Category: "Cycling"

Maple Leaves Over Milan: Nationality in Cycling

Was Ryder Hesjedal’s victory at the Giro d’Italia a Candian victory… or merely [a win for Garmin-Barricuda? →]

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Cobblestone Classics 2012: Boonen Completes Record-Setting Spring

Tornado Tom rides away from the field to [grab history by the throat... →]

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Cobblestone Classics 2012: Cancellara’s Collarbone is Boonen’s Boon in Flanders

When Fabian Cancellara suffered a crash and a broken collarbone in the new-look Tour of Flanders, [Tom Boonen seized the initiative to make history... →]

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PODCAST: Ryan Braun, Alberto Contador and the State of Drug Testing in Sports

I join writers Ethan Calof and Jacob Rude for a weekly podcast where we discuss [the state of drug testing in sports... →]

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The Futile Fight Against Doping

Three of cycling’s biggest names of the past decade have dealt with different aspects of the [doping battle in the past week... →]

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Cancellara’s Era Ends in Copenhagen

The man who has defined the time trial for the past half-decade [will not don the rainbow jersey in time trials for the first time since 2008... →]

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Contador Case Clouds Cycling’s Comeback

Alberto Contador didn’t three-peat at the Tour de France, failing to win his first grand tour start since 2007. [Of course, he might not have even been the defending champ THIS year... →]

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Stats and Sensibility: Rethinking the King of the Mountains

Samuel Sanchez was the King of the Mountains at this year’s Tour de France… [Is the right man wearing polka-dots? →]

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