It’s been no secret that Mark Cavendish hasn’t been happy with the level of support he’s received from his Omega Pharma-QuickStep teammates. The Belgian squad’s spring classic season was a disappointment in comparison to the days when Tom Boonen was winning Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders. Team manager Patrick Lefevre has told the press that he is already on the hunt for riders that can support Cavendish in the sprint and is going to bench those who can’t. In a last ditch effort to shore up support for the Manx Missile in the Giro d’Italia, suddenly retired Alessandro Petacchi was attempting to...

It’s been hanging on my wall for a couple of years, the Nike “What am I on…” Lance Armstrong poster. Today I took it down. Originally I hung it on my office wall because I liked the message of training to improve yourself. I also slipped keepsakes from races: route maps, rider’s numbers, my Cross Vegas number, a certificate from the 2008 L’Etape I’d done in France, and various media stickers from races underneath the clear plastic cover. However, peeking out from behind these pleasant bike related memories was Armstrong. Even though his helmeted head was still nothing more to me than a pin-prick of color like one from Georges...

Wonder what speeds the pros clock on some of the monuments in cycling? Thanks to Strava you don’t need to. Not only has your favorite route probably been Strava tagged with blue KOM sections like a Jackson Pollack painting, many races have key sections “KOMed” (I’m making this a thing – #1. The act of turning a section of road into a King of the Mountain section on Strava. Example, “I KOMed my driveway and no one is taking that from me” or #2. Past tense of setting a KOM segment record. Example, “Busted out my Wednesday lunch ride and I KOMed Paris Mountain.). My buddy, recovering journalist, and now PR guy John...