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Domestic Cyclocross Report and Power Ranking – Week #1

After holding the first UCI race of the season a weekend ago, the United States host six UCI races this weekend with pairs of races in Maryland, Vermont and Washington. Needless to say, there’s a lot to cover.  Domestically speaking, here’s what we saw: Washington The biggest news—and surprise?—from this weekend’s opening two rounds of … Continue reading

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Monday Musette – Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Edition

Photo by Van Wichelen. In hindsight, going to NAHBS on the weekend of Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne might have been a bad idea as it prevented me from providing you the most up-to-date commentary on the weekend’s action. That said, last week was probably to most popular and well-read week in Pavé’s 1-year history—for that, … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Stages 8 and 9 – Weekend Wrap-up

Admit it, you felt a bit let-down by Stages 8 and 9. After such an exciting climb up Arcalis on Friday, you wanted more fireworks from the remaining two days in the Pyrennes this weekend. It’s okay, you can say it. But we didn’t get it—at least to the degree we were hoping. Yes, Stage … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Stage 7 Wrap-up

It wasn’t as explosive as some might have expected or desired, but the action today was certainly revealing. Here’s what we saw: 1. French housewives have a new hearthrob and his name is Brice Feillu. Svelte, handsome, a mountaintop winner in the Pyrennes, and the polka dot jersey to boot! Can you say Ree-chard Virenque? … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Stage 6 – Wrap-up – The Rain in Spain…

It was yet another exciting stage today, thanks in large part to David Millar hoping he could emulate Thomas Voeckler’s last gasp before the line. Unfortunately for Millar, the chase did its math correctly and caught the Garmin veteran with a bit less than 2km to go. This was the second bout of misfortune for … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Stage 2 Wrap-up

Mark Renshaw deserves a large share of the credit for Cavendish’s stage win. His teammates laid the groundwork with terrific placement coming into the red kite, but he literally rode Garmin’s Tyler Farrar off of Cavendish’s wheel. Cavendish was lucky to hang-on himself! One can’t help but wonder if one day Renshaw will get a … Continue reading

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