In just one race stage, the 2008 Tour de Georgia is all about Greg Henderson of the High Road team.
The 31-year-old sprint and track specialist from New Zealand won the broken field sprint in Gainesville on Wednesday afternoon to take Stage 3. With yellow jersey holder Ivan Dominguez finishing far back, Henderson also took the over race lead.
And with intermediate and finish line sprint points building up for the past three stages, Henderson also took the lead in the points classification…
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Greg Henderson of New Zealand. High Road sprint specialist.
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Recommendations for every wallet
In spite of logging thousands of bicycle touring miles in my life, I've never owned a strictly production touring bicycle. I've taken whatever bike I had at the time and modified it for carrying gear over the long haul — sometimes more successfully than others.
That's why the article about choosing a touring bicycle in Adventure Cyclist's April issue was so interesting for me. Technical editor John Schubert gives an excellent primer on what to look for in a touring bike, then reviews some of the top contenders in several price ranges.
Adventure Cycling Association, the magazine's publisher, has posted the story — “Buying a touring bike in 2008”— online so you can check it out….
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The Seven Vacanza is recommended among the high-priced touring bikes by Adventure Cyclist magazine.
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The Cannondale Touring 1 is a medium-priced touring bike recommended by American Cyclist
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Jamis Aurora is recommended as an entry-level touring bike by Adventure Cyclist magazinie.
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You could probably guess that if Argentine sprinter J.J. Haedo was signed up for the Tour de Georgia, he wouldn't be quiet for long.
We heard from the Team CSC speedster at the close of Stage 2 on Tuesday, when he missed a crash on the final turn in Augusta and passed an isolated Ivan Dominguez to capture his sixth win of the season.
Monday's winner Dominguez (Toyota-United) hung on to finish in third place, after Team High Road's Greg Henderson, and retain the yellow jersey for another day as overall race leader …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/04/22/haedo-wins-stage-2-dominguez-holds-yellow-in-tour-de-georgia/
Climate Ride bike tour. Sept. 20-25, 2008.
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Earth Day is a good time to write about what some people are doing to save the planet.
Consider David Kroodsma. Last fall he finished a three-year, 21,000-mile bicycle tour throughout Latin America and across the US to spread the word about global warming and possible solutions to the crisis.
Now he working with this September's Climate Ride 2008, billed as the first multi-day bike ride to raise money and awareness for climate change and renewable energy legislation.
Participants in the bike tour will ride 320 miles from New York City to Washington DC over five days — Sept. 20-25. Experts will talk with cyclists and community residents along the way about the science, policies and solutions for global warming …
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A 56-year-old U.S. tourist is the latest person to die on the Unduavi-Yolosa Highway — judged the world's most dangerous highway — in the mountains near La Paz, Bolivia.
Kenneth Mitchell was on one-day excursion with outfitter Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking when he tumbled off his rented mountain bike and fell to his death down a 200-foot cliff.
That outfitter is one of more than a dozen companies that carry customers to the high Andean plains of the La Cumbre at 15,400 feet and guide them along the winding 30-mile dirt road into the jungle 11,800 feet below…
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