Jacob Christensen » Cycling http://jacobchristensen.name Notes from the Outside of the Inside Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:03:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Tour de France Collapses http://jacobchristensen.name/2008/07/17/the-tour-de-france-collapses/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2008/07/17/the-tour-de-france-collapses/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:16:32 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=1973
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    For the record: I’ve given the TdF the miss this year. So this is all that will be written about the event here.

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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2008/07/17/the-tour-de-france-collapses/feed/ 0     Poetry in Motion http://jacobchristensen.name/2008/07/13/poetry-in-motion/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2008/07/13/poetry-in-motion/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:19:42 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=1928
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    But for those who remember the 1990s when Danish TV2 provided commentaries by the duo Jørn Mader and Jørgen Leth, I point you to BT where Leth writes about a partnership made in a cycling garage.

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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2008/07/13/poetry-in-motion/feed/ 0     Lies, Damned Lies and Professional Cycling http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/11/08/lies-damned-lies-and-professional-cycling/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/11/08/lies-damned-lies-and-professional-cycling/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:31:02 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/11/08/lies-damned-lies-and-professional-cycling/
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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/11/08/lies-damned-lies-and-professional-cycling/feed/ 0     Detours http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/24/detours/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/24/detours/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:23:50 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=707
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    Okay, following Floyd Landis’s resurrection last year, the latest piece of news was hardly surprising. But still…

    (And the answer to the obvious question is: No, I wouldn’t be surprised if…)

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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/24/detours/feed/ 0     The Chemical Express http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/21/the-chemical-express/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/21/the-chemical-express/#comments Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:55:31 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=704
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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/21/the-chemical-express/feed/ 0     I Hate Michael Rasmussen… http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/16/i-hate-michael-rasmussen/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/16/i-hate-michael-rasmussen/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:25:31 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=699
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    Ploegleider Erik Breukink was dolblij. ,,De dag begon voor ons niet zo goed. We zaten met niets mee voorin. Dit is een sterk staaltje. De concurrentie is wat laat in actie gekomen. Rasmussen had zes minuten voorsprong aan de voet van de laatste klim. Dat is veel.”

    Politiken, NRC Handelsblad (see quote), even the BBC has the details.

    Now all of Denmark will be in agony until he loses the yellow jersey or reaches Paris, whatever happens first.

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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/16/i-hate-michael-rasmussen/feed/ 0     Something Rotten http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/09/something-rotten/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/09/something-rotten/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:42:25 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=682
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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/07/09/something-rotten/feed/ 0     The Needle and the Damage Done http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/05/25/the-needle-and-the-damage-done/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2007/05/25/the-needle-and-the-damage-done/#comments Fri, 25 May 2007 15:27:56 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=534
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    Bjarne Riis: I used EPO

    That Riis dates his use of doping to the years 1993-1998 unfortunately also indicates that his dramatic rise to the front ranks in the Tour de France which made him a national icon during the early and mid-1990s had a chemical, rather than a psychological explanation.

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    And today he tore the race apart and won the stage. Emphatically.

    Is it because of the doping raids which eliminated all of the favourites that this year’s Tour de France is the most exciting since 1996?

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