What a scare during the opening prologue for the 2006 Tour de France. It's American Floyd Landis' turn to begin his bike ride, but the platform is empty.
After the carnage of Black Friday in which 13 riders were dropped from the starting roster, I was thinking anything could have happened.
As it turned out, Landis got a late start out of the gate by about 8 or 9 seconds. In the standings, he ended up 9.26 seconds behind prologue winner Norwegian Thor Hushovd …
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While 32-year-old German cyclist Jan Ullrich maintains his innocense at the T-Mobile Team website, the director of sports communications explains why Der Kaiser was suspended from the Tour de France on Friday.
“… we have good reason to doubt that he has told us the truth as far as his contact with Fuentes is concerned. …
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“When I think of our guys like George, Popo, Jose, Paolo – Chechu even – I don't see the difference between them and the new favorites is that big anymore. Basso and Ullrich – it was quite big – but those other guys? They are in our reach. …
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Back in May, I asked Biking Bis readers who they thought would win the 2006 Tour de France. Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich received three-fourths of the votes.
With those two heavy favorites out of the race, I'm posting another quickie poll at right. Here are some top contenders …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/30/new-tour-de-france-bike-race-poll/
Here's some reaction to top pro cyclists being suspended from the 2006 Tour de France for suspected blood-doping:
Jan Ullrich, suspended from Tour: “I feel I'm a victim. I am in absolute shock. It's the worst thing that has ever happened to me in my career. I can only say again that I have nothing to do with this thing. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/30/reaction-to-blood-doping-scandal/
The two favored contenders in the the 2006 Tour de France have been thrown out in shame, caught up in a blood doping probe that started in May.
Ivan Basso, looking for his first Tour de France win, and Jan Ullrich, hoping to fulfill the promise he showed as a young Tour winner in 1997, will be watching the Tour from the sidelines this year.
The decision came less than 24 hours before the three-week race is set to begin. It changes the whole complexion of the race, and could help propel Americans like Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer and George Hincapie to the front of the pack. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/30/its-a-whole-new-tour-de-france-basso-and-ullrich-tossed-out/
I didn't know much about bicycles — I'm still not what you'd call a gear head — when I bought my first set of wheels back in 1977.
With $150 in my wallet and a copy of the latest Consumer Reports in my hand I marched into Big Wheel Bikes down by the canal in Washington DC and bought that year's recommended bicycle — the Fuji Dynamic 10. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/30/consumer-reports-recommends-bikes-in-june-issue/
The Klein Reve v performance road bike received the highest score among bicycles tested for the June 2006 issue of Consumer Reports magazine.
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This could be a very different Tour de France than the bike race we envisioned just a few days ago.
Favorites Ivan Basso, left, and Jan Ullrich have been named in media reports among the patients of Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes, the doctor who is the focus of the Operacion Puerto drug probe in Spain. Eurosport says Thursday that the cyclists were identified by sources for Cadena Ser radio. …
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Italy's Ivan Basso is the odds-on favorite to win the 2006 Tour de France; Germany's Jan Ullrich is the second most popular pick.
The two are touted at OddsChecker.com and PinnacleSports.com, two web-based gaming sites. Basso also won the TdF poll at Biking Bis last month and is the leading choice among participants in the Tour de France pool at the Smithers Minneapolis website. …
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