A brief guide to cycling documentaries
Posted on 14. Feb, 2011 by in Bike Racing | 1 Comment
Aspiring filmmakers, take note. These three shots will pretty much cover all your bases.
Bike Racing
A winged horse teaches us about sponsorship and funding
Posted on 14. Dec, 2010 by in Bike Racing, Sponsors | No Comments
Sponsorship and investment funding are different ways of getting money to run a cycling team, and the lack of clarity around that difference is a major source of the confusion around what’s actually happening with Pegasus Racing. My best guess is that they never had a major sponsor on board for their would-be ProTour squad. Instead, they found someone who agreed to fund the team until they could sign a sponsor. Then that investor decided to do something else with his money.
The day Le Tour stood still
Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by in Bike Racing | No Comments
Twelve years ago today, the peloton refused to ride. What started as the Festina Affair had engulfed TVM and other teams. A complete shutdown of the Tour de France seemed like a real possibility. What were the riders actually protesting? In the years since, have they gotten what they wanted?
Team Schleck coming in 2011
Posted on 03. Jul, 2010 by in Bike Racing, Sponsors, Sports Business | No Comments
It looks like Andy Schleck and Fabian Cancellara won’t be teammates next season. Instead, Andy and his brother Frank will ride for a Luxembourg-based team that they’re launching with a couple of other former Riis Cycling employees. I wrote a couple months ago in my column for ROAD Magazine about the idea of teams built around star riders. Check it out.
Tour of California gallery
Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by in Bike Racing, Personal | No Comments
I’ve finally had a bit of time to pare 10 days on the road down to 65 photos from the 2010 Amgen Tour of California. Enjoy!
A few videos for Zipp
Posted on 19. May, 2010 by in Bike Racing, Blog, Client News | 2 Comments
I posted some photos earlier from my day in the caravan with SRAM Neutral Race Support, and here’s the video.
I also had a chance to interview one of the most influential, modernizing figures in pro cycling, Bjarne Riis.
And finally, there’s Joao Correia – the former associate publisher of Bicycling Magazine who’s now racing for Cervelo [...]
Stage 1 was a circus
Posted on 16. May, 2010 by in Bike Racing, Client News | No Comments
There were a LOT of people out there today. I was in the SRAM Neutral Race Support car taking photos and videos for Zipp’s website and Facebook page. I’ll have some more thoughts to post later on, but here are a few images from the stage.
Rock is, in fact, dead
Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by in Bike Racing, Sponsors | 4 Comments
After months of uncertainty over what kind of license Rock Racing would hold for 2010 and in what country, the UCI finally announced last week that the team would not be granted a license at any international level. Team owner Michael Ball seems to think that he’s been marginalized because of his aggressive personality and willingness to give second chances to past dopers. There’s likely some truth to his assertion, but I draw a couple additional conclusions.
When Fumiyuki met Andy
Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by in Bike Racing, Sports Business | No Comments
The final twist in the unusual contract saga of Fumiyuki Beppu came yesterday, when Skil-Shimano released him from the final year of his deal. He’ll now join Team RadioShack. Despite headlines like “Skil bow to power of Armstrong”, pressure from Lance or Johan Bruyneel would have been unnecessary. Thanks to Andy Webster, that’s been well established in European football (aka soccer).