Speedwell Racing

fabbricadellabici: Jack Bauer on the Mortorilo… no doubt...

andrewgreene — Sun, 27 May 2012 10:53:22 -0400

Jack Bauer on the Mortorilo… no doubt looking to forward to a well earned break after riding in support of Ryder Hesjedal for the past few weeks.

Jack Bauer - Giro d’Italia, stage 20 by Team Garmin-Barracuda on Flickr.

Crazy dirt road mountain pass!

fabbricadellabici: Allesandro Ballans customised Giro racing...

andrewgreene — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:58:02 -0400

fabbricadellabici:

Allesandro Ballans customised Giro racing shoes by kristof ramon on Flickr.

Giro shoes look comfortable, simple, and supple.

"Based on the results of our studies from the 2011 Giro d’Italia, we have done a lot of research in..."

andrewgreene — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:02:16 -0400

““Based on the results of our studies from the 2011 Giro d’Italia, we have done a lot of research in cooperation with polyclinics and universities”, Corsetti explained. “We’ve worked on feeding with the fundamentals of the Mediterranean diet and found products made in Italy that have the active qualities that our athletes need. For example, we’ve established a partnership with a milk producer that provides milk and yoghurts of a high quality and digestibility. It guarantees a percentage of lactose that really helps to detox the system. We also have fruits from Sicily, for example a red juice 100% made of oranges that contain antacid, which works as an anti-oxidant.””

- Dr. Roberto Corsetti, team doctor of Liquigas-Cannondale

cadenced: The Stelvio Pass which will be featuring in the...

andrewgreene — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:21:39 -0400

cadenced:

The Stelvio Pass which will be featuring in the penultimate stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia on Saturday. Photo comes from over at Velominati.

I can’t wait for tomorrow.

The Giro d’Italia is beautiful. Photo credit: Jered Gruber

andrewgreene — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:21:30 -0400

The Giro d’Italia is beautiful.

Photo credit: Jered Gruber

Wine Library is pre-selling the 2010 Pavelot Savigny-les-Beaunes...

andrewgreene — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:01:57 -0400

Wine Library is pre-selling the 2010 Pavelot Savigny-les-Beaunes La Dominode for $45. It’s an exceptional bottle of age-worthy Burgundy for the money. I bought a couple of the 2009s, and I plan on keeping them for about a decade or more. Savigny-les-Beaunes is not Gevrey-Charmbertin, but it’s still very good wine. Very few premier cru Burgundy are priced at this level.

Giro d’Italia 2012 - Stage 18 - Final kilometers (by...

andrewgreene — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:47:08 -0400

Giro d’Italia 2012 - Stage 18 - Final kilometers (by CyclingFlash12)

Wow, absolutely incredible. Cavendish is finally beaten. It was a clean sprint, and Guardini had more power. Look at 5:10 for Cavendish’s look over to Guardini. He knew he was beaten.

"“I did 32,000 metres of climbing around Teide during a two-week camp last month and, by the time we..."

andrewgreene — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:02:06 -0400

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“I did 32,000 metres of climbing around Teide during a two-week camp last month and, by the time we finish this latest fortnight, I will have done another 32,000 metres,” he said.

“From April 1 this year to the day I line up for the Tour de France prologue on June 30, I will have done 100,000 metres of high-quality climbing. There is no other environment that can beat Mount Teide. We ride our bikes, get a massage, eat and then sleep. The we get up and do it again. And again. We have altitude, heat and virtually empty roads most days. Everything is geared to one thing, achieving the fitness and form required to win the Tour de France.

“I’m not nervous about the Tour anymore, just excited. I’ve learned to be a team leader, which I struggled with initially. Being the focus of a big team and the individual so many amazing riders are working their butts off for is not easy. I could only be comfortable with that once I had been able to prove to them with big race results, and setting the tone in training, that I am worthy of their support. I have done that now and I am confident in my fitness. I know what I am capable of.”

