In this episode, we completely ignore any talk about Lance Armstrong and his interview with Oprah Winfrey (pictured)…….well, after the first fifty minutes or so. We also discuss the untimely death of rising star Burry Stander in a training accident in his native South Africa. We attempt (and clearly fail) to muster up some enthusiasm for the [...]
In the first of our Extras, Gary talks to mountain biking superstar Tracy Moseley about her unconventional 2012 season and about that crash. Please leave us a comment below or e-mail us at veloclubdonlogan@gmail.com - we’d love to hear from you! You can also use the Wiggle & Chain Reaction Cycles links to help [...]
In this episode we wrap up the Vuleta and we preview both the World Championships and the Tour of Britain. We do our best not to avoid the unavoidable subject of Lance Armstrong’s recent USADA sanction and the release of Tyler Hamilton’s book. We then turn our attention to the mud with a roundup of [...]
There is SO much cycling going on at the moment – where to start? Well, we start by wrapping up the Olympic track results & move on to the Vuelta. Can Sky support Froome? Is he truly a pure climber? Just two of the questions that we will probably not satisfactorily answer! We then bring [...]
In this episode we round up the Giro with talk of Thomas de Gendt’s stunning breakaway victory on the Stelvio & Ryder Hesjedal’s win in the overall. We ask whether Garmin have come of age as serious Grand Tour contenders. (The Competitor Radio interview with Jonathan Vaughters that Gary mentioned, can be found here) [...]
In this episode, we discuss (what else) Tom Boonen’s rampant victory in Paris-Roubaix against a field of nobodies (if you believe certain cycling fans and/or Roger de Vlaeminck). We discuss the Ardennes Classics & chuck out some rash (but not really that rash!) predictions for Liege – Bastogne – Liege. We bring you some audio [...]
In this episode we try hard hard to disguise our ambivalence regarding the start of the new season in a couple of week’s time. We muster up enough enthusiasm to chat about the forthcoming Tour Down Under and the winners & losers in the Pro Team selection process. We have an early nomination for VCDL [...]
In this episode we discuss the UCI’s plans to introduce a doping tribunal in the hope of speeding up the hearing process & avoid the kind of drawn-out saga currently being played out with Alberto Contador. In other UCI-related news, we report on the allegations in Swiss newspaper, l’Illustre, suggesting that Vino paid Alexander Kolobnev [...]
Unsurprisingly, this episode contains loads of Brit-centric cycling stories from the Road World Championships. From Cav’s superb victory, to a brilliant bronze from Scotland’s Andy Fenn in the U23. Read the excellent blog post by our good friend OwenP, charting the career of Andy Fenn so far. Not content with such success in the World [...]
This week, we have a look at the World Championships in both road & mountain biking. We discuss Danny Hart’s stunning victory in the men’s downhill as well as picking over the bones of men’s & women’s cross-country. Check out Danny’s insane run Freecaster. We also discuss the forthcoming Tour of Britain which kicks off in [...]