most dominant individual time trial performances by a maillot jaune since his current teammate, Lance Armstrong. Going into the day, it was assumed that Contador would do well, particularly against the other GC favorites. But winning the stage outright was … Continue reading

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