It's one week into the Tour “Day” France, and probably a good time to resurrect the highlights of Bob Roll's comments at the Seattle Bike Show last February.
Roll, himself among the first US cyclists to compete in Europe, predicted that Lance Armstrong would win the Tour de France. This was before Armstrong announced that the 2005 Tour would be his …
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“What does a bicycle have in common with the war in Iraq? President Bush doesn't know how to stop either one of them.”
“Today in Scotland, President Bush, riding his bicycle when he collided with a police officer and fell off. No, I'm serious. Luckily, he was not injured. The ironic thing was Bush could have avoided the collision. …
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It finally happened. American Lance Armstrong gave up the yellow jersey on Sunday in the 9th stage of the Tour de France.
But being the guy always in charge, he pretty much picked the new overall leader of the race — Jens Voigt (right), a German on the Danish Team CSC. Voigt won't be a major threat in the mountains …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/07/10/armstrong-out-of-yellow-zabriskie-drops-out/
Cyclists from 36 states left Seattle for Portland this morning for the 26th annual STP bike ride.
I couldn't join them this year, so I did the next best thing: I cycled over to Lake Washington early this morning and took pictures of all the fresh cyclists on their way out of town, like these two guys on their modified …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/07/09/more-than-8500-cyclists-begin-seattle-to-portland-stp/
It's looking like Lance Armstrong doesn't want to give up the yellow jersey.
Despite being abandoned by the rest of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team on the final climb of Saturday's stage, Armstrong battled to stay close to a breakaway group of two riders that gained about 27 seconds on him. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/07/09/armstrong-holds-onto-yellow-leaves-team-behind/
While Lance Armstrong is wracking more and more days in the yellow jersey in his last professional bicycle race, Tour of California organizers are getting closer to laying out a route for next year's inaugural race.
The Marin Independent-Journal reports that Medalist Sports, the group hired to organize the race, has talked to 15 cities about the possibilities of hosting stages, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/07/08/planning-for-tour-of-california-continues/
It's all Lance Armstrong again, as he retains the yellow jersey in the 7th stage as the Tour de France enters Germany. But with a mountainous stage coming up on Saturday, you got to wonder whether he'll be wearing it at the end of the 8th stage.
Friday's 141-mile stage from Luneville, France, to Karlsruhe, Germany, played out like those in the past several …
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Just when I thought one of those Tour de France breakaways was going to last 'til the finish, the leader hits the deck with less than a kilometer to go.
Christophe Mengin, who jumped ahead of the peloton 14 miles into the 123-mile stage between Troyes and Nancy, slipped on the wet pavement and crashed into the barriers within sight of the …
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Lance Armstrong dodged a crash near the end of today's Stage 5 to retain the yellow jersey in the Tour de France. Australian Robbie McEwen won the stage, passing two-time stage winner Tom Boonen at the line, after the peloton caught a breakaway group about 6 miles from the finish. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/07/06/lance-armstrong-keeps-yellow-after-5th-stage/
When US bike racer David Zabriskie skidded across the pavement just 1.5 kilometers from the finish line today, Lance Armstrong knew he was back in the yellow jersey this year.
The big question for Armstrong, team manager Johan Brunyeel, and other riders on the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team: Do we defend it vigorously for the next 2-plus weeks? …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/07/05/lance-armstrong-back-in-yellow/
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