2006 archive

Cyclefest 2006

Annual outdoor showing of the hardest stage of the Tour de France. Sponsored by Cascade Bicycle Club.

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Floyd Landis lands in yellow again at Tour de France

American cyclist Floyd Landis' gambit to let another rider's team lead the Tour de France peloton worked — at least for Tuesday — as he climbed back into the lead on the slopes of fabled l'Alpe d'Huez.

Now it's his beleaguered Phonak team's turn to control the race as it struggles through two more days in the Alps before the final time trial on Saturday and Sunday's finish in Paris. …

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Lance Armstrong visiting Discovery teammates at the Tour

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong visited his former teammates in Gap before the start of Tuesday's first day in the Alps.

There's nothing like a visit from the champ to inspire the troops. Long-time Discovery teammate George Hincapie went right out Tuesday morning and joined a breakaway 23 miles into the race …

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Can Floyd Landis recover the Tour de France lead?

Did American cyclist Floyd Landis make a mistake by letting Oscar Pereiro take the yellow jersey?

Five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault seems to think so, while others say giving the Phonak team a rest was a smart move. I guess we'll find out Tuesday when the peloton begins three days in the Alps on the way to its grand finish in Paris on Sunday. …

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Fedrigo wins stage, Pereiro holds Tour de France yellow jersey

Stage winner Pierrick Fedrigo and Salvatore Commesso raced into Gap as the survivors of a war of attrition against the breakaway, which at one time numbered six Tour de France cyclists.

Oscar Pereiro held onto the yellow jersey, with his Caisse d'Epargne team laboring in the heat over the climbs while American Floyd Landis' Phonak team had an easier time in the peloton. …

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Seattle to Portland bike ride underway for some, over for others

Some 9,000 cyclists of all shapes, sizes and ages left early Saturday morning for the 27th annual Seattle to Portland bike ride.

This 200-mile bike ride a big event in the Northwest; many newspapers along the route are filing stories about the ride, as are bloggers.

The participants ride for many reasons. The Seattle Times reports that one of them, Gordon Gill, is riding to honor his uncle, Robert Gill of Edmonds, who was killed in a collision with a tour bus while bicycling last year in New Zealand. …

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Landis gives up the Tour de France lead to Pereiro, for now

Oscar Pereiro, left, and Jens Voigt made the most of a 129-mile breakaway Saturday; Pereiro winning the yellow jersey and Voigt winning the Tour de France's longest stage.

Maybe not so much that Pereiro won the yellow; it was pretty much handed to him by Floyd Landis and his Phonak team after they tired of driving the peloton Saturday and probably didn't relish the thought of keeping up that effort on Sunday. …

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Oscar Pereiro

Spanish cyclist takes yellow jersey from 46th place.

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Lance Armstrong hosts ESPYs Sunday night

I suppose if you don't want to watch OLN's umpteenth rebroadcast of the Stage 14 of the Tour de France on Sunday night, there's always ESPN's ESPY Awards with guest host Lance Armstrong.

I'm sure I won't be spoiling anything if I tell you Armstrong wins Best Male Athlete of the Year. The event happened Wednesday night and plenty of reporters filed stories. …

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Floyd Landis and Kid Rock: Separated at birth?

I recall reading a few times that cyclist Floyd Landis is a huge fan of Kid Rock.

I found a picture of Kid Rock on the Internet and compared it with Landis' official Tour de France website photo.

Isn't that an uncanny resemblance? …

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