The so-called Google Earth Community must have a lot of cycling fans. They've already composed each stage of the 2006 Tour de France onto Google Earth.
I remember seeing some of these bike race route maps appear midway through last year's Tour, not long after Google Earth was released. The hackers got an earlier start this year and have added lots of features. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/27/3-d-views-of-2006-tour-de-france-route-on-google-earth/
Spectators on most difficult uphill finish on the most difficult day of this year's Giro d'Italia bike race witnessed two separate battles on Friday, about a 2 1/2 minutes apart.
Juan Garate (QuickStep) beat breakaway companion Jens Voigt (Team CSC) at the summit of Passo di San Pellegrino after the pair battled back and forth all the way up the mountain. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/26/two-head-to-head-contests-in-one-stage-at-giro-ditalia-bike-race/
A doping scandal that has ripped apart the Liberty Seguros pro cycling team could leave scores of cyclists' careers in a shambles.
The Associated Press reports that Spanish investigators have found a list with more than 100 names of cyclists who received services from sports physicians who have been arrested in the doping round-up. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/25/doping-arrests-could-split-pro-cycling-wide-open/
Police arrested a San Jose man in connection with a string of smash-and-grab bicycle shop burglaries in California's Silicon Valley.
It's the second time this week that authorities made news by breaking up a major bike theft ring; two thieves in Texas are heading to long prison terms for a three-year bike shop crime spree in a half dozen western cities. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/25/arrest-in-california-bike-shop-burglaries/
A five-man breakaway battled to the finish Thursday as Stefan Schumacher won his second stage in the Giro d'Italia bike race.
Italy's Ivan Basso held onto the overall leader's pink jersey for the 11th day, and edged closer to winning the first half of his Giro – Tour de France double. If he wins both classics, he'd be the first cyclist since fellow countryman Marco Pantani did so in 1998. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/25/schumacher-wins-2nd-stage-basso-still-boss-at-giro-ditalia/
Remember Don Adams as Agent 86 and his shoe phone? “Would you believe” that Nike and Apple have formed a partnership to create a shoe that talks?
Retired cyclist Lance Armstrong was on hand in New York City recently to present the Nike+ running shoe. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/24/lance-armstrong-nike-ipod-and-a-shoe-that-talks/
Overall leader Ivan Basso didn't contest Leonardo Piepoli's final sprint to the finish on a cold and rainy Plan de Corones on Wednesday, as the Italian cyclist for Saunier Duval won his second stage at the Giro d'Italia bike race.
While it was touted as the toughest stage of the 2006 Giro, the teams convinced organizers to go around the snowy Passo delle Erbe before the race started; and snow atop the Plan de Corones prompted a further shortening of the race on that trecherous final climb. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/24/another-mountain-finish-another-piepoli-win-at-giro-ditalia/
Two bicycle thieves are facing long prison terms after stealing nearly a million dollars worth of bicycles and other sporting goods from shops in five Western cities and selling them on eBay.
Their three-year crime spree ended when police in Richardson, Texas, tracked them down through their eBay accounts. Many of the bikes have been recovered by store owners as they still bore their pricetags. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/23/bike-thieves-busted-after-three-year-crime-spree/
Ivan Basso's singular winning effort against all challengers on the 10-mile climb to Monte Bondone's Giro d'Italia finish on Tuesday is drawing more comparisons between himself and Lance Armstrong.
Italian TV commentators could only say, “Lui è fuoriclasse, stesso Lance Armstrong” (“He is unequalled, like Lance Armstrong”), according to CyclingNews. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/23/more-comparisons-of-ivan-basso-to-lance-armstrong-at-giro-ditalia-bike-race/
Paolo Bettini broke his dry spell at the 2006 Giro d'Italia bike race with a sprint win in Brescia.
The QuickStep cyclist's win didn't threaten anyone at the top of the overall classification, as Ivan Basso held onto the leader's pink jersey for the 8th day. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/22/bettini-wins-basso-firmly-in-overall-lead-at-giro-ditalia/
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