‘As Bilbao slid back even with his leader, Caruso gave him a quick pat on the back before he took over the pacing himself. The pat was extremely quick, but the emotion of it was bottomless. As old Caruso put his hand on his teammate Bilbao’s back, he was doing much more than saying “Thank you” for all his work today.’
Tag Archives: Romain Bardet
2021 Giro Stage 16: Creating a Passo Giau Myth in Real Time (Written)
“Pinch yourself for a second, in what other sport in the post-game interview is the athlete asked to explain what happened to a clueless audience? Now, now, continue running with this idea. No TV cameras. Only race official reports, what can be seen from the cars, and what can be gleaned from rider interviews at the finish. Yes, yes, inevitably there were gaps in the stories. Did the journalists admit or simply omit the holes in the story as they came up? Of course not! They took many grand and imaginative liberties.”
Team Preview 2021: AG2R La Citroen Mondiale
“For the first time ever, I am excited and interested in the AG2R lineup; dare I say it: this squad has such a good-looking roster I now actually put expectations on them!”
2021 Preview: Team DSM (formerly Team Sunweb)
“O! how they impressed us all! For on paper, quite frankly, their Startlists for the biggest races appeared to be a list of cannon fodder riders to be chewed up and spit out the back as the roads started to climb. And yet this was the team that won three stages of the Tour, the team that almost won the Giro d’Italia—putting two riders on the finishing podium in Milan.”
THE CARNAGE CAM AND A CHAOTIC FINALE ON THE PEYRESOURDE
TDF 2020, Stage 8. Nan Peters wins from the break. GC battle on the Peyresourde sees Pogacar take back time while Pinot, Alaphilippe lose big.
Cycling Odysseys 