This is the last in the Rás series. A FRIEND of mine – Mark aka The Bionic Dude –  recently made me aware of the Rás, Irelands biggest stage race which he competed in this year. I’ve subsequently learnt that the Ras is indeed a unique event. For those of you who don’t know much about [...]

A FRIEND of mine – Mark aka The Bionic Dude –  recently made me aware of the Rás, Irelands biggest stage race which he competed in this year. I’ve subsequently learnt that the Ras is indeed a unique event. For those of you who don’t know much about the Rás, as a brief introduction it’s an [...]

A FRIEND of mine – Mark aka The Bionic Dude –  recently made me aware of the Rás, Irelands biggest stage race which he competed in this year. I’ve subsequently learnt that the Ras is indeed a unique event. For those of you who don’t know much about the Rás, as a brief introduction it’s an [...]

A FRIEND of mine – Mark aka The Bionic Dude –  recently made me aware of the Rás, Irelands biggest stage race which he competed in this year. I’ve subsequently learnt that the Ras is indeed a unique event. For those of you who don’t know much about the Rás, as a brief introduction it’s an [...]

He comes at the guy with a wheel. Awesome. If you haven’t seen this already…as you would say in rugby parlance, just a bit of ‘handbag swinging’. So the final mountain stage was a bit anti-climatic.  I think Andy should have attacked much sooner nearer the bottom, but Contador with his one attack halfway up [...]

Mark Renshaw shows Julian Dean his impression of Zinedine Zidane. Unfortunately it got him chucked off the tour. Too harsh?

Cavendish in must-win situation for Tour’s green jersey Check out Bradley Wiggins custom saddle Tour de France stage 10 – Paulinho gives Radioshack something to celebrate

No crashes. Weird. Pretty straightforward. Cavendish not looking on form and fades badly in the sprint. Go Robbie Hunter though.:) Stage 4 roundup: road.cc – Tour de France Stage 4 reaction: Petacchi says timing was crucial to yesterday’s win Yahoo! Cycling – Who’s Hot | Who’s Not Barometer Stage by Stage Bicycling.com – Petacchi Outsprints [...]

One word. Cobbles. If Stage 2 was chaos, Stage 3 was something special. This was serious bike racing, with some phenomenal efforts by the peloton. I felt drained at the end from just watching it. Sometimes you’re the hammer, sometimes the nail. Today I was the nail. I have 20 days now to be the [...]