The long winding road leads to the yellow jersey. A sculpture in France.
Photo by spud murphy at flickr.com
July 2006 archive
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George Hincapie takes yellow jersey at Tour de France
American cyclist George Hincapie found out what he can do in the Tour de France as he rode into the yellow jersey on the second day of the three-week race.
Disappointed on Saturday at finishing a split second behind the winner in the prologue, Hincapie on Sunday won a 2-second time bonus at an intermediate sprint 9 kilometers from the finish on the 115-mile race around Strasbourg. …
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George Hincapie's near miss at Tour de France might be an advantage
Discovery's George Hincapie missed taking the yellow jersey by a split second in the 4.4-mile prologue of the Tour de France on Saturday.
“Disappoint” was the root word chosen to describe the feelings of those involved. But I think in the long term — and that's what winning the Tour is all about — not gaining the yellow jersey a good thing. …
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Longest bike-hike bridge to span Arkansas River
The Murray Lock and Dam Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge — also known as the Big Dam Bridge — opens in Little Rock, Arkansas, this fall as the nation's longest bridge built for such use.
The 3,463-foot bridge links 25 miles of bike-hike trails in the cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock, as well as connecting two recreation areas — Murray Park and Cooks Landing. …
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Arkansas River bike bridge
Also known as the Big Dam Bridge opens in the fall of 2006. More at KTHV and Corps of Engineers.
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Just the facts from Tour de France
Le Tour website is up and running with official facts and live news from the Tour de France.
Checking it this morning, I first learn that 176 riders are starting this Tour de France. Originally 189 cyclists were listed on the roster, so that means a total of 13 bicycle riders didn't start because of Friday's housecleaning, aka Black Friday. …
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Tour de France poll results: Floyd Landis wins
American Floyd Landis, left, received the most votes in the “New Tour de France Poll” launched Friday after Le Tour's two top contenders were suspended from bicycle racing.
The leader of the Phonak team received 33% of the votes, followed closely by fellow American George Hincapie who was favored by 28% of those voting. Another US cyclist, Levi Leipheimer, tied Spain's Alejandro Valverde with 9% of the vote. …
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Hushovd wins Tour prologue; where's Landis?
What a scare during the opening prologue for the 2006 Tour de France. It's American Floyd Landis' turn to begin his bike ride, but the platform is empty.
After the carnage of Black Friday in which 13 riders were dropped from the starting roster, I was thinking anything could have happened.
As it turned out, Landis got a late start out of the gate by about 8 or 9 seconds. In the standings, he ended up 9.26 seconds behind prologue winner Norwegian Thor Hushovd …
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Why T-Mobile showed Jan Ullrich the road before Tour de France
While 32-year-old German cyclist Jan Ullrich maintains his innocense at the T-Mobile Team website, the director of sports communications explains why Der Kaiser was suspended from the Tour de France on Friday.
“… we have good reason to doubt that he has told us the truth as far as his contact with Fuentes is concerned. …
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