David Zabriskie wins the 2009 Tour of Missouri. More pics at Garmin Slipsteam's flickr.com photo page.
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Hurray for Washington DC bicyclists taking this stand.
Late in August, Washington DC street crews cut the lock and removed a Ghost Bike that had been posted near Dupont Circle to memorialize the location where a truck struck and killed a young woman on a bicycle about a year earlier.
On Thursday came the response from the bicycling community — a new Ghost Bike chained up at the corner of 20th and R streets along with 21 other Ghost Bikes posted on lamp posts throughout the intersection.
That's one bicycle for every year in the life of Alice Swanson, the crash victim …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/13/dc-cyclists-dont-move-the-ghost-bike/
The Garmin-Slipstream cycling team held off a steady stream of attacks on Saturday to protect Dave Zabriskie's overall lead in the 2009 Tour of Missouri bike race.
The Utah cyclist ended the day with a 30-second lead over the nearest rival as the peloton faces Sunday's last stage, a 72-mile criterium around Kansas City.
Except for Friday's individual time trial, in which Zabriskie took the overall lead in the bike race, every stage has ended in a mass sprint. The 105-mile stage from Chillicothe to St. Joseph was no exception.
Italy's Francesco Chicchi surprised Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) and Sebastien Haedo …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/13/zabriskie-survives-attacks-to-hold-tour-of-missouri-lead/
France's David Moncoutie spent 5 hours in a breakaway at the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, much of it solo, to win the 107-mile stage that ended with a mountain top finish at Sierra Nevada.
While Alejandro Valverde followed soon enough to retain his overall lead, Garmin-Slipstream's Tom Danielson finished so far back that he lost his 4th place in the General Classification and virtually fell out of contention to 9th overall, 6:52 minutes behind the leader.
Australia's Cadel Evans was another Valverde rival who suffered a loss Saturday ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/12/valverde-still-leads-vuelta-a-espana-after-13-evans-and-danielson-suffer/
Ryder Hesjedal survived the breakaway and mountain top finish to win Stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana on Friday.
The 28-year-old cyclist comes from Victoria, BC, and is a member of the Garmin-Slipstream team.
In winning the 108-mile bike race to Alto de Velefique, Hesjedal becomes the first Canadian to ever win a stage at the Vuelta a Espana and the first Canadian to win a Grand Tour stage since Stephen Bauer in 1988.
He finished second in Stage 10 …
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Look for David Zabriskie in the yellow jersey at the Tour of Missouri on Saturday. The cyclist from Utah won the individual time trial on Friday, catapulting him 56 places into 1st.
The specialists have controlled the 2009 Tour of Missouri bike race so far.
First it was the sprint specialists — Mark Cavendish, Thor Hushovd, and Juan Jose Haedo — who won the races and controlled the overall lead.
On Friday's Stage 5, it was individual time trial specialist Zabriskie made his mark by finishing the 19-mile course in Sedalia 30 seconds faster than his nearest rival, and taking over the lead of the Tour by 30 seconds.
Now it's up to Zabriskie and the Garmin-Slipstream pro cycling team to protect the yellow jersey ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/11/zabriskie-takes-overall-lead-in-tour-of-missouri-bike-race/
Eight years ago this morning we watched a terrible event unfold that would bring profound changes to our nation and its foreign policies.
There are several bicycle rides that remember 9/11 and memorialize those who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Here are three in New York, North Carolina and Kentucky.
The Tour de Force 9/11 Memorial Bike Ride that began in 2002 when about a dozen bicyclists, mostly NYPD officers, rode their bikes from the Pentagon in the Washington DC to Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan.
This year's ride comprises about 170 bike riders who will leave on Friday from Boston …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/11/bicycle-rides-that-commemorate-91101/
The overall lead of the 2009 Tour of Missouri passed to Juan Jose Haedo of Team Saxo Bank on Thursday as he won the Stage 4 sprint in Jefferson City. (This video at left from Rochester Cycling shows the sprinters mounting a tough hill on the way to the finish.)
Brit Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia, the winner of Stage 1 and 2 and overall leader the first two days, bowed out of the race on Thursday with a respiratory infection.
Norwegian Thor Hushovd, who took over the lead by winning the sprint on Wednesday, narrowly missed a second victory on the 109-mile race from St. James to Jefferson City ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/11/jj-haedo-wins-stage-4-sprint-at-tour-of-missouri/
Cross-country bike travelers who are tired enough to sleep in a hollow log at night probably won't mind the fact that the new bike hostel in Farmington, Missouri, is a refurbished county jail.
The Transamerican Trail Cyclers Inn opened its doors Tuesday night, just in time for the start of Stage 3 of the Tour of Missouri on Wednesday.
The hostel is also known as “Al's Place,” named in recognition of local bicycling enthusiast Al Dziewa who died of cancer. The hostel sports 14 bunk beds in three bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen and laundry room. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/09/10/old-jail-reopened-as-bike-hostel-in-farmington-missouri/
The bike hostel dedicated in Farmington, Missouri, is the old St. Francois County jail. See details at Bike hostel opened in Farmington, Missouri
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