Racing must continue. In 2020, not 2021. The sooner the better. For everyone’s sake. I’m not just writing that as an addict, as someone who has written a book on the Tour de France, but […]
Cheating can pay. Especially if you can live with yourself. Jonathan Vaughters can. It’s a skill he seems particularly good at. His skill set seems to include a considerable amount of charm, ruthlessness, and impeccable […]
It was announced today that Lance Armstrong settled the federal fraud case that arose out of Floyd Landis’ whistleblower lawsuit back in 2010. Armstrong has agreed to pay $5 million. Landis gets $1 million of […]
It’s that time of year. You’ve got the fever. You want more. You need more. Tour Fever is here to answer those questions, slake that thirst, grow that pallet so that the taste you’re […]
I’ve enjoyed the “tourtracker” feature that the Amgen Tour of California and the USA Pro Cycling Challenge have provided through their websites. You get streaming video as well as text updates and an updating […]
Live Update Guy The Live Update Guy offers the best written play-by-play in the bike racing business. If you have a need to read live bike racing, LUG is your guy. Part of the reason […]
It has to be one of the oldest excuses in the book of severing work relationships. It means “we’re not going to talk about it,” but since the excuse was played out when John Mitchell […]
As of this moment, Amaury Sport Organization, parent company of the Tour de France, has scrubbed the years 1999-2005 from their “history” pages of the Tour de France. I guess it’s the easiest course of […]
Mea culpa. I was certainly trying to capitalize on Lance Armstrong’s popularity when I pitched a book idea on the Tour de France to major publishers in the early aughts. I wanted to do a […]
