I am catching up on watching the Spring Classics and getting ready for what is, for most American cycling fans, the biggest event of the year: the Tour. I keep coming back, even though in past years I’ve had so many of the guys I’ve rooted for test positive and get booted (Vino, whose got me to buy this movie, and Saunier Duval, whose stage 10 victory last year was amazing, come to mind). This year, we’ve got Lance’s return (who is also racing the Giro d’Italia). We’ve also got Illinois’s own Christian Vande Velde to root for, who will be captaining Garmin/Slipstream. The New York Times has an article today about him. Slipstream’s rigorous testing means that Vande Velde could a good guy to root for, and his fight may be on the pavement rather than in a French police station.
[Image from Felt Racing]