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Part time romantic, part time cynic, part time imbecile - full time chatterbox, cycling nut & 'organisational mess'.
Amateur racer for South Coast Cycling
http://southcoastcyclingteam.webs.com/
- Member Since:
- May 2012
- Based In:
- Australia
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- Liverpool FC, Green Edge (none of the other cycling trade team stick around long enough!)
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Latest Articles
Cavendish, going, going, gone from Team Sky
24 Jul 2012Just hours after Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France, it appears that team mate Mark Cavendish will be leaving Team Sky. Yesterday Sky general manager Dave Brailsford yesterday told the BBC that “If he felt, or if it was felt, that he would like a dedicated team around him, then he is quite within [...]
Tour de France race radio tactics
19 Jul 2012International Cycling Union (UCI) President, Pat McQuaid, would like to see the removal of race radio’s in pro cycling. Directeur Sportif of the Saxo Bank team, Bjarne Riis’ tactical use of the radio during stage 15 just might have helped McQuaid’s cause. The break of stage 15 of the Tour de France had formed. Within [...]
Tour de France 2012: Live Stage 16 updates and blog
18 Jul 2012Please join us for live blogging of stage 16 of the 2012 Tour de France. Live coverage will begin from 8:30PM with full coverage from 10PM AEST. The final rest day is over and we enter the business end of the race – and what a way to restart proceedings. It is being referred to [...]
Frank Schleck doping? UCI announce 'Adverse Analytical'
18 Jul 2012The UCI have accounted that a urine sample collected from Frank Schleck on the 14ht of July has returned an Adverse Analytical for the diuretic Xipamide. The RadioShack-Nissan-Trek rider has voluntarily withdrawn from the Tour, however in a statement from the UCI “The UCI is confident that his team will take the necessary steps to [...]
Cracks appearing in Team Sky via warring WAGs?
13 Jul 2012It has been spoken about in whispers throughout the year, hinted at after the Vuleta last year and questions asked after Mark Cavendish signed. It does now seem though that the suggested divisions within the Sky Team are in fact real. Confirmation came via Twitter (ironic some might think, given Brad Wiggins’ stance on it [...]
What's better than one doping headline on a TdF rest day?
12 Jul 2012Two? Nope. How about three? Incidentally, none of these included the Bradley Wiggins episode. Back to the three yesterday. Incidentally, none of these include the Bradley Wiggins episode – which the dropping of expletives aside, now looks incredibly ironic. That Sky also has the doctor Geert Leinders in their employ notwithstanding. The day kicked off with news [...]
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