Three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond told French newspaper L'Equipe on Sunday why he testified against Lance Armstrong in a recent arbitration hearing.
“I was forced to testify, because Lance had threatened me. … He threatened my wife, my business, my life. His biggest threat consisted of saying he would find 10 people to testify that I took EPO. Of course, he didn't find a single one.” Armstrong says the charge is ridiculous.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/26/greg-lemond-why-he-testified-against-lance-armstrong/
You can always leave that heavy tent and sleeping bag at home on your next bicycle tour if you don't mind parting with some cash. Many bed and breakfast inns are promoting themselves to bicycle tourists as they offer secure bike storage, big breakfasts, laundry facilities and bike trail maps.
I had assumed that most innkeepers would get their knickers in a bunch if I dragged my bike onto the porch and marched into the lobby dripping with sweat, my clothes streaked with chain grease.
That apparently isn't the case for 101 inns …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/25/bed-and-breakfast-inns-that-cater-to-bicycle-touring/
This is the story that will never die: Did he or didn't he?
The French newspaper Le Monde has reported that Lance Armstrong told doctors treating him for cancer in 1996 that he had taken the blood-boosting agent EPO and other drugs — this before he won his first Tour de France victory in 1999. The sources — former friend, teammate and OLN cycling commentator Frankie Andreu and his wife, Betsy.
An attorney for Armstrong immediately rejected the allegation, citing an affidavit from one of Armstrong's doctors. The seven-time Tour de France champion also rejected the report, calling it absurd. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/24/lance-armstrong-and-doping-more-allegations/
Now that the last of the Race Across America cyclists have straggled across the finish line in Atlantic City, mountain bikers are leaving Roosville, Montana, for the Great Divide Race at noon Friday.
While the RAAM racers gain our admiration by cycling 3,042 miles cross-country in 9 or 10 days, consider what the Great Divide racers try to accomplish:
With no support or team members, the mountain bikers race from the Canadian to the Mexican border. They cross 2,490 miles of mountain terrain carrying their own gear for cooking, camping and bike repair. The route comprises 200,000 feet of climbing. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/23/great-divide-mountain-bike-race-like-an-off-road-raam/
Consumers should stop riding bicycles that use the Specialized SW carbon stem with magnesium faceplate, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission warns.
The carbon stem, manufactured in Taiwan for Specialized Bicycles Components, has a magnesium faceplate that holds the handlebar in place. The faceplate can break, causing the handlebars to come off the bicycle. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/23/specialized-sw-carbon-stem-with-magnesium-faceplate-recalled/
Bill Cook's blog of his upcoming bicycle tour looks like it could be a good read.
Cook is a retired journalist who is leaving Thursday on a 7-week TransAmerica bike tour with 40 other cyclists. At 70, he's the second oldest on the trip; another fella is 73. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/22/70-year-old-begins-cross-country-bike-tour/
Searing desert heat; stiff Kansas winds; long grades and steep hills; and night after day after night cycling is coming to an end for the bicyclists in the Race Across America.
The teams started rolling across the finish line at the Boardwalk in Atlantic City on Monday, 3,042 miles and about 5 1/2 days after leaving Oceanside, California. The solo riders began coasting across the finish line last night, nine days after leaving the West Coast. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/21/raam-cyclists-roll-to-the-finish/
The female duo Ditty Bops currently making their way cross-country by bicycle isn't the first band smitten by the bicycling bug.
A love of the bicycle caused German band Kraftwerk to whither creatively for 17 year before reuniting a couple of years ago to create Tour de France Soundtracks.
The love of bikes and cycling has united the Ditty Bops for their road trip. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/20/bicycle-crazy-bands-ditty-bops-and-kraftwerk-couldnt-be-more-different/
Three Americans are assigned to help Italian cyclist Ivan Basso win the Tour de France bike race for Team CSC this year.
It's at least the second time in the Tour de France for all three. They are Bobby Julich (right), Christian Vandevelde and the third American ever to wear the yellow jersey, David Zabriskie.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/19/bassos-csc-team-names-3-americans-for-tour-de-france-5-on-other-teams/
Lance Armstrong is not letting the controversy over last year's doping allegations die quietly.
In response to a report that concluded the World Anti-Doping Agency acted irresponsibly in the mishandling of urine samples from the 1999 Tour de France, Armstrong is seeking discipinary action against WADA chief Dick Pound. (Updated June 22) …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/19/armstrong-wants-anti-doping-chief-dick-pound-punished/
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