“After his second stage win this Tour, I had declared that we were all back on Record Watch. Even more so today, the Cannibal Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 Tour stages is no longer at all safe. So let us have a conversation that was probably taking place a decade ago in 2011, finally now is the appropriate time to rehash it.”
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2021 Giro: Opening Fireworks in Historic Turin WRITTEN
“The Opening Turin Stage 1 Time Trial was a Prologue in all but name.”
2021 P-N: The Final Day of Paris-Nice Turns the Race on its Head (WRITTEN)
“Yes, with all the headliners of any sort of climbing or Classics prowess away in the south at Italy’s Tirreno-Adriatico, Primoz Roglic seemed to be starting his season right cruising to a dominant Paris-Nice victory that resembled his Vuelta domination to end last season…But then we came to the final Sunday’s Stage 8.”
Team Preview 2021: Jumbo-Visma WRITTEN
“Wout said it himself: this is the best team in the world. From top to bottom and across the entire calendar, I do believe I agree.”
2020 RVV: The Duel We Longed For
“My, my, these two have been battling since before they were teens. Someday, someday, perhaps we shall see them battle on the steep cobbled bergs of Flanders, battling across the slick stones of a wet Roubaix—a big ask, but something we cycling fans long for nonetheless.” Over a decade since the rivalry started on the cyclocross grass and mud, the daydream has become reality.
ALL GREAT THINGS MUST COME TO AN END
TDF 2020, Stage 21 Mantes-la-Jolie – Paris 122 km. Tadej Pogacar has won the 107th Tour de France. Sam Bennett wins on the Champs-Elysees and retains the Green Jersey.
THE GREATEST RACE OF TRUTH
TDF 2020, Stage 20 Lure – La Planche des Belles Filles ITT 36 km. THE GREATEST TIME-TRIAL RIDE IN THE HISTORY OF THE BICYCLE WAS PRODUCED TODAY as major GC shifts take place on the La Planche des Belles Filles penultimate day Time Trial
THE RIDERS BEGIN TO DREAM OF PARIS
TDF 2020, Stage 16 La Tour-du-Pin – Villard-de-Lans 164 km. Kamna beats Carapaz in breakaway for stage honors. No real shake up in GC standings.
JUMBO-VISMA REACHES THE SUMMIT ON THE GRAND COLOMBIER
TDF 2020, Stage 15 Lyon – Grand Colombier 174.5 km. Jumbo-Visma dominate up Grand Colombier, Bernal and Quintana lose minutes, but Pogacar still wins stage in a sprint.
REST DAY REAL TALK #1
The curtain is about to be drawn back, you read on at your own peril. It is the first Rest Day of the Tour de France and I am going to take that seriously.
Cycling Odysseys 