Organizers revealed the general bike race route for the 2008 Tour de Georgia on Wednesday morning, and it features some new real estate as well as some old favorites.
Five new towns will be among the 12 host cities to participate as the Tour enters its sixth year. The race features a return to ever-popular Brasstown Bald (at 4,784 feet the highest peak in Georgia) on the next to last stage.
The race, which runs from April 21-27, 2008, begins on Tybee Island on the Georgia coast. Other host cities are Savannah, Statesboro, Augusta, Washington, Gainesville, Braselton, Suwanee, Dahlonega, Blairsville, Brasstown Bald and Atlanta…
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Organizers release host cities and other details for 2008 Tour de Georgia.
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The Race Across America is going to be a little shorter this year after organizers decided to move the bicycle race finish line to Annapolis, Maryland, from its traditional finish in Atlantic City.
The change won't make that much difference to the sleep-deprived and strength-depleted endurance bicyclists as they cross the finish line, however. The 2008 route is 3,008 miles, only 34 miles shorter than last year's race.
In its 26th year, the world's most famous endurance cycling race is scheduled to start at the Oceanside pier on June 8 for solo competitors and June 11 for teams. Last year's solo winner, Jure Robic, wrapped up his ride in 8 days, 19 hours, and 33 minutes …
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Annapolis will be the finish for the 2008 Race Across America.
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Back in 1991, Bicycling magazine named Pittsburgh, PA, one of the nation's worst cities for bicyclists. The city is working hard to shrug that label off its steely shoulders.
Just last week, the city reopened the Hot Metal Bridge for biking and hiking after the completion of a $11.6 million project that was begun in 2003. The 1,052-foot long steel bridge spans the Monongahela River.
The project is a critical link as the city races to complete its end of the 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) bike trail in time for the celebration of its 250th anniversary in 2008. The bridge connects the Three Rivers Heritage Trail with the Eliza Furnace Trail.
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Time trial specialists might be looking forward to the 2008 Giro d'Italia, which rolls out of Palermo on May 10 and ends in Milan on June 1.
The 91st edition of the bike race begins with a team time trial and ends with an individual time trial, with 2 additional time trials sandwiched in between. The three individual time trials, one in the mountains, amounts to about 45 miles.
By contrast, the 2008 Tour de France omitted the prologue this year and once again has no team time trial. Considered time-trial “light,” the Tour's two individual time trials actually total more miles than the Giro– 50 ….
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The official route of the 2008 Giro d'Italia. The 2,123-mile bicycle race starts in Palermo on May 10, and ends in Milan on June 1. All the details, in Italian, at the Giro d'Italia site.
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(See the Update below) The Seattle papers are full of controversy about plans to convert the 42-mile BNSF railroad tracks between Renton and Snohomish into a bicycle trail. Is anyone surprised?
The county executive for King County said he wouldn't fund construction of a trail on the right-of-way if the tracks aren't torn up.
Some, like the Cascadia Center at Discovery Institute, say the tracks should be left in place to upgrade the north-south corridor for passenger rail service. The freight line tracks, still in occasional use, run right along highly congested I-405 ….
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“People think I ride bikes all day, which I would love to do. I've always been a guy who enjoyed the technology.”
Matt Phillips, bicycle reviewer for Bicycling and Mountain Bike magazines, explaining that his job requires that he often has to squeeze in a bike ride at the end of the day, like most working people …..
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A while back I remember pummeling myself for not hitting my monthly goal of 333 miles to reach this year's target of 4,000 miles. But when my doctor recommended surgery for prostate cancer, I thought my riding days were over for a long time.
Would I have to buy a recumbent? Would I be able to ride at all in 1 month, 2 months, 3 months?
It wasn't as long as I thought it would be; about five weeks. Some guys at the prostate support group were surprised I was back at it that soon. Well, I took it real easy…
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