July 2006 archive
Say it ain't so, Floyd. Was winning the Tour de France so important that you had to resort to cheating? Let's hope not.
Even after several top cyclists were expelled prior to the Tour over doping allegations, I'm still shocked to hear that Floyd Landis tested positive for the banned substance testosterone in a sample taken after his historic Stage 17 victory. Another analysis is scheduled.
It's like talking with a friend on a bike ride and getting blindsided by a low-hanging branch at the side of the road. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/27/tour-de-france-champ-floyd-landis-fails-drug-test/
Remember all the talk last year regarding the biographical movie about Lance Armstrong? The celebrity and movie blogs are now saying Armstrong's new pal, Jake Gyllenhaal, is interested in playing the lead role in that Armstrong movie.
Gyllenhaal, who starred in Brokeback Mountain, has been cycling with Armstrong in southern California and met him to Paris to see the end of the Tour de France last weekend. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/26/brokebacks-jake-gyllenhaal-may-star-in-armstrong-movie/
Jake Gyllenhaal is interested in starring in Lance Armstrong movie
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/26/jake-gyllenhaal-interested-in-armstrong-movie/
As American Floyd Landis battled his way back into the Tour de France leadership on Thursday, more Americans tuned in to watch than at any time previously during this year's three-week bike race.
Meanwhile, the network says it will continue to cover bicycle racing in 2007 with its Sunday coverage of the Giro d'Italia, Paris-Nice, and other spring classics, as well as adding the Tour of California. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/26/olns-viewers-rise-as-tour-ends-network-continues-bike-race-coverage-in-2007/
Committed to riding the Thursday stage of RAGBRAI, Lance Armstrong showed up early on Wednesday for some pedaling between Waukee and Newton.
A 7-time Tour de France winner, cancer survivor and all-round celebrity, Armstrong's appearance is likely to cause a ruckus wherever he goes, but no more than at a bicycling event that draws nearly 10,000 cyclists. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/26/armstrong-arrives-early-at-ragbrai/
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, left, is trying to curb speculation that he's changing teams; he says he'll stay with his current team, which is switching its title sponsorship to San Francisco-based iShares next season.
Meanwhile, US cyclist Levi Leipheimer signed with the Discovery Channel team. ..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/25/teams-change-for-leipheimer-remain-the-same-for-landis/
RAGBRAI bicycle tourists get parties and pie. Cycle Oregon cyclists get warning signs and tacks in the road.
At least those are the extremes of two separate bicycle tours that started last weekend in Iowa and Oregon.
The Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa is legendary. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/25/a-tale-of-two-state-bicycle-tours-iowa-and-oregon/
Photo by abelz at Flickr.com
Thousands of cyclists congregate on the main street of an Iowa town.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/25/rabrai-2006/
I woke up at 5 o'clock this morning, just like I have every morning for the past three weeks to happily watch the Tour de France live on OLN out here on the West Coast.
After putting on the coffee, I turned on OLN partly out of force of habit and curiosity. No Phil or Paul. Just some guy sitting there wearing a “gimme hat” talking about how to catch big-mouth bass. That was the final realization. The Tour de France is over. So, after trundling my daughter off to day camp, I jumped on the bike for ride instead of prying open the laptop. Now I'm OK. Are you OK?
After the ride, I found an article at DepressioNet that espouses physical activity, especially bicycling, as a good treatment for depression. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/25/dealing-with-post-tour-de-france-depression/
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/24/bass/
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