Installing sharrows to alert motorists that bicyclists will be using the traffic lanes can be a popular improvement.

But that's not the case on a Seattle street where bikes lanes were promised until local merchants stepped in to block them.

The Seattle Likes Bikes advocacy group is organizing a bike ride along Stone Way on Wednesday to enable cyclists to demonstrate their opposition to the use of sharrows instead of bike lanes on a 6-block stretch between the Burke Gilman Trail and neighborhoods to the north.

I rode down to the Fremont neighborhood Tuesday morning to check out the situation and was surprised to see that contractors hired by the city were installing sharrows on the pavement at that moment, one-day before the protest ride ...   more »

Seeing replays of this year's rogue's gallery -- Sinkewitz, Vino, Moreni and Rasmussen -- reminded me of the strangeness of the 2007 Tour de France.

One day's hero was the next day's heel. It will certainly go down as one of the most bizarre Tours in history. I hope there's never another one like it.

It seems like ages ago that the Tour started in London for the first time in history. Everything was good. Trouble began about a week later...   more »

US cyclist Levi Leipheimer celebrated his first stage win ever at the Tour de France on Saturday, pulling himself within 8 seconds of Cadel Evans, who sits  in second place with just one stage left in the bike race.

Leipheimer's Discovery Channel teammate, Alberto Contador, survived in the yellow jersey as just 31 seconds separates the top three cyclists in the race that began nearly three weeks ago.

Leipheimer led in every time check in the 34-mile individual time trial from Cognac to Angoulême. His speed, 53.1k per hour (32.9 mph) is the fourth fastest ever recorded at the Tour...   more »

An autopsy has confirmed that a 31-year-old Calgary woman was killed by a black bear while on a mountain biking trip at the Panorama Mountain Resort in eastern British Columbia.

The body of Robin Kochorek was found about a half kilometer off one of the resort's marked trails last Sunday. A small brown-nosed black bear was guarding the woman's body.

It's easy for forget how powerful, dangerous, and unpredictable these bears can be...   more »

French cyclist Sandy Casar won his first Tour de France stage on Friday with his shorts ripped and hip bruised from a crash when he hit a dog earlier in the Stage 18 breakaway.

Challenging him to the end were Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), both of whom have announced this was their last Tour de France, and Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom).

Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador, riding for Discovery Channel, remained in the yellow jersey, retaining his lead over Australian Cadel Evans and teammate Levi Leipheimer of the US...   more »

The Amgen Tour of California is visiting three new locales among the 12 host cities in the third annual bike race, scheduled for February 17-24, 2008.

The 700-mile bike race will start with a prologue in Palo Alto and conclude in Pasadena with a circuit race. Those two cities are new for the California tour, as is Modesto, the beginning site for Stage 3.

The tour also is visiting Santa Rosa again, the residence of this year's winner Levi Leipheimer of the Discovery Channel team ...   more »

Lake Forest Park, a town just north of Seattle, has been informed that it can't block needed improvements to the popular Burke-Gilman bike trail.

The Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, siding with the Cascade Bicycle Club, ruled this week that the bike trail is "an essential regional public facility" and Lake Forest Park can't pass a law that would block improvements on it.

This is great news for the more than 1,000 cyclists who use the trail that runs from the Ballard Locks on Puget Sound to the Sammamish Trail in Redmond, some 27 miles away. The county plans to widen the trail to 18 feet, from its present 10 feet, to make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians ...   more »

Four survivors of a breakaway that led most of the day played a game of cat and mouse at the approach to the finish line in Castelsarrasin on Thursday, but all the tactics couldn't stop sprinter Daniele Bennati from winning Stage 17.

Meanwhile, the Discovery Channel team drove the rest of the peloton about 10 minutes back to protect race leader Alberto Contador, who did not wear the yellow jersey during the stage but pulled it on at ceremonies at the finish.

Tour de France organizers decided that no one would wear the yellow jersey on Thursday's stage, the day after the Rabobank team removed and fired overall leader Michael Rasmussen for lying about his whereabouts in June   more »

Good morning, and welcome to Stage 17 of the 2007 Tour de France.

In case you're just tuning in for the first time since Monday, there have been some major changes:

-- Overall Tour leader Michael Rasmussen was kicked off the Rabobank team on Wednesday, just four stages from a sure championship in Paris.

