George Hincapie became the first American ever to finish on the podium in the classic Paris-Roubaix bicycle race on Sunday, beaten at the line by Belgian Tom Boonen.
Hincapie, The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team's favorite to win the race, raced at the head of the 3-man lead group as they entered the Roubaix velodrome. Boonen, fresh off a win at the Tour of Flanders last weekend, attacked with a half-lap …
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Six-time Tour de France bicycle champions who make $15 million a year from endorsements must watch what they say.
For instance, when Lance Armstrong told the French press a couple of weeks ago that Paris deserved to host the 2012 …
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The peloton chasing Lance Armstrong in the past year is just as likely to comprise court process servers as bicycle racers. Armstrong's rise to prominence in not just bicycling, but the sports and celebrity world as a whole, has created problems that are more likely to be seen on Court TV than the Outdoor Life Network's Cyclysm Sundays.
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Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen must have used his home field advantage Sunday as he won the one-day Tour of Flanders classic in Belgium, reports VeloNews.
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team rider George Hincapie finished seventh, about one minute behind.
Boonen, a …
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(Updated April 3) A former aide to Lance Armstrong claims he found a banned substance in the cyclist's Girona, Spain, apartment in early 2004, according to court papers filed in Austin on Thursday.
An Associated Press story reports that Armstrong and the aide, Mike …
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Six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong announced after Tuesday's Paris-Camembert bicycle race that he would hold a press conference before the Tour de Georgia, which begins April 19.
An announcement about an announcement. What does Lance want to tell us? Here's a short list:
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/03/30/lance-armstrong-speculation-begins-again/
Lance Armstrong is nudging closer to the podium in this spring's bicycle races.
The 6-time Tour de France winner finished in a chase group just behind winner Laurent Brochard in today's Paris-Camembert.
The 37-year-old Brochard, of France, won the 124-mile …
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“All I'm saying is, don't put a fork in me yet. I don't want to stick around too long. That's always a mistake. John Elway is my sports hero, and he did it exactly right, quitting on top. But I'm not going to take myself out of anything this year. My legs feel strong.”
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Americans Bobby Julich and George Hincapie had strong showings on Sunday; Julich winning the Criterium Internationale held in France and Hincapie finishing sixth — just behind the winner — in the Brabantse Pijl bike race in Belgium.
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Organizers of the Tour of California want it to become the next Tour de France, not the Tour de Trump. Plans for an eight-stage cycling race, with $35 million in backing from the organizers, to take place next February were announced Friday.
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