Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Monday, 24 October 2011
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Friday, 21 October 2011
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Rapha Rides The Tour of California
Rapha Continental – The Movie from RAPHA on Vimeo.
Rapha Rides The Tour of California - Trailer from RAPHA on Vimeo.
Rapha Rides TOC - Episode 1 from RAPHA on Vimeo.
Rapha Rides the TOC - Episode 2 from RAPHA on Vimeo.
Rapha Rides the TOC - Episode 3 from RAPHA on Vimeo.
Rapha Rides the TOC - Episode 4 from RAPHA on Vimeo.
Rapha Rides the TOC - Finale from RAPHA on Vimeo.
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Monday, 17 October 2011
Paris-Roubaix in Spain - GP Canal de Castilla
The Gran Premio Canal de Castilla covers four types of surface in addition to conventional tarmac (which still manages to make up over 50% of the route).
The professional cycling race would be the first of its kind in Spain in its use of unpaved terrain. The idea may seem bizarre and even slightly risky, yet there is a long tradition in Europe, with popular races such as the París - Roubaix (France), the Tour de Flandes (Belgium) and the Monte Paschi Eroica (Italy). All three races draw massive crowds and attract huge television audiences. However, there is currently no professional cycling race that includes unpaved surfaces in Spain.
RACE SECTION TYPE UNPAVED DISTANCE (km)
Tour Flandes 2009 Cobbles (flat and sloped sections) 27.6
GP Herning 2009 Earth 31.1
Tro-Bro Léon 2009 Earth and loose cobbles 34.8
París - Roubaix 2009 Cobbles 52.9
Eroica Toscana 2009 Earth and (sterrato gravel) 54.7
GP Canal de Castilla Earth and cobblestones 92.5 – 99 (alternate years)
The Gran Premio Canal de Castilla would be held the weekend immediately after the Tour of Castilla y León, taking advantage of the fact that cycling teams are already in Valladolid for the end of the well-established tour of Castilla y León.
Info: http://gpcanaldecastilla.wordpress.com/
Movistar Team 2012
IN: Andrey Amador, David Arroyo, Marzio Bruseghin, Rui Costa, Imanol Erviti, Iván Gutiérrez, Jesús Herrada, Beñat Intxausti, Javier Iriarte, Vasil Kiryienka, Ignatas Konovalovas, Pablo Lastras, David López, Angel Madrazo, Sergio Pardilla, Rubén Plaza, José Joaquín Rojas, Enrique Sanz, Branislau Samoilau, Francisco Ventoso.
OUT: Carlos Oyarzun, Luis Pasamontes, Francisco Pérez, Mauricio Soler, & Xavier Tondo
NEW:José Herrada (Caja Rural), Javier Moreno (Caja Rural), Giovanni Visconti (Farnese-Vini), Jonathan Castroviejo (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Nairo Quintana (Colombia es Pasión) & Alejandro Valverde.
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Pros training
Philippe Gilbert in training for the Tour of Flanders
Reconnaissance Paris-Roubaix 2011
Reconnaissance Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2011
Reconnaissance Paris-Roubaix 2011
Reconnaissance Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2011
Friday, 14 October 2011
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Spartacus video - The Fabian Cancellara Interview
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Monday, 10 October 2011
Carlos Alberto Betancur (Acqua & Sapone) wins Giro dell'Emilia
Colombian Carlos Alberto Betancur, who has only just turned pro, was the surprise winner of the Giro dell'Emilia. Betancur won with a 24-second lead over Dutch rider Mollemi, Another Colombian, Rigo Uran was third. Nibali came in tenth.
Betancur turns 22 on 13 October. Last year he won the GiroBio, dominating the mountain stages in Asiago and Monte Grappa. Two years ago he finished second in the amateur world championship in Mendrisio.
Betancur turns 22 on 13 October. Last year he won the GiroBio, dominating the mountain stages in Asiago and Monte Grappa. Two years ago he finished second in the amateur world championship in Mendrisio.
Friday, 7 October 2011
Thursday, 6 October 2011
"Computers are like a bicycle for our minds." --"Stay hungry. Stay foolish." -- Steve Jobs (RIP)
Below is an excerpt from his June 12, 2005, speech.
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
About a year ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctors' code for "prepare to die." It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope, the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery, and I'm fine now.
This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but a purely intellectual concept:
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors and Polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google(GOOG) in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: It was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.
Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early-morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitch-hiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay hungry. Stay foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay hungry. Stay foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And, now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.
Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
The beast of Cantabria - Spain: Peña Cabarga
Descending
Going up at 18% (Vuelta)
Vuelta Stage
Cobo going up Peña Cabarga
This is how my friend described me the Climb, awesome!:
"Peña Cabarga está a media hora en coche y el super puerto asturiano a hora y media aprox.Mi hermano Mario,que fue a ver la etapa(¡por cierto salió en la tele corriendo un buen rato junto a Cobo pues se conocen : - )!)bueno,pues me describía como es el puerto y da MIE-DO.Cuando crees que ya ha pasado lo peor giras una curva y ooooooooooootra rampa de un desnivel que sólo verla duelen las piernas.Me decía que a + de un ciclista que iba matado le preguntó "Help?" y le dijeron que si por favor,así q empujó a + de uno.Un italiano le dio la ponchera a la mano y luego + tarde le regaló el mallot...¡Todo un rompepiernas el puertito!"
Going up at 18% (Vuelta)
Vuelta Stage
Cobo going up Peña Cabarga
This is how my friend described me the Climb, awesome!:
"Peña Cabarga está a media hora en coche y el super puerto asturiano a hora y media aprox.Mi hermano Mario,que fue a ver la etapa(¡por cierto salió en la tele corriendo un buen rato junto a Cobo pues se conocen : - )!)bueno,pues me describía como es el puerto y da MIE-DO.Cuando crees que ya ha pasado lo peor giras una curva y ooooooooooootra rampa de un desnivel que sólo verla duelen las piernas.Me decía que a + de un ciclista que iba matado le preguntó "Help?" y le dijeron que si por favor,así q empujó a + de uno.Un italiano le dio la ponchera a la mano y luego + tarde le regaló el mallot...¡Todo un rompepiernas el puertito!"
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Reportage: Laura Vilanova (@LauraVilanova)
Laura is one of those young Spanish talents that will make headlines in the future. She is from Valencia so it's not a surprise that at her young age (U23) she already is the Spanish time-trail National Champion and the X Cross National Champion.
Her mentors are Alejandro Valverde and fellow Valencian Anna Sanchis. Here dinning with Valverde:
Monday, 3 October 2011
Saturday, 1 October 2011
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