- By VeloNews.com
- Published May. 3, 2012
- Updated 1 hour ago
From the pages of Velo Magazine June 2012
From the pages of Velo Magazine June 2012
From the pages of Velo Magazine June 2012
From the pages of Velo Magazine June 2012
From the pages of Velo Magazine June 2012
From the pages of Velo Magazine June 2012
From the pages of Velo Magazine June 2012
In the June issue of Velo Magazine, read editor Neal Rogers’ thoughts on how the Belgian vaporized years of doubts with a sterling spring campaign that saw a record equaling fourth win at Paris-Roubaix, from a dominant breakaway, and a smooth sprint win from a three-man break at the Tour of Flanders.
The Flanders and Roubaix wins in one season marked Boonen’s second collection of the Roubaix-Flanders double, a record he owns alone. Tornado Tom, as he made abundantly clear, is back.
And while Paris-Roubaix centered around Boonen’s dominant solo breakaway, an American — and a young one, at that — rolled through in 15th place, perhaps the warning shots of a brilliant career for Taylor Phinney. In what may have been a final shot, Phinney’s BMC Racing teammate George Hincapie finished his 17th edition of The Hell of the North, possibly his last.
Of course, the Classics landscape was altered dramatically with the snapping of Fabian Cancellara’s collarbone after a thud to the ground in a paved feedzone during the Tour of Flanders. What would have been different had the Swiss Time Machine not gone down? It’s worth exploring, and we do.
Up front, Anthony Tan examines the fight between Great Britain and Australia at the world track championships in Melbourne and finds it a
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