Wouter Weylandt

Kristof Ramon just posted this excellent photo of Wouter Weylandt doing a recon ride for Pairs-Roubaix earlier this year. Rest in peace, Wouter.

Check out more of Kristof's excellent photos here.

Road to Roubaix Shirts

The guys in charge of the excellent Road to Roubaix movie have had some shirts printed. Get one, and the DVD of the movie, here.

Thanks to Josh at Deathlap for the heads-up.

Paris-Roubaix = Carnage

Damn! Did anyone make it through the race without crashing at least once? And what the hell was going on with that motorbike slamming into the crowd?? Paris-Roubaix is crazy.

Paris-Roubaix Photos

Yes, I know the race was last weekend, but Versus only showed the damn thing yesterday. Unlike some blogs *cough tracko cough* I decided to hold off on putting anything up about it till now, because I didn't want to give away the ending. The following brilliant photos came from the gracious Kay. Thanks, buddy!

Early morning pavé - Photo by Kay.

Lions of Flanders on their way to the race - Photo by Kay.

Stijn Devolder of Quickstep, wearing the jersey of the Belgian National Champion - Photo by Kay.

In what other sport can you get this close to your heroes? - Photo by Kay.

An incredible photo of your eventual 1,2,3. Tornado Tom in front, Cancellara behind him, and in third the rising star of Alessandro Ballan - Photo by Kay.

Having cheered the riders along the pavé, the fans watch the finish on TV. Here some Belgian fans go wild watching Boonen win in the Roubaix velodrome - Photo by Kay.

Hell of the North

There are two big races this weekend: Paris-Roubaix and the H8TR100. The first one, whatever, it's not that hard. I've done it. Twice. But the second one, the H8TR100? Now that sounds rough! 100km across some rugged, inhospitable and frankly uninhabitable Wisconsin terrain, through barren forests and under frozen waterfalls (literally, there's a big curtain of ice half blocking the entrance to a tunnel they have to go through.) I'm not sure who's going to win either race, all I know is they better look like this when they cross the line: