RABOBANK SIGNS ON AS FOUNDING PARTNER OF THE 2009 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES and ROSEVILLE, CA (November 12, 2008) – Rabobank, N.A., a leading California community bank, and AEG announced that Rabobank will be a “Founding Partner” of the 2009 Amgen Tour of California. Under the three-year sponsorship agreement, Rabobank will be a Founding Partner and the Official Bank of the Amgen Tour of California [...]
LANCE RETURNS — LONG LIVE KING LANCE?
I’m absolutely frustrated with the negative jawboning going on within the sport of cycling about the imminent return to competition of the most influential rider - and one of the most high-profile athletes - in modern sports history.
The undisputable facts are that he’s exciting, he’ll bring new fans and greater press coverage to the sport, [...]
Monde TOC 2009 Teaser
Bicycle.net and Monde Productions have partnered up to bring you the very best video coverage of the 2009 Tour of California. This is our introduction video to the upcoming Tour of California video’s. If you have any suggestions on what you would like to see please feel free to drop us an email [...]
Lance Armstrong Racing In Tour of California
American Lance Armstrong on Thursday said he would race in the February 14 to 22 Tour of California, a day after the seven-time Tour de France winner confirmed his comeback to professional racing.
The Texan, who won the Grand Boucle from 1999 to 2005, was speaking during a [...]
DINNER WITH MR. HINCAPIE
What a coup! The Tour of Missouri ends and our hearty bike troupe has the good fortune - courtesy of our shop’s relationship with Hincapie Apparel - to have the company reps come by and have dinner with us at an Irish pub/restaurant in St. Louis’ ever-trendy Central West End.
Oh yeah, and we’re told in [...]
Floyd Picks up Momentum - Momentum Picks up Floyd
Floyd Landis is back. Rumors are flying that Floyd is coming back to Momentum, though by the time he gets back on a bike it’ll no longer be the HealthNet/Maxxis team. Our sources at HealthNet/Maxxis confirm that the rumor is true, and Floyd and Lance will be riding head to head [...]
Host Cities Announced For The Expanded 2009 Amgen Tour of California
World-Class Professional Cyclists Will Return to California in February to Compete
Across 800 Miles of the State in Nine-Day Stage Race
LOS ANGELES (July 23, 2008) – The record-setting Amgen Tour of California professional cycling road race will be expanded in 2009, race presenter AEG announced today through a series of press conferences throughout the state. [...]
Alejandro Valverde of The Caisse d’Espargne Wins The 2008 Dauphine Libere
GRENOBLE, France, June 15, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d’Epargne team won the Dauphine Libere cycling race here on Sunday after the seventh and final stage.
Kazakh Dmitriy Fofonov of Credit Agricole won the 128km stage, with Valverde finishing among the leading peloton more than two [...]
Danilo Di Luca Set To Race At Settimana Lombardia
ROME, March 30, 2008 (AFP) - Giro d’Italia champion Danilo Di Luca will ride in the Settimana Lombardia on April 6, his LPR team said on Sunday.
Di Luca is currently embroiled in an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have a three-month suspension he served [...]
Rolling thunder, A CYCLING TALE, “finis”
Following is the end of “rolling thunder” — a cycling novel
Subject to copyright.
ROLLING THUNDER (cont’d)
Chapter 25
Raleigh Spriggs was the seventy six year old Chairman of the Board of Continental Tire, which was a fifty four year old company with annual revenues of over twenty billion Euros. When Shamus scanned further articles Google suggested best [...]