It was unknown Wednesday night whether his Rabobank teammates would continue. What is known is that teammates Denis Menchov and Michael Boogerd gave up any chance of stage wins or podium finishes by unselfishly helping Rasmussen, who is accused of lying to his team about his whereabouts during training. I wonder what they think about The Chicken now?...   more »

Maybe RAGBRAI XXXV is in danger of becoming LAGBRAI II at times, but that's OK if the issue is the fight against cancer.

Presidential candidate John Edwards rode with Lance Armstrong on Wednesday, following a convertible packed with media and surrounded by a pack of riders about 50 deep.

Edwards, who said he's only ridden a bicycle one or two times in 20 years, is the only presidential candidate to accept Armstrong's invitation to ride with him for a spell in RAGBRAI ...   more »

Just four days from a sure victory in Paris, Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen has been kicked out of the Tour de France by his own Rabobank team.

The 33-year-old cyclist violated team rules for lying about his whereabouts before the Tour, causing him to miss drug tests on May 8 and June 28.

With Rasmussen gone, the new leaders in the Tour de France are Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel), Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), and Levi Leipheimer (Discovery). It's unclear whether Contador would actually start Thursday in the yellow jersey, the brightness of which seems terribly faded now .....   more »

Just as the Tour de France wheels out of town, the London city government is considering the installation of cameras to catch motorists driving in bike lanes.

Somewhat similar to cameras in the US that catch motorists driving through red lights, London officials are hoping their use will make people feel safer using bicycles, instead of cars, to commute to work. ...   more »

Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen fought off every attempt by the Discovery Channel team to unseat him from the overall lead of the Tour de France on Wednesday.

After attacks on the final climb by Levi Leipheimer and Alberto Contador, Rasmussen pulled away with less than a mile to the summit of the Col d'Aubisque and won the Stage 16 all by himself.

Leipheimer, in 4th place overall, gained some time on 3rd place rider Cadel Evans by crossing the finish line in second place, just 17 seconds ahead of Evans. Contador, the 3rd rider to cross the line, lost his chance to overtake or at least close his margin to Rasmussen.

"I gotta hand it to him. He's been solid and his team has been great," Leipheimer said after the race...   more »

It's been a real up and down ride for US cyclist Levi Leipheimer ever since he signed on with the Discovery Channel pro cycling team last year.

Essentially hired to lead the team for the 2007 Tour de France, those plans were dashed when Discovery hired Italy's Ivan Basso. Then Basso left the team in the spring because of doping allegations, and Leipheimer was the main man again.

Now he's having his best Tour de France ever, according to team manager Johann Bruyneel. But he's found himself riding in support of Alberto Contador. "On any other team he'd be the big star. And he's able to deal with that situation very professionally." ...   more »

Pre-race favorite Alexander Vinokourov has tested positive for homologous blood doping and is out of the Tour de France.

So much for the "big comeback" story of this year's Tour.

The 33-year-old Kazahkstan cyclist failed a test administered after he won Saturday's individual time trial. At the time it was considered a superhuman effort by a competitor who had been counted out of the competition after crashing, then losing time in the Alps.

Meanwhile, the entire Astana team pulled out of the Tour. That means Andreas Kloden (5th overall) and Andrey Kashechkin (8th overall) are also out of the Tour...   more »

As you can imagine, I was a bit surprised when my doctor told me to stay off the bicycle for five days.

Bicycling keeps my resting heart rate below 60, it has beat my family's history of high blood pressure, and it makes me happy and sane.

The problem was that my prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests have been running a little "hot" lately. They've been creeping up, and my general practitioner recommended I see a urologist to follow up. When that specialist learned that I ride 75 to 100 miles a week, he ordered me off the bike for at least 5 days until I get another blood test for PSA.....   more »

International Cycling Union president Patrick McQuaid says he wants someone besides current leader Michael Rasmussen, right, to win the Tour de France.

"From an image point of view, it would be better if it was not Rasmussen but one of the youngest riders winning the Tour," McQuaid told reporters. Hmmm. Youngest rider. How about 24-year-old Alberto Contador of the Discovery Channel team? He's Number 2 overall.

