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Jul. 5, 2008BC Bike Race: A week of the sweetest pain.
Editor's Note: Subaru/Gary Fisher pro endurance racer Nat Ross has been sharing daily diaries from the BC Bike Race with VeloNews.com readers. Today, Ross reports on the final stage in Whistler.
We just finished the 7th stage in the 2nd Annual BC Bike Race and my body ...
Jul. 5, 2008Jeremiah Bishop and Sari Anderson win national marathon titles in Breckenridge
Jeremiah Bishop wore a face of bewilderment and agitation as his Trek-Volkswagen teammates doused him in beer at the finish line of Breckenridge, Colorado’s Firecracker 50 on Friday. Bishop, 32, had no idea he’d just won the race and taken the marathon national championship, ...
- Jul. 5, 2008Starting another Tour
Editor’s note: Every day during the 95th Tour de France, VeloNews editorial director John Wilcockson will be writing his “Inside the Tour” column. It will have a more personal slant than most of the pieces he writes. There will be comments on each day’s ...
Jul. 4, 2008Tech at the Tour - Down to the wire
A day before the start of the Tour de France is almost too late to accomplish anything significant.
Nonetheless, it’s a frantic time for mechanics and support staff as clock ticks down to the start of the world’s biggest bicycle race. Teams build bikes up to the last ...
Jul. 4, 2008Cheatley, MacGregor score wins at Fitchburg
The Cheerwine Cycling has all but dominated the first two stages of the women’s race at the Fitchbug-Longsjo Classic. After winning Thursday’s time trial, the team took the top two spots in Friday’s 69-mile road race, with Catherine Cheatley and Kristin McGrath finishing ...
Jul. 4, 2008A Tour with many questions, but few answers
When Lance Armstrong was winning the Tour every year, the only real question before the race was not “Who will win?” but “Can anyone get close to him?” Now, after two totally unpredictable Tours, both of them ruined by doping controversies, it looks like we’re about to ...
Jul. 4, 2008'Le Tour Toujours,' warts and all: O'Grady remains a fan, sorta
"He's not the Messiah! He's a very naughty boy!—an exchange between Brian's mum and his followers in Monty Python’s “Life of Brian”
Pro ...
Jul. 4, 2008The Coach(ed) Corner: BC Survival Camp
I’m going to start this week’s column with an extended photo caption. On the left is Andreas Hestler, professional mountain bike racer and member of the Rocky Mountain Bicycles team. On Thursday, he and partner Max Paxton grabbed the stage 6 win at the BC Bike Race, a ...
Jul. 4, 2008Team Columbia presents Tour squad, new jersey
For the second consecutive day, an American team kicked off its Tour de France by unveiling a fresh jersey design created for a new title sponsor.
Team Columbia, the former T-Mobile team referred to as Team High Road for the first half of the 2008 season, presented its new ...
Jul. 4, 2008Caisse d'Épargne: Valverde aiming for podium
Spain’s Green Bullet isn’t sweating it. Alejandro Valverde says if he doesn’t win the Tour de France this year, he’s got plenty more in his legs.
That’s not to say that he’s shying away from a unique opportunity to become the third consecutive Spanish winner, but ...
- Jul. 4, 20082008 Tour de France start list
Silence-Lotto(director: Herman Frison)1. Cadel Evans (Aus) 2. Mario Aerts (B) 3. Christophe Brandt (B) 4. Dario Cioni (I) 5. Leif Hoste (B) 6. Robbie McEwen (Aus) 7. Yaroslav ...
Jul. 4, 2008On the eve of the Tour - A Casey Gibson Gallery
There were big crowds at the teams' presentation at the Tour de France Friday afternoon. Photographer Casey Gibson was there, too.
