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Tag Archives: monday musette
Monday Musette – Valverde, Oman, Algarve, and 2 Great Videos
1. This weekend I learned a valuable lesson: never bet against Alejandro Valverde (unless it’s July). “It’s February,” I thought. “He’s saving his best for later in the year,” I assumed. “The competition is more motivated than he is,” I predicted. I was wrong on all counts—with the lone exception being yesterday’s super-motivated stage winner, … Continue reading
Tagged lockringnotincluded, merckx, mercury, monday musette, oman, peeters, roubaix, spinergy, tour du med, usps, valverde, video, wheels
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Monday Musette – Weekend Wrap-up, Tour du Med, Radios, and Murcia
Today’s Musette comes a bit late in the day, so let’s jump right in: Fotoreporter Sirotti 1. This weekend’s racing went pretty much as planned with Alessandro Petacchi taking the win in Italy, Robbie McEwan and Oscar Freire (today) taking wins in Mallorca, and Team Sky winning the TTT in Qatar’s first stage. The Etoile … Continue reading
Tagged hoogerland, monday musette, petacchi, racing, radios, tour du med, twitter
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Monday Musette – Caisse Says Goodbye, Chemistry, Monkeys in Heat
1. Some bad news broke last week when Caisse d’Epargne announced it would no longer sponsor a professional cycling team following the 2010 season. Saxo Bank, Milram, Caisse d’Epargne—that’s 3 Pro Tour title sponsors. I said it once and I’ll say it again: this is not good. I know that we keep seeing new sponsors … Continue reading
Monday Musette – 3 Questions for YOU!
For the first Monday Musette of 2010, I want to give you a chance to share your ideas with the rest of us. Here are 3 questions that I want to hear from YOU about: 1. Last week, a work colleague asked me who my favorite rider was. It took me a moment or two … Continue reading
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
Tagged lance, monday musette, quick step, wiggins
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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