Discovery Channel Cycling Team
Last week Johan Bruyneel announced the this years Tour de France line-up for the Discovery Channel team, the selected riders included George Hincapie (of course) who was the only American rider selected for the squad. The full Tour de France team includes:
George Hincapie
Yaroslav Popovych
Paolo Savoldelli
Jose Azevedo
Egoi Martinez
Pavel Padrnos
Viatcheslav Ekimov
Benjamin Noval
Jose Luis Rubiera
Vladimir Gusev – Reserve
Michael Barry […]
Last night while watching the Giro on OLN I caught several fun little tid bits of information, like how this years Giro d” Italia will feature over 22,500 feet of verticle climbing!
Also mentioned was Jason McCartney’s Blog at OLN. I thought I would check it out, not really much of a blog (like the guy […]
Can Savoldelli Capture The Maglia Rosa Again in 2006?
Year after year the American sponsored US Postal Team / Discovery Channel have been very impressive with 7 TDF Wins under the guidance and strength of Lance Armstrong. While Armstrong was undeniably the “alpha male” of the pro peleton Discovery did have some very impressive showings last […]
Viatcheslav Ekimov, say that name 5 times fast. It is so fantastic to see “Eki” back in action, last year while training Eki took a nasty fall and broke his vertebrae which end most of the Discovery riders season including the Tour de France. What makes Eki so special, well first off were “about” the […]
So here we are, the tour is past the half way point and is now in the Pyrenees located in the souther part of France. While the Alps are “usually” longer climbs the Pyrenees are steeper and hotter since they are located in the southern part of France. The French Pyrenees have always played host to […]
Team Discovery Drops Gauntlet – Launches Armstrong Back Into The Yellow Jersey – Stage 10 2005 Tour de France
Epic, bone crushing, Super-Man type effort, carnage on the road, these were the words spoken by the OLN announcing team of Phil Liggitt, Paul Sherwen, Bob Roll and Al Troutwig. And for good reason, todays stage was […]
