A tailwind and clear sunny skies pushed the average speed of today’s 69th running of the Paris-Camembert up to an average speed of 45 kph. Pat McCarty was part of an early break of 13 that was eventually reeled in by teams Caisse d’Epargne and Bouygues. Despite a second break away attempt, the race ended […]

The 24-year-old Dutch rider Martijn Maaskant (above and below) hung with the world’s best cyclists today to finish a fabulous 4th - and just off the podium - in his Paris-Roubaix debut.
Sticking to the front of the race as the main group gradually dwindled over the dusty pavé, Martijn made the decisive break […]

Despite valiant efforts from all the boys today, Christian Vande Velde (left on final podium) couldn’t manage to steal back the time–just four little seconds–he needed to take the yellow jersey in the final stage of the 2008 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe.
The Argyle Armada was well-represented from the gun with Kilian Patour (right) joining […]

After 120 km on the lam, a four-man break was swallowed up with just 3 km to go and stage 4 wrapped up with a bunch sprint. Christian Vande Velde (12th) and Thomas Voeckler (26th) both finished with the same time as the stage winner. The French rider, however, managed to pick up 3″ in […]

This is a very cool feeling. My roommate Christian (left and below on podium) won the time trial today and just got back to the hotel. Actually, he didn’t just win it, he smashed everyone else. A ten-second difference over 9 km is a hell of a lot. To be honest, I think Voekler […]

A quiet peloton gathered early this morning under a slow, cold drizzle to compete in the first of a two-stage day of day two of Circuit Cycliste Sarthe. A three-man break animated most of the stage. The fugitives were caught just before the finish by a handful of riders with the main peloton only 3″ […]

Et bien bilan de la 1ère étape. Il faisait super froid et nous devons joué au chat et a la souris avec les échapees. Puis une chute avec CJ, Christian et Pat! On a perdu du temps…mais pas trop. Et il reste encore quatre étapes!
Demain lever a 6h45 et départ 9h45! Et ils annoncent 1 […]

The report from stage 1. It was super cold and we had to play cat and mouse with a breakaway of two. Then Chris Sutton, Christian Vande Velde and Pat McCarty got caught up in a crash. We lost some time, but not much. And there are still four more stages left.
Tomorrow we get […]