Tour de Georgia bike race fans waiting for Wednesday's announcement for host cities will have to wait another three weeks.
The organizers are still mulling over their final decisions for the 10 host cities for 2008 and say the announcement will be made Dec. 5.
The sixth annual Tour de Georgia, more than 600 miles long, is scheduled for April 21-27. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/14/2008-tour-de-georgia-host-city-choices-delayed/
Tour de Georgia cycling fan Thomas Kinnebrew has died from the injuries he suffered in a crash on Brasstown Bald.
The 53-year-old man from Helena, Arkansas, lost control of his bike as he rode down the mountain road after the April 20 stage and crashed into a rock embankment, according to a story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Rescue workers …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/09/cycling-fan-dies-in-georgia/
The Tour de Georgia ended last weekend with a circuit race around Atlanta, but the action will be televised this Saturday and Sunday on the Versus sports network.
Formerly OLN (and still named that in Canada), the Versus cable network will broadcast Stages 1-4 on Saturday from 5-7 p.m. (ET) and Stages 5-7 on Sunday …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/04/28/tour-de-georgia-bike-race-televised-on-versus-this-weekend/
Visitors to the Brasstown Bald stage of the Tour de Georgia on Friday might have witnessed rescuers reviving a man who crashed his bike on the way down the mountain.
The man, Thomas Kinnebrew of Helena, Arkansas, crashed into a rock embankment after he lost control on his bike after the race. Rescuers at the scene kept him alive with ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/04/24/spectator-severely-injured-at-brasstown-bald-accident-after-tdg/
Six cyclists from the Pacific Northwest competed at the 2007 Tour de Georgia. Here's how they did in the final standings:
Omer Kem of Salem, Oregon (Priority Health); 106th overall
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/04/23/results-of-six-pacific-northwest-cyclists-at-tour-de-georgia/
The Tour de Georgia has posted the highlights of several stages of this year's bike race at YouTube. Here's a 10-second clip of fans chasing Levi Leipheimer up Brasstown Bald.
As of Sunday night, the finishes for Stage 5 (Brasstown Bald), Stage 6 and Stage 7 were also posted. These clips run about 6 to 10 minutes each. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/04/23/2007-tour-de-georgia-highlights-at-youtube/
Janez Brajkovic, left, held off the challengers to win the 2007 Tour de Georgia on Sunday, becoming the first non-US cyclist to win the 5-year-old bike race.
Meanwhile, Argentinian sprinter J J Haedo repeated last year's feat by winning the last stage of the Tour, which ended in Atlanta with a 77-mile criterium race.
The overall win by the 23-year-old Discovery Channel cyclist from Slovenia is just one indicator of the growing international flavor of this stage tour, which has been dominated by Americans in previous years. Other winners were Chris Horner (2003), Lance Armstrong (2004), Tom Danielson (2005), and Floyd Landis (2006). …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/04/22/haedo-gets-finale-win-at-tour-de-georgia-brajkovic-wins-tour/
Fast Freddie Rodriguez jumped out of a sprinting mass of cyclists at Stone Mountain on Saturday to win Stage 6 of the Tour de Georgia, just ahead of JJ Haedo and George Hincapie.
This is the first stage win for the popular US cyclist on Predictor-Lotto since taking Stage 4 of the 2006 Tour de Georgia. He suffered a very bad fall during last year's Tour de France which kept him out of contention for awhile.
In the overall battle for the yellow jersey, Discovery Channel's Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia has maintained his 12 second lead over US cyclist Christian Vandevelde of Team CSC. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/04/21/rodriguez-wins-tour-de-georgia-stage-discoverys-brajkovic-still-in-yellow/
Discovery Channel cyclist Levi Leipheimer beat the peloton to the top of Brasstown Bald (on right side of course profile) on Friday, winning his second mountain-top Tour de Georgia stage in as many days.
Teammate Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia retained the leader's yellow jersey after he and closest challenger Christian Vandevelde (Team CSC) of the US matched each other up the climb up the highest point in Georgia. Vandevelde trails Brajkovic by 12 seconds in the overall standings.
Crowds swarmed over the summit of Brasstown Bald, as Tom Danielson (Discovery) and Anthony Colby (Colavita/Sutter Home) finished behind Leipheimer. Last year's Tour de Georiga and Tour de France winner Floyd Landis was on hand at the summit to meet and greet. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/04/20/leipheimer-wins-at-brasstown-bald-teammate-brajkovic-retains-yellow/
The Discovery Channel pro cycling team took the stage and overall lead at the Tour de Georgia on Thursday, perhaps setting up a battle later on with Team CSC.
Levi Leipheimer won the 18.9-mile Stage 4 individual time trial from Chickamauga to Lookout Mountain in 44:51.
Although he finished more than 2 minutes later, teammate Janez Brajkovic's 47:28 was good enough to take the yellow jersey from the shoulders of David Canada from Saunier Duval-Prodir.. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/04/19/leipheimer-wins-tour-de-georgia-time-trial-teammate-brajkovic-takes-overall-lead/
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