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WHEN THE BARTER SYSTEM DOESN’T WORK THERE’S ALWAYS SUSAN B. ANTHONY
For the longest time, I’ve thought the spectrum of bike riding folks who shop at our store had no end or beginning. Lately though, I’m convinced that I beat Stephen Hawking in finding both ends of the universe. Granted, it’s just both ends of a puny little universe confined by four concrete walls but [...]
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- Pavel Brutt of Tinkoff Wins Giro Stage 5, Pellizotti Keep Overall Leads
May 14th, 2008CONTURSI TERME, Italy, May 14, 2008 (AFP) - Russian Pavel Brutt, riding for the Tinkoff team, won the fifth stage of the Tour of Italy here on Wednesday with Liquigas’ Italian rider Franco Pellizotti retaining the leader’s pink jersey.
Brutt managed to get away from his four breakaway companions on [...] - Giro d’Italia Stage 5 & Overall Results
May 14th, 2008Results from the 203km fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia from Belvedere Marittimo to Contursi Termo on
Wednesday:
5th stage
1. Pavel Brutt (RUS) TCS 5hr 4min 42sec, 2. Johannes Frohlinger (GER/GST) 4sec behind, 3. Luis Laverde (COL/CSF) 10, 4. Francisco Perez (ESP/GCE) 25, 5.
Paolo Bettini (ITA/QST) 31, 6. Daniele [...] - Cavendish Wins His First Grand Tour Stage At The Giro
May 13th, 2008Catanzaro-Lungomare, Italy, 13 May 2008 - Mark Cavendish and High Road both celebrated their first ever stage victory at the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday after the 21 year-old Briton used his high-speed finish to beat Robert Forster and Daniele Bennati.
A climb split the bunch 20km from the finish but the High Road team helped Cavendish [...] - Giro d’Italia Cycling Results Stage 4 and Overall
May 13th, 2008Collated results from the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia, held over 181km between Pizzo Calabro and here on Tuesday:
1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/THR) 4hr 49min 09sec, 2. Robert Forster (GER/GST) s.t., 3. Daniele Bennati (ITA/LIQ) s.t., 4. Assan Bazayev (KAZ/AST) s.t., 5.
Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA/LAM) s.t., 6. Erik Zabel (GER/MRM) s.t., 7. Robbie [...] - Mark Cavendish Takes The High Road To Fourth Stage Win At Giro
May 13th, 2008CATANZARO, Italy, May 13, 2008 (AFP) - British cyclist Mark Cavendish, riding for the High Road team, prevailed in a sprint for the fourth stage honors of the Tour of Italy here on Tuesday.
Liquigas’ Italian rider Franco Pellizotti retained the leader’s pink jersey after the 183 kilometre run to [...] - Rock Racing Goes 1-2-3-4 In Vuelta a Colombia Opener
May 12th, 2008Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia Rock Racing sent shockwaves through the field at the 58th Vuelta a Colombia by sweeping the top four places in Saturdays prologue.
Rock Racings Santiago Botero won the 5.2-mile (8.4 km) individual time trial in nine minutes and 53 seconds, leading teammates Victor Hugo Peseven seconds behind), Oscar Sevilla and Tyler Hamilton (both [...] - David Zabriskie of Team Slipstream Crashes Out Of Giro After Second Stage Crash
May 11th, 2008AGRIGENTE, Italy, May 11, 2008 (AFP) - American David Zabriskie of the Slipstream team was forced out of the Giro d’Italia after suffering a fractured lumbar vertebra in a crash during the second stage here Sunday.
The 29-year-old from Salt Lake City was among a bunch of riders when he [...] - Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval Sprints To Giro’s Second Stage, Franco Pellizotti Dressed In Pink
May 11th, 2008AGRIGENTO, Italy, May 11, 2008 (AFP) - Italian Riccardo Ricco of the Saunier Duval team threw down the gauntlet to his rivals for the Giro d’Italia’s pink jersey by sprinting to victory in the second stage here Sunday.
Liquigas rider Franco Pellizotti took the race lead from American Christian Vandevelde [...] - Andy Hampsten at 1988 Giro d’Italia
May 10th, 2008In honor of Team Slipstream putting on the Pink Jersey at the Giro d’Italia for the 1st time since Andy Hampsten did in 1988 with Team 7-11.
- Alberto Contador of Astana Building Form As Slipstream Pull On Pink
May 10th, 2008by Jean Montois
PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Alberto Contador admitted he will be looking to finetune his form in the coming weeks if he is to become a real contender for the Giro d’Italia crown.
Contador was among the pre-race favourites for the Giro’s [...] - IvanBasso Cannot Be A Role Model For Young Cyclists, Says David Millar
May 10th, 2008PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - Disgraced cyclist Ivan Basso should not be held up as a model for young riders, claimed Scottish rider David Millar on Saturday.
Millar said that despite 30-year-old Basso - who is allowed to ride competitively again from October 24 2008 and has agreed [...] - Christian Vandevelde of Slipstream Is First American In 20 Years To Put On Giro’s Pink Jersey
May 10th, 2008PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - American Christian Vandevelde became the first American in 20 years to put on the Giro d’Italia’s pink jersey after leading his Slipstream team to victory in the opening stage team time trial.
Slipstream hit an average speed of just over 53 km/h for [...] - Giro d’Italia Stages & Climbs
May 10th, 2008PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - The 21 stages of the 3430.4km long Giro d’Italia, which begins here Saturday:
May 10: stage 1 Palermo, 23.6 km (team time trial)
May 11: stage 2 Cefalu - Agrigento, 207 km
May 12: stage 3 Catania - Milazzo, [...] - Off-form Alberto Contador of Astana Still A Favorite At ‘Climbers’ Giro
May 10th, 2008PALERMO, Italy, May 9, 2008 (AFP) - Climbers who can keep their time trial losses to a minimum will be among the top contenders for the pink jersey in the Giro d’Italia which clicks into gear here Saturday.
The 91st edition of the Giro begins with a team time trial, [...] - Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team Makes Donation to Fallen Competitor Who Was Paralyzed at Tour of Gila
May 9th, 2008Team Will Auction of Signed Team Jersey on eBay to Raise Additional Funds
Bend, OR – The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team announced today that its riders and staff donated $5,000 cash to Fausto Munoz Esparza, the rider who was paralyzed in a horrific high-speed crash in last Sunday’s final stage of the Tour of Gila [...] - CSF Rider Maximiliano Richeze Out Of Giro After Positive Doping Test
May 9th, 2008PALERMO, Italy, May 9, 2008 (AFP) - Argentinian Ariel Maximiliano Richeze, who rides for CSF, tested positive for doping last month and has been withdrawn from the Tour of Italy, his team announced Friday.
Richeze tested positive for an anabolic steroid during his victory in the fourth stage of [...] - Bissell Pro Cycling Announces Roster For The Tour de Leelanau
May 8th, 2008GRAND RAPIDS, MI., May 8, 2008 – BISSELL Pro Cycling (BPC) announces its seven-man roster for the 2008 Tour de Leelanau, which includes the 2007 defending champion, Garrett Peltonen. He and his teammates are ready for the challenges of the May 25 race, and are riding fresh off of recent victories at the Tour de [...]
- Colavita/Sutter Home Cycling Teams Are On Fire
May 8th, 2008Colavita/Sutter Home Men’s Cycling Team presented by Cooking Light delivers another podium appearance with his hard-fought third place finish at New Mexico’s Tour of the Gila. A true team effort,
- Stephane Auge of Cofidis Still Leads In Dunkirk As Thor Hushovd Beaten At Line
May 8th, 2008SAINT-QUENTIN, France, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - Belgian Kenny De Haes of the
Topsport team claimed victory in the third stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk
race Thursday after upsetting Norwegian sprint ace Thor Hushovd at the line.
Frenchman Stephane Auge, of Cofidis, retained the race leader’s jersey
after the 193km stage between Le [...] - White House Contenders Discuss Smoke-Free USA With Lance Armstrong
May 8th, 2008Join the forum discussion on this post
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - Seven-time Tour de France winner and anti-cancer advocate Lance Armstrong said Thursday he has discussed banning smoking in public places across the United States with the three White House contenders.
“I’ve asked all the presidential candidates whether [...] - HOST CITIES ANNOUNCED FOR 2008 TOUR OF MISSOURI
May 7th, 2008One day added, four new cities announced
Jefferson City, Mo. (Jan. 30, 2008) – Twelve cities around the Show Me State have been selected as Start or Finish cities for the second edition of the Tour of Missouri, an elite, point-to-point cycling stage race to be held September 8-14, 2008.
