http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog/108652/Matthew-Keenan Spain's Alejandro Valverde may carry a lot of baggage but he has shown a refined ability to be a factor in any race, write Matthew Keenan. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/116787/The-Caisse-for-Valverde http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/116787/The-Caisse-for-Valverde Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 While it looks like Cadel Evans' BMC team has a wildcard start in the 2010 Tour de France, there are other teams that have strong claims to a starting position, writes Matthew Keenan. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/116646/Will-BMC-get-a-Tour-wildcard http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/116646/Will-BMC-get-a-Tour-wildcard Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 Fast and exciting, track is cycling's version of Twenty20 cricket yet it fails to hold the interest of the fans, Matthew Keenan asks why? http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/116477/Diminished-interest http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/116477/Diminished-interest Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 Despite signs of progress by forward thinking governments, Australia still feels like a dystopia to Europe's growing cycling utopia, writes Matthew Keenan. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/116186/Still-a-long-way-to-go http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/116186/Still-a-long-way-to-go Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 Jack Bobridge's record ride in the men's individual pursuit at the Australian track titles has Matthew Keenen wondering what might have been. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/116027/Fruitless-pursuit http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/116027/Fruitless-pursuit Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 There are a number of ways to calculate future success and Matthew Keenan gives us an insight into an interesting Team Sky metric. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/115857/Measuring-Sky-s-success http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/115857/Measuring-Sky-s-success Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 Matthew Keenan is looking forward to getting the dirt on the MTB set at the SRAM Australian Mountain Bike Championships in Adelaide. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/115572/Getting-dirty http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/115572/Getting-dirty Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 An Australian national championship jersey is a powerful tool and Matthew Keenan argues the long term future of the sport would be best served with a local winner. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/115487/Where-do-you-want-to-see-the-Aussie-jersey-go http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/115487/Where-do-you-want-to-see-the-Aussie-jersey-go Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 The return of Alexandre Vinokourov to one of the big stages of cycling presents a challenge to those of us who love the sport, writes Matthew Keenan. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112572/Vuelta-a-Vino http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112572/Vuelta-a-Vino Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 It may be June and it may be the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré but one of the battles for yellow in Paris at the end of July was on in earnest over the past week. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109982/Contador-s-mind-games http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109982/Contador-s-mind-games Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The Giro d'Italia may well be the second most important tour on the cycling calendar but due to the recent date changes of the Tour of California that position may now be under threat. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109528/-amp-nbsp-Is-the-Giro-under-threat http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109528/-amp-nbsp-Is-the-Giro-under-threat Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 For those who want to win a bike race there are two ways to go about it. One way is to ride to try not to lose. The other is to ride to try to win. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109248/Fortune-favours-the-brave http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109248/Fortune-favours-the-brave Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1100 Bike racing is a beautiful thing when you've got a Directeur Sportif like Rabobank's Erik Dekker who is prepared to risk a creditable high place finish in pursuit of victory. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109227/The-beauty-of-a-bold-DS http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109227/The-beauty-of-a-bold-DS Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1100 A quick look through the Paris-Nice honour roll and it doesn't take a genius to work out that the "Race to the Sun" is the ideal testing ground for the Tour de France. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109218/Contador-Evans-under-Paris-Nice-microscope http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109218/Contador-Evans-under-Paris-Nice-microscope Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1100 Just as every sport battles for media coverage and sponsorship dollars they also battle with each other to attract talented juniors, something that isn't one of cycling's strong suits in this country. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109199/The-battle-for-talent http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109199/The-battle-for-talent Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1100 The real issue of how to make cycling more entertaining continues to slip under the radar – the predictability caused by race radio. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109155/Radio-killed-the-tactical-star http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109155/Radio-killed-the-tactical-star Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1100 Cycling doesn't seem very important this week. It's a nice distraction but just not that important. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109119/Every-bit-of-support-counts http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109119/Every-bit-of-support-counts Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1100 Too many cyclists have died at too young an age for the issues raised by Frederick Nolf's death at the Tour of Qatar to just be shrugged off as an occupational hazard. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109095/Too-many-too-young http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109095/Too-many-too-young Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1100 Sir David Attenborough would be in his element at the hotel for the Tour of Qatar hiding out of view of his subjects, peering over a chair and talking in hushed tones about the behaviour of those inhabiting the cycling jungle. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109091/Body-language-and-mind-games http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109091/Body-language-and-mind-games Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1100 "Qatar's Tour de France bid gains momentum". That was the lead story on the back page of the Gulf Times today. In the words of John McEnroe "you cannot be serious". http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109074/What-price-sporting-credibility http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109074/What-price-sporting-credibility Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1100