Horner will recover.
Then dope himself into next year.
Then race fast
On Apr 11, 2014 3:51 PM, "Jules"

Gwynna Smith said:

http://jezebel.com/women-in-stock-images-dont-know-how-to-ride-bikes-1561945714

Maybe this should go in Casting Calls....or Kissena Women... 

They aren't looking very hard...

Stay classy SRM

Jules said:

Stay classy SRM

It looks like bike riding has helped Barry lose weight. Maybe a SRM will do more for him.

I generally root for the underdog, but Cancellara is amazing:

"Since 2010, Cancellara has finished on the podium in every monument that he has completed and. he continued that run in Roubaix - his third place behind winner Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) was his 12th podium finish in succession in the monuments, during a spell that has included five of his total seven victories."

He has obviously learned his leason from a couple of years ago when he allowed people to just ride his wheel during the finale. Now he just refuses to work when there are sprinters around.

To my delight, Sagan has been underwhelming when the chips are down. And Boonen? Last in the chase group? I remember when he quit Radioshack because they wouldn't let him ride for himself.
 
Hurrah for the underdogs!

@dstokes: Sagan has been underwhelming?! We've been watching a different classics season.

dstokes said:

To my delight, Sagan has been underwhelming when the chips are down. And Boonen? Last in the chase group? I remember when he quit Radioshack because they wouldn't let him ride for himself.
 
Hurrah for the underdogs!

FWIW, Sagan crashed, switched bikes, flatted, switched to a teammate's bike, then, when there was a let-up, switched bikes again.  Of course, Cancellara was crashed by a teammate who mis-hopped a curb.  

^ Was Cancellara crashed? In video below he was held up by teammate kiwi Hayden Roulston (and actually if you look closely, Roulston's front wheel washed out in some mud in the gutter).

And re selfish Terpstra: he did immediately attack when his DS gave "them" the green light – no mention of Stybar.

http://cyclocosm.com/2014/04/how-the-race-was-won-paris-roubaix-2014/

never saw that angle.

Actually I take that back, Cancellara is quoted as saying he crashed, I think Cyclocosm got it wrong.

Re Terpstra, I was curious why Terpstra got to attack first. The way Velo News tells it, it sounds like he just beat Stybar to the punch.

Considering he just got to the lead group, strikes me that he was probably seen as the weakest of the three.  As such, he should go first, draw out the chase and then Stybar or Boonen would be able to counter when he was about to be brought back.  

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Nice interview with Phil Castaldi...

http://nyvelocity.com/content/interviews/2014/phil-castaldi-interview

I should read NYVelocity.com more often...

Interview with Kathryn Bertine of Cola Vita and her documentary about women's pro cycling and now marginalized it is within our sport:
http://nyvelocity.com/content/interviews/2014/half-road-kathryn-bertine

Her doc Half the Road that I'd like to go see sometime next week:
http://www.cinemavillage.com/chc/cv/show_movie.asp?movieid=3087
http://firstrunfeatures.com/halftheroad.html

And she's speaking at one of the Bike Habitat shops (I'm assuming the one on LaFayette) on monday 4/21:
Bertine will attend select screenings opening weekend, and is planning to speak at Bicycle Habitat tentatively on Monday evening April 21.

So long as the sun doesn't turn you into a handbag and road rash doesn't leave you with ample scarring, turns out exercise keeps your skin looking young.

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/the-problem-with-disc-brakes-in-road-racing-is-40867/ You will not see disc brakes in the pro peloton anytime soon or ever.

*ahem* @Jules, scroll up. ^^^

HA!  Sorry @Dave; too much to keep up with... but it is so good it's worth posting twice :P

FWIW

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/nyregion/de-blasio-looks-toward-sweden-for-road-safety.html?from=global.home

Swedish law: no one is permitted to die in traffic. Good luck copying that in NYC.

Phillip Maronilla said:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/nyregion/de-blasio-looks-toward-sweden-for-road-safety.html?from=global.home Swedish law: no one is permitted to die in traffic. Good luck copying that in NYC.

Related, Swedish carmaker Volvo announced at the recent Autoshow in NY, that one of their goals is that by the year [can't remember exact year], there will be no fatalities or serious injuries in one of their cars.

Of course, autonomous self-driving Volvo cars will go on sale this year. #notkidding

Not strictly an "article" but I'm loving Phil Gaimon's book "Pro Cycling on $10 a day"

^sweet fancy Moses I wrote that too fast.