Former Danish cyclist Bjarne Riis said he’s willing to give up his 1996 Tour de France title after admitting on Friday to taking a medicine chest full of performance-enhancing drugs.
So who would be worthy to receive it? We might have to go pretty far down the list of finishers to find someone.
No. 2 that year was Jan Ullrich. No way. With 7 Telekom teammates already admitting to taking banned performance boosters, and doctors saying they readily dispensed them, is anyone serious about giving Ullrich the title? …
It should probably be no surprise that 2006 Italian time trial champion Marzio Bruseghin won the uphill time trial at Stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia on Friday.
The effort was good enough to win, but not to unseat Danilo Di Luca from the overall lead. Di Luca finished in third place in the 7.8 mile time trial, just 8 seconds behind Bruseghin.
US cyclist Dave Zabriskie (Team CSC) finished in fourth place in the time trial, 19 seconds behind the winner. …
Racing for Germany’s Team Telekom in the mid-1990s must have been something like: “Fill up your water bottle, take your EPO injection, and get back on the bike.”
Bjarne Riis, winner of the 1996 Tour de France, is the latest former Telekom team member to admit to doping; he confessed publically Friday to taking EPO, human growth hormone and steriods from 1993 to 1998.
Erik Zabel and Rolf Aldag, two long-time T-Mobile (Telekom) cycling roommates, are disclosing that they doped with the banned blood-boosting agent EPO in the mid 1990s. They’re among 7 Telekom cyclists who admitted to doping this week. …
I just bought a 2006 Fuji Roubaix Pro. So far I really like the bike. The reason I chose this particular bike was the lightweight (18.4)lbs, carbon fork and stays, as well as shimano 105/ulterga mix. For the money this seemed to be the best bike that I could get. I was wondering if anyone else owns/owned/knows someone who owns the same bike and what you had to say about it. I ride about 100-150 miles a week in fairly hilly terrain. This is my first bike with only 20 gears (my last was 27), and so far hasn’t been a problem, but haven’t gotten into the big hills yet? How has this bike performed for other people? I would appreciate any information on the subject.
ELK GARDEN, VA. — “Bikers. Take a Break. Good Cool Water. Welcome.”
After climbing in and out Appalachian hollers all day and seeing a sign like that, we didn’t need to be told twice to stop for a while. That’s where we met the Rev, another unforgettable person on our TransAmerica Tour. …
Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca has been a major force during the first half of the Giro d’Italia, and with a win in Stage 12, he shows that he plans to have a major impact on the second half of the race as well.
Di Luca won his second stage of the Giro on Thursday, and regained the pink leader’s jersey, which he will wear for the fourth time during Friday’s time trial.
American cyclist George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) and Aussie Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto) did not start Stage 12, presumably to rest up for the Tour de France. American David Zabriskie (Team CSC) is still in the race, making a play for the lead group on one of the climbs. …
If you enjoyed commuting to work by bicycle last week, you might to interested to know that there are some companies that support their bike commuters monetarily year-round.
Some bicycle-friendly firms pay a stipend, others reduce health-care charges, while others help pay for, or even give away, a commuting bike.
Here’s a list of six companies recently listed in Business Week (”Who’s Pushing Pedal-Pushing) and some I’ve written about in the past. ….
GRINDSTONE CAMPGROUND, VA. — We hit it all today — headwinds, rain, steep hills, illness and a opposite direction bicycle tourist who told us how great things were. That last was the hardest to take.
We broke camp at the Elizabeth Brown Memorial Park, packed our damp gear, and headed to the laundromat in town. I tried to fix my front derailleur while my shoes dried, broke the nut, cursed and …
Chalk up Alessandro Petacchi’s third stage victory at the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday, credited to a textbook leadout by his team and a big crash at the finish line in Pinerolo.
Among the dozen or so riders going down were race leader Andrea Noe, who quickly got back on his bike and rode across the finish.
World champion Paolo Bettini also remounted to finish after going down, although the crash spoiled another attempt at a stage win. …
How do you define success? Does it involve accomplishing all the goals you have set up for yourself before engaging in an activity? Is success the end all and be all of any event you find your self in? If this is so, then I had a major failure last Saturday, May 19.
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