Recent Posts Tagged With the classics

• A Storm Over the Pavé!

  Posted on Monday March 1st, 2010 at 11:20 pm in the classics thor hushovd dominque rollin

  A soggy gesture by the winner,Dutchman Bobbie Traksel!I'm recovering from the Olympic hockey euphoria that hit Vancouver like a Belgian Classic storm. That was one of the great hockey games that I've ever seen in a long time. You can bet I'm weari...

• Straight as an arrow.

  Posted on Monday March 1st, 2010 at 12:48 am in the classics juan antonio flecha dominque rollin

  Flecha...riding straight towards a pavé victory! Juan Antonio Flecha fired off an impressive arrow over the pavé to victory in Saturday's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Van der Flecha soloed with 19 km remaining to score his first win over the cobbleston...

• Tasty like a rice pie.

  Posted on Friday February 26th, 2010 at 08:01 pm in food the classics thor hushovd juan antonio flecha

  Ohh... those delicious tartes aux riz!I have a hankering for Belgian rice pie. There's a cafe shop I go to for that alluring and tasty pastry. And it goes together. This weekend marks the true start to the cycling season. I'm biased towards the pav...

• Flecha: in the driver\'s seat.

  Posted on Saturday February 13th, 2010 at 10:46 am in the monuments the classics juan antonio flecha

  Juan Antonio Flecha or 'Flecha' as he likes to be called is already on winning ways. He helped his team win the TTT at the Tour of Qatar. A huge win for the new Team Sky. Of course, a win is good for the team, but he has other goals.I like nicknames ...

• A walk with Beppe Saronni

  Posted on Monday February 1st, 2010 at 09:20 am in tour of flanders the monuments the classics

  Saronni at the 1981 Ronde...sometimes a walk is good too!From: Fabulous World of Cycling. With only two months away from the start of the Ronde my interest level has shot way up. To win this great Belgian monument classic the victor will be crowned t...

• Classic Damage.

  Posted on Monday January 18th, 2010 at 09:13 pm in the classics freddy maertens

  Maertens storms to another win...this time at Paris-Tours, 1975.I'm looking forward to the start of the new season and new squad BMC Racing Team seems loaded with three prominent guys to do some classic damage. That's George Hincapie (Gent-Wevelgem ...

• Steve Bauer\'s Stealth Bike.

  Posted on Tuesday January 12th, 2010 at 08:56 am in the monuments the classics paris-roubaix steve bauer

  At the 1993 Paris-Roubaix, Steve Bauer unveiled his secret weapon …the stealth bike. He actually created this odd looking bike to battle the pave of Roubaix. It was made of steel and had an unusual seat tube angle. It made Bauer look like he wa...

• The talented Marc Gomez.

  Posted on Monday January 11th, 2010 at 09:29 pm in the monuments the classics favorite jersey's milan-sanremo

  1982... it proved to be a great year for the bespectacled Marc Gomez!One of those unassuming riders to both blend in & stand out was Marc Gomez. He was well known in the eighties providing support for outfits such as Wolber & La Vie Clair. I...

• A Frenchman in Paris-Roubaix

  Posted on Saturday January 9th, 2010 at 09:24 am in the monuments the classics paris-roubaix favorite jersey's

  His first in 1992...Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle spent nineteen years in the service as a professional cyclist. But, notably his favorite race was Paris-Roubaix. He was a rider made for tough one day races. He careen through his beloved cobblestones seven...

• Thinkin\' of the 2003 P-R.

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 08:42 am in DVD the monuments the classics paris-roubaix

  A Flandrian job well done!Can the 2003 Paris-Roubaix be called a truly gritty race? I should say so!I had the chance to view the exciting race on dvd and I was pleasantly reminded. That it was an uncharacteristically dry one and extremely dusty wa...

• The Mur-derous Huy!

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 10:43 pm in the classics la fleche wallonne

  arrivée de la flèche wallonne 2008 dans le mur de huy ! sélectionné dans Sport The Great rush up towards the lethal Mur de Huy!www.wat.tv/tag/wallonneThe second great race of the Ardennes classics commences Wednesday with; La Fleche Wallonne, or...

• Juan Antonio Flecha: The Spanish Flandrian.

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 11:35 pm in the classics juan antonio flecha ghent wevelgem

  The classic 'Arrow'.www.elpais.comJuan Antonio Flecha ('The Spanish Flandrian') has very good reason for classic victory in tomorrow's Gent-Wevelgem. He is one of the 'almost winning a big classic rider' around. He has enough experience to finally p...

• Suitable for a darkhorse.

  Posted on Sunday March 29th, 2009 at 12:25 am in the classics dominque rollin brabantse

  Cevelo TT's Dominique Rollin.Made especially for the pave!www.kwc.orgSunday will be the day of the fine Belgian semi-classic called, 'Brabantse Pijl' with a challenging uphill finish built for a strong rider like Canadian, Dominque Rollin. The 'Horse...

• Loving that pave!

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 12:34 am in inspiration etsy the classics

  My linocut called,'On The Pave'www.cyclingart.etsy.comI'm hedging my bets carefully for Saturday's race, the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen. This race is preparation for next Sunday's Ronde. Hopeful participants are keen to do well and it's a measuring stick fo...