September 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Ahhh. My favorite time of the year. Fall is definitely returning to the Midwest. While this means fewer daylight hours for evening rides, it also means cooler days.
Here’s some of the latest news:
Is he or isn’t he? (He is!) Rumors continue to swirl around about Lance Armstrong’s supposed return to the pro peloton. There’s no [...]
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So, Tom, what exactly were you apologizing for? When Tom Boonen was originally questioned by Belgian police, he proclaimed his innocence and thought that someone slipped cocaine into his drink at a bar in an attempt to trap him. At a press conference the next day he apologized for his actions. This raised suspicions, so [...]
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The Slipstream-Chipotle team vaulted onto the world stage today by winning the first stage of their first ever Grand Tour event.
Christian Vandevelde and four of his teammates completed the 23.6 km time trial course in the shortest time to put Vandevelde in the pink leader’s jersey. Team CSC took second at 6 seconds behind while [...]
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Tour of Georgia Wrap-Up:Â
By the time I finally got back to posting, the Tour of Georgia (I refuse to call it the Tour de Georgia) was mostly over. Cycling News and VeloNews both had good coverage of all of the action. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sivtsov? I’ve seen both) of Team High Road took the overall win, with Trent [...]
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Today’s stage was yet another rainy slog along the California coastline.
Dominique Rollin of the Toyota-United Team was part of a large breakaway of 11 riders that started just before the first intermediate sprint. Joining him were Bauke Mollema (Rabobank), Bryce Mead (Jelly Belly), Danilo Wyss and Jackson Stewart (BMC Racing Team), Edward [...]
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