George Hincapie will lead the US-based Team Columbia (formerly Team High Road) at the 2008 Tour de France, which rolls out July 5-27.
Hincapie, whose wife gave birth to a son last week, is a veteran of 12 Tours. He's the only American racing on the 9-man Team Columbia squad, and one of only four to be announced so far (the other three are on Team Garmin-Chipotle).
The team's hopes for winning the Tour lie with Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg. UK sprinter Mark Cavendish, racing his second Tour, will be on hand for stage victories …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/25/george-hincapie-returns-to-tour-de-france-with-team-columbia/
Let's not get into the reasons why I found myself crashing onto the pavement; as with any of my bike crashes, the circumstances are far too embarrassing to repeat.
But after I picked myself up and hopped around my Rockhopper repeating the mantra “sonofabitch,” it occurred to me that I should write up a piece about how to cure road rash.
Sometimes these blogging ideas come to me as easily as falling off a bike. The cleansed and treated wound is at left. It doesn't look as cool as when it was all bloody.
When I did some research on road rash, the first thing I learned is that conventional wisdom — stuff I learned when I was a kid — no longer applies. Some of the old-style treatments actually are counter-productive. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/25/5-steps-to-treating-road-rash/
Not a serious problem, but it stings and I wanted to get it done wrap. Used Spenco 2nd Skin bandages.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/25/skinned-knee/
The Garmin-Chipotle team announced its 9-man 2008 Tour de France squad on Tuesday that includes three Americans — Christian Vande Velde, left, Danny Pate and Will Frischkorn.
Missing from the action will be Tom Danielson, David Zabriskie and Washington state's Tyler Farrar of Wenatchee and Tom Peterson of North Bend.
Individual time trial specialist Zabriskie is recovering from an injured vertabrae he suffered during the Giro d'Italia. Don't know about Farrar, Peterson or Danielson; it would have been the first TdF for each…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/24/garmin-chipotle-sends-3-us-cyclists-to-tour-de-france/
The Tour of Missouri announced the route for 2008, which offers one more day of bicycle racing and some new roads.
The 2nd annual race rolls out Sept. 8-14 this year, featuring 120 cyclists and 15 pro teams.
The organizers are making a lot out of the new courses, but I'm frankly surprised that so many of the routes are “remakes” from last year. Don't most of the popular stage races feature new courses every year (at least different routes) to keep the race fresh and to show off different parts of their state or country?
The added stage this year means more hills overall. Those Ozarks can be killer. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/24/more-stages-more-hills-at-2008-tour-of-missouri/
Is upwards of 15 hours of Tour de France coverage a day too much?
If you think it is, then you probably won't care to check out the Versus cable network's 2008 Tour de France TV schedule.
Running Saturday July 5 through Sunday July 27, the schedule features live coverage in the morning, followed by three replays throughout the afternoon, then three hours of primetime coverage in the evenings, followed by another replay in the wee morning hours.
That's followed by a couple of hours of cage-fighting, bull-riding or bass fishing, then it's back to the Tour …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/23/versus-posts-tv-schedule-for-2008-tour-de-france/
Astana's Levi Leipheimer won't be the only pro US cyclist watching the Tour de France on TV. Team CSC-Saxo Bank announced its 2008 Tour de France roster, and it didn't include Bobby Julich, left.
Julich, 36, has always been one of my favorite cyclists as an unsung hero of the peloton who occasionally gets the opportunity to show his abilities.
Always a member of European-based teams for the past decade, his highlight might have been the 3rd-place finish in the Tour de France in 1998. At the time, it was the highest finish for an American in the Tour, exceeded only by Greg Lemond's three championships. In fact, he was considered the next great hope for the US, as Lance Armstrong was recovering from cancer treatment at the time …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/23/julich-left-on-sidelines-for-2008-tour-de-france/
The Solstice Parade in Fremont on Saturday featured lots of folks on bikes. I arrived too late for the famous Painted Bicyclists, but did catch this 4-wheeled Scorpian. It's definitely best to see this festival by bike.
Pictures of painted cyclists from this year's parade can be found at irishking. You can check …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/21/fremont-solstice-parade-scorpian-bike/
If you're feeling a little out-of-touch with Lance Armstrong these days, there's a profile running on the cover of the Sunday's Fashion and Style section that brings us up to date.
Entitled “It's Not About the Bike,” the article examines the two sides of Lance — anticancer champion and Texas playboy.
The 7-time Tour de France champion and cancer survivor was running around New York City recently to promote his new commercial website — livestorng.com, billed as a health, fitness and lifestyle website created in conjunction with Demand Media.
Meanwhile, his livestrong.org website is still a destination for people seeking answers or support about cancer issues …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/21/new-york-times-profiles-both-lance-armstrongs/
The Iowa county that banned RAGBRAI last fall will be the scene of a protest ride on Saturday.
Organized by the Taco Ride Gang, the ride will start at the Crawford County Courthouse in Denison at 11 a.m. An announcement they posted at the BikeIowa website predicts up to 500 cyclists will take part on Saturday. [About 100 cyclists joined the ride, according to reports.] The announcement reads:
“Come one, come all to Crawford County, Iowa. It's time to send a significant message to Crawford County about cycling and the Iowa cycling laws and how much we all like to bike Iowa. The more the merrier and the louder the message!” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/20/protest-bike-ride-in-iowa/
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