Now that you've congratulated yourself on a satisfying 45-mile weekend bicycle ride, read this: At 9 o'clock Sunday morning 35 solo cyclists left Oceanside, California, for a 3,052-mile cross-country ride that they hope to finish in 8 or 9 days in Atlantic City.
The Race Across America (RAAM) — billed as the world's toughest bicycling endurance event — hit the road Sunday for the 25th time. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/11/race-across-america-starts-sunday/
A killer combination of cycling skills in the time trial and mountain stages paid off for American Levi Leipheimer who won the week-long Dauphiné Libéré bike race on Sunday.
The 32-year-old leader of the German Gerolsteiner team earned the championship without winning a single stage, but finishing among the top four (all Americans) in Wednesday's time trial and then staying near front in the following mountain stages. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/11/american-leipheimer-leaps-to-victory-in-dauphine-libere/
Spanish climbing specialist Iban Mayo rose out of two years of bicycling obscurity to win Saturday's 96-mile stage of the Dauphiné Libéré bike race.
Meanwhile, American Levi Leipheimer increased his overall margin in the week-long race which ends Sunday by finishing just one-and-a-half minutes behind Mayo, who sits in 15th overall. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/10/leipheimer-still-reigns-with-one-day-to-go-in-dauphine-libere/
How long can Levi Leipheimer hold onto the yellow jersey at the Dauphiné Libéré bike race, which ends Sunday in Grenoble?
On the combined strengths of his time-trial abilities and climbing skills the leader of the Gerolsteiner team leader has achieved and retained the yellow jersey for two days without winning a stage. And more mountains loom in the distance. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/09/levi-leipheimer-holds-lead-in-dauphine-libere-bike-race/
Levi Leipheimer rode into the yellow jersey atop Mount Ventoux at the Dauphiné Libéré bike race on Thursday.
The Santa Rosa, California, resident climbed into the overall lead by finishing just 15 seconds behind stage winner Denis Menchov. Together with Christophe Moreau, the three attacked the peloton on the climb with Leipheimer setting the pace most of the way. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/08/americas-leipheimer-takes-lead-at-dauphine-libere-bike-race/
American cyclists swept the top four positions in Wednesday's 27-mile individual time trial at the Dauphiné Libéré bike race.
David Zabriskie repeated his prologue win on Sunday by finishing in 52 minutes and 48 seconds. He was followed by Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer and George Hincapie.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/07/zabriskie-wins-time-trial-at-dauphine-libere-bike-race/
“I never expected to pull off a stunt like that.”
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/07/bicycle-quote-tuesdays-dauphine-libere-stage-winner/
American David Zabriskie rode into the yellow jersey Sunday for the prologue of this week's Dauphiné Libéré bike race.
Finishing less than 2 seconds behind in the 2.5-mile prologue was George Hincapie, another American favorite. Still another American finished in the top 10 — Floyd Landis — at 9th. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/05/americans-finish-1-2-at-dauphine-libere-bike-race-on-sunday/
Biking Bis readers picked Ivan Basso by a wide margin as the most likely cyclist to win the Tour de France bike race that begins July 1.
The Italian cyclist who handily won the Giro d'Italia in May received 59% of the votes. If the Team CSC leader does win the Tour, he'll be the 13th cyclist to win both events, the last being fellow Italian Marco Pantani in 1998. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/06/02/breakaway-win-for-ivan-basso-in-tour-de-france-poll/
An independent investigator says Lance Armstrong should be cleared of any suspicions in the blood doping allegations raised by L'Equipe magazine last fall.
At the same time, the Dutch independent investigator said the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the French testing laboratory acted improperly and unethically in the way it handled the specimens. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/31/lance-armstrong-cleared-in-1999-doping-probe-wada-chief-objects/
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