Cool start to the race this morning in Breckenridge. Nine riders made a break which shrunk to 7 after cresting Hoosier Pass. The break included Zaugg, Nibali, Firsanov, Santaromita, Jones and Nepomnyachshiy. It rained a little along the course but that held off for the most part until the awards podium. […]
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Landis to Reimburse Donors or Go to Jail
Floyd Landis has been charged with wire fraud in connection with his coverup on his doping in the 2006 Tour de France. If he repays donors to his defense fund in 3 years, he will avoid jail time and a big fine. His court appearance is tomorrow morning in San […]
Has Lance Thrown in the Towel?
Armstrong has decided not to fight the USADA charges against doping. He’s been quoted as saying “There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, ‘Enough is enough.’ For me, that time is now,” Armstrong said in a statement. “I have been dealing with claims that […]
2012 Pro Challenge Aspen to Beaver Creek
USA Pro Challenge, Stage 4: Van Garderen Back In The Lead Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team regained the overall lead Thursday at the USA Pro Challenge on the strength of his third-place finish in the 156.5-kilometer race that finished with a climb to Beaver Creek. Looking For […]
Voight Wins Big in Beaver Creek
Participation in a break turned into an impressive solo stage win for RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK’s Jens Voigt in the USA Pro Challenge as he attacked on the climb of 3686m/12095ft Independence Pass to stay away for more than 146km/90mi to arrive in Beaver Creek with almost three minutes to the […]
Nizzolo Poitou Charentes Stage 3 Winner
Giacomo Nizzolo has won the morning stage at the Tour International du Poitou-Charentes. Aidis Kruopis remains in the white leader’s jersey going into the 22,1 km afternoon time trial. The young Italian has kept onto his good form from the Tour de Wallonie and the Eneco Tour and outsprinted Denis […]
The Red Lady
Dicky Brown: “I am one of the red ladies from Crested Butte. What that means, there’s a mountain in Crested Butte called the Red Lady Mountain. There are people who want to mine it for molybdenum, which is used to strengthen steel. The movie Avatar to my understanding was somewhat based […]
2012 Pro Challenge Stage 3
Atop Independence Pass today were lots of fans and lots of action. Tom Danielson led the charge up and took the win in Aspen. Colombian Francisco Colorado was right behind him on the climb but ended up in 29th place. Van Garderen lost the yellow jersey to Vandevelde but at […]
VanGarderen Takes First Yellow Jersey in Crested Butte
USA Pro Challenge, Stage 2: Tejay van Garderen Takes The Lead BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen won an uphill sprint to the finish against Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) Tuesday to score his first victory of the season and take the lead of the USA Pro Challenge. Going For The […]
Third place for Duber Quintero and Bianchi Sempre at the Tour of Portugal
Excellent display for Colombia Coldeportes’ stagiaire Duber Quintero in the third stage of the Tour of Portugal, Vila Nova Cerveira-Fafe of 178 km: the 1990-born youngster took his Bianchi Sempre to third place on the day, a mere 4 seconds away of stage winner Cesar Fonte (Efapel-Glassdrive) and Bruno Saraiva […]