Maybe the French customs officials were trying to help out McQuaid when they raided team buses for Rabobank, Discovery Channel, Astana and CSC on Monday. No official word on what, if anything, was found....   more »

Alexander Vinokourov tore apart the Tour de France peloton again on Monday, going out on an early breakaway and winning a stage in the Pyrenees with five hard climbs.

Race leader Michael Rasmussen and Alberto Contador extended their dominance over the rest of the field, as Contador attacked the yellow jersey at least five times on the final climb over the Col de Peyresourde but couldn't shake the Dane.

With the 122-mile 15th stage from Foix to Loudenvielle behind them, the racers rest on Tuesday before tackling one more stage in the Peyrenees. It's one more stage where Discovery Channel's Contador will have another chance at unseating Rasmussen. Then its three days of relatively flat stages until Saturday's penultimate stage, another individual time trial...   more »

Democractic hopeful John Edwards became the first candidate in the 2008 presidential race to declare his intention to ride a bicycle with Lance Armstrong at RAGBRAI.

The US senator from North Carolina, and 2006 VP candidate, said he'll join Armstrong in Hampton on Wednesday on the ride to Cedar Falls, the location of an evening fund-raiser concert for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

Sure, Edwards is probably looking for some support in the Iowa caucuses coming up early in 2008. But his wife, Elizabeth, suffers from breast cancer and the couple say they admire Armstrong for surviving cancer and his efforts to call attention to the disease ...   more »

It looks like a pretty good first week for the Paris bicycle rental program, although there have been a couple of bumps along the way.

Parisians are renting an average 45,000 bicycles a day in the city's plan to reduce automobile use and clean up the air. The so-called Vélib' program (named for a combination of velo and liberte) has 10,000 bicycles placed around the city in 750 self-service stations.

A major problem? All the bikes end up at the bottom of the hills because no one wants to ride up. ....   more »

Discovery Channel's Alberto Contador rode into second place in the Tour de France on Sunday alongside Michael Rasmussen, who protected his yellow jersey against the other challengers.

With the pre-race favorites strung out down the Plateau de Beille on Sunday, Contador crossed the finish line just ahead of Rasmussen. The two combined to knock back Australian Cadel Evans, who started the day in second place but dropped back to third.

Although Discovery's Levi Leipheimer was dropped about half-way up the final climb, he gained ground on just about everyone else, finishing fourth on the day and moving into fourth place overall....   more »

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will have quite a large contingent for his bike ride across Iowa this week, but Matthew McConaughey will not be in the group.

The Texas-born actor is in the pack with Armstrong when it comes to goofing off and doing some light bicycling, but he won't be found on the 477-mile RAGBRAI that starts Sunday.

Armstrong told the Des Moines Register, "He would never ride in a group of people like that. He'd be scared to death. For all you ladies, I hate to break it to you...   more »

The first Tour de France stage in the Pyrenees can be viewed on the big screen at the free Cyclefest Outdoor Cinema Sunday night in Seattle's Magnuson Park.

The Cascade Bicycle Club is offering more than just cycling and suds this year. The festivities begin at 3 p.m. with bike polo matches, followed by a treasure hunt, free sprint racing, and kids' bike parade.....   more »

Pre-race favorite Alexander Vinokourov once again is providing the drama for the Tour de France as he won the 13th Stage time trial around Albi on Saturday.

Seriously injured and counted out after his solo crash in Stage 5, the leader of the Astana team improved from 19th place at the start of the day to 9th overall at the end. In spite of two stitched up knees, he's not giving up.

Yellow jersey cyclist Michael Rasmussen provided the other surprise in the stage, as the traditionally poor time trial rider actually gained time on some of his close rivals and retained the overall lead. ...   more »

Maine is the latest state to require that motorists give bicyclists 3 feet of clearance when passing.

The provision is included in the comprehensive bicycle safety bill passed by the Maine legislature. As many as 10 other states have similar laws on the books.

The bill also clarified when cyclists don't have to ride to the right, reduced liabilities that prevented cyclists from using drive-through windows, and increased fines for youths not wearing helmets. ....   more »

If there was any justice in the world, either Amets Txurruka or Perrick Fedrigo would have been first across the finish line in Castres on Friday.

