Archive for July, 2005
Today I managed to get back out on my bike again and enjoyed a easy 13.2 mile “cruise” through Minnetonka as I weaved through some of the neighborhoods around my area. It was all quite lovely until I started to notice the dreaded loose gravel that seams to have already haunted me. I was just […]
Two time Giro d’Italia winner Paolo Savoldelli won another stage for the Disco boys yesterday as he made the decisive break early in the day and also insured he was part of the breakaway split that came about 15k from the end of the Tour’s longest stage. Seen on the left Savoldelli could not shake […]
Today I rode within myself (as the racers say) and felt good, I rode 23 miles and felt a bit tired at the end but all in all it was a good distance.
Miles: 23
Average Speed: 13.9
Miles For July: 73
Total Miles 2005: 73
Time: Not sure
Path: Went around lower lake Minnetonka and ran into some expected traffic […]
So about two weeks ago I went out and purchased a new Trek road bike and have enjoyed being back in the saddle again, although it has hurt quite a bit. I am not sure why after such pain I would get excited about riding just a day or two later but that has been […]
Lance Armstrong’s Retirement – Audio – Your Thoughts
When I first tuned in to the OLN coverage of Lance Armstrongs announcement about his retiring after this years Tour de France I felt kind of sad. Here was the man I have come to watch over the last several years as he created history and “ridden” into […]
What can be said about a man that is so dedicated to the success of another? After 7 years at Lance Armstrongs side (the only Postal/Discovery rider who has been their for each victory) George Hincapie puts himself in the idea tactical position for Team Discovery and himself. It was a special day on so many levels, 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 […]
Marco Pantani – January 13, 1970 – February 14th, 2004
Marco Pantani also known as “Il Pirata” that’s “the pirate for you English speaking folks was one of the best climbers the sport has ever known during the modern cycling period. Marco received this great name for the bandana he wore and for his aggressive riding style […]
The yellow jersey is the most coveted jersey at the Tour de France, it is worn by the leader with the fastest time each day during the tour, this is of course how the race leader is determined on the last day as the tour finishes in Paris.
With such a historical sporting event their are […]
Mickael Rasmuseen built up his lead in the “King Of The Mountains” competition during the Alps stages and surely looks toward this weekend to gain additional points as the riders prepare mentally and physically for the Pyrenees mountains of southern France.
Tour Great Richard Virenque (7 Time Winner Of The Polkadot Jersey) Congratulates Rasmuseen
The 2005 Tour de […]
Each year the Tour does it’s damage, weather it’s severe crashes, bad luck or good ole wear and tear the Tour de France takes riders out. Today was just such a day with three notable riders not continuing:
Yens Voight
Today as I began to peel my eyes open around 7am I watched the first frames of […]
Yesterday the damage was done for those NOT riding for Discovery / Lance Armstrong, Lance has delivered two blows this year to his GC rivals. Once during the opening time trial where he gained no less than 55 seconds to his main rivals and again during Tuesdays stage to Courchevel.
After the race lots of people […]
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 […]
Hard boys ….that is one of the chapters in a new book out called “Armstrongs war, the chapter talks about just how dangerous pro cycling can be with riders seriously hurting them-self quite often.
Joseba Beloki is a rider who knows just what it means to be a “hard boy” during the Tour de France of […]
Stage 8 – Pforzheim to Gerardmer (231.5km) Game On!
Lance Armstrong was under pressure today as the crack squad of T-Mobile proved while they are the highest paid team in cycling. All looked good and Armstrong was all smiles as the race headed closer to the final climb of the day, Lance was even chatting it […]
Cool find… Today I was looking at some of my rider categories and wanting to update those that have little info. I came to Bernard Hinault and found a cool site all about the French Champion. Best of all are some old British TV “programme” which the site owner has edited down into viewable video […]
Australian sprinting ace Baden Cooke has not had the best of luck this tour, so far he has crashed at least once … possibly twice (if you know please comment below) and has had a rough time beating his country men Robbie McEwen during these dangerous crash filled early stages.
Cooke was born in Benalla Australia and […]
The Tour de France is well underway, the sprinters have had their day and now comes “opportunity” for the GC contenders. Guys like Alexandre Vinokourov, Andreas Kloden, Ivan Basso, Iban Mayo, Roberto Heras and of course Yan Ullrich. With Armstrong entering into the first mountain stages with over a minute on closest rival Vinokourov their will […]
Another “fairly flat” stage as the Tour de France continues to roll in an eastern direction, todays stage was another ball buster with speeds reaching near 60 k per hour as the Teams like Quick-Step and Davitamon-Lotto word to try to get the pack together which would allow their super star sprinters to go for […]
Yesterday was a day of mixed emotion for American cycling fans, while many were excited to see Lance win his 67th yellow jersey (only two men in the history of the Tour de France have won the yellow jersey more – Eddie Merckx and Bernard Hinault) nobody wanted to see him “get” the jersey due […]
Ah, the yellow jersey has come home to Armstrong …
After at physically demanding Team Time Trial the Discovery and Lance Armstrong are again in yellow. The discovery team rode an incredibly fast Team Time Trial (setting a record) and just narrowly beating out team CSC. Again this years tour did not disappoint the stage was […]
Stage Three Results – 2005 Tour de France
Second stage win for Tom Boonen gives the Belgium power-house sprinter additional lead for the green sprinters jersey. It was another very exciting stage yesterday with a typical early breakaway consisting of three riders:
Eric Dekker
Nicholas Portal
Rebens Bertogliati
It was an amazing effort put forth by all three of the […]
“Tour Guy” here, that is my self appointed admin name for this site, my name is Brian Johnson. I was a cyclist back in the day, I competed as a Junior and a category 3 amateur rider. Nothing to write home about or special, however cycling did keep me out of trouble and I loved […]
Or Flash In The Pan?
Over the last few years I have continued to follow pro cycling more and more, several years ago I watched the Tour de France with great enjoyment. Last year I also was able to catch some of the Giro live (what happened to live coverage this year OLN?) This year I […]
Belgium ace Tom Boonen won today’s Tour de France stage (stage 2) in a exciting sprint to the finish! As usual the sprint finish had me and Amanda screaming (move … look out, and of course … where is Lance)! Just like yesterday this was a fun stage to watch, for this early in the […]
Stage One Results – Individual Time Trial – Ullrich Gets Schooled
What an incredible start to the tour, stage one results are in and Lance Armstrong is in prime position to take the yellow jersey in the coming stages. Today started early for me, I woke up around 6am as I was so dam excited for […]
First off Hat’s off to OLN, the network has covered the Tour de France now for about three or four years, if OLD had not pick-up this worlds first “reality tv show” I would have never been able to enjoy the tour as I do today.
Which brings us to our post …. who the heck […]
Those of you who get Sirius Satellite Radio will be happy to know that the company will be carrying daily Tour de France coverage. For those of us not so fortunate to have “satellite” radio the company will also be making use of “pod casting” in which mp3 files will be sent via an RSS feed […]
