Monthly Archives: June 2009

The Giro d’Italia as epic

This blog has commented previously on the epic, myth-making stories in writing on cycling (see here, for example). In his essay, The Tour de France as Epic, French philosopher Roland Barthes critiqued this style of writing but also added his own level of somewhat over-blown analysis. “The Tour [de France] is the best example we …

June 29, 2009 – 8:03 pm | By Guy WR | Posted in Classic Stages | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

Hemingway revisted

This blog has already written on Ernest Hemingway’s interest in cycling, particularly the Italian riders Ottavio Bottecchia and Bartolomeo Aymo. “I have started many stories about bicycle racing but have never written one that is as good as the races are both on the indoor and outdoor tracks and on the roads,” he wrote in …

June 20, 2009 – 8:49 am | By Guy WR | Posted in Climbers | Tagged | Comments (0)