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Paris-Roubaix

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htrww - how the race was won - roubaix - cancellara - cycling - strategy - tactics - omega pharma - vanmarcke - bikes - cobbles - classics - 39 Notes

“10 = lbs of exquisite Belgian dark chocolate shaped into an Easter egg that Peter won at Wevelgem. It may have been more than one meter tall, it may have shattered in transit back to the hotel that evening, and we maaaaaay have wrapped up the evening of Flanders with what I’ll call “recovery chocolate”.”
— Ted King tallying some numbers on this year’s Belgian campaign.

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king - cannondale - belgium - flanders - spring classics - classics - chocolate - prizes - 1 Notes

Not an April Fool’s joke.

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htrww - flanders - tour of flanders - rvv - ronde von vlaanderen - video - recap - classics - bergs - cobbles - public urination - 12 Notes

I cannot convey the technical disasters that befell this video. Let’s just say I have a detailed a tear-drenched iMovie bug report for Apple, and the version I uploaded to Vimeo is still transcoding six-and-a-half hours later.

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htrww - gent-wevelgem - classics - cobbles - racing bikes - flanders - sagan - boonen - cancellara - bozic - vanavermaet - haussler - 35 Notes

Cheering myself with the notion that, although the past 26 hours have been crummy, they still probably weren’t as bad as this guy’s E3 Harelbeke. (via @jeredgruber’s Flickr stream)

Cheering myself with the notion that, although the past 26 hours have been crummy, they still probably weren’t as bad as this guy’s E3 Harelbeke.

(via @jeredgruber’s Flickr stream)

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e3 - harlbeke - eustakaltel - basque - spanish - cold - classics - flanders - cobbles - bergs - 17 Notes

Normally I’d upload to Tumblr. But I went big(ish) on pixels this time. So you get the embed.

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htrww - cycling - bike racing - videos - classics - Het Nieuwsblad - 16 Notes

allthingsnathalie: Mark Cavendish’s first race and first victory for Omega Pharma-Quickstep! First stage at the Tour de San Luis. He looks ecstatic with the victory! :D Cav looks fit. Sanremo?

allthingsnathalie:

Mark Cavendish’s first race and first victory for Omega Pharma-Quickstep! First stage at the Tour de San Luis.

He looks ecstatic with the victory! :D

Cav looks fit. Sanremo?

(via getonyourbikes)

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cavnedish - omega pharma - quick.step - sprint - classics - tour de san luis - 29 Notes

“I am Manolo Saiz, I auction my private collection by personal motives, I want to auction it complete, and whom ever would buy it or show a good interest I would be glad to show this collection and providde further documentaions. The bike are Personal design and passion, therfore I have provide Andres the ability to sell my collection.”
— Manolo Saiz, who is apparently fundraising again.

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saiz - bikes - collection - classics - ebay - spain - doping - once -

Not specifically Giro-related, but the most recent VeloBeats is especially solid.

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velobeats - beats - boonen - spring - classics - music -

Realizing, with the end of yet another spring, that I should probably update/reboot this. Wondering when I’m going to find the time. 

Realizing, with the end of yet another spring, that I should probably update/reboot this. Wondering when I’m going to find the time. 

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classics - spring - quickstep - lotto - rivalry - belgium - cobbles - infographics - 6 Notes