Racing
Pro road and mountain bike racing, as well as slopestyle and other bike competition
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 18, 2009
How does that saying go? A friend of my friend is my friend unless my friend is Lance Armstrong? As much as I beat up on Lance for grandstanding and truth-avoidance, I can’t point the finger at him for cheating Hincapie out of the yellow jersey today. If anything, it was Lance’s “friends” — Team [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged George Hincapie, lance armstrong, Team Astana, Tour de France, yellow jersey
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 18, 2009
No one wanted to see a nice guy like Levi Leipheimer leave the Tour on a stroke of bad luck. But Lance Armstrong probably rued the accident more than the average Levi fan. Levi, a good soldier, was not going to win the Tour. But he could have aided Lance’s chances immeasurably by helping to [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged alberto contador, lance armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 18, 2009
Kudos to Cyclelicio.us for picking up on this: In Colorado, of all places (mountain and road biking both are hugely popular there), Jefferson County commissioners have some cloth-eared notion of banning bikes on any and all county roads. Richard asks we help spread the word and nip this stinker in the bud. Here’s some key [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bike license fee, downieville, Mountain Biking, Road Cycling
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 18, 2009
Bicycle.net: Lance lashes back over report that his team (he’s the leader, right? are we all clear on this?) Astana may be beneficiary of “laxity” in drug testing. “I think it’s ridiculous,” Lance says. Well then, case closed, right? BikePure.org: Two Spanish riders, not in this year’s Tour de France, are suspended for using the [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged cera, doping, lance armstrong, Tour de France, uci
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 17, 2009
Funny to read now: Bicycle.net’s pre-stage analysis, where Stage 13 “may reveal just how far some riders are willing to go to fight for the Tour de France yellow jersey.” Um…let’s just say, not very far at all. Cyclelicio.us: “Nocentini’s last day wearing yellow.” And I agreed when you posted, Richard. Based on everything we [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged Bernard HInault, Cadel Evans, Eddy Merckx, lance armstrong, Team Astana, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 17, 2009
Is bike thievery on the rise along with burglaries and robberies — another sign of hard economic times? No statistical data yet but anecdotal evidence suggests yes. The above photo was taken near a bike rack at the Caltrain station in Menlo Park CA. Cyclelicio.us reports on a brazen thief caught in the act in [...]
Posted in Accessories, Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged bike locks, bike theft, kryptonite
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 17, 2009
Cycling News has a piece about irregularities in testing the Astana team, led by Lance Armstrong, er Alberto Contador. Whatever. The French anti-doping agency has warned the UCI “to treat all teams the same” after testing of Astana was delayed last Saturday. Interesting side note: The French don’t really trust the UCI to conduct doping [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged AFLD, doping, lance armstrong, Tour de France, uci
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 16, 2009
BikeHugger has a post on an unfortunate crash involving a rogue bike rider at the Redmond Derby Days criterium last weekend. The comments queue sheds a bit of light, particularly the posts by an injured rider, but this thing needs to be sorted out. (Another blog post calls the rider a kid who “just wanted [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged mountain bike, Redmond Derby Days criterium, shitbike
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 16, 2009
Bike Rumor: Google maps adding “Go by bike” to its “get directions” feature? This would be super cool, especially on my new iPhone G3S. You could enter in your route and get the best route combining things like bike paths and bike lanes with major thoroughfares. The database on this would have to be pretty [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged Fluidride, Google maps, Iron Horse, Marin County mountain biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 16, 2009
It was another listless day in the peloton today, but in one respect that may be a good thing. So far this Tour has been remarkable in one instance (and one only): No doping violations have been announced. There may be a lag factor here: Samples have to be collected, transported, tested and re-tested. That [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged cycling doping, greg lemond, lance armstrong, Tour de France
