Racing
Pro road and mountain bike racing, as well as slopestyle and other bike competition
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 2, 2009
Doping scandals aplenty, Velo News reports. They’re taking another look at 2008 Giro d’Italia samples for CERA, undetectable previously but now testable. The same may happen for the 2009 Giro and Tour as testing catches up with ever newer, previously undetectable substances. “The report also outlined a new blood doping practice which evaded current testing [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged Cadel Evans, cycling doping, euskaltel-euskadi, floyd landis, Giro d'Italia, michael rasmussen, Tour de France, uci
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 28, 2009
Thule’s communications manager, Karl Wiedemann, has gotten back to us re our recent reports on T2 rack failures. Essentially what happens is that the outer most tray (spar) slides off the rail (backbone) while the car is in motion, potentially creating all kinds of havoc, from bike damage to collisions with trailing vehicles. As Wiedemann [...]
Posted in Accessories, Mountain Biking | Tagged t2, thule, thule t2 rack failure
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 26, 2009
Tomorrow is “We Are The Missing Link,” a testimonial gathering to get the Ballard part of the Burke-Gilman Trail connected. Meet at Shilshole Avenue opposite 17th, just west of the Ballard Bridge. Yes it’s one ugly intersection. There’s an apres party as well. More at SeattleLikesBikes. You don’t have to bring your bike or even [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Rider Down, Transportation | Tagged Burke-GIlman Trail, Danny MacAskill, ellsworth bicycles, mary yonkers
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 24, 2009
More allegations of doping against Jan Ullrich. More assertions of denial from Jan Ullrich. “On Monday, German magazine Der Spiegel cited a police investigation report which states Ullrich went to Madrid 24 times between 2003 and 2006 to see doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, the man at the center of the Spanish probe Operation Puerto.” Belgian cyclist [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged cycling doping, franck vandenbroucke, jan ullrich
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 16, 2009
Contador and Team Astana say they have nothing to hide. Quote: “This year’s Tour de France was remarkable for the fact that no riders tested positive during the race.” Still haven’t heard from Lance on this, but then, he’s no longer with Astana…
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged alberto contador, cycling doping, lance armstrong, Team Astana, tour de france 2009
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 16, 2009
Lance says his main rival in the 2010 Tour de France will be Alberto Contador. Bert says his main rival will be Andy Schleck. The Tour is what, 9 months away? And the gamesmanship is already in full play. And speaking of being coy, Lance still hasn’t made up his mind whether to race the [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, Racing | Tagged 2010 Giro d'Italia, 2010 Tour de France, 2010 Tour of California, alberto contador, lance armstrong
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 13, 2009
Confessed doper and former King of the Mountains winner Bernhard Kohl continues to name names. The latest: physician Marc Schmidt, team doctor, who “oversaw the doping practices.” Schmidt vehemently denied the charges. And the beat goes on… Unconvinced that the 2009 Tour de France was as squeaky clean as it seemed, French prosecutors are opening [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, This Day in Doping | Tagged bernhard kohl, cycling doping, lance armstrong, mark schmidt, rolling stone, sam brown, Team Astana
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 9, 2009
SF Streetsblog: Bicycle beats chopper in Sao Paulo, Brazil … don’t you love it! Cyclelicio.us: Bike guys are sexier than any other sports guys. And if anyone should know, it’s Yokota! Get your tickets now online for the Race Across the Sky one-night movie event Oct. 22. The feature depicts this year’s Leadville 100, won [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, News Cycle, Transportation | Tagged bike commuting, marin biketoberfest, race across the sky
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 9, 2009
The French and the UCI are fighting again … bring out the Ritalin! UCI fires back at French anti-doping authority accusations: Did not! Did not favor Lance, Bert & Astana! But the French aren’t backing down. Saying they’re really really skeptical of 2009′s “squeaky clean” Tour de France, the AFLD announced they won’t play along [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged AFLD, bicycle anti-doping, uci
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 8, 2009
Regarding the FTC’s new mandate that “bloggers who make an endorsement must disclose the material connections they share with the seller of the product or service,” we consider it worth repeating Bike Intelligencer‘s review policy. The reason we head our reviews with the tag “by someone who paid for one” is that the phrase sums [...]
Posted in Accessories, Mountain Biking | Tagged bike reviews, bikehugger, cyclelicio.us, mountain biking reviews, mtbr.com, robb sutton