The two attacked with about 85 miles to go in the 111-mile 12th stage of the Tour de France, built up a 5-minute lead and held it until over the final climb, only to be swept up only about a half-mile from the finish.

A textbook leadout by the QuickStep team and a hard sprint by Belgian Tom Boonen won him his second stage victory of this year Tour over Erik Zabel (Milram) and Robbie Hunter (Barloworld). Txurruka (Euskaltel) and Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) finished with the peloton. ...   more »

I can't close off this cross-country bicycle trip without a postscript, because the tour really didn't end for me when we arrived in Oceanside. Still suffering from wanderlust, the trip ended for me up the Pacific coast with a chance meeting with another cyclist who had ridden ahead of us on our bike tour.

It made me realize that while we cross-country bicycle tourists are pedaling through the world, we're also cycling in our own world...    more »

Robbie Hunter scored the first-ever Tour de France win for a South African cyclist in Stage 11 on Thursday, as Frenchman Christophe Moreau dropped out of the Top 10.

Denmark's Michael Rasmussen retained the yellow jersey in the 113-mile mostly flat stage from Marseille to Montpellier in southern France that saw the peloton essentially split in two.

US sprinter Freddie Rodriguez found himself in the leading group, but crashed into barriers as he and others were accelerating toward the finish line. He did not get up immediately to finish the race, but did cross the line nearly 5 minutes later (See also: Zabriskie out; Rodriguez angry; US riders' standings). ...   more »

OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA -- Bruce and I achieved the goal today -- to ride from coast to coast -- that we'd made up our minds to accomplish two years ago. It seems like the end arrived too soon.

The whole dynamics of the cross-country bike tour had changed. We set out as two riders and finished as a group of five, including the driver of the fully provisioned blue van. This morning that didn't upset me anymore. We set out in the clear, dry mountain air as if it were just another day on the bikes. ...    more »

The eight host cities along the route of the 2007 Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, which begins Sunday, will roll out the red carpet when 8,000 - 10,000 cyclists roll into their towns.

These cities are offering more than the "cow pie bingo" contest that 1,000 Cycle Around Maryland riders were treated to one year in Federalsburg.  (The event drew a big crowd, but the hosts must have chosen the only cow on the Eastern Shore with constipation. In contrast, we CAM cyclists blew out the host high school's septic drainage field.)

The biggest draw for this year's RAGBRAI will probably be out on the road where Lance Armstrong is riding the entire route. Event host Des Moines Register has a RAGBRAI interactive map at its website this year where riders can post their Lance sightings, as well as check out services along the route .....   more »

Bicycle rack maker Thule has issued a recall notice for three styles of hitch-mounted bike racks that can cause finger cuts or amputations if operated improperly.

The three are: Hitching Post Pro (934, 934xt, 935, 935xt, 936, 936xt, 937, 937xt, 951, 951xt), Expressway (995, 995xt, 996, 996xt), and Trailblazer (998, 998xt) (click the image for a picture of all three). The racks were sold from 2003 through 2007.

In a press release, Thule said it's recalling the racks because a pinch point exists between the bike arm bracket and the upright assembly ....   more »

Cedric Vasseur became the first Frenchman to win a Tour de France stage in 2007 when he sprinted from a five-man breakaway in the last few yards before the finish line in Marseille.

The peloton finished about 10 minutes later, but Michael Rasmussen's yellow jersey was safe on his shoulders.

The 142-mile race from Tallard to Marseille was a restful stage for most of the peloton. It was the first out of the Alps and featured just four hills, two category 4's and two category 3's.....   more »

LAKE HENSHAW, CALIFORNIA -- The last full day on the road ended in warm camaraderie making toasts around a picnic table. But it began much chillier than that for me.

I was slow waking up as I felt totally exhausted from the day before. I was finally breaking camp when I heard the crunch of tires on the road leading to ...   more »

Innovations in Cycling is recalling about 55,000 combination tire inflator-hand pumps because they can explode under pressure.

The devices, sold under the names Genuine Innovations Second Wind MTB and Wrench Force Two Shot, can shatter under pressure when inflating tires if the tire valve is blocked.

The company and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission report 12 incidents of exploding ...   more »

The long arm of the law fingered three cyclists for indecent exposure during Seattle's Saturday edition of the World Naked Bike Ride.

