Cycling writer Dan Wouri @dwuori tweeted today, "TTTs are the CSPAN of cycling." I actually LIKE the team time trials because they really show how well the whole team works together under conditions that can always be improved with team practice. The only thing I do NOT like is how a weaker team can put a would-be GC contender out of the running. But that goes with the sport.
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I don't have any rights to publish any FIFA soccer images, so here's a team photo of our undefeated "Killer Bees" superstars in 2002.
Maddie juking out her opponents playing La Jolla Impact soccer in 2004.
Well, if there's a general feeling out there that TTTs are boring, then we should all have spent our TV sports time watching the USA women's team win their 4th consecutive World Cup today. There's more excitement in just the first few minutes of this World Cup video than there is in an hour of TTT coverage.
Can you imagine if American cyclists—both the men and women—were as strong in their sport as these amazing women are? We'd be back in the Lance Armstrong era, but without the doping. Soccer is a huge sport worldwide, which makes the rising call for fair pay to these women a welcomed chorus.
Can you imagine if American cyclists—both the men and women—were as strong in their sport as these amazing women are? We'd be back in the Lance Armstrong era, but without the doping. Soccer is a huge sport worldwide, which makes the rising call for fair pay to these women a welcomed chorus.
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