2009 archive
Only in its third year, the 2009 Tour of Missouri — which rolls out Monday through Sunday — will be one of the easiest bike races for most of us to follow from online and broadcast outlets than any previous bike race in the US.
Universal Sports and the Tour of Missouri websites will offer live videostream daily coverage of the last two hours of each bike race stage (Monday through Sunday);
Versus cable network will broadcast a 30-minute recap show of the day's highlights every morning at 1 a.m. (EST) (Tuesday through Monday) or midnight (CT) nightly (Monday through Sunday) …..
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Australian at Vuelta a Espana
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Enough of the flatland. The 2009 Vuelta a Espana bike race entered the mountains on Sunday, and the result of the terrain change was a reorganization of contenders for the leader's golden jersey.
Australia's Cadel Evans might have shaken himself out of this year's slump as he finished in 4th place on Sunday, 44 seconds behind Stage 8 winner Damiano Cunego. Evan's effort put him in the lead by just 2 seconds.
But who also climbed in the standings? US cyclist Tom Danielson of Garmin-Slipstream bettered himself into 4th place overall, just 13 seconds behind Evans …
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With a few days available for bike travel and rainy weather forecast for Western Washington, it shouldn't have taken me too long to decide on a destination east of the Cascades.
The eastern slope of the mountains is also known as the dry side.
Yet, it was an agonizing process until I realized that it was just me and my bike and some gear. I didn't have to worry about anyone else's needs or keeping someone else happy.
I really couldn't make a bad choice.
So I chose a route that started in Cle Elum, about 90 minutes by freeway, and climbed up and over Blewett Pass on Highway 97 and eventually down to Wenatchee on the Columbia River …
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Wouldn't you know it. The number of traffic fatalities in the US reached its lowest level in 2008 in nearly 50 years — a nearly 10% drop from the previous year.
But bike advocates can take no joy in these figures. The number of bike riders killed in traffic actually rose to 716 deaths. That's a 2.1% increase, or 15 more fatalities than in 2007.
The increase in the number of bicyclists injured in 2008 is even more startling. The number rose from 43,000 bicyclists injured in 2007 to 52,000 in 2008. That's a 21% increase. Injuries in all other vehicle category dropped in 2008.
The figures were compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …
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“I survived six months in Afghanistan and a year in Iraq, many parachute jumps out of airplanes and other adventures and never broken a bone, and it takes a hit-and-run driver to send me to the hospital with a broken bone.”
Pat Rimron telling a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, TV station about his Friday bike ride that ended when he was struck by a hit & run driver. An Army Reservist, Rimron returned to his job as a teacher at Forsyth Country Day School seven months ago after two tours in the Middle East …..
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Hometown hero George Hincapie, probably the most-experienced US cyclist competing today, won the National Road Race Championship on Sunday in Greenville, South Carolina.
He last earned the red, white and blue jersey in 2006, also in Greenville.
The 36-year-old cyclist for Team Columbia was part of an eight-man break that formed late in the 100-mile bike race around Greenville.
The route included four ascents of Paris Mountain, a ridge north of town that Hincapie has inserted into his local training rides for years …
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German cyclist Gerald Ciolek got some help from teams trying to put their sprinters across the finish line first as he won a mass sprint on Sunday as the Vuelta a Espana bike race entered Emmen, The Netherlands.
First it was Garmin Slipstream that drove the peloton to catch up to a five-man breakaway that survived for most of the 125-mile stage through The Netherlands. Then Team Columbia paced the peloton the final mile or so to the finish line.
But CyclingNews says that Columbia's Andre Greipel and Garmin's Tyler Farrar were surprised at the finish by the 22-year-old Ciolek on Team Milram as he powered past them, and a few other sprinters in the bunch, to win the stage. ….
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Utah's Dave Zabriskie decisively won his fourth consecutive US individual time trial championship on Saturday in Greenville, South Carolina.
The time trial specialist for Garmin-Slipstream finished 44 seconds ahead of 2nd place finisher Tom Zirbel of Bissell cycling team. Zabriskie's time was 1:04 faster than what his tally on the same 20.7-mile course last year.
The US pro cycling championships continue Sunday with the road race. Current champion Tyler Hamilton will not be competing as he is suspended from professional cycling ….
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It's no surprise that Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara, left, would excel at the individual time trial to open the 2009 Vuelta a Espana on Saturday.
The Saxo Bank time trial specialist won a similar opening day at the Tour de France in July and ended up wearing the yellow jersey for nearly the first third of the three-week race.
The big surprise has to be Wenatchee, Washington's Tyler Farrar, who finished in third place. The Garmin Slipstream sprinter finished just 12 seconds out of first place …
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