The second Tour of Missouri has [...] - Tour of Missouri Champion George Hincapie of Team High Road Announces His Return
May 7th, 2008American George Hincapie of team High Road will participate in the Tour of Missouri international cycling race, September 8-14, race organizers announced today. Hincapie, a Tour de France stage winner, also will lend his image to marketing the race.
HIncapie Interview Video
“With my new team High Road, I will attend the Tour of Missouri this September [...] - Spain’s Patxi Vila of Lampre Tests Positive For Banned Substance
May 6th, 2008MADRID, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish cyclist Patxi Vila of the Lampre team tested positive in March for testosterone and was dropped from the list of racers who were pre-registered for the Tour of Italy, sports daily AS reported Tuesday.
The 32-year-old tested positive in a surprise drugs test [...] - CAS Suspends Alessandro Petacchi Until The End of August
May 6th, 2008GENEVA, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled Tuesday that Italian cycling sprint king Alessandro Petacchi will be ineligible to compete in competitions until August 31, 2008 over a doping case.
The 34-year-old Petacchi tested positive for the drug salbutamol in May last year [...] - Veteran Olympic Hopeful Jeannie Longo Wins Climbers’ Trophy
May 5th, 2008SANNOIS, France, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - Veteran French cyclist Jeannie Longo, who is hoping to qualify for the Beijing Olympics this summer, won the Trophee des Grimpeurs (Climbers’ Trophy) for the fourth time on Sunday.
Longo, who turns 50 years in October, had already won the event which counts [...] - Astana Cycling Team Announces Their Giro Roster
May 4th, 2008One week prior to the start of the Giro d’Italia (May 10th-June 1st), the Astana Cycling Team has received an invitation to participate in the first Grand Tour of 2008. The race organizer, RCS, changed their original February decision, which stated that the Team was not planning on bringing a “motivated” team. The [...]
- Andreas Kloden of Astana Wins The Tour de Romandie
May 4th, 2008LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - Astana’s Andreas Kloden won the Tour of Romandie title on Sunday after the final stage, a 154.2km ride from Le Bouveret to Lausanne.
Italian Daniele Bennati of Liquigas won a sprint finish for the stage honors ahead of Sweden’s Markus Zberg and Kazhakh [...] - Astana Gets Good News - The Invite To The Giro d’Italia Is Official
May 4th, 2008ROME, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - Giro d’Italia organizers have performed a dramatic u-turn and invited the Kazakh-backed Astana cycling team to this year’s race, Italian daily La Gazzetta dello Sport on Sunday reported organizers as saying.
“Yes, I have invited Contador,” the Gazzetta quoted race organizer Angelo Zomegnan [...] - Astana Set For Giro d’Italia Invite
May 3rd, 2008This is excellent news for Astana. We at Bicycle.net would be thrilled to see Astana at the Giro. Anything that increases the level of competition is good for cycling.
PARIS, May 3, 2008 (AFP) - Giro d’Italia organizers could perform a dramatic u-turn and invite the Kazakh-backed Astana cycling team to [...] - Alessandro Petacchi of Milram Out Of Giro With Bronchitis, Focus Is Now The Tour de France
May 3rd, 2008BERLIN, May 3, 2008 (AFP) - Italian sprint specialist with the Milram team, Alessandro Petacchi, will miss the Tour of Italy with bronchitis, the German outfit said Saturday.
“I’m very sorry that I won’t be able to start in the Giro d’Italia,” said Petacchi in a statement.
“Yesterday [...] - United Pro Cycling Team will Seek Replacement Title Sponsor for 2009
May 2nd, 2008Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Concludes Pro Cycling Team Title Sponsorship
United Pro Cycling Team will Seek Replacement Title Sponsor for 2009
Los Angeles, CA – Team Owner, Sean Tucker, held a conference call earlier today with his riders, staff and management to announce to the team that Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. has decided [...] - Andreas Kloeden of Astana Wins Romandie TT To Take Race Lead
May 2nd, 2008SION, Switzerland, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - Astana rider Andreas Kloeden took the overall lead of the Tour of Romandie after winning the third stage, a 18.8km time trial, here Friday.
