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AIRmail - February 14, 2022 Should elite athletes who cheat get a second chance? Reliably far-left sportswriter Dave Zirin of The Nation recently and somewhat surprisingly argued that "a mess of hypocrisy and bias" kept Barry Bonds out of baseball's Hall of Fame on his last year of eligibility. His thesis raises some very inte...

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AIRmail - February 7, 2022 The Beijing Winter Olympics got underway this weekend, under the shadow of strict COVID protocols and with essentially no live audience. As pointed out in a summary preview on the event by SportsPro Media, they begin "amid a chorus of criticism and tough questions for the International Olympic Commi...

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The Outer Line: A 10-year look at UCI WorldTour team performance A look at UCI WorldTour team wins — and trends — from 2012 through 2021.

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AIRmail - January 31, 2022 In a feature piece shared on VeloNews last week, we took an in-depth and comprehensive look at WorldTour team performance over the last ten years. By looking at the number of wins, podiums, and top-ten finishes, and by parsing the ProCyclingStats points standings, a number of interesting conclusio....

The future of bike racing as profitable sport and brand, Mark Cavendish’s offseason, and Andrew Talansky’s antisocial commentary…

AIRmail - November 29, 2021 A couple of inspiring pieces in the mainstream media caught our attention this week. Jennifer Weiner, best-selling author of ten novels that have sold more than 15 million copies, wrote in the New York Times on Sunday about regaining her childhood love of bicycling - and riding her bicycle as a mean...

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AIRmail - November 22, 2021 Most sports fans have never heard of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and even fewer have any idea how it actually works. (Recent cycling cases in which the CAS has been involved include the rejection of Peter Sagan's plea for overturning his disqualification at the 2017 Tour de France and A...

The problems of money in cycling, Tinkoff’s legacy, and other notes on capital flow in the sport.

AIRmail - November 1, 2021 External investment funds continue to pour into sports. There were reports this week that the wildly successful Indian cricket premier league (IPL) saw investors acquire two of the franchise teams for a combined total of over $1.7 billion. CVC Capital, one of the most active investors in this recent...

New riders union, world championships coming up this week—and the reason for fastest TT times ever is…handlebars?

AIRmail - September 20, 2021 In our feature piece last week for VeloNews, we provided a detailed update on the current status and direction of the recently-formed group, The Riders Union. The nascent TRU organization now claims more than 200 dues-paying members from 30 countries, representing most of the UCI WorldTour and ProTo...

Grand Tour Notes…

AIRmail - September 6, 2021 Primož Roglič won his third straight Vuelta a Espana on Sunday by more than four minutes over second-place Enric Mas. Jack Haig, the previously unknown Australian, rounded out the podium with a surprising and impressive performance. Roglič’s win, while predictable, signaled an undeniable shift ...

Some interesting items, including the JV film, but we’d like to hear especially like to see your comments on the Compton case…

AIRmail - August 23, 2021 The seemingly never-ending saga between Deceuninck-QuickStep team manager Patrick Lefevere and his star riders continued this week when Lefevere suggested, via his now infamous weekly column for Het Nieuwsblad, that the team’s star sprinter Mark Cavendish shouldn’t “over-estimate” his market...

Can’t help but wonder when/if the US market/stakeholders will return to the top level of the sport…and if the cultural conditions are/will be right again in the future.

AIRmail - August 16, 2021 The final grand tour of the season, La Vuelta a Espana kicked off this weekend, with two-time defending champion Primoz Roglic starting off with a strong showing in the opening time trial. However, the major story in pro cycling over the past week has been the lively transfer market, with UAE Team E...

Interesting notes on the Olympic races…and De Rosa’s seemingly ill-fated return to the US market.

AIRmail - July 26, 2021 The Men’s and Women’s Olympic Road Races ran over the weekend, snaking around the lower slopes of the majestic Mt. Fuji, and were just as brutal as advertised; both produced exciting breakaway victories. Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz took gold ahead of pre-race favorites Wout van Aert and Tadej Po...