A flat stage into Normandy featured a classic contest for the sprinters Thursday as Spanish cyclist Oscar Freire won Stage 5 of the Tour de France.
Teams from Milram, Liquigas, QuickStep and Credit Agricole set the pace as the peloton sped into Cain, but the racer from the Rabobank team grabbed the victory from yellow jersey holder Tom Boonen of QuickStep …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/06/oscar-freire-wins-stage-5-boonen-still-holds-overall-tour-de-france-lead/
Aussie sprinter Robbie McEwen zipped past the field at the finish in Saint Quentin on Wednesday to take his second win in the 2006 Tour de France.
Marking his 10th career win at the Tour, the Davitamon-Lotto cyclist said, “This one is for Freddy Rodriguez.” The American — and the team's lead-out specialist — crashed in Tuesday's stage and suffered a concussion. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/05/mcewen-wins-again-boonen-retains-tour-de-france-lead/
Nobody in recent memory could report a human interest story better than the late CBS correspondent Charles Kuralt. His “On the Road …” reports are noteworthy not only for briefly shining the spotlight on unheralded Americans, but also for the simplicity and directness of his writing.
In more than 600 segments of “On the Road,” at least twice Kuralt touched on bicycling. One was about June Curry, the Cookie Lady of Afton, Virginia. Another was Jethro Mann, the bicycle man. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/05/two-stars-of-charles-kuralt-series-are-still-helping-cyclists/
Belgium's Tom Boonen gained the yellow jersey by one-second as the Tour de France continued its race of attrition on Tuesday.
One of the major contenders, Alejandro Valverde, crashed out with a broken collarbone while cycling in the midst of the peloton. Earlier in the 3rd stage, American cyclist Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) and Erik Dekker (Rabobank) left the race after crashing. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/04/boonen-gains-yellow-in-tour-de-france-valverde-is-out/
A lot of cycling junkies, myself included, are blogging about the Tour de France. Here are some interesting posts I've come across recently.
The first is from a cyclist. I don't know the origin of this picture at the Bobby Julich blog. It's cool to see two of the decade's top American cyclists — competing on different teams — marking an historic event in cycling.
These are two of the peloton's workhorses over the years. Hincapie is racing his 11th Tour de France; Julich his 9th. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/04/tour-de-france-in-the-blogosphere/
Australian cyclist Robbie McEwen won the sprint in Esch-sur-Alzette to take the 2nd stage of the Tour de France on Monday, as Norway's Thor Hushovd regained the overall leader's yellow jersey from George Hincapie.
Pity poor Matthias Kessler, though. The T-Mobile rider attacked with about 3.5 miles to go, gaining a 15-second lead that he lost within sight of the finish line. George Hincapie sits in 4th, 10 seconds behind. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/03/hushovd-back-in-yellow-at-tour-de-france-mcewen-wins-stage/
You're sitting at your computer terminal at work. You wonder how George Hincapie is doing in today's stage. Is he in a breakaway? Is the race nearly over?
You can pick up just about as much real-time information off the Internet as you can from watching Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen on OLN. Here are some resources for keeping up to date …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/03/sneaking-a-peek-at-tour-de-france-bike-race-from-work/
American cyclist George Hincapie found out what he can do in the Tour de France as he rode into the yellow jersey on the second day of the three-week race.
Disappointed on Saturday at finishing a split second behind the winner in the prologue, Hincapie on Sunday won a 2-second time bonus at an intermediate sprint 9 kilometers from the finish on the 115-mile race around Strasbourg. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/02/george-hincapie-takes-yellow-jersey-at-tour-de-france/
The Murray Lock and Dam Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge — also known as the Big Dam Bridge — opens in Little Rock, Arkansas, this fall as the nation's longest bridge built for such use.
The 3,463-foot bridge links 25 miles of bike-hike trails in the cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock, as well as connecting two recreation areas — Murray Park and Cooks Landing. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/02/longest-bike-hike-bridge-to-span-arkansas-river/
American Floyd Landis, left, received the most votes in the “New Tour de France Poll” launched Friday after Le Tour's two top contenders were suspended from bicycle racing.
The leader of the Phonak team received 33% of the votes, followed closely by fellow American George Hincapie who was favored by 28% of those voting. Another US cyclist, Levi Leipheimer, tied Spain's Alejandro Valverde with 9% of the vote. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/01/tour-de-france-poll-results-floyd-landis-wins/
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