When I posted my last update on Pat McQuaid and the election for the presidency of the UCI, five federation presidents had requested the UCI voluntarily allow CAS to rule on its recent rule ...
Tag Archives: Hein Verbruggen
The Teachable Moment
We’re more than a third of the way through the racing season and only last week did we experience what I consider to be a truly important day of bike racing, one worth remembering. The race ...
Sea Change
In refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks unwittingly ignited a revolution in how the United States treated African Americans. It was a ...
The Explainer: This time I’m serious
Dear Readers, If you’ve read my stuff over the years, you might recall that, while at my old gig, one of my favorite times of year included the last two days of March. Alas, it wasn’t for ...
The 2012 RKP End-of-Year Awards
The Facebooks and Twitters have been full of apocalyptic references thanks to the easily anticipated fail of the Mayan end-of-the-world prediction. Laughing off the prediction of a 5000-year-old ...
Tuesdays with Wilcockson: Rebuilding confidence in pro cycling
Everyone agrees that confidence in professional cycling has to be restored after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report revealed the sport’s sordid underbelly: the rampant blood doping within Lance ...
The Explainer: When it comes to the UCI, change is needed … but it ain’t easy
Dear Mr. Pelkey, I’ve been a follower of LUG, RKP and the social media cycling community for a while, now. I am really happy about the recent events in pro cycling. Success and openness of ...
The Explainer: They shoulda let sleeping dogs lie
Dear Readers, I want to apologize for the two-week absence of “The Explainer” column. I was working on one story that just never really came together, although there is still a chance that it ...
The Catalyst
Journalist Paul Kimmage has filed a criminal complaint against the UCI for defamation, slander and fraud. That’s worth repeating: Paul Kimmage is suing the UCI. This would be where Wayne ...
The Gods, the Bad, the WTF?
All things considered, this has to be the strangest two weeks of my cycling life. A bit over a week ago I had the worst crash I’ve ever suffered on the bike. To give you some idea how ...