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Boonen in Dutch with the taxman?

http://m.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/DMF20130516_00584754
Wow. Running the TDF course

http://m.runnersworld.com/general-interest/woman-to-run-tour-de-france-route
@ jules; happy to translate the boonen article or refer you to the link below...

Somehow the belgian tax man doesn't appreciate his monaco resident status...unfortunate because i was thinking of the same structure assuming my prize money will pile up soon..

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-boonen-under-investigation-for-tax-evasion
I usually don't like cheesy lists like these but this one wasn't half bad.

"44 Things You Will Only Understand If You Ride... in NYC"

http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/things-you-will-only-understand-if-you-ride-your-bike-in

#5: I'm must be a pretty big a-hole.
#32: The guy actually got his bike back!
#33: You're right, it's the Giro.
In the department of bogus trend influences, the WSJ leads off with a claim that their own article undermines.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324767004578485194028851214.html?mod=wsj_share_tweet&utm_source=Press+Releases+from+Endurance+Sportswire&utm_campaign=42d872897c-Reporter+ESW+Thur.+5/16/13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3c5bd7f28b-42d872897c-244440349
Where the heck did WSJ come up with this story??   I didnt know there was a backlash against our bright outfits...
and i quote "Falling out of fashion is a type of fascism".  yeah, when i think about fascism, the first thing that comes to my mind is the fashion-conscious.
Those Nazi's were all about the uniform.  Brown shirt, black shirts, armbands.  

this just in: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, that well-known anti-cycling asshat, has apparently been caught smoking crack on video, "Marion Barry" style:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/05/17/rob_ford_crack_cocaine_toronto_s_mayor_allegedly_caught_on_tape_smoking.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content

dstearns said:
this just in: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, that well-known anti-cycling asshat, has apparently been caught smoking crack on video, "Marion Barry" style:

He's an asshat.  Did the video surface or is it still the story from the Gawker reporting saying "I saw it?"

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just looking at that, you can almost smell the bologna wafting through the wind.
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@Owens's favorite whippet

http://cyclingreporter.com/2013/05/17/joe-dombrowskis-rookie-season-act-ii/

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Jules said:
for god's sake....someone get this kid a cheeseburger. 
He makes wiggins look chubby.
I was thinking that this kid has to eat
I want to a see a quad-off with him and forstemann.
Wraith lvl: Unlocked
he must feed on victory alone
Best kickstarter ever? Help buy the Rob Ford crack video. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/buy-the-rob-ford-drug-tape
dstearns said:
Best kickstarter ever? Help buy the Rob Ford crack video. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/buy-the-rob-ford-drug-tape
Saw that.  Gotta be honest though... fuck that.  The Globe & Mail has plenty of money, as does the CBC, MacLeans, The Star and the Post and the fucking RCMP!  They sure as hell don't need money from a bunch of Brooklynites to tell them what they ALREADY KNOW...
Wow!
http://www.portlandracing.com/kermesse/
Too good ...

Dr. Unk convicted of hitting cyclist while drunk

Get it???
Wait, did Lafevere just call Tomke a coward?!?

"A rider who fears a three-week race, do not force him to change his mind..."

http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/05/news/boonen-says-a-return-to-the-tour-is-unlikely_288063
419 Watts for 50+ minutes...

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jeez.

and he did it at an average HR of 158.  either his max is way low or he was slacking off during the effort.
@Mark there is a four and a half minute descent there - if you take that out it's more like 171.  Dude has a big pump for sure.
I was chatting with Whitey and Eric this morning and neither had heard of Road magazine. It's a free ipad app and magazine with some decent content. Good enough for the subway ride home. Rider profiles, training articles by Hunter Allen, race recaps, etc. The app is here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/road-magazine-hd/id378586144?mt=8

And there is an online digital version that doesn't appear to work well. here: http://www.roadmagazine.net/

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Great read about Adam Hansen's win at the giro, and why the author wishes he never wins again.

http://www.rapha.cc/hero-for-the-day

Giro Crosspost: VAM & W/kg for all the major climbs & climbers of this year's Giro