US cyclist Floyd Landis survived a 120-mile stage to keep the Paris-Nice bike race leader's jersey on Thursday, while Belgium's Tom Boonen won his third stage of the week-long tour.
Members of the peloton shouldn't be surprised to see Landis retain the lead: he's known as the World's Fastest Mennonite. …
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What a year for the American cyclists at the Paris-Nice bike race so far.
Floyd Landis, shown at left after winning Tour of California, has taken the overall lead after Stage 3; Bobby Julich won the race prologue on Sunday.
Landis, who finished 9th in the 2005 Tour de France, took over the lead after joining a breakaway with stage winner Patxi Vila …
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Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen has repeated Monday's performance, and last year's, by winning back-to-back stages in the Paris-Nice bicycle race.
Boonen's sprint win over Australian Allan Davis, again, on Tuesday's 124-mile stage keeps him 17 seconds ahead of 2nd place US racer Bobby Julich (Team CSC). The 35-year-old Julich won Sunday's prologue and took the overall win in 2005. …
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US cyclist Bobby Julich gave up the yellow and white leader's jersey to Tom Boonen, who won the Stage 1 sprint in the Paris-Nice bike race Monday.
Team CSC's Julich, who became the first American to ever win the “Race to the Sun” in 2005, had the leader's jersey after cycling to a win in Sunday's prologue.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/06/bobby-julich-drops-paris-nice-lead-to-tom-boonen/
Does American cyclist Bobby Julich, at 35, want to own the Paris-Nice spring classic bicycle race the same way Lance Armstrong has owned the Tour de France the past 7 years?
Julich, who became the first American to win the legendary week-long “Race to the Sun” in 2005, won Sunday's 3-mile prologue to continue wearing the tour leader's yellow and white jersey. …
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Here's an opportunity for weekend warrior cyclists to ride the last few miles of the Tour of Georgia course just hours before the pros do it.
Recreational cyclists who participate in a cancer fund-raiser can ride the final 25 miles of the Cumming to Alpharetta route as part of the BriarRose Grand Peloton. It's scheduled for the last day …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/03/02/tour-de-georgia-fund-raiser-bike-ride/
American Floyd Landis retained the golden jersey in the Amgen Tour of California today, thanks to his Phonak team keeping the breakaways on the line.
But it was Juan José Haedo who once again surprised the sprinters and raced out front at the finish in San Luis Obispo. It's cool to see a virtual unknown racer beat the accomplished …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/24/haedo-wins-long-stage-landis-controls-lead-in-tour-of-california/
Here we are on the fifth day of the Tour of California, and many riders are saying the race is over.
It's a compliment to American Floyd Landis and the strength of his Swiss Phonak team that a 29-second lead with four stages remaining is considered an insurmountable lead. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/23/tour-of-california-already-decided/
Cyclist Floyd Landis beat the next fastest finisher by nearly 26 seconds to win the Amgen Tour of California time trial in San Jose on Wednesday.
The US leader of the Swiss Phonak squad also gains the tour leader's golden jersey for his efforts. Discovery's George Hincapie, who achieved the leader's jersey Tuesday, finished the day in fourth, about a minute slower than Landis.
The 17-mile time trial course …
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Discovery's George Hincapie won the final sprint into San Jose, taking the stage and the overall leader's golden jersey in the Tour of California.
The long-time Lance Armstrong lieutenant stayed with a chase group that powered over the steepest mountain on the course — Sierra Road — then had enough energy left to beat two other former Armstrong aides de camp: Levi Leipheimer and Floyd Landis (Phonak).
At the finish, it was Hincapie beating Chris Horner and Josep Jufre Pou, both of Davitamon Lotto. Hincapie trailed Leipheimer by 6 seconds coming into this stage; the 10-second time bonus for winning the sprint put Hincapie in the overall lead..
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