Monday, January 06, 2020

It's Yer 2020 Cycling Year in Preview (Yeah, You Read Right)!

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Yes, 2020 is finally here, so it's time for the riders to preen in their dashing new team kits, the mechanics to swap out their old spon...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

It's Yer New Year's Resolutions for the Peloton!

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Look, we all know what you did in 2019.  And frankly, you oughta be ashamed of yourselves. So how better to start 2020 off with a clean slat...
Monday, December 30, 2019

It's Yer Incredibly Prestigious 2019 racejunkie Awards!

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Yes, it's another marvelous, and also appalling, year o' cycling done 'n' dusted, and in this gaudy self-congratulatory awar...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

It's Yer 2019 racejunkie Merry Festivus Gift List for the Peloton!

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Yes, it's that heartwarming, giving time of year, when we all throw parties, send cards, give each other carefully chosen gifts, and giv...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

It's racejunkie's 10 Cycling Things I'm Thankful For This Thanksgiving (And a Few I'm Darn Well Not)!

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Yes, it's nigh about Thanksgiving in the US, where we celebrate our shameful colonial past by gorging ourselves with such venerable 17th...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

It's Yer Incredibly Prestigious 2019 Vuelta a Espana racejunkie Awards!

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Seeing red--but traumatized because it's not the leader's jersey?  Bereft with the final Grand Tour done and dusted and only the Wor...
Sunday, September 08, 2019

It's Yer Vuelta a Espana Jaysus *Now* What the Hell's Going On Out There Rest Day Dos Roundup!

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Whew, were *those* exhausting climbing days--to watch on our end, anyway!  Luckily, we've *all* earned a good day's rest.  So now th...
Monday, September 02, 2019

It's Yer Vuelta a Espana What the !#$! Just Happened Out There Rest Day Uno Roundup!

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Look, so far this Vuelta's begun in chaos, and it's probably gonna !@#damn well *end* in chaos.  But there's a whole lot to keep...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

It's Yer Vuelta a Espana in Preview, Part Tres: the Climbeurs, the Roleurs, and the Sprinteur(s)!

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Okay, we got the course.  We got the crazy-!@#, anything-goes GC.  So who's *not* going for GC but *is* going for some mountains glory, ...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

It's Yer Vuelta a Espana in Preview, Part Dos: the GC Contenders!

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Frankly, I've had enough of teams and riders treating the fabulous Vuelta as the last choice on a filet-mignon-lobster-limp pile of yest...
Sunday, August 18, 2019

It's Yer Vuelta a Espana in Preview, Part Uno: The Course!

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Yeah, I *know*, the Tour didn't suck this year.  Champagne popped, alright? But *now*, it's time for the *always* smashing Vuelta a ...
Sunday, July 28, 2019

It's Yer Incredibly Prestigious Tour de France Racejunkie Awards!

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Feeling glum this morning from your annual post-Tour de France hangover? Hoarse from proudly singing "La Marseillaise" for 3 strai...
Sunday, July 21, 2019

It's Yer Tour de France Rest Day Deux Roundup!

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We made it past the time trial (except, basically, Movistar).  We made it through the first rest day.  And now, we've made it through th...
Monday, July 15, 2019

It's Yer Incredibly Prestigious Giro Rosa Racejunkie Awards!

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Still recovering from the drama of 10, count 'em 10, days of smashing women's pro cycling in Italy? Still dragging your !@# after a ...
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Thursday, July 04, 2019

It's Yer Tour de France in Preview, Part Trois: The Sprinteurs, The Climbeurs, and the Puncheurs!

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Ok, we got the course. We got the GC (massively wrong most likely, but we got 'em)!  So who can we count on for more intermittent, but ...
Wednesday, July 03, 2019

It's the Giro, It's the Giro, It's the Giro Rosa!: in Preview

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Feeling a strange mix of ennui and downright irritation over the Tour de France?  Already writing it off as a sordid doping !@#$show? Well l...
Monday, July 01, 2019

It's Yer Tour de France in Preview, Part Deux: The GC Contenders!

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All right, we got the course down--on to the general classification contenders!  Let's see...there's Chris Froo--naw...Tom Dumou--aw...