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Placing This Tour de France in Perspective
This Tour de France has been a bit light on sexy narratives, thanks in part to a couple crashes early on that defanged the race for yellow, which was also the battle for white. This Slovenian kid,…
Tour Sidebars: What Are You Watching?
The 2021 Tour de France is in full swing now. The overall narrative is taking shape, and every day’s stage is... every day’s stage. But a race as intricate as the Tour is always launching…
Tour Preview: Who Wins? – Podium Cafe
Here it comes. The biggest event in cycling. A little earlier this year, because of the Olympics. A little more anticipated, because last year was so bloody exciting. A little tougher this year,…
The Unquarantined Viewers’ Information to the Tour de France
Welcome to the 2021 Tour de France coverage at the Podium Cafe! It’s been a busy year in the Editors’ lives, so pardon the light coverage so far, but we will be with you every step of the way…
Rambles in Éirinn, by William Bulfin
Title: Rambles in ÉirinnAuthor: William BulfinPublisher: Out of PrintYear: 1907Pages: 450Order: Available as a PDF or try secondhand suppliers for a 1990s facsimile reprintWhat it is: An early…
On the scene at phases 7 & 8 of the Dauphine
Stage 7 of the Dauphine brought the race’s only big mountaintop finish, at Montée de La Plagne. Mark Padun scored his first WorldTour victory with the stage win.…
FSA DS: Is It Later Than You Assume?
Okaaaayy... post-Giro break time is over. The Tour de France is nigh. So that means it’s time for a check-in on the world’s best English-language cycling fantasy game, the FSA-Directeur Sportif,…
On the scene on the Criterium du Dauphine
After almost two years away from the races, I was thrilled to be at the start of the Criterium du Dauphine in Issoire.
Stage…
Giro d’Italia Remaining Week Stage Previews
As the 2021 Giro d’Italia rests up for its final act and Egan Bernal looks like a near-certain winner of the overall title, the question is, what’s left to fight for? Plenty, of course — this is…
Giro d’Italia Stage Previews: Into Week 3 with #s 13-16
Speeding things up now. The 2021 Giro d’Italia is rolling toward its mountainous conclusion as the race finally reaches the northernmost provinces and the major mountain challenges that they always…
Giro d’Italia Previews of Phases 9-12
It is the end of the first week of competition at the Giro d’Italia and now we are deep into the Mezzogiorno, based on the Giro’s need to go somewhere and maybe catch some sun. Except that whenever…
Giro Replace: The Significance of the BCS
Just a quick post today to do some emotional scene-setting for what we hope will actually happen some time in the next week or so... a Belgian in the maglia rosa. The rise of the BCS — the Belgian…