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Snap Judgment – 2010 Amgen Tour of California Route

The Amgen Tour of California returns next year in May, rather than in its traditional February calendar spot with an eight-day stage race that will take participants from Nevada City to the Thousand Oaks area, home base of Amgen.  Many of the top American riders, including defending champion, Levi Leipheimer, have already announced their intentions [...]

Forget About Jan: Hincapie Joins T-Mobile

As widely expected, George Hincapie has signed a two-year contract with T-Mobile.
Hincapie helped Our Boy Lance win all of his record seven Tour de France races between 1999 and 2005. The 34-year-old American formerly rode for the disbanding Discovery Channel and U.S. Postal teams and recently won the Tour of Missouri. Hincapie [...]

King George

It happened again. First at the 2007 Tour of Georgia and then at the Inaugural Tour of Ireland, a break succeeded in not only winning a stage, but possibly the entire stage race.
The fortunate recepient of the lack of an organized chase was Discovery Channel’s George Hincapie, who won the 202km Stage 2 from [...]

And So It Begins…

Although highly speculated, but not formally confirmed or announced, George Hincapie will not go down in the books as the first Discovery Channel rider to find a new employer [T-Mobile]. That distinction belongs to Antonio Cruz, who inked a new contract with American Continental Professional team BMC. Right on the heels of his [...]

Is That George?

Big George in/around SolvangPhoto: Liz Kreutz

Sure this post probably falls somewhere in the “inane” category, but Oude Granny had to wonder: The glasses match the new US National Champion kit, but what’s George Hincapie without his signature Oakely Racing Jackets?

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Hincapie’s Plans Spring Eternal

The Discovery Channel’s sometimes forgotten George Hincapie will, once again, pursue the Spring Classics in 2007, according to CyclingNews.”With Hincapie, we have a deal that he will going after the Classics again this year,” said directeur sportif Dirk Demol. “In 2006, Hincapie focused on the Tour, [...]

Arrrrggghhh! Not Another George Hincapie Story!

Yup. British import procycling magazine calls it “A Season of Discovery”:”George Hincapie and his Discovery Channel team-mates soon discovered this year that life without Lance Armstrong was much tougher than expected. We spoke to Hincapie in his South Carolina home … and looked back over a season that delivered more frustration than success, and found [...]

Who’s The Guy In The Hat With George?

Could it be? It is! That’s Our Boy Lance with George Hincapie Wednesday. I didn’t know George was in Hollywood with Lance! (Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Bongarts/Getty Images)So, what did Our Boy Lance have to say to the media Tuesday at the Tour?Cycling needs the support of its fans following the doping scandal that prevented this [...]

American History

Over the 4th of July weekend, George Hincapie did his country proud becoming only the 4th (I sense a theme) American to wear the Maillot Jaune, ever. The other Americans: Lance Armstrong, Greg Lemond, and David Zabriskie.

Yes We Are!

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The Bike We All Want

Here’s the bike Trek wants you to buy (hey, didn’t 53rd do just that?!)
If you don’t think that the George Hincapie crash in Paris-Roubaix last weekend doesn’t have Trek concerned, then consider this press release today on the 2006 Discovery Channel Team Bikes and the Madone SL:
WATERLOO, WI — (MARKET WIRE) — 04/14/2006 — [...]