Those of you who have been regular readers of Biking Bis will know that my friend Bruce and I took off on a cross-country bicycle tour beginning on May 13, 1984.
We each kept journals of our impressions at the time, and I first started publishing those journal entries — day-by-day — when this blog started back in 2005.
If you’ve seen them before, then please pardon my repeating them again. But more people come to Biking Bis every year, and I think some of the touring cyclists among you might enjoy reading our adventures from Virginia to California. …
The Liquigas cycling team, captained by Italian Danilo Di Luca, won the opening day team time trial at the Giro d’Italia on Saturday on a twisting course around the island of Sardinia.
While teammate Enrico Gasparotto finished first and received the pink leader’s jersey, Di Luca will get the same time, putting him 16 seconds ahead of former Giro winner Paolo Savoldelli and the Astana team.
Di Luca has been named among the possible winners of this wide-open Giro d’Italia. The odds-on favorite of the race, Gilberto Simoni, finished 1-minute, 28 seconds behind with the Saunier Duval team. Another favorite, Damiano Cunego, fared better with Lampre, which finished 42 seconds behind the leader. …
Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is scheduled to participate in next weekend’s Tour de Cure activities at Marymoor Park in Redmond.
The one-day bike ride on May 19 is a fund-raiser for the American Diabetes Association. Ride participants who have raised and submitted $2,500 or more by Saturday, May 12, will each receive two invitations to a reception held by LeMond on the evening of May 18.
Although LeMond makes his home in Minneapolis, he makes business trips to the Seattle area about every six weeks or so to visit the LeMond Fitness company headquarters …
Who’s going to wear the pink leader’s jersey on the podium in Milan at the close of this year’s Giro d’Italia? It’s anybody’s guess.
Defending champion Ivan Basso was a sure favorite until he dropped out, and American Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff) wanted to make a strong try for it until he was yanked out.
What’s left are the winners from 2000 through 2005, and a host of young talent. The race begins Saturday and runs through June 3. …
