It was with some disappointment that I read Darach McQuiad’s tweet from Friday, October 14th. “Momentarily irked by bloggers. Q – any cycling blogger out there actually, EVER, achieved or created anything in this sport? Risked any €$ ?” For those who don’t know Darach is the...

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...

First Alberto Contador’ Specialized Shiv was banned, now Fabian Cancellara’s Shiv has also been declared illegal by the UCI. Team Saxo Bank team manager Bjarne Riis was furious. “It is very annoying,” said Riis to Sporten.dk. “Fortunately we have not really had a...