Category: Racing

Floyd Landis

Tour de France Live, 2006

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Chronic hip pain for Floyd Landis

A troubling secret about Floyd Landis' health is coming out just the day after he climbed into 2nd place overall in the 2006 Tour de France.

The highest placed American cyclist in the Tour, and a favorite to win the race, suffers from a degenerative bone disease that gives him chronic pain and will require hip replacement surgery a few weeks after the Tour. He adopted his unusual time trial position on the bike to reduce the pain. …

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US cyclist Fred Rodriguez is recovering from Tour de France crash

“Fast Freddie” Rodriguez is sore but recovering at his home in Girona, Spain, after taking a header onto the pavement during Stage 3 at the Tour de France.

The Emeryville, California, sprinter suffered a concussion on Tuesday after he hit a pothole in some road construction in Verviers, also injuring his shoulder and hand. He was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. …

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David Zabriskie

US cyclist and member of Team CSC from Le Tour Live website.

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Robbie McEwen

Davitamon-Lotto's sprinter Robbie McEwen from Le Tour Live website.

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OLN viewership down with Lance-less Tour de France

This shouldn't surprise anyone. The number of viewers tuning in to the first four stages of OLN's Tour de France coverage has been nearly cut in half this year with the retirement of Lance Armstrong.

Tour coverage at the Outdoor Life Network, once known as the Only Lance Network, has crashed 49% to 207,544 people. Combining the number of people watching live and taped replays raises viewership to 749,472. But that's still a 47% drop. …

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Fred Rodriguez

“Fast Freddy” Rodriguez, a US rider on Davitamon Lotto. Three-time US Pro Cycling champion. From his Fast Freddy blog.

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Julich congratulates Hincapie

Here's a photo on the Bobby Julich website showing Julich congratulating George Hincapie on winning the yellow jersey on Sunday in Stage 1 of 2006 Tour de France.

 

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Thor Hushovd

Credit Agricole cyclist Thor Hushovd won prologue in 2006 Tour de France

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George Hincapie in yellow jersey

George Hincapie takes yellow jersey in Stage 1 of 2006 Tour de France

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