Look for a mano a mano battle between two Spaniards for the title at the final stage of the Tour de Romandie bike race on Sunday.
Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) leads Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) by just 6 seconds going into the day's 12.6-mile individual time trial in Lausanne. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/29/sunday-showdown-in-tour-de-romandie-bike-race/
American Chris Horner is in the yellow jersey after Thursday's Stage 2 of the Tour de Romandie.
The 34-year-old bicycle racer from Bend, Oregon, enabled his team, Davitamon-Lotto, to win its second stage in as many days in the week-long bike race around the western part of Switzerland. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/27/chris-horner-leads-tour-de-romandie-bike-race/
It's a little odd and melancholy to read Bicycling magazine's Q&A with US cyclist Saul Raisin.
The 23-year-old pro racer from Dalton, Georgia, was severely injured in a crash during the Circuit de la Sarthe about three weeks ago. The cyclist for the Credit Agricole team has been hospitalized ever since, part of the time in a medically induced coma. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/27/saul-raisin-featured-in-bicycling-mag-before-accident/
Italy's Paolo Savoldelli sat out last week's Tour de Georgia for the Discovery team, but came on strong at the Tour de Romandie by winning the 2.1-mile prologue Tuesday.
It was “the return” of Germany's Jan Ullrich that many awaited, however. Injured in early training, Ullrich made his return to pro cycling by finishing 90th out of 163 cyclists. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/26/discovery-team-rider-wins-romandie-prologue/
Who's the great American hope in this year's Tour de France? You gotta believe that Floyd Landis is a top contender.
The Pennsylvania native and Southern California resident won the 6-day Ford Tour de Georgia on Sunday by finishing in the pack with a scant four-second lead over last year's winner, American Tom Danielson of the Discovery pro cycling team. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/24/landis-clinches-3rd-major-race-of-season-at-tour-de-georgia/
Here's a scenario I bet you didn't expect:
Tom Danielson, 4 seconds down in the General Classification, won Stage 5 atop Brasstown Bald on Saturday but didn't gain on Tour leader Floyd Landis because the Phonak cyclist finished on Danielson's back wheel.
With just Sunday's bike ride left in the 600-mile, 6-day race across Georgia, it looks like Landis is poised to win his third major bicycle race of the season. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/23/brasstown-bald-surprise-at-tour-de-georgia-bike-race/
US cyclist Jason McCartney tried to turn back the clock to duplicate his Dahlonega stage win in 2004 on Friday, but it was US sprinter Freddy Rodriguez who was the more successful time traveler to win the stage.
US cyclist Floyd Landis held onto the overall lead in the Ford Tour de Georgia, thanks his Swiss Phonak team cutting into McCartney's lead over Woody Gap, the final climb of the day. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/21/deja-vu-all-over-again-at-tour-de-georgia-stage-4/
There goes that Floyd Landis again, winning another individual time trial on Thursday and jumping to the overall lead in the Ford Tour of Georgia bike race.
The Phonak team leader who lives in Southern California beat the field for the second year in a row, although his margin was less than in 2005. With a harrowing climb on Brasstown Bald coming up Saturday, it's up to Landis and his team to hold off last year's overall winner Tom Danielson of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/20/landis-bicycles-to-tour-de-georgia-lead/
You're never too old to win. Thirty-seven-year-old bicycle racer Lars Michaelson knows this. The cyclist on Denmark's Team CSC pulled out a sprint win on Day One of the Ford Tour de Georgia bike race.
Following closely behind Michaelson across the finish line in Macon was US sprinter “Fast” Freddy Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto), Australian Caleb Manion of US team Jelly Belly, and Argentine speedster Juan Jose Haedo, the Toyota-United Pro rider who won two Tour of California stages.
Thirty-seven years old. A year ago Lance Armstrong was 33 when he announced before the start of last year's Tour de Georgia that he would retire at the conclusion of the 2005 Tour de France. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/19/even-oldster-of-37-can-win-bike-races/
This year's story of inspiration from the Tour de Georgia bike race — which starts in Augusta today — is Craig Lewis, a cyclist on Team TIAA-CREF.
The Macon Telegraph reporter Sarah Meinecke recalls Lewis cycling for a top 10 finish in the mountainous Rome stage in the 2004 TdG. Somehow, a confused SUV driver steers onto the course and Lewis slams into the passenger door at 40 mph. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/04/18/inspiring-story-of-returning-tour-de-georgia-cyclist/
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