Seattle police arrested the three as 57 ride participants pedaled into Seward Park, according to the P-I. They were released from police custody after being charged with indecent exposure, a misdemeanor.

Ride organizer Daniel Johnson said this is the first time since the ride began in 2003 that there have been arrests. ...   more »

Colombian cyclist Mauricio Soler, riding in his first Tour de France, soared past the favorites to win the final stage in the Alps on Tuesday.

Overall leader Michael Rasmussen retained the yellow jersey after Stage 9, while the rest of the top 10 reshuffled itself and pre-race favorite Alexander Vinokourov struggled, continuing his descent in the overall standings.

Discovery's Levi Leipheimer remained the highest ranked US cyclist in the bike race, climbing into 9th place. His teammate, the fantastic Spanish climber Alberto Contrador, worked his way into 5th place overall, winning the Best Young Rider's white jersey. ...   more »

ANZA-BORREGO STATE PARK, CALIFORNIA -- Too much heat? Not enough water? Too much pedaling through the desert? Too close to the end of the trip? I can't explain it, but I isolated myself from the group today and rode up to a solitary campground in the desert.
Expecting another hot day, we set the alarm for 4:30 but didn't really ...   more »

These are the types of signs I hate to see when I'm out bicycling. How long is the detour? How many hills? How much gravel?

The Washington State Department of Transportation closed the bike trail beneath I-90 near Bellevue Way on Monday morning for about the next 10 days.

What it means for bike commuters between the Eastside and Seattle is that they'll have about an extra mile commute until the path is opened again...   more »

A 24-year-old Seattle cyclist was listed in fair condition at Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center in Portland Sunday night after he was struck by an SUV on Route 30 on the second leg of his Seattle-to-Portland bike ride.

Witnesses told police that the SUV veered out of its lane, struck Gerald (Gerry) Marvin from behind about 9:20 a.m., stopped briefly, then drove away. The force of the collision caused Marvin to knock over two other cyclists, who were taken to the hospital for observation. (The two were later identified as Michael J. Ball, 47, of Gresham, and Mark W. Tribble, 33, of Seattle.)

A St. Helens police officer stopped Daniel B. Whittlinger, 40, of Portland ...   more »

YUMA, ARIZONA -- There are days on this cross-country trip that I anticipated from the first time I spread out the maps on the table in my apartment in Annapolis.
One was the climb up to the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia; another was going up and over Monarch Pass in Colorado. Today was another -- 80 miles across the ...   more »

It looks like both Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong will be racing at the Leadville 100 mountain bike race on Aug. 11 afterall.

Rob Lucas at UltraRob Adventures first had the scoop last week, as he pieced together some info about Armstrong riding part of the Leadville course with trainer Chris Carmichael and scheduling a charity event in Colorado Springs -- 3 hours away -- on Aug. 9 ...   more »

Tour de France bike race fans witnessed another serious skake-up of the overall standings over the 102-mile route through the Alps on Sunday.

One cyclist rode away to a solo victory, another went from the virtual yellow jersey to abandonment in the course of a few miles, and a chase group's infighting prevented them from putting away some pre-race favorites.

Danish climbing specialist Michael Rasmussen, left, must have been licking his chops when he saw the three Category 1 Alpine mountains on Sunday's route of the Tour de France bike race. He attacked on the first and rode away by himself on the second and third climbs to win the stage and yellow jersey at Tignes. ...   more »

QUARTZSITE, ARIZONA - I awoke about sunup this morning and ... no Bruce.

It had been so hot and dry, we didn't see the need to pitch the tent last night. We threw the tarp down and just slept on that, until, at some point in the night, I realized all kinds of insects were walking around on me. I took my mat and put it on a picnic table and went back to sleep. Jim had already booked the other table ....   more »

This is my first webcast, and it might be my last.

I took my video camera along with me when I rode over to the first leg of the 200-mile Seattle to Portland bike ride Saturday morning.

This might add a new dimension to Biking Bis coverage if I can work on my delivery. It ... ah .. sucks. Check it out if you have 3 minutes.

It's not often that I'm a spectator to thousands of bicyclists pedaling past, but I bicycled over to the first leg of the Seattle to Portland bike ride this morning to soak up the ambience.

