Prosecutors in Santa Barbara County, California, apparently agreed to change vehicular manslaughter charges against a truck driver to “trespass by a motor vehicle” so he won't lose his driver's license.
Truck driver Marcos Almaguer was charged in the January 2006 death of UC Santa Barbara triathlete Kendra Payne on a twisting road near Goleta. The Daily Nexus reports Payne was struck on a training ride with a teammate as they rounded a curve.
Payne's death is the impetus behind Assemblyman Pedro Nava introducing Assembly Bill 60, which would require that passing vehicles give bicycles at least three feet of clearance. …
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This photo by maxima25 at flickr.com shows stage winner Paolo Bettini (in white at extreme left) and other cyclists sweeping around a corner approaching the finish in San Luis Obispo.
Italian sprinter and world road race champion Paolo Bettini helped school the peloton at the Amgen Tour of California on Thursday when he took the Stage 4 sprint by a tire tread in San Luis Obispo.
Discovery Channel's Levi Leipheimer held onto his slim three-second overall lead ahead of Team CSC's Jens Voigt, setting the stage for a major contest in Friday's 14.5-mile individual time trial around Solvang.
The Tour of California ends Sunday, and whoever is wearing the leader's golden jersey after Stage 5 could have a good chance holding it through the finish in Long Beach. Last year the time trial was timed for an earlier stage in the Tour, but Floyd Landis was able to hold the gold all the way to the finish …
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To the disappointment of some family members, I returned to the “old bike movie” genre recently and rented “Beijing Bicycle.”
The story centers around a stolen bicycle, just like “The Bicycle Thieves,” but this is hardly a Chinese pirated version of the Italian classic.
Granted, central character Guei desparately needs his bicycle for his job as a messenger, but the real complications don't arise until he actually relocates it. Imagine, finding a stolen bicycle in Beijing. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/02/22/beijing-bicycle-another-bike-theft-another-movie/
The 2007 Amgen Tour of California has been all about Levi Leipheimer over the prologue and first three stages. That might be about to change.
Although the 3-second lead he takes into Stage 4 is his largest of the Tour, the number 2 man is German cyclist Jens Voigt, a member of the strong Team CSC and a former Tour de France stage winner and yellow jersey holder. He certainly has his eyes on the prize. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/02/22/can-leipheimer-hold-on-another-day-at-tour-of-california/
From The Electrician at flickr.com
Here's that final breakaway on Sierra Road hill in Stage 3 of the Tour of California. Levi Leipheimer has taken control on the break, while Jens Voigt (head visible to the right of Levi) conserves in the group. Right behind Levi is American Chris Horner, then Robert Gesink of …
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Another great movie this a bicycle cast a central star
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Here's the Levi Leipheimer breakaway on Sierra Road hill. That's Leipheimer in front, followed by another American, Chris Horner, of Predictor-Lotto. The Rabobank rider next to him is Robert Gesink; CSC's Jens Voigt and Discovery's Jason McCartney trail. Photo by The Electrician at flickr.com.
Good team tactics — and awesome climbing chops — helped to save the day for Levi Leipheimer and the Discovery Channel team at the Amgen Tour of California on Wednesday.
Team CSC's Jens Voigt won the 94-mile stage between Stockton and San Jose, as the sole survivor of a 17-man breakaway that attacked at the start and led the peloton across the Central Valley.
Now the challenge for Leipheimer and the Discovery Channel team is how to hold off Voigt — a mere three seconds behind in the overall standings — and his powerful Team CSC, ranked the best in the world …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/02/22/leipheimer-holds-lead-in-stage-3-voigt-closes-gap-with-stage-win/
Crowds line the streets as the Tour of California peloton sweeps past in Sacramento. From jlockwood1 at flickr.com
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/02/21/tour-of-california-bike-race-wheels-into-sacramento/
Levi Leipheimer on the ground at Tour of California crash in Santa Rosa. Posted with other excellent crash photos at KWC at flickr.com. Also, see more pictures and read about the bike crash at his Spare Cycles website.
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All smiles after retaining lead in Santa Rosa in Tour of California. Photo by Ian Blue at flickr.com
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