Rider Journals »
- Aug. 26, 2009Michael Barry's Diary - Victory is secondary
As we drove to the course, the small team camper bounced and creaked as it followed the motorcade of team cars along the small sinuous roads through the rural Brittany countryside.
We passed dozens of cyclists ranging in age from 12 to 70, ...
- Aug. 15, 2009Michael Barry's Diary - The time of transition
Transition.
In the hotel in San Sebastian the atmosphere was different than that which I left at the Dauphiné Libéré.
There had been a switch in mentality in the six weeks between the two races. Like a student entering the final semester, ...
- Jul. 21, 2009Michael Barry on Hincapie's five seconds
Editor's Note: Michael Barry is a member of the Columbia-HTC team.
Pedaling up the climb without a car in sight, the sun beating down, my open jersey fluttering in the breeze and my legs turning fluidly, my mind started ...
Jul. 14, 2009Barry Wicks Journal: An addiction to sweet singletrack
Editor's Note: After a spring layoff from the writing gig, Kona pro mountain bike and cyclocross racer Barry Wicks is back by popular demand.
I have become addicted to club soda. I think I have consumed possibly the ...
- Jul. 13, 2009Rider Diary: Will Frishkorn talks about the pain of a DNF
The pain of stopping a race – there are few things in our professional lives as painful, as frustrating, as depressing and as loaded with the sense of failure.
That said, there are plenty of one-day races where you toe the line with a specific ...
Jul. 4, 2009Tour diary: Garmin-Slipstream's Tyler Farrar says he's hoping for a field sprint on stage 2
Editor's Note: Garmin-Slipstream's sprinter Tyler Farrar will be contributing daily journal entries to VeloNews.com throughout the Tour.
Well, here we go! The Tour kicked off today with a spectacular time trial
through ...
Jun. 22, 2009Barry Wicks Journal: Dodging rapid roadies.
Editor's Note: After a spring layoff from the writing gig, Kona pro mountain bike and cyclocross racer Barry Wicks is back by popular demand.
A vividly red bloodied face, mashed into the pavement, flashes through my ...
Jun. 11, 2009Garmin's Will Frischkorn reports on mid-season life in the ProTour
Editor's Note: Will Frischkorn is a member of the Garmin-Slipstream ProTour team and writes regular journals for VeloNews.com. Click to read Frischkorn's previous journals.
Half way already? ...
May. 28, 2009I am Ted King: Muchos Nationalities
With 18 stages now logged in the books at this year's Giro d'Italia I'm finding my creative juices running a bit dry.
After the last rest day, this final week is slightly strange since it's only five race days and features yesterday's mere 83km ...
May. 26, 2009Columbia-Highroad's Michael Barry gives an inside view of Monday's brutal Giro stage.
Pescara, Italy — Each hundred meters of the two final kilometers of every stage is signed at the roadside. On a flat stage I take little notice of the signs as we speed through the kilometers in two minutes as the sprinters charge to the ...
May. 24, 2009I am Ted King: Time to celebrate
Simon Gerrans won yesterday's stage 14 of the Giro! At our hotel last night, there were fireworks, there was dancing, the champagne was flowing, and music was blaring!
Of course I think this has less to do with Simon's win and more to do with the ...
- May. 21, 2009I am Ted King: Cinque Terra TT in hindsight
I'm going to start by tooting my horn a bit here and saying that I'm a fairly handy time trialist.
Furthermore, I'm lucky enough to be riding the finest, fastest, and one of the most heavily sought after time trial machines on the market, the ...
