2006 archive

Ditty Bop Abby DeWald in California

Ditty Bops are touring the US by bicycle to promote their new CD, Moon Over the Freeway.

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Ditty Bop Amanda Barrett pauses at store

Ditty Bops on US tour by bicycle to promote their Moon Over the Freeway CD.

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Album cover for Kraftwerks Tour de France Soundtracks

Listen to the album at Kraftwerks website.

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Basso's CSC team names 3 Americans for Tour de France; 5 on other teams

Three Americans are assigned to help Italian cyclist Ivan Basso win the Tour de France bike race for Team CSC this year.

It's at least the second time in the Tour de France for all three. They are Bobby Julich  (right), Christian Vandevelde and the third American ever to wear the yellow jersey, David Zabriskie.

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Armstrong wants anti-doping chief Dick Pound punished

Lance Armstrong is not letting the controversy over last year's doping allegations die quietly.

In response to a report that concluded the World Anti-Doping Agency acted irresponsibly in the mishandling of urine samples from the 1999 Tour de France, Armstrong is seeking discipinary action against WADA chief Dick Pound. (Updated June 22) …

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Jan Ullrich back in top form; wins Tour de Suisse

Note to top contenders in the 2006 Tour de France bike race: Der Kaiser is back.

German cyclist Jan Ullrich is this year's Tour de Suisse champion, winning on the strength of his individual time trial ride on Sunday after staying near the top of the standings through the mountain stages in recent days.

The team leader for T-Mobile won the 19-mile time trial from Kerzers to Bern by 22 seconds over second place finisher, Cadel Evans of Davitamon Lotto. …

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How RAAM cyclists are different than the rest of us

I may be nothing more than a recreational bicycling hack, but my style of cycling has more in common with elite racers in the Tour de France than those competing in the Race Across America.

Basically, my rides begin and end on the same date and in the same time zone. Not so the RAAM, which is passing through Missouri and into Illinois on Saturday. Cyclists who started this race on Sunday in California stay on their bikes as long as possible without sleep on their way across the continent to Atlantic City, New Jersey.

They are a completely different breed. Race reports from RAAM writer Danny Chew are so bizarre they can't be fiction. Consider …

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RAAM cyclist rides through the night

From Race Across America website, solo rider Marko Baloh from Slovenia

 

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Americans head Discovery and Gerolsteiner Tour de France squads

The Discovery Channel and Gerolsteiner pro cycling teams named their Tour de France squads Friday, and Americans lead the lists for both.

George Hincapie, left, is leading the Discovery team and Levi Leipheimer, right, heads the Gerolsteiner squad. Both have competed in the Tour de France many times.

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Jan Ullrich sitting pretty in Tour de Suisse

It looks like all the leading Tour de France contenders are having their way with different bicycle races. Floyd Landis, Ivan Basso, and Levi Leipheimer each have dominated at one or more contests this spring.

Now it's Jan Ullrich's turn in the Tour de Suisse, his final tune up for the Tour de France beginning July 1. After struggling toward the end of the Giro d'Italia in May, Ullrich has been pressing on the climbs. He's come up short of stage victories, but he gained third place overall on Thursday and held that on Friday. (Updated Saturday, June 17) …

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