Posts Tagged: Cycling

AleJet conquers the sprint again today, showing that he still has the snap in his legs after a few mountain stages and a time trial. The big news however is that Roberto Heras was caught in a pileup and had to get 15 stiches on his knee. Yahoo! Sports – Cycling – Petacchi wins in… Read more »

The Vuelta has a battle on it’s hand as it does every year. This year it looks like the race may well come down to the last time trial. Denis Menchov has a 47 second lead over Roberto Heras. Two tough mountain stages saw Menchov maintain his lead. Today Robert Laiseka came back from Lala… Read more »

To quote LL Cool J, “Don’t call it a comeback because I’ve been here for years”. Armstrong has has had barely eough time to stretch out in the hammock to enjoy retirement before the comeback bug bit him. The bug was fueled by an expose in L’Equipe that only helped provoke Armstrong into doing something… Read more »

Tom Danielson is finally riding his first full Grand Tour. He was riding the Giro earlier this year when knee problem caused his abandon after 9 stages. He is currently in 6th place overall after some tough mountain stages. He had a good performance in the last TT and placed 10th during Monday’s tough mountain… Read more »

Fabian Wegmann won the San Fran GP which has some of the steepest hills anywhere. In fact Wegmann commented: “We had to go more than 20 times up the hills and you have to save some energy for the last time. We have some steep hills [in Europe], but not like these.” Plus, the race… Read more »

From The Pros Stuff comes a video of the first of 3 last 1/2 lap crashes at the Bank of America Grand Prix. criterium_last_lap_crash.mov (video/quicktime Object)

Live coverage of the San Fran GP on Pedal Mag with some grainy live pictures. Pedal – Canada’s Cycling Magazine

Salon.com had a story in 1999 about how rampant performance enhancing drug use was during that time. In May of last year, Mauro Gianetti showed up at the Tour of Romandie bicycle race revving for a win. The Swiss cyclist never got the chance. He collapsed during the race and was rushed to the hospital… Read more »

Roberto Heras is on his way to claiming another Vuelta title with an impressive performance in todays stage. Heras took a page out of the Postal/Discovery plan book by using his team Liberty Seguros to set a blistering pace up the final mountain climb. The pace was strong enough to eliminate most of the major… Read more »