Tag Archive for ‘Tour de Georgia’
Team Type 1 Sets Sights On A Stage Win In Georgia
Tybee Island, Ga. — Team Type 1 brings an arsenal to the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T that is equipped to deliver a stage win during the seven-day, 590-mile (949.5 km) race that begins Monday. Team Type 1’s roster for the race will be Emile Abraham (TRI), Moises Aldape (MEX), Fabio Calabria (AUS), Glen [...]
Rock Racing Reveals Rosters For Tour de Georgia, Sea Otter
Culver City, Calif. — Rock Racing will field a line-up for the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T that includes a world time trial champion, an Olympic gold medalist, Tour de France yellow jersey, polka-dot jersey and white jersey wearers and a three-time U.S. national road race champion who is also a four-time Tour de [...]
Team Type 1 Gets Nod For Tour de Georgia
Atlanta – Team Type 1, a first-year professional team that has twice won the Race Across America corporate team division, will be among 15 squads at this year’s Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T. Team Type 1 was founded in 2004 by racers Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge to inspire people living with diabetes to [...]
New Look to Tour de Georgia
The Daily Peloton had a newsy story earlier this week on the now sixth annual Tour de Georgia April 21-27. Big news includes five new venues and a team trial for the seven-day race. By stage:Stage 1: Monday, April 21, Tybee Island, to SavannahStage 2: Tuesday, April 22, Statesboro to AugustaStage 3: Wednesday, April 23, [...]
Three Strange Days
The last three days of the Tour of Georgia have been, well, interesting. Daniele Contrini’s Stage 1 win reminded me of a Points or Scratch race in track cycling where there’s a prime (pronounced “preem,” a prize within a race) involved on certain laps. Usually some of the lesser (less experienced or lacking in form) [...]
The Race is On in Georgia
The 2007 Tour de Georgia may not have a major sponsor, but the April 16-22 seven-stage race will have some major names: George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer and Tyler Hamilton Hincapie, the USA Cycling pro road champ, ordinarily would be targeting the European spring classics. But having broken a wrist in the Tour of California, he [...]
Ain’t That a Peach
In what may go down as one of few cycling grassroots (and I use that term facetiously) efforts, the Tour of Georgia Board of Directors (Georgia Partnership of Economic Development), has decided to run this year’s race despite their inability to secure a main sponsor. Normally, a race that still lacked significant financial backing, a [...]
Sponsorships At Risk III
The Tour de Georgia is looking for a new title sponsor.Even before the summer’s drug scandals surrounding the Tour de France, the Ford Dealers Advertising Association of Georgia told organizers it was dropping sponsorship of the 2007 stage race, according to the Macon Telegraph. Related Posts:Team Type 1 Sets Sights On A Stage Win In [...]
A Day Late…
Yes, I’m tardy with this considering National Look Alike Day was yesterday. But given Floyd Landis’ new (old school, Greg Lemond) aero position, which has garnered him two ITT wins this year (one yesterday at the Tour de Georgia) I couldn’t resist. (We’ll try to give you a more in-depth breakdown of his position later, [...]
So, Which Is It?
Woody Marshall/The TelegraphJessie Mae Walker, a resident at the Dempsey Apartments,waits for the Tour de Georgia to pass her on Cherry Street Tuesday afternoon. Will the crowds be up or down at the Tour de Georgia?According to George Henry’s account in the Associated Press Wednesday morning, “The other notable difference between this year’s race and [...]
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