The German, a former runner-up at the Tour de France, finished ahead of Dutchman Thomas Dekker, of Rabobank, over [...] - Top Pro Rider Facing Doping Charge, Thanks To Blood Passport Program
May 2nd, 2008PARIS, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - At least one top cyclist is to face doping charges after thousands of blood samples were analyzed as part of the International Cycling Union’s blood passport program, the UCI said Friday.
The UCI did not reveal the identity of the cyclist concerned, but said [...] - Ivan Dominguez of Toyota United Goes Up In Lights In Time Square
May 1st, 2008So the story goes like this. Sean Tucker, the owner of Toyota-United promises Ivan Dominguez that he would put his picture on the Times Square Billboard if he wins a stage at the Amgen Tour of California. Ivan comes through on Stage 1, and so does Mr. Tucker.
AND IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH
- Robbie McEwen Bags Season’s First Win In Romandie
May 1st, 2008FRIBOURG, Switzerland, May 1, 2008 (AFP) - Australia’s Robbie McEwen, of Silence Lotto, bagged his first win of the season by outsprinting the bunch on the second stage of the Tour de Romandie here Thursday.
Italian sprinter Daniele Bennati, of Liquigas, finished second with Danish one-day specialist Matti Breschel of [...] - Dutchman Karsten Kroon of CSC Claims Victory In Frankfurt
May 1st, 2008FRANKFURT, Germany, May 1, 2008 (AFP) - Flying Dutchman Karsten Kroon, from the Danish cycling team CSC, has won the Frankfurt Grand Prix for the second time here on Thursday.
Kroon, 32, finished first over the 179 kilometers course ahead of Italian Davide Rebellin, riding for Germany team Gerolsteiner, and [...] - Kazakh Champion Maxim Iglinskiy of Astana Is Number One At Tour de Romandie
April 30th, 2008Kazakh champion Maxim Iglinskiy won the first stage in the Tour de Romandie. Iglinskiy (27) was the fastest sprinter in the streets of Saignelégier. Iglinskiy, perfectly brought to the finish by his four team-mates in the select breakaway (Andreas Klöden, Steve Morabito, Vladimir Gusev and Thomas Frei), positioned himself as the first rider through the [...]
- France Toughens Anti-Doping Law Ahead Of The Tour de France
April 30th, 2008PARIS, April 30, 2008 (AFP) - The French government on Wednesday moved to toughen anti-doping legislation ahead of this summer’s Tour de France.
Members of Parliament adopted a new law which penalizes the possession and trafficking of doping products in sport with prison sentences and fines.
Under the [...] - Mark Cavendish of High Road Flies In Romandie Prologue
April 29th, 2008High Road fast man Mark Cavendish soared to a convincing victory in the opening prologue of the Tour of Romandie on Tuesday evening.
The Manxman tore round the 1.9 kilometre prologue in Geneva, Switzerland to take his fourth road win of the season ahead of Italian Daniele Bennati and Swiss rider Michael Albasini. High Road team-mate [...] - Marc Cavendish of High Road Wins Romandie Prologue
April 29th, 2008GENEVA, April 29, 2008 (AFP) - British cyclist Mark Cavendish won the Tour of Romandie prologue, a 1.9km dash here Tuesday, ahead of Italian Daniele Bennati and Swiss rider Michael Albasini.
Results of the 1.9km Tour of Romandie prologue here on Tuesday:
1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/High Road) 2min 07sec,
2. Daniele Bennati (ITA/Liquigas) at s.t.,
3. [...] - Alejandro Valverde Gives Us A Glimpse of His Tour de France Yellow Jersey Potential
April 28th, 2008by Justin Davis
PARIS, April 29, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde gave his future Tour de France rivals an early reminder of his explosive climbing talents by winning his second Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic Sunday.
At ‘only’ 261 km in length, this year’s ‘Doyenne’ - known as such [...] - High Road Banking On Kim Kirchen For Liege-Bastogne-Liege
April 27th, 2008High Road will tackle Liege-Bastogne-Liege this Sunday with Fleche Wallonne winner Kim Kirchen as sole leader.
“The team is 100 percent based around Kim.” says Valerio Piva, team sports director for the Ardennes Classic.
“The other riders’ top objective is to get Kim to the foot of the Redoute climb, and after he’ll be looking after himself.”
