Run the 2010 ING New York Marathon!

There is something very satisfying about running a marathon and if you are thinking of doing one, a big city marathon definitely adds to the experience and they don’t get any bigger than the New York City Marathon! Having some loud and enthusiastic support really helps over those last few miles as your legs start […]

Floyd Bombshell on Eve of the Tour de France!

We all saw the Floyd Landis revelations about doping in the pro peloton a few months back and allegations of organised doping within the US Postal Team. As usual these allegations were denied, by most of the parties involved and Lance Armstrong in particular attacked Landis over how his story had changed since being stripped […]

I am Spartacus! A fit and healthy Cancellara slays all comers!

Fabian Cancellara nicknamed “Spartacus” completed an amazing three weeks by winning Paris-Roubaix for the second time on Sunday. When he is fit and healthy like this Cancellara is almost invincible and completely dominated this Hell of the North! Tom Boonen had said again he would try to stay with Cancellara, but was really caught napping […]

Chris Horner, Fit and Healthy again wins Basque Tour!

Chris Horner sealed the biggest stage race win of his career today by winning the final time trial at the Tour of the Basque Country! Horner who is fit and healthy again after his injury prone 2009 has been in contention all week in Spain and started today’s time trial stage just one second behind […]

Hell of the North – Clash of the Titans!

Can anyone stop Cancellara who in this form looks unbeatable? Don’t write off Boonen yet, he has come back from losses at Flanders to win Roubaix both of the last two years! For most “Classics” fans the Hell of the North (or Enfer du Nord in French) is the best of the cobbled classics. For […]

Cancellara dominates Tour of Flanders!

What a great day! Cancellara in this form is pretty much unbeatable! I watched the first few hours of Tour of Flanders on the live Sporza feed on the PC, before our Sunday ride, then watched the finale on Versus in the evening. Even our ride had a “Flanders feel” to it; bright morning on […]

Belgian Classics – The real Cycling Season starts here!

And so to Flanders and the first two semi-classics of the year: – Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne! Omloop Het Nieuwsblad or Het Volk as it has been known for most of its 63 editions is nearly always won by a Belgian, right? Big surprise, for the first time ever no Belgian even on the podium! […]

“Year of the Sprinter”, but get ready for the Classics!

For me last weekend’s Belgian semi-classics Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne are when the bike racing season really starts to get serious. There are really only two popular sports in Belgium soccer and cycling and if you win on the Flemish cobbles national hero status is awarded automatically! No disrespect to races like the Tour Down […]

“Game Bird” – A New Social Media Phenomenon!

Over the weekend I experienced a new social media phenomenon.“Watching” sports on Twitter! It started Sunday morning when I was looking for a live video feed to watch Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne one of the early season “Belgian Classic” bike races. For non cycling fans, these races are notorious for being run on bad roads and usually in […]

Canada’s Hockey Team give their Country a huge morale boost

Today Canada’s hockey team gave their country a huge morale boost with a home town win in Vancouver. So we all got the big showdown we wanted with Canada and the USA fighting it out for Olympic Gold today in the men’s hockey final and what a great game it was! As expected both teams […]