1969: Merckx toils through hell.
The church of les paves will be re-visited in five months...
"Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."
- Paradise Lost, John Milton (1608-1674).
"Today we are visiting a world that would have been forgotten if one day a bike race hadn't had this crazy idea, once a year, of turning left on the way out from Troisvilles, leaving the civilization of the car to plunge into the meandering history of the Nord. The names are devilishly evocative: Inchy, Verchain-Maugre, Querenaing. They are the first stations of the cross. You couldn't invent something like that."
- Philippe Bouvet, L'Equipe, 2006.
"Today we are visiting a world that would have been forgotten if one day a bike race hadn't had this crazy idea, once a year, of turning left on the way out from Troisvilles, leaving the civilization of the car to plunge into the meandering history of the Nord. The names are devilishly evocative: Inchy, Verchain-Maugre, Querenaing. They are the first stations of the cross. You couldn't invent something like that."
- Philippe Bouvet, L'Equipe, 2006.
Paris-Roubaix: of biblical proportions.
Peter Sagan's Sportful factory tour...
If Peter Sagan gets tired of the road, I think he can (or will) shine here...
UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships review.
I returned from my successful doctor's visit with a new outlook and anticipation to getting back on my bike...
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