”

- Bradley Wiggins

Giro d'Italia Power Calculation

andrewgreene — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:02:11 -0400

@Vaughters 17th stage, Passo Giau (9.85 km, 9.36 %). Pozzovivo, Hesjedal, Basso, Rodriguez | 33:53, 17.44 kph, VAM 1633 m/h, 5.56 W/kg #giro

— vetooo (@ammattipyoraily) May 23, 2012

Very interesting calculations. Notice that over the last 4 years there are fewer and fewer long climbs are done at 6 W/kg.

castellicycling: Ryder’s secret weapon for the mountains....

andrewgreene — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:22:31 -0400

castellicycling:

Ryder’s secret weapon for the mountains. Inferno bib and Climbers jersey.

Speedwell Racing is very excited to wear Castelli clothing. Ryder’s riding in the Giro has been an inspiration.

Vai CAV…..dalle Stelle di Fano, alla polvere di Cesolo!...

andrewgreene — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:58:15 -0400

Vai CAV…..dalle Stelle di Fano, alla polvere di Cesolo! (by Francesco Carpineti)

The Giro d’Italia is hard but beautiful.

I wonder how this video was made? It seems like a mix of professional cameras and an iPhone?

fabbricadellabici: Matteo Rabottini and Joaquin Rodriguez...

andrewgreene — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:55:52 -0400

fabbricadellabici:

Matteo Rabottini and Joaquin Rodriguez battling for the stage win into Lecco. A brave ride by Rabottini (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) who was in a break for more than 150km, caught by Rodriguez with 400m to go, then dug deep to surge past and take a much deserved win.

Stage 15, Giro d’Italia. Photo via Cycling Tips.

This was a great stage.

Another very intelligent sprint from Peter Sagan at Tour of California. Seriously, watch him!

andrewgreene — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:16:15 -0400

Another very intelligent sprint from Peter Sagan at Tour of California. Seriously, watch him!

Amgen Tour of California 2012 - Stage 2 - Final kilometers (by...

andrewgreene — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:39:11 -0400

Amgen Tour of California 2012 - Stage 2 - Final kilometers (by CyclingFlash12)

This is Peter Sagan’s sprint from yesterday.

Also notice the cadence of the racers. Many amateurs sprint in much too high of a gear.

"I grew up riding. Riding is freedom and an outlet for my aggression. Racing is adrenaline, racing is..."

andrewgreene — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:29:01 -0400

“I grew up riding. Riding is freedom and an outlet for my aggression. Racing is adrenaline, racing is speed, and with speed comes danger and the satisfaction of pain. That feeling of absolute f*ckedness, you can get high off that.”

- Dan Martin on cycling. (via bhard)

The satisfaction of pain

(via 16t)

If you want to learn to win a sprint, watch Peter Sagan at the Tour of California. He just won Stage...

andrewgreene — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:21:36 -0400

If you want to learn to win a sprint, watch Peter Sagan at the Tour of California. He just won Stage 2 with a killer sprint around a corner and then cutting across the road. No one came close.

"I know the facts and I think anybody who is capable of coherent thought knows the facts. As far as..."

andrewgreene — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:30:28 -0400

““I know the facts and I think anybody who is capable of coherent thought knows the facts. As far as the Tour wins go, if they take them away, who are they going to give them to? That’s the other problem. Literally there would be no one to give them to.””

- Floyd Landis on Lance Armstrong.

Sad, but true!

Wouter Weylandt

andrewgreene — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:26:30 -0400

Wouter Weylandt

johnnybrison: “RT @cervelo: Dave Z of @Ride_Argyle getting...

andrewgreene — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:21:03 -0400

johnnybrison:

“RT @cervelo: Dave Z of @Ride_Argyle getting cross-eyed on his #P5in the Tour of Romandie prologue: http://bit.ly/Ka6yAM”

Power.

Photo

andrewgreene — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:28:28 -0400