2007 archive

Tour of California bicycle race crash in Santa Rosa

Levi Leipheimer on the ground at Tour of California crash in Santa Rosa. Posted with other excellent crash photos at KWC at flickr.com. Also, see more pictures and read about the bike crash at his Spare Cycles website.

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Levi Leipheimer

All smiles after retaining lead in Santa Rosa in Tour of California. Photo by Ian Blue at flickr.com

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Levi Leipheimer

Leipheimer drives in Tour of California prologue in San Francisco. Photo by The Electrician at flickr.com

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It's still Leipheimer in lead; Haedo wins stage at Tour of California

The peloton sweeps past throngs lining the streets in Sacramento. Photo by jlockwood1 at flickr.com.

You can be pardoned for suffering a serious case of deja vu during this year's Amgen Tour of California. There are so many similarities with last year's inaugural bike race.

What's the same: Both years Levi Leipheimer won the prologue in San Francisco and retained the golden jersey at the end of Stage 1.

What's different: Leipheimer now rides for Discovery, not Gerolsteiner; he kept the jersey after Stage 1 this year only because of the race commissioners' ruling in Santa Rosa; and he still holds onto the leader's jersey at the end of Stage 2

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Sunday cycling programming returns to Versus in 2007

Good news! The Versus network's TV broadcast of the Amgen Tour of California is just the beginning of its Cyclysm Sundays bicycle racing package in 2007.

With Lance Armstrong becoming more of a distant memory, Versus's (still OLN in Canada) commitment to cycling still appears strong as many spring classics are on the Sunday schedule, as is daily live coverage of the Tour de France.

Missing, however, is the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana …

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Cyclysm Sundays returns

Bicycling returns to the Versus network (formerly known as OLN)

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Leipheimer survives crash to retain gold jersey at Tour of California

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Here's an excellent crash photo posted at KWC at flickr.com and at his Spare Cycles website. The blogger/photographer writes about the crash at The Levi Rule.

Levi Leipheimer didn't come out of a crash on his home turf of Santa Rosa unscathed, but the Discovery Channel cyclist did retain the leader's golden jersey on Monday.

Australian Graeme Brown, riding for Rabobank, took the Stage 1 win at the Amgen Tour of California. American Dave Zabriskie (Team CSC) is reportedly out of the race and was sent to the hospital because of injuries in an earlier crash …

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Northwest Crank bicycling camp

Here's a great way to jumpstart your spring bicycling to get that mileage base up for those long summer bike tours and rides.

The Seattle International Randonneurs is hosting a five-day spring training camp at Wenatchee, Washington, from April 26-30. The festival is designed for cyclists of all abilities who want to put in some good miles out of the rain.

The camp features two fully supported bike rides each day with options for short, medium and long mileage. Cue sheets are also available for unsupported rides. …

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Northwest Crank

Northwest Crank is a five-day training session for recreational and other cyclists in Wenatchee, Washington, April 26-30.

 

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Tour of California Tracker

Tour Tracker at Tour of California website

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