fmk

Feargal MacKay is the resident book reviewer at Podium Cafe and an occasional contributor elsewhere. He can be found on twitter at @fmk_ROI.

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Book Review: “Riis – Stages of Light and Dark” by Bjarne Riis

“Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.” ~ Akira Kurosawa Bjarne Riis’s autobiography really should ...
On June 6, 2012 / By fmk
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Riishomon: A Hero’s Tale (Part 4)

We’ve looked at the version of the 1996 Tour de France as it was reported at the time (part 1 and part 2). We’ve looked at the sensible ...
On June 5, 2012 / By fmk
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Riishomon: A Hero’s Tale (Part 3)

Having looked at the version of the Tour de France that was reported at the time (part 1 + part 2), we now look at some of the ...
On June 3, 2012 / By fmk
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Riishomon: A Hero’s Tale (Part 2)

Our look at Bjarne Riis’s rise to the top of cycling’s greasy pole continues, picking up the story of the 1996 Tour de France on the first day ...
On May 31, 2012 / By fmk
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Riishomon: A Hero’s Tale (Part 1)

With the publication of the English-language translation of Bjarne Riis’s autobiography – Riis: Stages of Light and Darkness (Vision Sports Publishing) – let’s turn the clock back and ...
On May 29, 2012 / By fmk
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Just Another Year: 1924 (Part 5)

Before returning to the 1924 cycling season and looking at one of the more infamous Tours, we zip forward in history one more time to consider what happened ...
On May 4, 2012 / By fmk
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Just Another Year: 1924 (Part 4)

Before moving on to the other Grand Tour, we pause the story of the 1924 cycling season to consider what happened to Alfonsina Strada next. Alfonsina Strada, the ...
On May 3, 2012 / By fmk
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Just Another Year: 1924 (Part 3)

In the third part of this look at the 1924 cycling season, the first Grand Tour of the year, the Giro d’Italia, finally gets underway, without most of ...
On May 2, 2012 / By fmk
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Just Another Year: 1924 (Part 2)

With introductions out of the way, we now turn to one of the key issues affecting cycling in the 1924 season: the demand by Italian teams that the Giro d’Italia ...
On May 1, 2012 / By fmk
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Just Another Year: 1924 (Part 1)

In the first part of a series of articles looking at the 1924 cycling year, we introduce some of the key characters and key issues that drove our ...
On April 30, 2012 / By fmk