There's a time and
a place for most things, but today any attempt at a light-hearted cycling blog
would completely inappropriate. Instead, Saddles' thoughts go out entirely to
Wouter Weylandt, his friends, team-mates and family.
BS invites you to
share your memories and offer your condolences to an explosive rider for whom
stage three of a debut Giro last year brought sweet success - but stage three one
year on, the ultimate price.
RIP WW, 26 years young.
Ever since he was bullied by his brothers into watching the Tour de France as an eight-year-old, Blazin" 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, Blazin' Saddles offers a lighter take on the oft-grave world of professional cycling. The self-styled best cycling-blog pedlar in the business, BS refutes sullied claims of doping levelled by his rivals: these nuggets are powered on Gerolsteiner fizzy water alone. Just ask BS's friend Bernhard Kohl for a reference.
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