Tag: Alexander Kristoff

  • Green jersey contenders in 2016

    I’ve been putting off writing this points competition preview for a few days now and presumed there was some reason for this – nothing conscious, just some mystic message from the cosmos saying: “No, don’t bother yet. Play Civilization or go to the pub or something.” Turns out the cosmos was right. Everyone else is…

  • John Degenkolb, gummy and the spring classics’ new era

    I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking ‘did Greg Van Avermaet come second in Paris-Roubaix?’. No, he didn’t. He came third. John Degenkolb’s moustache won. A fine win it was too. “Degenkolb’s still there,” was perhaps the defining piece of commentary. The man who finished second last year was in the key group without really…

  • Alexander Kristoff, the jetpowered truck

    I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking ‘did Greg Van Avermaet come second in the Tour of Flanders?’. No, he didn’t. He came third. After the race, Avermaet said he thought he had the legs to win, but I don’t know about that. Alexander Kristoff looked like a big rumbling juggernaut that could have rolled…

  • For once Jack Bauer needed just a few more seconds

    Jack Bauer has never been afraid of doing a full day’s work. The Kiwi cyclist got in the break from the very start of stage 15, alongside Swiss rider, Martin Elmiger. No-one joined them and so the two of them were committed to an all-but-impossible day-long attempt to stay away from the peloton over flat…

  • Alexander Kristoff’s turn to aggravate the Slovak

    Maybe they could bring in a bridesmaid’s jersey for the rider with most second-placed finishes. It could be a garish pink with stupid puffy sleeves. Peter Sagan would be delighted. Alexander Kristoff was the latest beneficiary of Sagan’s extraordinary run of near-misses. Kristoff won Milan-San Remo this year, you know. His usual thing is winning…

  • Who won Milan-San Remo and how?

    Road cycling is an endurance sport. That was the message after this year’s Milan-San Remo. We tend to think of riders enduring endless climbs up mountains, but here they endured shitty weather and a very long day in the saddle. Technically, the race finished with a sprint, but it wasn’t the usual kind of sprint.…