July 2009
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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 16, 2009
Followup to yesterday’s note on James Raia’s excellent coverage of Wenatchee’s Tyler Farrar in the Tour for the Wenatchee World. Today Washington State’s largest newspaper, The Seattle Times, ran a Raia story on yesterday’s stage as its lead Sports section story. That’s quite an acknowledgment of Raia’s insightful reporting, and Tyler Farrar’s growing prominence in [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged James Raia, seattle times, Tour de France, tyler farrar
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 15, 2009
I’ve been traveling from the San Francisco Bay Area to Seattle the past few days — got in some great rides in Ashland OR — so need to do some catching up. Fortunately the blogosphere never sleeps! Biking Bis gives a great recap of the Seattle-to-Portland double century. Jacquie Phelan is riding and writing her [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, News Cycle | Tagged ballard, BikeSport, Bruce Rosar, Jacquie Phelan, Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 15, 2009
Tyler Farrar is giving us all in the Northwest a real champion to root for. In the world’s biggest bike race, the lad from Wenatchee keeps coming up big, challenging the unbeatable Mark Cavendish time and again, only to fall inches short. Today a heartbeat separated Farrar from Cavendish, who benefits from having a stronger [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged Mark Cavendish, Tour de France, tyler farrar
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 13, 2009
On this the first rest day of the Tour de France 2009 edition, we pause to pay tribute to the one cyclist who has managed to once again galvanize worldwide attention on himself while suffocating any competitive fire in this year’s peloton. We speak, of course, of Lance Armstrong, author of the celebrated biography, “It’s [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 12, 2009
I didn’t know Bruce Rosar, but the overwhelming response to his death has caught all of our attention. Bruce was an experienced cyclist, a tireless advocate for cycling and a safety instructor. A car mowed him down in Apex, North Carolina. Police took a statement from the driver, who said Bruce made a wrong turn. [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Rider Down | Tagged Bruce Rosar, cyclist dead
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 12, 2009
With Lance out of the picture after 2005, I’d almost forgotten how boring the Tour de France can be. Year after year in his historic run-up of wins, Lance assembled the strongest team and then “controlled” the race, to yawningly predictable outcomes. The past few Lanceless Tours got back to real racing, with no single [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged Cadel Evans, lance armstrong, Team Astana, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 10, 2009
If somehow you just crawled out from a manhole cover, or returned from a space shuttle mission, and you haven’t figured out where to watch or listen or log onto the 2009 Tour de France, Bike Hugger has the rundown… I watch the Tour on Versus, follow results on Velo News and listen via Twitter. [...]
Posted in News Cycle | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Hornby Island mountain biking, jeff mapes, STP ride, tour de france 2009
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 9, 2009
I spent yesterday exploring Marin trails with a couple of locals. The Marin that gets depicted on the maps and in the guide books is a mere appetizer to the feast of Marin mountain biking that actually exists. The “public” mountain-biking Marin naturally shunts riders onto the well-trammeled routes, mostly on Mount Tamalpais, in the [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Trail Access | Tagged Camp Tamarancho, China Camp State Park, Marin County mountain biking, Mount Tamalpais
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 9, 2009
Update: A bit of a letdown that Schleck never made a move…or anyone else for that matter. If the pack continues to let Astana dictate the race it will be another boring Lance ride to Paris (conceding that Alberto will take Yellow). The Tour hits the mountains tomorrow, and Lance is serving notice that Contador [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing | Tagged alberto contador, Andy Schleck, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 9, 2009
New York Times: Germany’s new cycling star hopes to put Germany’s doping troubles behind Germany. The question being: Since when are doping problems restricted or disproportionate to Germany? Statistically, does Germany even surpass other countries in doping problems? As a friend put it recently, doping in pro cycling is big news as long as it [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged doping, lance armstrong, synacthene, Tour de France
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