This is the 28th running of the STP, organized by the Cascade Bicycle Club. It's a 202-miler from Seattle to Portland that can be ridden in one or two days.

The mostly flat route -- there are just two or three good climbs -- makes it possible for a wide cross-section of recreational cyclists. Cascade cut off registrations at 9,000 this year. Some of the statistics....   more »

This is a whole different Tour de France after Stage 7's first Alpine climbs of the bike race sent up five new cyclists to the head of the overall standings.

The stage winner and overall leader, T-Mobile's Linus Gerdemann, is new in more ways than one. The 24-year-old is riding in his first Tour de France, having turned pro with Team CSC in 2005.

Gerdemann attacked with about 6 miles to go on the Col de la Colombière, holding off all challengers on the descent into Le Grand-Bornand to win by 40 seconds. He moved up from 20th at the end of Stage 6.

The pre-race favorites hung on to finish about 3-1/2 minutes back. Among them, injured Andreas Kloden of the Astana team is in the best position, sitting (on a fractured coccyx) in 6th place at 3:39 behind the leader   more »

AGUILA, ARIZONA -- We're camping at the City Park here tonight. We've left all the cool, shady mountains behind us, and we're out where it's dry, sunny and hot. The park doesn't have much; just a picnic shelter and a small building for restrooms.
At the back of his building is a water spigot that drips. In the puddle underneath there sits a toad. I noticed him ...   more »

Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen ended a two-year dry spell at the Tour de France on Friday, winning Stage 6 in a mass sprint in Bourg-en-Bresse as Fabian Cancellara completed the first week still in yellow.

Boonen hadn't won a stage since early in the 2005 Tour, when he won two (he has 5 career). It looked like the sprinter might win Stage 2 in Ghent, Belgium, on Monday, but he came in second to teammate Gert Steegmans.

"At last another victory. You need so much luck," Boonen told reporters after the victory.

Meanwhile the riding wounded -- Alexander Vinokourov, Andreas Kloden (both Astana) and Benjamin Noval (Discovery Channel) -- finished the stage ...    more »

Seattle area cycling fans gave a warm welcome Thursday to Floyd Landis at perhaps his best appearance so far on a cross-country book tour to promote "Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France."

"You guys in Seattle got 'em all beat. Even better than Lancaster, Pennsylvania," Landis told me as he neared the end of a 1-1/2 hour session signing books (and shirts, and posters, and a bike).

Maybe he was just playing to the locals, but he did fill a room adjacent to Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park with some 500 cycling fans, many fresh off their bikes, who gave him a standing ovation when he entered. ......   more »

PRESCOTT, ARIZONA -- We spent much of today in the small gears, the stump-pullers, the grannies.
We started our climb almost immediately after leaving Dead Horse campground. Jim had already left -- we told him we always got a late start -- and we gingerly picked our way across that slippery low-water bridge.
The old ghost town of Jerome was ...   more »

Eighty-two college students are seeing America from the slow lane this year, bicycling cross-country to raise money on behalf of people with disabilities.

The Journey of Hope members left from Seattle and San Francisco in three separate bike tours to ride northern, southern and central routes to Washington DC. They're expecting to raise about $500,000.

No sleeping in late for these guys. They hit the road early, cover an average 75 miles, then do some activities with people with disabilities in a host town or work on a volunteer project. It should be quite an interesting tale for "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" essays. ...   more »

Italy's Filippo Pozzato won a hard fought sprint in Autun on Thursday as Tour de France fans saw three pre-race favorites struggling to catch up to the peloton after crashes along the route.

Fabian Cancellara held onto the leader's yellow jersey for yet another day as he raced at the front of the bunch after sweeping up a breakaway on the 113-mile route from Chablis to Autun.

The biggest scare came for the Astana team as both Alexandre Vinokourov and Andreas Kloden hit the ground during the stage. ...   more »

Cottonwood, Ariz. -- We've liked everyone who has crossed our path as we cycle cross-country. Today is the exception. The scenery here has been beautiful, though, and the terrain has been in our favor.
We faced a major chore breaking camp at the Motel 6 -- our laundering and bike cleaning resulted in our crap strewn from one of the ...   more »