BALLS TO THE WALL UP THE COL DE GARDES IN THE SNOW.
CONGRATS TO JON TIERNAN-LOCKE ON THE TOUR MEDITERRANEAN OVERALL VICTORY.
HIPSTER HARDMAN FUCK YEAH.
THAT JERSEY IS TOO FUCKING COOL.
“GOOD IS SOMETHING YOU DO, NOT SOMETHING YOU TALK ABOUT. SOME MEDALS ARE PINNED TO YOUR SOUL, NOT TO YOUR JACKET.”
JUST READ THIS ON CYCLINGNEWS - THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF HOW BARTALI HELPED SAVE UP TO 800 JEWS FROM THE NAZIS, BY SMUGGLING DOCUMENTS IN HIS FRAME WHILE OUT ON 380KM TRAINING RIDES.
MINDBLOWING.
via + THANKS LYNDON WADE.
(Source: cyclingnews.com)
MASSIVE BRONER FOR HENRI VAN LERBERGHE, THE ‘DEATHRIDER OF LICHTERVELDE’, RIGHT NOW.
HE TURNED UP ON THE START LINE OF THE 1919 TOUR OF FLANDERS STRAIGHT FROM THE TRENCHES WITHOUT A BIKE. HE BORROWED ONE, ATTACKED THE FAVOURITE JULES VANHEVEL IN FRONT OF HIS OWN HOUSE, AND STOPPED IN SIGHT OF THE VELODROME FOR A COUPLE OF BEERS BEFORE THE FINISH.
HE STILL FINISHED 14 MINUTES UP ON THE FIELD, DESPITE BEING SO WASTED HE HAD TO COMPLETE HIS LAP OF HONOUR ON FOOT.
INCIDENTALLY, HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS ‘RITTE’ - AND WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR A CERTAIN KICKASS BIKE BRAND.
ALL GOOD MEN AND TRUE, AND DRESSED LIKE FUCKING CHAMPIONS.
FATTY’S EVEN GOT STUNT PEGS!
THX GEORGE HUMBY FOR THE PIC.
MARCO WINNING AT PIANCAVALLO IN THE GIRO 1998. IT’S ITALIAN FOR ‘PAIN CAVE’, DON’T YOU KNOW.
