Universal Sports, the network that brought us live streaming of the Giro d'Italia, is following up with live online and delayed broadcasts of the 2009 Vuelta a Espana which rolls out from August 29 to September 20.
All 21 stages will be shown live at UniversalSports.com every morning, complete with an online “Tracker” that shows riders' positions on the course and stage maps and profiles.
The stages will be replayed on the Universal Sports broadcast and cable network during the day and followed by an enhanced replay in primetime.
Meanwhile, Tour de France broadcaster Versus announced that viewership soared 41% over the previous year. Multichannel News reported that the Versus website fared well too, with a 117% increase in traffic over 2008 …
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Will Saxo Bank star cross over to Team RadioShack?
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/07/28/andy-schleck/
Alabama's new state motto (with apologies to Orsen Wells who delivered this punch line for Paul Masson):
“We will serve no wine before
it's timenaked nymphs on bicycles are removed from the label.”
The Cycles Gladiator brand of wine has been banned from shelves in Alabama by the Alabama Beverage Commission because the label is deemed pornographic.
The art is nothing new. The label is a replica of a Parisian bicycle poster dating back to 1895 and shows a nude woman flying through the heavens with a bicycle. Naked, yes. Pornographic, no …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/07/28/alabama-bans-wine-depicting-naked-nymph-flying-with-bicycle/
Remember how the prospect of federal stimulus funding posed such good possibilities for installing more bicycle lanes and creating more bike and pedestrian trails when it was approved in February?
Well, a group named Smart Growth America has analyzed the requests from states for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding and found that only 2.8 percent ($605.4 million) will go toward non-motorized projects.
An even lesser amount 0.9 percent (or $189.4 million) will go toward public transportation projects. The report is summarized at the Smart Growth America blog:
“While some states proved excellent at investing wisely and making progress, most states failed to fulfill pressing transportation needs. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/07/27/best-and-worst-states-for-spending-stimulus-money-on-non-highway-projects/
When Lance Armstrong announced last September that he was coming out of retirement to race once again at the Tour de France, I only hoped that he wouldn't embarrass himself.
He dropped out of pro cycing for 3 1/2 years and had turned 38 years old. He might have been a little beyond his prime.
But Armstrong has proven the past three weeks that he still has the stamina and guts to compete at the elite level. Remarkably, he never fell out of the Top 10 and spent most of the race in either 2nd or 3rd place.
A podium finish in Paris is damn good. We can only wonder at the result if he had a team working for him instead of sharing loyalties with the eventual champion, Alberto Contador.
Unless something happens on the way to Paris on the final stage on Sunday, here's how he reached the podium:
Stage 1: 10th place, 40 seconds behind — Armstrong holds the best time in the individual time trial for much of the day in Monaco. Fabian Cancellara won the stage. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/07/26/lance-armstrongs-stage-by-stage-ride-to-podium-finish-at-2009-tour-de-france/
A last-lap threat by the Garmin cycling team couldn't derail the lead-out train of Team Columbia as their star sprinter Mark Cavendish won the last stage of the 2009 Tour de France in Paris.
While Cavendish celebrated his sixth stage win at this year's Tour — the 10th in two years — Astana's Alberto Contador was celebrating his second Tour de France championship.
Lance Armstrong also finished in the peloton, cementing a third-place finish at the Tour behind Saxo Bank's Andy Schleck. Armstrong plans to return next year for one more Tour at the head of his own team, sponsored by Radio Shack.
The only two US-based teams in this year's race battled at the head of the peloton in the closing lap….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/07/26/cavendish-shines-in-paris-as-tour-de-france-draws-to-close/
When I headed down the driveway on my bicycle this afternoon, I was looking to cool off. While I was successful, I found many other people trying to beat the heat in ways other than bicycling.
With temperatures getting into the 90s this weekend, I found cool breezes and shady byways on my bicycle ride.
If you're looking for a good bike ride on Sunday, the most excellent 16th annual Tour de Kitsap is just a cool ferry ride away from Seattle. You can register at the Silver Beach Hotel from 7 to 10:30 a.m., or at the ferry terminal in Bremerton. See the flyer (.doc) for more information.
You can go for a bike ride on your own …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/07/26/a-few-ways-to-beat-the-heat-wave-in-the-pacific-northwest/
[Update: Tuesday, July 28 – A service to celebrate the life of Jose Hernando will be held beginning at 6:30 p.m., Friday, July 31, at the Graham Visitor's Center at the Arboretum in Seattle. Please show up at 6 p.m. Check on CaringBridge for directions and other details.
Also, Gang of Peanuts blog writes about Hernando.]
Bicyclist Jose Hernando died Friday from injuries he suffered in a collision with a van last week on Lake Washington Boulevard near Seward Park.
Hernando, 44, was a member of Team Cucina Fresca and raced in the master men's division. A ceremony at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Seward Park will honor his passing. He leaves behind his wife, Chanel, and two children.
According to reports, the collision happened about 6:30 p.m. July 19. Hernando was on a training ride heading south on Lake Washington Boulevard when he collided with a northbound Chevy van that was turning left onto South Orcas Street. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/07/25/updated-seattle-bicyclist-jose-hernando-dies-after-collision-with-van/
Seattle cyclist dies from injures suffered in a collision with a van.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/07/25/jose-hernando/
Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong protected their first and third places in the Tour de France on Saturday by repelling attacks by Andy and Frank Schleck on the barren slopes of Mont Ventoux.
Juan Garate (Rabobank) won Stage 20 when he attacked Tony Martin (Columbia) about 40 seconds ahead of the yellow jersey group. They were the last two survivors of a 16-man breakaway that at one point had 10 minutes on the peloton.
After the race, Armstrong told Versus that he was pleased with his efforts:
“I can't complain… For an old fart coming in here and getting on the podium with these young guys [that's] not so bad ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/07/25/contador-and-armstrong-hold-off-schleck-brothers-on-mount-ventoux/
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