Crashes and the after effects are still the foremost topic for the riders and I can’t blame them. Garmin-Sharp’s plans for the overall is gone. The Tour de France carried on and we finally had a change in the leadership. Also, we saw what team Sky’s plan is – hold the...

These are some of my favorite tweets from select riders of the Tour de France. It was a blood bath out there and it was reflected in the rider’s messages. Garmin-Sharp’s Tom Danielson was one of several on his team that hit the tarmac. Danielson had to abandon with both shoulders...

Twitter is where I often go to spout off on a number of subjects. Sometimes those 140 character posts are jump off points for other conversations. For those who are not on Twitter or may just pop in occasionally, here are some highlights from the past week. @neilroad: Looking at photos from...

Eventually it happens to all of us. You’re on Twitter and a certain someone’s tweets no longer show up in your feed. You swear you follow them, but you double-check anyways – just to be sure. Strangely your Twitter client of choice reports you’re not following that...

Sure we had our mandatory doping bust during the rest day of the Tour de France, but more importantly it will be known as the day Jens Voigt joined Twitter. Just hours before his Leopard-Trek teammates had hinted that they had in fact persuaded the very popular German rider to pick up his...

Team RadioShack just officially released images of their 2011 kit. In my opinion a better looking design from the red strapless dress look of 2010. All the usual sponsors are on board for the jersey: RadioShack (title sponsor), Trek, and Nike. Along the side panel of the shorts is “The...

I told you that there would be crashes with broken collar bones at the Tour of Qatar. Vaughters twittered that Cozza broke his collar bone and Sky’s Kurt Arvesen also went down in the neutral roll-out. And with the cross and side winds being part of the race you can expect more of the...