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 [...]
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 →]
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 …
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 …
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…
Zach looks at the lastest news from the 2011 Giro d’Italia as it nears its second weekend in the Dolomites…
Zach looks at the weekend of racing on the first rest day of the 2011 Giro…
Zach offers his thoughts on the first week of racing at the cycling season’s first grand tour…