Twat Gets Twatted!

The runners were pretty obnoxious today...

Thanks to Evan for the heads-up.

It Starts Today

Badass!!

Love it. What an insane stage that was. Thanks to BenVC for the heads-up. Details here and here.

Vino

One of my favourites. Fuck the haters.

Rapha Galibier Vid

Laurent Fignon

Seen here racing a Madison during the Paris 6-Day in 1984, French cycling legend and two time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon has passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was only 50 years old. RIP.

Surprise!

This guy won. Fingerbang not shown.

Also, "fat tires" won our Fantasy Tour de France competition, so send us your address buddy, and we will send you a prize. Eventually.

Tour Infographs

Amazing set of information graphics done by Chicago's own Jerome Daksiewicz




Really nice stuff.

More here.

Again, spotted by Andrew on Chifg, via bikehugger

*UPDATE*
Jerome was kind enough to add some hi-res version here. Thanks Jerome!

Atmosphere

That was some stage today.

Photo: REMY GABALDA/AFP/Getty Images

Renshaw Headbutt!

Here's a picture of Mark Renshaw headbutting Julian Dean in the final sprint of today's stage of the Tour de France. Renshaw was disqualified from the stage and kicked out of the entire race for this:


Oh... wait... that's Robbie McEwen headbutting Stuart O'Grady in an earlier Tour de France! McEwen was disqualified from the stage for his headbutt, but was not kicked out of the Tour. Harsh on Renshaw?

Also, what is with these Antipodeans headbutting each other all the time? As Chopper Read might say, settle the fuck down!

Congrats to Cuddles!

Congrats to Cav's climbing, crying compadre- Cuddles!

Simon's other favorite pro cyclist!

A response from all the Haters.

Brilliant photo of Cav doing what Cadel Evans does best:



That is all.

In Your Face, Haters!

Brilliant photo of Cav doing what he does best, taken from the equally brilliant CyclingTips blog.

USA! USA! USA!

Happy 4th of July from Hipster Nascar!*


*Well, mostly from me, that American half of HN and to a lesser extent, Simon...



Also! Don't forget to sign up for the Hipster Nascar League in the Versus Tour de France Fantasy Cycling Challenge! We finally got the password all sorted out- it's "doping4eve"

Second Annual Fantasy Tour de France Competition!

The Tour starts tomorrow, so we're running another fantasy competition, very like the one we ran last year but even more disorganised! Go to the Versus fantasy cycling page here, set yourself up an account, and join the private group named HipsterNascar. The password to get into the group is: doping4eve. Then pick your roster, and watch as Wiggo fails to earn you a single point outside of time-trials! The prizes have yet to be determined, and will probably consist of bits and pieces of rubbish that Aaron and I find in Roanoke thrift stores. Good luck!

UPDATE: The correct password to join the HipsterNascar league is "doping4eve". Little known fact: Simon is a huge fan of the Ruff Ryder's First Lady, Eve.


Sorry for any confusion!

-Aaron

In my defence, I didn't realise that my original choice for the password, doping4ever, would be too controversial for Versus. Pat McQuaid probably complained about it or something. But it is true, I do have a thing for Eve, so it all works out nicely!

-Simon

Tour de France Illustration

I love this! Tour de France illustration by ILoveDust for Bicycling Magazine. I wonder if they have it as a poster? More details here.

Thanks to fellow Irish-person Maria for the heads-up via chifg.

Bradley Wiggins Interview

Just off the bike after an amazing performance at the Tour de France, British track legend, Olympic champion and Mod revivalist Bradley Wiggins gave a great interview to the Guardian newspaper, wherein he talked about out of body experiences on Ventoux and the spirit of Tom Simpson. As he says himself "When I reached Ventoux on the second-last day it felt as if Tom was waiting for me. As I began the climb it felt as if his spirit was riding with me. It started on the early slopes and I imagined how Tom must have been feeling, riding towards his death, and the feeling grew as I climbed." Read the rest here.

Photo by David Levene for Guardian Sport.

What. A. Beast.

First Day in the Mountains

From Barcelona to Andorra, today is the first mountain stage in this year's Tour. Who's going to attack first? And how will my fantasy TdF team, made up exclusively of sprinters, fare? Poorly, I'm guessing. If you're trying to find live feeds of the action, CyclingFans is your best bet.

One of the Best

This guy. Thanks for the mad points, FC!