Cycling Legend

Former Tour de France winner loses fight against cancer
(12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010)

A tear in my eye for the man I’ve never met

This morning I was shocked to hear that Laurent Fignon passed away. A tear came to my eye for the man I have never met.

Tags: Biography

World Cycling

From: Italian Cycling Journal, posted by Angelo Senza
Remember Claudio Chiappucchi? This is a short story about him and what he is doing these days.

Tags: Biography

Traveling Canada

By: Zdenko Kahlina

 During my recent visit to a friend who lives in Mississauga (Ontario), I wanted to explore the area local cyclists are using for their training rides. I asked my friend (an excellent cyclist) for advice and he suggested I should go towards hamlet of Belfountain and beautiful surrounding Caledon hills, just north of the city.

Tags: World

MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE – Part 2.

Friday, August 31, 2007
Words and Pictures by: Zdenko Kahlina

A cyclist himself, Zdenko Kahlina (EMCC member) who lives in Edmonton (Canada) recently took his first cycling trip to Italy to climb some high mountains very often included in the Giro d’ Italia. He chronicled his experiences traveling with his bike and his buddies. He chose Bormio area in Italy (Lombardy) as his base. We should all do this… soon.

Tags: Adventure

MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE – Part 1.

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Friday, August 31, 2007 

A cyclist himself, Zdenko Kahlina (EMCC member) who lives in Edmonton (Canada) recently took his first cycling trip to Italy to climb some high mountains very often included in the Giro d’ Italia. He chronicled his experiences traveling with his bike and his buddies. He chose Bormio area in Italy (Lombardy) as his base. We should all do this… soon.

Tags: Adventure

Tour heroes: “Poupou”, The Ethernal Second

By David Cohen

RAYMOND POULIDOR. the famous cyclist best known for coming second instead of winning – but, only at Tour de France!

Tags: Biography

Tales from the peloton

By: Zdenko Kahlina
Brajkovic takes stage and overall lead at the Critérium

Millar second, Contador has a bad day and slips to fourth overall. David Millar (Garmin-Transitions) put in a strong effort to move into second overall.

Tags: Racing

Latest news

By: Jean-François Quénet
Is Kiserlovski Liquigas’s next big thing?
 Robert Kiserlovski finished his first Grand Tour Giro d’ Italia 10^th overall. Croatian is also second best young rider. Richie Porte isn’t the only rookie occupying the top ten of the Giro d’Italia at his first attempt to a Grand Tour.

Tags: Racing

Pro Cycling

2010 Giro dell’Appennino

Sunday, April 25th, Robert Kiserlovski (Croatia) won the 71^st  Giro dell’Appennino beating Domenico Pozzovivo (fresh off his win at the Giro del Trentino) in a two man sprint; third place went to Alessandro Bertolini.

Tags: Racing

Cycle Tourists

From: BiciVeneto.it
So what is a Fondo and what the heck is so Gran about it? American cycling culture has a reputation for lagging behind European cycling culture in every way: the style, the history, the races, the fans, the media coverage.

Tags: Racing

He’s Not Heavy, He’s My Domestique

Contributed by Leslie Reissner

“Tomorrow we ride…” is a book of memoirs by Jean Bobet, a French intellectual who seems to have become a pro cyclist simply because of the force of his brother’s personality. That brother, of course, was Louison Bobet, the first cyclist to win the Tour de France three years in a row.

Tags: Retro

Spring is (almost) here

By: Zdenko Kahlina

Finally it’s that time of the year and let’s get out there and ride.

This morning at the Sherwood Park Tim Horton’s there weren’t too many riders showing up for the first road ride of the year. I’m guessing it’s because not everybody is used to have first ride this early in the season. Well, not here in Alberta, anyway.

Tags: Racing

Live Coverage

By Fabio 
1 km to the Cipressa as the riders fight for position as the fireworks start on the approach to Sanremo…   

Tags: Racing

Retro fabulous

The Cycling World Hour Record is the most famous record in cycling. The hour record is established by riding the furthest distance on a velodrome in the time of 60 minutes. From 1893 to 2009 the best cyclists in the World have held the hour record including legends like Fausto Coppi or Eddy Merckx.

Tags: History

Getting ready for new racing season in Mallorca (Spain)

By Zdenko Kahlina

While here in Edmonton we are still shoveling snow on our driveways as the best preparation for the new cycling season, somewhere in “normal” world, cyclists are beginning their preparation with the road rides in the warm climates.

Tags: Travel