Just when pro cycling is looking up in the Golden State with the announcement of the Tour of California, next year's San Francisco Grand Prix has been threatened over some unpaid bills.
The city's supervisors are in a snit over $90,000 in unpaid bills for police protection that the Grand Prix organizers didn't pay from the 2004 event before …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/17/future-san-francisco-bicycle-race-hits-pothole/
The organizers of the Giro d'Italia unveiled a mountainous route this weekend for the 2006 edition of their bicycle race across Italy.
It has many cyclists, especially the sprinters, saying, “Arresti il dolore” while the climbers must be saying, “Molto buon.”
The first of Europe's triumverate of three-week-long cycling classics, the Giro runs May 6-28. It begins in Belgium this year for …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/14/giro-ditalia-2006-bike-race-begins-in-belgium-wraps-up-in-italy/
Spanish cyclist Roberto Heras has been suspended from his team following accusations that EPO was found in his bloodstream, BBC reports.
A former teammate of Lance Armstrong on US Postal, Heras won an unprecedented fourth title in the Vuelta a Espana this year.
If the doping accusation is confirmed, the Vuelta director told Reuters news service that it would be “a disaster for cycling ” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/08/just-say-no-roberto-another-cyclist-charged-with-doping/
You're not a bike racer. Is there another way to get in on the action at next February's Amgen Tour of California?
The Tour's website lists the need for dozens of volunteers during the bike race from Feb. 19 – 26. Ten cities are involved in the bike race, and the route covers about 700 miles of roadway from …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/03/volunteer-at-tour-of-california-bicycle-race/
After months of silence, organizers for the Tour of California publicly launched the bicycle race down the starting ramp on Wednesday.
AEG announced the route, the teams and the sponsors for the eight stage bicycle race scheduled for Feb 19-26.
The race begins in San Francisco, crosses the Golden Gate to Sausalito, then Santa Rosa, Martinez, San Jose, the Monterey …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/02/tour-of-california-bike-race-route-and-teams-announced/
Last week we learned the route of the Tour de France bicycle race. This week, the sponsors of the Tour of California are expected to announce the stops in the inaugural 2006 bike race.
Quoting its Chamber of Commerce, the San Luis Obispo Tribune jumped the gun by reporting the town will be one of the 10 stops …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/01/tour-of-california-stages-to-be-announced-wednesday/
Where should the comments made by Tour de France organizers on Thursday regarding Lance Armstrong rank on the cheap-shot meter?
I'd give them a 10.
In presenting the 2006 Tour de France route to the public, the Le Tour 2006 website quotes Jean-Marie Leblanc, deputy managing director, and Christian Prudhomme, director of cycling: …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/27/ranking-tour-organizers-comments-on-a-cheap-shot-meter/
Every year, the Tour de France organizers pick a stage in which ordinary cyclists can ride the exact route as the pros. It's called the L'Etape du Tour.
On July 10, 2006, the definition of “ordinary cyclist” means anyone willing to attempt the grueling 116-mile ride from Gap to the summit of L'Alpe d'Huez, the legendary climb with 21 switchbacks….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/27/letape-du-tour-the-day-ordinary-cyclists-ride-a-tour-stage/
For the first time this decade, bike racing handicappers aren't pondering whether a Tour de France route helps or hurts Lance Armstrong.
The organizers of the Tour de France issued the 2006 route on Thursday, and everyone knows that seven-time Tour winner won't be among the racers.
The 2006 Tour de France travels 2,232 miles in a counter-clockwise route …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/27/bike-route-for-2006-tour-de-france/
Five bicycle racers, including Dario Frigo, and a trainer received suspended sentences on Monday stemming from a raid by Italian police who found drugs and syringes in their hotel rooms during the 2001 Giro d'Italia.
The most well-known among the five, Frigo, also was forced to drop out of the 2005 Tour de France, reports the TdF 2005 blog, after police …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/25/cyclists-sentenced-in-2001-giro-doping/
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