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  • Commentary 6

    Call me a dinosaur

    While we continue to suffer from an alphabet soup of acronym overload, today’s news heralds the revival of one we all thought had been placed in cycling’s dustbin ...

    On December 11, 2012 / By
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    So just who is Dr. Jose Ibarguren Taus?

    This is an update of a personal blog I wrote in March/April of 2012. ~ @dimspace     Jose Ibarguren (Taus) and Italian pharmacist Guido Nigrelli, “between them procured, ...

    On December 10, 2012 / By
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    Cycling phantasies

    An old farmer stands in the open door of a barn. I recognized him. From underneath his cap, he squints down the road to see me approaching. Yellow ...

    On December 10, 2012 / By
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    Who put me in charge?

    The World Tour is broken, the rankings are broken and nonsense, women’s cycling is struggling, race organisers are struggling, but fear not, I have a plan, a cunning ...

    On December 7, 2012 / By
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    2012, The Cycling Lexicon

    The past year we have seen a plethora of terms entering into the phrase book of cycling pundits, professionals, and fans alike. I am not talking about the ...

    On December 7, 2012 / By
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    Dream

    by Marijn de Vries Marijn is a professional cyclist with the Lotto-Belisol Ladies Cycling Team, as well as a freelance journalist. She is the author of Vrouw&Fiets, handboek voor de ...

    On December 6, 2012 / By
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    Fake cyclists

    by Marijn de Vries Marijn is a professional cyclist with the Lotto-Belisol Ladies Cycling Team, as well as a freelance journalist. She is the author of Vrouw&Fiets, handboek voor de ...

    On December 4, 2012 / By
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    One week in Saigon

    And the world’s your oyster? Well not quite the world, but perhaps the UCI Asia tour if all goes to plan and nobody indulges too heavily in the ...

    On December 2, 2012 / By
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    The chocolate letter

    by Marijn de Vries Marijn is a professional cyclist with the Lotto-Belisol Ladies Cycling Team, as well as a freelance journalist. She is the author of Vrouw&Fiets, handboek voor ...

    On November 20, 2012 / By
  • Commentary 2

    The myth of cycling growth

    Growth, growth, and more growth. We keep hearing this mantra from our friends in Aigle, from team owners, from race organisers, and from sponsors. The UCI feels globalisation ...

    On November 19, 2012 / By