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Enlarge textIf you've been around the traps for a while observing the to-ing and fro-ing of cycling discourse you'll find two kinds of stories that never seem to die.
Cyclists shadowed (Getty Images)
topThere is only one race that can now save the season for Andy Schleck, his older brother Frank and RadioShack-Nissan, the Tour de France.
Andy Schleck (foreground) and brother Frank (background) at the Liege-Bastogne-Liege (AAP Images)
Today Riccardo Ricco was drummed out of professional cycling by Italian authorities but I take no pleasure in seeing the “Cobra” defanged for life.
Riccardo Ricco at the 2008 Tour de France (Sirotti)
Was Paris-Roubaix third-rate?
On Monday the cycling world hailed Tom Boonen’s victory in the Paris-Roubaix as one for the ages, on Wednesday the man he joined in the record books tells us that victory was third rate.
Tom Boonen leads the peloton through the Forest of Arenberg (Sirotti)
Is Omega Pharma-Quick Step, a superteam or a team of super individuals, asks Cycling Central Editor Philip Gomes?
Tom Boonen, Omega Pharma-Quickstep (Getty)
Every few years an idea that seeks to place cyclists firmly outside user plans for the greenest and most used social space in the heart of Sydney is floated, notes Philip Gomes.
Google Map screenshot of Centennial Park (CC)
Boonen takes aim at sprint cowboys
Three-time Paris-Roubaix winner Tom Boonen is back to his best and mixing it with some of the fastest men in the peloton, however the veteran classics specialist has also noticed a new and perhaps reckless aggression at the close of races.
In the thick of it ... but Boonen now says he tries to stay out of danger in the sprints. (Getty Images)
Did the strongest rider win Milan-San Remo? Some including Simon Gerrans say no. However Philip Gomes thinks the race winner was stronger if you use other definitions.
Simon Gerrans wins Milan-San Remo by half a wheel ahead of Fabian Cancellara (Sirotti)
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