Cycling.tv Plays Nice with Paris-Nice

Published March 13th, 2009 in Races
Nicolas Roche, Chain Recovery Step 1 - Cycling.tv Cycling.tv is still a long way from an easy-to-view service but a little persistence has paid off this week with some great race coverage from McCrossan and Backstedt. Excitement. Stage 3 saw an incredible attack by the whole Rabobank team with 45km to go that shredded an inattentive peloton [...]

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2009 Tour of California – Some Final Thoughts

Published February 23rd, 2009 in Races
The best rider won the Tour of California yesterday. Put under pressure and briefly isolated on Palomar Mountain by his closest GC rivals Levi proved he had the legs and the will to cover all the moves. In truth he could have stayed with his Astana teammates who were never more than 30 seconds behind [...]

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2009 Tour of California Stage 3 – Hit and Miss Photography

Published February 19th, 2009 in Cycling Photography, Races
Happy legs make happy riders, just ask Alexandre Moos of BMC racing Complete Stage 3 Gallery If bicycle road racing is unpredictable (unless you're Johan Bruyneel of course), photographing road racing is even worse. Tuesday's Stage 3 - San Jose to Modesto drove that point home as the run of wet weather continued to dampen the route [...]

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2009 Tour of California Stage 2 – A Bonnie Doon Day for Levi

Published February 17th, 2009 in Cycling Photography, Races
Chris Baldwin of Rock Racing, eyes shut seems to be praying for the pain to stop Complete Stage 2 Gallery The alarm went off at 6:30am and before my eyes opened I could hear the rain pinging off the bedroom window. Stage 2, 116 miles, Sausalito to Santa Cruz and for the second successive day, the weather [...]

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2009 Tour of California Prologue – Swiss Air Flies Again

Published February 15th, 2009 in Cycling Photography, Races
Complete Prologue Gallery The sun may be front and center on Astana's kit, but once again it shone on the jet engine that is Fabian Cancellara. Riding on flat, paper-clip shaped course around the California state capital building he proved he's going to be a force to be reckoned with by winning the 2009 Amgen Tour [...]

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The Tour of California Project: This is Why I Love Rapha

Published February 13th, 2009 in Races, Rides
If this doesn't bring you along with Rapha nothing will. The opening video brought a lump to my throat, knowing the guys and having been there for one of their early days, I'm now kicking myself for not booking the time off work (or quitting) to witness this start-to-finish. I'm not surprised that Daniel's words [...]

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Tour of California in for Some Belgian Sunshine

Published February 12th, 2009 in Races
The rains have come to Northern California on the eve of this year's Tour of California. Riders hoping for the temperate weather this state is famous for should have been here a month ago. Monday, a cold wind blew steadily from the North West, and gray clouds began a threatening line of march down both [...]

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An Intrepid Continental Team Rides the Tour of California

Published January 21st, 2009 in Cycling Photography, Races, Rides
Stage Two of the 2009 Tour of California is unquestionably the jewel of this year's race. From the Sausalito waterfront the peloton will cross the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, pass stately San Francisco homes, skirt the beaches, cliffs and dunes of the breathtaking Pacific Coast Highway and climb into a canopy of Coastal Redwoods on [...]

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30 Days of Rapha – No One Descends Tunitas Creek

Published November 2nd, 2008 in Cycling Photography, Humor, Product Reviews, Races, Road Bike Gear, Road Cycling Kit
         Coastal Climb: 43 miles, 4231 feet Weather: Partly Cloudy, Misty on Skyline Temp: 58 deg. Rapha Kit:  Base Layer, ¾ Bib Shorts, Black Light Weight Jersey, 08 Stowaway Jacket Accessories:  Merino Socks, Winter Hat, Softshell Gloves Rapha is not infallible. Take the 06 Stowaway Jacket – a beautifully styled piece in gray with dramatic pink accent striping. It turned [...]

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Rapha Rollercross ZooBombs Portland

Published October 17th, 2008 in Cycling Photography, Races

“Madness… madness… madness.”       View Gallery

The final words in David Lean’s epic, The Bridge on the River Kwai seem an appropriate way to sum up the maniacal spectacle of Saturday night’s Rapha RollerCross. The Leftbank building wasn’t destroyed in the process, but for a while there it looked possible.

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Portland Cross Crusade invades Wilsonville

Published October 15th, 2008 in Cycling Photography, Races

I didn’t use the term invasion lightly. When 1200 riders plus supporting family and ‘infantry’ disembark from landing craft and establish a beach head for a cross race, what else would you call it. Sunday I joined the legions christening a hilly Villebois circuit for race two of the ORBA Cross Crusade Series. Slate [...]

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Pilgrimage to Portland – Oregon Manifest 2008

Published October 13th, 2008 in Cycling Photography, Races

You know that ache you feel when you’ve earned your sleep, that’s how I felt last night and still feel this morning (which doesn’t bode well for work productivity today). I’ll have lots to say and plenty of imagery up this week on the Velodramatic weekend in Portland. The Oregon Manifest show, Rapha’s full-contact RollerCross [...]

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