Category: "Cycling"

2011 Tour de France: Voeckler Releases New Vintage

The past quarter century since Bernard Hinault won the last of his five Tours de France have yielded hard times for fans in the host nation. They have had to watch as Americans won 10 of the past 25 editions, and Spaniards another eleven of the remainder. They have seen a Dane, a German, an [...]

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2011 Tour de France: Cavendish Pulls Closer to History

Victory in a wild Stage 5 sprint finish launched a young sprinter closer to all-time greatness… Zach breaks down the numbers in this look at Mark Cavendish. [READ MORE →]

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2011 Tour de France: Pre-Race Reconnaissance

Cycling is unique in that the climax of its season comes not at the end of the season but dead center in the heart of the calendar. It isn’t the Tour Down Under in January or the Giro di Lombardia in October that the top riders of the road dream …

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2011 Tour de France: Nagging Pre-Race Questions

Cycling is unique in that the climax of its season comes not at the end of the season but dead center in the heart of the calendar. It isn’t the Tour Down Under in January or the Giro di Lombardia in October that the top riders of the road dream …

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2011 Giro d’Italia – Rest Day Ruminations (Stages 13-15)

94th Giro d’Italia/07-29 May 2011 Throughout the course of the Giro d’Italia, Sports Nickel’s resident Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America will offer his news and notes on the action from the first grand tour of the 2011 cycling season…

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2011 Giro d’Italia – Rounding the Halfway Point (Stages 10-12)

Zach looks at the lastest news from the 2011 Giro d’Italia as it nears its second weekend in the Dolomites…

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2011 Giro d’Italia – Rest Day Ruminations (Stages 8-9)

Zach looks at the weekend of racing on the first rest day of the 2011 Giro…

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2011 Giro d’Italia – Notes on the First Week (Stages 4-7)

Zach offers his thoughts on the first week of racing at the cycling season’s first grand tour…

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