“Kim [...] - Rock Racing To Donate $250,000 to Two Cancer Research Charities During Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T
April 25th, 2008Atlanta, GA (April 25, 2008) – As part of the team’s commitment to supporting the 2008 Tour de Georgia presented by AT & T, Rock Racing is donating $250,000 to the official beneficiaries of the event, Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Georgia Cancer Coalition. Team [...]
- SLIPSTREAM CHIPOTLE WINS FIRST-EVER TEAM TIME TRIAL AT 2008 TOUR DE GEORGIA PRESENTED BY AT&T
April 24th, 2008Stage Four – Road Atlanta
BRASELTON, Ga. (April 24, 2008) – American-based Slipstream Chipotle presented by H30 averaged over 29 miles per hour en route to winning the inaugural Team Time Trial (TTT) at the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T by four seconds over Astana (LUX). Team High Road (USA), the last team [...] - Liege Beckons Cadel Evans Above, But The “Punchers” Are On Form
April 24th, 2008PARIS, April 25, 2008 (AFP) - Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen may be a marked man
after claiming victory in the Fleche-Wallonne classic which precedes the
Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Sunday’s finale to cycling’s spring classics series.
But the Duchy’s latest winner of a respected one-day classic, following in
the wake of former Amstel Gold winner Franck Schleck, will be [...] - Nadia- the 60 Year-Old Daughter I Never Knew I Had.
February 29th, 2008Nadia- the 60 Year-Old Daughter I Never Knew I Had.
Before Nadia could ride off into the sunset, she first had to walk into the shop.
It was a morning like any other. AC/DC was on the radio. We were up to our usual hijinks. Our project was ironing out the logistics for the Red Bull Challenge, [...] - Spanning the Universe with Steve and Roger
February 6th, 2008Spanning the Universe with Steve and Roger.
For the longest time, I’ve thought the spectrum of bike riding folks who shop at our store had no end or beginning. Lately though, I’m convinced that beat Stephen Hawking in finding I both ends of the universe. Granted, it’s just both ends of a puny little universe confined [...]
- New Year’s Resolution To Nowhere
January 21st, 2008New Year’s Resolution to go Nowhere.
Hello there. My name’s Bobby. I work at a bike shop. Actually, I’ve worked in a few bike shops over the years. I didn’t really set out to. It was just something that sorta happened on its own during college. I was enough of a fixture at my neighborhood [...] - “SNUB THIS” BY UNCLE CHAD
January 2nd, 2008“Snub This!”
By Uncle Chad
You’re basically saying “SNUB THIS” with every boutique item you buy. I just saw a rider who bought a saddle for a sale price of $600 US! Yikes on toast! Problem is, next month there will be one for $650 and a whopping five measly grams lighter! Does [...] - Team 100 Gift Wrapping Event this Saturday at I. Martin Bicycles in Los Angeles
December 14th, 2007One of the most common questions we get this time of year at the shop is “Do you gift wrap?”
Up until now, the answer has been no. It’s not that we couldn’t, it’s just we can hardly fathom the carnage that would happen if Jaime were turned loose with a pair of scissors, a roll [...] - The Tour of America Announces New Route for Its International Professional Bicycle Race
December 14th, 2007Responding to feedback from racers, organizing bodies and the media, the new route is shorter and more consistent with professional road racing standards
LUMBERTON, N.C. - Dec. 13, 2007 - Aqu, Inc., organizers of The Tour of America, a multi-stage coast-to-coast professional bicycle road race, today announced revised dates and tentative race route for its September [...] - High Road signs with ACE for anti-doping program
December 10th, 2007Team High Road’s anti-doping programme for 2008 will be run by the Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE), which also runs the program for the American Professional Continental Team Slipstream. High Road manager Bob Stapleton called it “the most comprehensive program out there. It is what the team needs and what the sport needs.”
According to the [...] - Three Generations Riding with La Grange for meals on wheels
December 10th, 2007The article below was written by Bob Rasner’s daughter. I found out about Eleanor from Bob, who is a member of the same bicycle club that I am. Bob put out an email to the club looking for a trail-a-bike so that he can take his granddaughter on the Thanksgiving Meals On Wheels annual ride. [...]
- In the what were they thinking category - We Introduce the Breakfast Tray
November 30th, 2007Eating while driving is inadvisable and very dangerous, but at least you have a bunch of “car” between you and the thing you are about to run into. Not so when you’re on a bicycle, which is why this BreakFast tray, seen at the PanDan site–which holds your breakfast AND has a slot for a [...]
