Even in the darkened IMAX theater, it's easy to identify the cycling fans.
I'm here at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle watching “Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France.” The movie tells about how the human brain learns, reacts, motivates. The film uses the 2003 Tour de France as a vehicle for this lesson. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/27/wired-to-win-surviving-the-tour-de-france/
The organizers of Spain's three-week-long bicycle classic are borrowing from races in France and Italy this year — lots of mountains.
Eurosport.com calls the 2006 Vuelta a Espana “One for the Climbers.”
The 1,900-mile bicycle race begins August 26 in the city of Malago on the Costa del Sol, ending September 17 in Madrid. More information in available at VeloNews…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/14/vuelta-a-espana-bike-race-route-announced-for-2006/
Those rolling peaches are back, as the Tour de Georgia announced the dates and host cities for its 2006 bike race.
Next year's fourth annual bicycle race is scheduled for April 18 – 23 over much of the same routes as previous years' races. The 2006 Tour de Georgia will slip into Tennessee for some cycling, though …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/30/theyre-back-tour-de-georgia-bike-race-cities-announced/
So you like to climb the hills on your bike? There are days when I do, too.
Of course, I don't have a choice. My neighborhood sits at about the 300-foot elevation mark above the lakeside bicycle route that brings me home.
Here are some folks in Pittsburgh, Austin, and Seattle who seek out the big hills. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/26/cycling-up-those-hills/
The laboratory conducting the follow-up test on Spanish cyclist Roberto Heras's urine sample found traces of EPO that confirmed an earlier test.
The finding means that Heras could be stripped of this year's record-setting fourth Vuelta a Espana title and be banned from professional cycling for two years.
He joins a group that includes Italian Marco Pantani, Frenchman Richard Virenque …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/25/cyclist-roberto-heras-joins-infamous-breakaway/
The accusations about illegal doping in cycling have been flying fast and furious lately. The cyclists, the laboratories, the tests and the sports administrators have all come under attack in the past year.
What a bad time for a laboratory to announce it needs more time to test Spanish cyclist Roberto Heras's “B” urine sample for blood boosting agent EPO.
Under so …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/23/results-delayed-for-cyclist-roberto-heras/
Bickering over unpaid bills has led to the cancellation of next year's Grand Prix bicycle race in San Francisco.
The 108-mile bike race over San Francisco's storied hills and past tourist attractions became a political football after some city officials questioned the city's underwriting some costs of the event. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/21/end-of-the-road-for-sf-grand-prix-bike-race/
Imagine this scene, cycling fans.
A laboratory full of people — technicians in white lab coats, bicycle team sponsors, maybe a cyclist or two, and at least one lawyer and a few other suits standing around.
On a table in front of them sits, what, a test tube (?) filled with a yellowish liquid.
The vial holds the final results of this year's Vuelta …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/21/cyclist-roberto-heras-day-in-the-lab-tyler-hamilton-case-slated/
Levi Leipheimer, one of three US cyclists with a shot at winning next year's Tour de France, is taking it easy in the off-season at his home in Santa Rosa.
The soft-spoken 32-year-old told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat that he's been mountain biking Annadel and Spring Lake with his cycling mates this fall, but last week started riding his racing …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/18/cyclist-leipheimer-mountain-biking-in-california-off-season/
Sports Illustrated has picked a “Sportsman of the Year” since it first began publishing in 1954. SI columnist Trisha Blackmar backs pro cyclist George Hincapie for the award in 2005.
She cites the difficulties of the sport of cycling, the American's achievements this year and the teamwork that exemplifies Hincapie's attitude when it comes to his team's boss, Lance Armstrong….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/17/cyclist-hincapie-touted-for-sis-sportsman-of-the-year/
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