The legislatures in six states — Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington — are considering bills in 2009 that require motorists leave at least 3 feet of clearance when passing a person riding a bicycle.
Twelve states presently require the 3-foot margin. They are Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin. (Connecticut and New Hampshire enacted laws last year; South Carolina enacted “safe operating distance”.)
A lawmaker, Jamie Pedersen, who represents Seattle submitted the bill in Washington state, entitled House Bill 1491. Pedersen commutes to work by bicycle when he's not in the state capitol in Olympia …
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Levi Leipheimer single-handedly closed a 3-minute gap on the final climb to take the yellow jersey on the Amgen Tour of California's Stage 2 on Monday.
Taking Leipheimer's slipstream on the descent was Garmin's Thomas Peterson, a native of North Bend, Washington. He passed Leipheimer in the uncontested sprint to win the 116-mile stage from Sausalito to Santa Cruz.
As it turned out, Rock Racing could not defend the yellow jersey earned Monday by Francisco Mancebo. He finished in the third bunch about 1:40 behind Leipheimer.
Astana teammate Lance Armstrong, in spite of his second crash in as many days, was in a group of about 10 that finished 23 seconds behind the winners and dis 4th overall. Armstrong T-boned a motorbike that went down in front; says he's OK. …
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Heavy rains doused a lot of dreams at the Amgen Tour of California on Sunday as Rock Racing's Francisco Mancebo spent the entire day in front of the peloton to win in Santa Rosa.
The 32-year-old Spanish cyclist appeared to thrive on the wet and windy conditions as he outgunned two challengers at the finish line and finished about 2 minutes on Levi Leipheimer, who's making a bid to win a 3rd straight Tour of California.
Because of changes in the finish line, however, Leipheimer is only 1:02 behind Mancebo in the overall standings. Following is David Zabriskie in 3rd, Michael Rogers in 4th and Lance Armstrong in 5th.
Armstrong suffered a flat and a fall during the 106.7-mile stage from Davis to Sacramento, but was right there with teammate Leipheimer in a chase group of about 17 that finished about 1:40 minutes behind. …
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Francisco Mancebo, 32, is currently on the Rock Racing team.
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The Trek time trial bike used by Lance Armstrong was stolen from the Astana team trailer before Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California was scheduled to start in Davis. More at TwitPic.
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Members of the press apparently had a lot of time to get quotes and brush up their stories as they waited an hour for Lance Armstrong to urinate in the anti-doping trailer at the end of the prologue for the Amgen Tour of California.
Here's some of what's out there today about the comeback kid:
“Just to be in his presence. I don’t have to touch him but seeing what I saw today, I think I want to retire and be a groupie. No, not a stalking groupie. An appreciative groupie. For what he’s done for so many people. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/15/exaggeration-and-understatement-in-lance-armstrong-return/
The free, online video feed on Tour Tracker for the 2009 Tour of California boasts a lot of imporvements. Among them, a sharper picture and an inset from elsewhere on the course. Shown here is Lance Armstrong at the prologue in Sacramento on Saturday.
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It's deja vu all over again as Fabian Cancellara again won the prologue of the Amgen Tour of California on Saturday in Sacramento, finishing about 1 second ahead of defending champ Levi Leipheimer.
The biggest cheers were reserved for Lance Armstrong, however, who finished in 10th place, just 4.2 seconds behind the winner over the 2.4-mile course.
Cancellara, the Swiss time trial specialist on Team Saxo Bank, won the prologue last year and held onto the leader's yellow jersey until the end of Stage 2. Leipheimer finished in fourth place in last year's prologue.
Other notable finishes in the prologue include David Zabriskie, 3rd; and George Hincapie, 6th…
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2009 photo of Fabian Cancellara, time trial specialist for Saxo Bank cycling team (formerly CSC)
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I just checked and the new and improved Tour Tracker is up and running at the 2009 Amgen Tour of California website. We're talking two video feeds — the main one boasting 4 times the resolution as last year.
It was running video highlights from the previous three Tours of California before the beginning of the prologue in Sacramento on Saturday. Phil Liggett was the commentator.
There are quite a few improvements in the latest edition of Tour Tracker, but be warned: you'll need to download Adobe flashplayer V. 10. It's a quick download…
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