The long drought is over. Cycling is back. And I'm glad that Paul Sherwen and Bob Roll got the nod to do the commentary for the Amgen Tour of California nightly telecasts on ESPN2. It was like hearing from old friends.
Roll sounded in midseason form with his fractured Tour 'Day' France pronounciations, and Sherwen had no trouble getting all hyped up …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/20/bob-roll-and-paul-sherwen-back-to-work-on-espn2/
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Levi Leipheimer rides hard uphill on way to podium in Tour of California prologue.
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Levi Leipheimer gets the gold jersey in prologue of Tour of California
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American cyclist Levi Leipheimer won the opening 1.9-mile San Francisco prologue on Sunday with a time of 4:53.43.
If anyone's a homeboy on this prologue, it's Leipheimer. Although he grew up in Montana, the Gerolsteiner cyclist now lives just up the road from San Francisco in the wine country town of Santa Rosa.
While he rides the passes in and out of Santa Rosa and mountain bikes with the locals, he also may have tried his hand on this prologue route that winds its way from the Embarcadero to Coit Tower. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/19/leapin-lizards-levi-leipheimer-wins-tour-of-california-prologue/
Forty-five minutes into the prologue, I'd say there might be a few glitches in attempts to give “real-time” commentary on the Amgen Tour of California.
What's working best is the VeloNews live coverage. Just follow the link to the live page; you may not need to refresh to get updates.
Also, the “play-by-play” at the Tour of California website …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/19/where-to-watch-tour-of-california-updated/
The world's best cyclists are among the 128 riders taking to the streets in the prologue of the Tour of California on Sunday.
Although it's early in the racing season, most of the top Euro teams have sent representatives to the 8-stage race that begins in San Francisco, then sweeps north into wine country before heading down the Pacific Coast to LA.
Big names among the starters include:
2005 Tour de France top 10:
Levi Leipheimer (pictured above), Gerolsteiner …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/19/many-of-worlds-best-cyclists-riding-in-tour-of-california/
The long-awaited and much-anticipated Amgen Tour of California starts off in San Francisco at 10 a.m. Sunday for its 8-day race along more than 600 miles of California blacktop.
Although it's ranked as a top race on the international cycling circuit, don't expect to find it covered live on any network TV. There are ways to get live results on the web or cell phone, though, then catch it later on TV …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/17/where-to-follow-tour-of-california-on-tv-and-web/
If you're anywhere close to Seattle this weekend, I'd recommend the Cascade Bicycle Club's Seattle International Bike Expo on Saturday and Sunday.
I've been to this for the past couple of years, and it's definitely worth checking out. It's a celebration of everything bicycle — riding, touring, apparel, parts, gadgets, recumbents, foldables — you name it. More than 150 exhibits …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/17/seattle-bike-expo-weekend/
I suffered a lot of fear and loathing in the past few months over whether I'd see cycling on OLN ever again after Lance Armstrong's retirement.
Fear not. OLN announced its upcoming bicycle racing programming and there's not only the Tour de France, but a series of spring races beginning March 5 with Paris-Nice.
Much like last year's Cyclysm Sundays, the racing …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/15/do-you-believe-in-miracles-bicycle-racing-returns-to-oln-in-2006/
Remember the BikeTown Africa project announced late last year?
Bicycling magazine had decided to take its “BikeTown” project to Botswana in cooperation with Bristol-Myers Squibb to help medical personnel deliver HIV-AIDS treatment to people in cities and rural villages.
Kona Bicycles, located up the road in Ferndale, Washington, got the deal to make the bikes and has been blogging its …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/14/kona-assembles-first-biketown-africa-bike/
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