July 2006 archive

Cyril Dessel

Wins yellow jersey in Tour de France on Stage 10

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Hitting the mountains at midpoint of 2006 Tour de France

Finally, some killer terrain! Here we are at the midpoint of the Tour de France on Wednesday, and we're finally seeing some mountains… the Pyrenees to be exact.

Sprinters, it's been nice, but it's time for the teams that want to put their guy on the podium in Paris to take over this race. Expect a lot of attacks. Remember, there really aren't any favorites. Plenty of cyclists have a shot to win. Some are on the Discovery team…

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Two killer mountains on 10th Stage

Tour de France begins cycling uphill.

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Floyd Landis — What is hip?

The news reports that Tour de France cyclist Floyd Landis had a deteriorated hip joint that would require hip replacement surgery intially drew a reaction of shock and awe.

Now comes the question: If it's been a problem for a year or more, why mention it now? Discovery manager Johan Bruyneel says if you're a favorite, you hide your weaknesses, not publicize them. …

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Floyd Landis

Tour de France Live, 2006

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Freire beats McEwen by inches in Tour de France sprint

As expected, the sprinters' teams put their guys at the front on this completely flat Tour de France stage between Bordeaux and Dax in southern France.

The picture perfect mass sprint resulted in a photo finish showing Oscar Freire taking his second win of this year's Tour from Australian speedster Robbie McEwen. Tom Boonen, boasting 17 wins this year before the Tour, ended in 4th place, just behind Erik Zabel. …

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Dates announced for Armstrong's RAGBRAI ride

Lance Armstrong is keeping RAGBRAI in his schedule, although he's only riding “all or part” of one day — July 27.

On his arrival day, July 26, he'll speak at a celebration in the town square of Newton, the host city for RAGBRAI that night. The Des Moines Register says up to 30,000 people are expected.

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The more things change, the more they stay the same for bicycles

Bicyclists riding en masse through a city. Bicycle advocates demanding safer streets. Bike messengers racing around with documents. Cheap imports. Is it the 2000s or the 1890s?

An interesting story printed Monday in the Akron Beacon Journal about the bicycle craze in that city in the late 1800s reads like it could have been written about the bicycle issues of today.

Cyclists were the first to seek better roads, according to author Mark Price.

Cyclists were early promoters of street improvements. They argued that bad weather made Akron roads nearly impassable for six months a year. …

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Old bike

President of the Los Angeles Athletic Club with his bicycle

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How interested are you in the Tour de France this year?

Now that the first week of the 2006 Tour de France is behind us, I'm curious about your level of interest compared to last year. The blog poll is posted at right;  feel free to explain your answers below this article in a comment if you wish.

This is certainly a Tour in turmoil.

The vacuum left by Lance Armstrong's retirement has sucked away a lot of US fans. OLN reports the viewership of its first four live Tour reports is down nearly 50%. …

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