Archive for May, 2007
The Young Lance
Here’s one of those stories and pictures that crops up on the Internet every once in a while: A 15-year-old Lance Armstrong (right) and his agent Scott Eder, seconds after Our Very Boy Lance won the 1987 Hillcrest-Tulsa Triathlon. There’s a story in the Tulsa World in advance of the 25th annual Tulsa Triathlon June [...]
File Under: WRONG Part II
What is it with bike theft these days! Last year around this same time, I was writing about Heinz Stucke, the “Forrest Gump of Cycling,” who had his bike stolen on one of his circumnavigations (yes that is plural as the man has been cyc-lin and cyc-lin since he left his German home in 1962) [...]
Some DAP For Gibo
For all that he is (a two time Giro d’Italia champion) and for all that he’s claimed to be (a serious challenger to Lance Armstrong at the Tour de France), you can’t deny Gilberto Simoni’s talent as a climber. The 35 year old from Trento, Italy again showed why he’ll be considered one of Italy’s [...]
The Mountain Cometh
It wasn’t exactly a rest day yesterday at the Giro d’ Italia, but it seemed that way for the favorites and those ranked highly on the General Classification (GC). With the exception of former champion, Stefano Garzelli, who won his second mountain stage, Stage 16 amounted to “the quiet before the storm.” And what a [...]
Katie’s Korner
Our IronGal in training, Katie, checks in after a bit of an absence from the blog, and as you’ll read, a little absence from training as well. C’est la vie, no? And no worries blogosphere fans, although Katie’s training journal for the Ford Ironman Coeur d’Alene will be over in three weeks, she’ll be a [...]
Butt What A Finish!
Didn’t see the finish of the 11th stage of the Giro d’Italia in Pinerolo in the rain? Then you’ll want to see this: Related Posts:Tiralongo Triumphant, Hesjedal Leap Frogs Into Leader’s Jersey – 95th Giro d’italia, Stage 7Rubiano Solos, Malori Climbs Into Race Lead – 95th Giro d’Italia, Stage 6Cavendish To The Nines, Navardauskas Still [...]
Good Reads
Some good reading for the final day of the long Memorial Day holiday weekend:– George Vecsey of the New York Times:The Tour de France breaks a fan’s heart– Art Spander of Inside Bay Area:Failures, not feats, taking over sports pages Related Posts:No Related Posts
It’s Time to Come Clean
Here’s a good recap of what has transpired in the past week on the doping issues plaguing professional cycling by the Chicago Tribune’s Phil Hersh. Of Bjarne Riis’s confession on Friday, Hersch writes:”What shred of credibility remained about elite pro cycling has disappeared as 1996 Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis of Denmark on Friday [...]
Check Out YourCycling.com
Given that my mainstream local media (which happens to include the very fine Washington Post) has no idea and even less concern about what I consider my news (they’re getting better, though, on delivering the how-I-want-it/when-I-want-it part), I’m intrigued with a new concept from Steve Outing’s Enthusiast Group niche sport websites that he’s calling “grassroots [...]
How About a Little Irony With Your Confession?
Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union, said that because Bjarne Riis’s drug use happened more than eight years ago, he cannot be stripped of his title or otherwise sanctioned. However, McQuaid said that the race records may be altered to show that the 1996 Tour had no winner. That may be just as [...]
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