Saddleblaze

Ever since he was bullied by his brothers into watching the Tour de France as an eight-year-old, Saddles has been a cycling fanatic. As persistent as Voigt, as fast as Abdoujaparov, as voracious as Ullrich and as accurate as a Festina watch, Saddleblaze offers a lighter take on the oft-grave world of professional cycling. The self-styled best cycling-blog pedlar in the business, Saddles refutes sullied claims of doping levelled by his rivals: these nuggets are powered on Gerolsteiner fizzy water alone. Just ask his good friend Bernhard Kohl for a reference. You can follow him on Twitter @saddleblaze

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  The Secret Pro stirs the pot – but is it all a hoax?

  So, who is it? Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, Cadel Evans, Bradley Wiggins, Damiano Cunego, Ivan Basso, Danilo Di Luca, Denis Menchov, Michele Scarponi, Ryder Hesjedal, Alejandro Valverde, Vincenzo ...

  On May 9, 2013 / By Saddleblaze
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  Majestic Martin paves the way for Pat attack

  There was growing talk amongst the cycling community that Pat McQuaid would cap a wonderful weekend for the Irish by resigning as UCI President on Monday. The Irish ...

  On April 22, 2013 / By Saddleblaze
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  Bale tipped for awards after winning Amstel Gold in Kreuziger role

  His trademark method acting has brought us the likes of Patrick Bateman, Dicky Eklund and Bruce Wayne. Now Christian Bale has hit gold again with his uncanny portrayal ...

  On April 16, 2013 / By Saddleblaze
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  Remembering Roubaix: Ten things that made the North so Hellish

  After such a brutal and eventful race there’s no way you can pick out just the one talking point. So, in his weekly column for Cyclismas, Saddleblaze has ...

  On April 8, 2013 / By Saddleblaze
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  Salacious Sagan feeling the pinch after monumental gaffe

  With a string of second places this season, Slovak sensation Peter Sagan is certainly getting a bum deal in the current spring classics campaign. Renowned for his wacky ...

  On April 1, 2013 / By Saddleblaze
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  Mediocre “Scumbag” Tyler Hamilton keen to dig up cycling’s bad apples

  This article first appeared on Eurosport.Yahoo.com on Saddleblaze’s weekly Blazin’ Saddles blog page. “We would have wanted to invite Tyler Hamilton for other reasons. But he has done ...

  On March 28, 2013 / By Saddleblaze
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  Leaked: Sky’s plans for total podium domination in Tour

  It was a sickening move. He was clearly under team orders to hold back and yet he acted on his own impulse, threw caution to the wind and ...

  On March 26, 2013 / By Saddleblaze
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  ‘First it was comical, then it was only hell’

    The Hell of the (Italian) North came a few weeks early in Sunday’s snow-spattered Milan-San Remo, which reduced a peloton of grown men to frozen tears and ...

  On March 18, 2013 / By Saddleblaze
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  Portly Richie sparks the scaremongers into a frenzy

  In his latest column for Cyclismas, Blazin’ Saddles drops the wise-cracking facade and has a go at actually writing something vaguely serious… Saddleblaze has a confession to make: ...

  On March 11, 2013 / By Saddleblaze
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  Stud Pippo denied by angelic Kadri in Rome

  If ever there was an argument in favour of race radio it came on Sunday when Filippo Pozzato celebrated what he thought was a hard-earned victory in the ...

  On March 4, 2013 / By Saddleblaze