See, he can win with good team support
UCI Road World Championships: Men’s Elite Road Race, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com.
Cadel Evans kicks the butt of the Italian and Spanish superstars in the Worlds … after great support from Stuey O’Grady, Simon Gerrans, Mick Rogers, Wes Sulzberger et al.
Cadel played out the last lap absolutely perfectly, and actually took advantage of a tiny tactical error by the Spanish. He responded to the Joaquin Rodriguez attack that was just supposed to be a softening up move for Sanchez or Valverde, and made it into the winning move. Great tactical awareness combined with having the best legs gave him the chance for the daring escape on the final climb.
This was a win for the ages. Just brilliant.
Talking Heads talking cities
Really interesting stuff about cycling and what makes a city livable. I’m buying David Byrne’s book when it comes out.
As someone who has used a bicycle to get around New York for about 30 years I’ve watched the city—mainly Manhattan, where I live—change for better and for worse. During this time I started to take a full-size folding bike with me when I traveled so I got to experience other cities as a cyclist as well. Seeing cities from on top of a bike is both pleasurable and instructive. On a bike one sees a lot more than from a freeway, and often it’s just as fast as car traffic in many towns.
Grafton to Inverell
The race was on last week. Congrats to friends who competed and all did awesome rides:
From the results page, here are my highlights:
- Craig Dickson, 10th in B grade, in 7:03:22.20
- Craig Briant, 23rd in B grade in 7:05:56.36
- Liam McCarthy, 44th in B grade in 7:34:03
- Aaron Pickett-Heaps, 28th in C grade, in 7:28:01
- Dean Winchester, 46th in C grade, in 7:40:16.02
Legends.