Cycling Forum / General / Racing / May 2009

My 1,2,3, finished at 4,6,14
I'm getting a little better.
Andre

"Every sprint I have done I have not been out of the top four. It's
been a positive Giro for me, with a bit more luck I could have won two
stages easily."
"I wanted to win today. I felt like I had the legs to win," Davis told

I was talking to a friend in KC about cycling safety and he brought up
this example.
Apparently the  driver couldn't be bothered to change lanes and pass
the cyclists safely.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 29, 2009.
For Immediate Release
3M Corporation, the world-leading manufacturer of adhesives, has signed
an exclusive sponsorship agreement with Denis Menchov, winner past

I'm watching the late show of today's coverage, and they make me feel
like I took a stupid pill.  It's bad enough when the idjits torture
riders' names - Pena is pronounced Panna?  Every name except uber-
anglo names, like Swift, are apparently written in Mayan and

14:06 CEST
A total of 20 riders made up the breakaway.
...Tom Danielson and Bradley Wiggins (Garmin - Slipstream).
14:09 CEST

...and gets caught, nice to see he's a human being again...hope he can
keep up now.

He's really full of himself and annoying, but he's also usually right.
See "No radios at French championship" at
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/may09/may30news

I wish the riders had them on their bikes so a stage map or climb
profile could be superimposed over the action. Time gaps can be
significantly different than distance gaps. It could be that Pellizotti
was within view (especially any vehicles following him) most of the time

To me, these were the most exciting riders, (after, of course Menchov
and DiLuca).
Sastre looked great winning Stage 19 surging with something no one
else had, to win on Vesuvio.

From the article:
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Cyclist Floyd Landis had a post-race urine sample at the Tour de
France return positive for synthetic testosterone in July 2006. An

Shaq via Twitter:
@lancearmstrong this is shaq, I challenge u to a race anytime any
place, its time someone challenged u, call perry rogers for details
its on

Clearly form over substance... I'm thinking the TDF isn't going to
like that and might kick him out bevause he degrades the image of the
TDF.
Valverde takes legal action

49km - Some news on Astana's Chris Horner, who crashed on stage 10 of
the race: Scans in San Diego revealed he has suffered a small fracture
of his left tibia.He still hopes to ride the Tour de France, but has
been ordered to take an extra two weeks' rest.