Archive for cycling

Suggest a WordPress theme?

By Alastair McDermott | August 9th, 2007

I had to move Sport Crazy’s hosting recently due to some technical issues. I had seriously customised my previous WordPress theme for search engine optimisation and as it happens the backup I made of my customised theme is corrupt – d’oh! So my options are to reinstall the original theme and make some changes, or [...]

Contador starting to feel the pain

By Alastair McDermott | August 9th, 2007

Well, wha’did I tell ya? Looks like the TdF winner is unwelcome at a race in Hamburg: Managing director of the race Frank Bertling said: “Our basic position is that we don’t want to have any riders in the Hamburg race who are on the Fuentes list.” That list is said to include over 50 [...]

Something to smile about amidst all the scandal

By Alastair McDermott | July 26th, 2007

After all the scandal of the previous couple of TdF days (who didn’t see the Rasmussen thing coming? Contador next, I tell ya), here’s something to smile about. He is well in front of the 152 remaining riders (189 set off from London) in the three-week long Tour. In fact, he is 24 hours ahead [...]

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How your fitness affects your work life

By Alastair McDermott | July 25th, 2007

This is something strongly in my mind at the moment. I’m a sports addict, regularly playing rugby (3 times per week during season), sailing (twice weekly in summer) and cycling – mountain biking and cycle touring for holidays. Starting my internet marketing business has serious impacted my fitness – for about 4 months I’ve done [...]

Tour shock – Vinokourov tests positive

By Alastair McDermott | July 25th, 2007

I really was enjoying this year’s TdF, it was delivering really exciting tactical and strategic racing, especially the time trial and the 2 Pyrenees stages so far – brilliant! There’s been so much to enjoy up til now in the 2007 TdF: Rasmussen-Contador’s cat and mouse routine in the mountains Vino’s great TT win Will [...]

Sad day for cycling as Ulrich quits

By Alastair McDermott | February 27th, 2007

Just saw the news over on BBC that Jan Ulrich, 1997 TdF winner and 5 time runner up, has announced his retirement from cycling.