Tom Boonen has toothache!!!! :(

Or: Slow news day.

Poor Tom. As well as humiliating himself in the name of anti-smell face cream (tune in tomorrow), he's got an ongoing problem with his teeth.

The problem was SO BAD that he was UNABLE TO SELL THINGS TO THE BEGLIAN MASSES. No World Champion has ever been so unfortunate. Our attempts to interview his dentist for a 3,000 word interview-cum-feature were in vain, but we'll leave no stone unturned in our investigation.

Following the TOP SECRET information we've been able to gather thus far, Derailed predicts a large scale degradation of Boonen's physical condition to rival that of just about every coastline in Europe. Mark our words: he'll be advertising denture glue on Eurosport within five years.

Not entirely a slow news day, actually

Alberto Contador won in Romandie, which is good because we like him. The only reason we're not bombarding you with overenthusiastic praise of him is because of this:

"An almost identical performance to his victory atop Les Paccots exactly twelve months ago, the Spaniard attacked with an inner force of someone who has being on the brink of death and bounced back, driving home his advantage to not only earn him the stage, but also the overall lead in the 60th Tour de Romandie."

CyclingNews used up the day's hyberbole quotient in a single race report :(

TOMORROW:
Boonen sells out. But it'll be funnier and less forced than today's entry, promise.

Toothache news stolen from here, because we couldn't think of anything for ourselves:
Cycling News - April 28
Contador news stolen from here:
Cycling News - Romandie


Some old updates that aren't entirely awful


And there'll be even more coming to this spot just as soon as we can be bothered trawling through our somewhat embarrassing archives.

Simon and Anthony


Nigel and company


Johnathan & friends, even though they're always last with the news and the website is horrible


Dutch cyclists we like because they're better/more attractive than British riders

Bobke Strut is so good that it deserves a category of its own

Arrr, bike pirates

George!

Things we hate so much we're not even going to link to them

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