Tag Archives: Tour de France

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Portly Richie sparks the scaremongers into a frenzy

In his latest column for Cyclismas, Blazin’ Saddles drops the wise-cracking facade and has a go at actually writing something vaguely serious… Saddleblaze has a confession to make: he didn’t…

No more fagging for Froome the perfect prefect

Around the same time that Team Sky lost their grip on the leader’s ochre jersey Down Under, the two men who will spearhead Dave Brailsford’s assault on world domination in…

Jan, Johan, yellow cupcakes, and a life post-Oprah

In his second column for Cyclismas, Saddleblaze – aka Eurosport’s Blazin’ Saddles – weighs up the reponse of both Jan Ullrich and Johan Bruyneel in the wake of Lance Armstrong’s…

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Armstrong’s 2009 comeback blood

Last night’s Oprah Winfrey couch confessional for Lance Armstrong raised some questions; of particularly concern was his assertion that he stopped doping after his final Tour de France win in…

Acquarone’s Italian job for Wiggo

Saddleblaze – aka Eurosport blogger Blazin’ Saddles – is honoured to start his Cyclismas columnist career with a Bradley Wiggins exclusive regarding the Sky Knightrider’s participation in the 2013 Giro…

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The EPO effect unburied, part 2

continuing the discussion uv the EPO effect unburied how misguided science buried the EPO effect cap decided to do sum wurk n see if he was completely wrong turns out…

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90 days uv SuperBrad

kin brad peak fer 90 days? n pull off the Pink TDF ? why the shit not he held uh peak fer 60 days last year n judging by his…

Fuglsang’s hair is still undecided on the Tour de France

As confirmed in an exclusive CyclingNews HD interview, Astana team manager Giuseppe Martinelli confirmed boy band frontman Jakob Fuglsang will be the undisputed team captain at next year’s Tour de…

Cyclismas Cycling News Network Episode 17

In anticipation of the upcoming Bond thriller, SkyFall, Ripp and Jonny sport their best finery and pay homage to 007.  The cycling season transitions from road to mud, and we…

Sherwen goes into hiding after reasoned decision release

After the mountain of evidence consisting of video depositions, sworn statements, bank records, photographs, and emails was released by USADA simultaneously to the UCI and other concerned agencies as well…