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Mat Hayman has the biggest balls, apparently

April 11, 2016 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

“Sometimes you don’t need a plan, you just need big balls,” said Tom Boonen ahead of this weekend’s racing. I’d have thought that larger balls would be more susceptible to damage on Paris-Roubaix’s famously irregular…

Eight pairs to watch in the 2014 Vuelta a Espana

August 21, 2014 · by Alex · in Vuelta a Espana

There aren’t enough race previews binding riders together into twos. Let’s be honest, all the best things come in pairs. Also Twixes. The Chrises – Chris Horner and Chris Froome Horner won last year. Froome’s…

Belgians fail to take second place in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

March 3, 2014 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

Kuurne Brussels-Kuurne, first to eighth, by nationality: Belgian Dutch Belgian Belgian Belgian Belgian Belgian Belgian The number one Belgian was Tom Boonen, who might actually be a strong contender for that title in a broader…

Middle Eastern foreshadowing

February 10, 2014 · by Alex · in Stage races

Never let it be said that I am detached from my readers. I know what the readership is crying out for and that’s a half-arsed update about the Dubai Tour and stage one of the…

Cobbled classics riders to watch

January 7, 2014 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

Happy New Year and welcome to The Year of the Cobble. I was going to pay a bit more attention to the cobbled classics anyway, but it’s also worth following them to get a feel…

When Fabian Cancellara attacked Tom Boonen in the 2010 Ronde Van Vlaanderen

November 13, 2013 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

Earlier in the week, I wrote about Belgian bike racing and how it’s different from what you’ll see in the Tour de France. I thought it might be good to add a few visuals to…

How are Tom Boonen’s buttocks?

September 20, 2013 · by Alex · in General

Never let it be said that this website is overly focused on Tom Boonen’s barse. We’re not afraid to shift our attention by a few inches. Omega Pharma-QuickStep team manager, Patrick Lefevere, describes the current…

How’s Tom Boonen’s perineum?

September 9, 2013 · by Alex · in General

It’s not great. But at least it’s improving. “It’s going in the right direction. The skin around my perineum has grown back but now I have to let it recuperate. I tried a couple of…

Tom Boonen and Paris-Nice

March 7, 2013 · by Alex · in Stage races

Very few people seem to be riding Paris-Nice this year. Compare the starting line-ups for the two World Tour stage races taking place at the minute – Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice – and the former features…

Tom Boonen’s arm

February 12, 2013 · by Alex · in General

What’s significant about Tom Boonen’s arm, you might ask. What’s significant is that it’s still there. Now that might not seem newsworthy, but you may have correctly inferred from my even mentioning this that it…

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