Author Archives: Patrick Santino

Tirreno-Adriatico Musings

“Thus with the overlap explained and the feud exposed, which race proves better preparation for Milan-Sanremo, Paris-Nice or Tirreno-Adriatico? The answer is not completely conclusive…But Tirreno has pulled out a few more advantages over Paris-Nice beyond producing about an equal amount of Sanremo winners. “”

Strade Bianche 2021: A Dream Final Selection (WRITTEN)

“And this is the Dream selection that forms the title of this piece. As I said, the chasers kept them close, but did any viewer in the world think anyone was gonna catch onto this group of All-Stars? No offense to the chasers, but did anyone want them to? Or can we all just admit a fantasy was coming true”

Paris-Nice Musings WRITTEN

It sports one of the best nicknames in cycling “The Race to the Sun,” even if it does not always live up to such a name. And its general itinerary is always the same: perhaps it is tightly bound by its title, or perhaps it knows it has found a winning formula.

Strade Bianche Musings

“Strade Bianche cannot claim the long history like the other Classics—most have their dawn from the ashes of the Post-War years or go back before the First Great War or even the turn of the 19th Century. And yet, here is Strade acting not even as the youngest brother in the company of the other aged Classics, but masquerading as one of the elder statesmen.”

The Showmen Light Up the Opening Weekend…of Reduced Bunch Sprints? (Written)

“On this Opening Weekend in Belgium two of cycling’s superstars dictated how the race would play out…and in a complete power move: neither even factored in winning into their calculations.”