Rider : Roger de Vlaemnick Roger de Vlaemnick was one of the only riders who was truly able to challenge Merckx during the classics of the early 1970′s. However racing through the Merckx era meant that Roger de Vlaemnick achievements were even more extraordinary. Monsieur Paris-Roubiax as he was known dominated all the classics and as [...]
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Rider: Mario Cipollini Mario Cipollini is almost as well known for his rock star image as he was for his racing. He would turn up for races in outrageous kit that could easily been viewed as weird or as is the case below, repulsive. Off the bike he was always immaculately dressed in designer clothing [...]
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Rider: Erik Zabel Erik Zabel was unquestionably one of the greatest sprinters of his generation. Throughout his career he dominated the Tour de France, Vuelta and the Giro winning a total of 41 grand tour stages. He also won the sprinter’s classics Milan-San-Remo and Paris-tours four and five times respectively. He admitted to doing while [...]
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Friday the 13th is probably the most feared day and I have to write a blog today. Technically though it isn’t Friday the 13th it just happens to be the 13th day of the Christmas Countdown and it happens to fall on a Friday! Well I’m not superstitious so if anything bad happens as a [...]
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I’ve been a very bad boy and let down you the faithful visitors. However in an attempt to make up for not posting days 9-11 on their intended days I will summarise them now. The reason why they wern’t posted on their proper days is because of the finish of the school years and the busy week that entails. [...]
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