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The UCI Overlord decrees the Best and Worst of the Week – Episode 1

Yes, even I need to evolve. Sure, it was fun waxing the philosophical every week for something like eight months, but you little people grew tired of the ...
On November 22, 2011 / By admin
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The Winners! Overlord’s Awards of Mass Distinction are Announced!

After many, many, many brown envelopes opened and counted, it is time to announce the victors in my year-end awards for the illustrious sport of cycling. I’d like ...
On November 11, 2011 / By admin
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The Trifecta That Shaped U.S. Cycling in the Armstrong Era

The evolution of funding in cycling from the traditional trade-team format that was prevalent in the sport prior to the mid 1980s to its current sponsor-style format (brought ...
On November 7, 2011 / By admin
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The UCI Overlord’s Cycling Tweeters Index of Suspicion – November, 2011

New faces and new places mark our suspiciousyness list for November. We have concerns that the Lance Armstrong twitter account may actually be a spambot, based upon the ...
On November 4, 2011 / By admin
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Pour Some Sugar On Me

So after all the wailing and gnashing of Slipstream Sport’s collective teeth, bon-vivant and sartorial dandy, Jonathan Vaughters, believes the best way to plug the $5 million hole ...
On November 3, 2011 / By admin
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The Overlord’s Dispatches from the Throne Volume 29

It’s been one hellish day after another for the past three weeks here in Aigle. Depositions, lawyers, end-of-the-season events, Pan Am Games, holiday in the Caribbean, and back ...
On October 28, 2011 / By admin
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Aigle

The year was 1992. A 51-year-old Hein Verbruggen was president of the UCI and only four years away from joining the hallowed institution that is the International Olympic ...
On October 27, 2011 / By admin
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Sporting Crusaders – Beauty and the Beast

This is part 3 of a series written by Martin Hardie which originally appeared in Spain’s el Pais covering the 2011 Play the Game conference held in Cologne, Germany ...
On October 27, 2011 / By admin
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UCI_Overlord’s 2011 Awards of Mass Distinction

After being trumped by the 2011 Cyclingnews people’s choice awards hosted by William Fotheringham, I’ve had to rush my own poll for year-end awards in the following categories. ...
On October 26, 2011 / By admin
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Who is Mauro Gianetti?

I read @inrng’s blog post about the sponsorship woes of Geox today. That got me thinking about the manager of this team, who has a very special history ...
On October 20, 2011 / By admin

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