The 2009 Tour de France Route Map

June 20, 2009

Here’s the route map for the 2009 Tour de France which will begin and end in Monaco on Saturday, July 4, with the Individual time-trial. For in-depth coverage, make sure you tune in to either the official Tour de France website, Universal Sports coverage or full coverage via Versus.

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Universal Sports Giro Sweepstakes

May 20, 2009

Universal Sports will be hosting a Giro Sweepstakes starting today. Make sure you check it out!
There are some really amazing cycling gear for those that watch the Giro LIVE. You can watch the streaming broadcast live at this link.

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Universal Sports Announces Multi-year Deal to Broadcast Giro

May 18, 2009

Universal Sports announced a multi-year deal on May 8th to broadcast the Giro d’Italia as the race celebrates its 100th anniversary. Lance Armstrong made his debut in this race as he returns from his retirement. Coverage of the race began with a team time trial on Saturday, May 9, from Lido di Venezia on [...]

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Trek Document Episode 5 – Trek Livestrong U23 Team

May 16, 2009

Here’s Episode 5. Get a sneak peak at the riders of tomorrow. Lance and Trek team up to create the new Trek Livestrong U23 team coached by Axel Merckx.

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Trek Document Episode 4: Lance is Back

April 29, 2009

Here’s Episode 4. Hope rides again with Lance Armstrong and his custom painted 1274 Madone. Learn what the numbers mean and how it went from stolen to replaced almost overnight.

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Trek Document Episode 3: Three in a Row

April 22, 2009

Here’s Episode 3 featuring Team Astana’s Levi Leipheimer winning his third consecutive Amgen’s Tour of California.

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Trek Document Episode 2: Contador visits Trek

April 15, 2009

As mentioned in last week’s post, I’ll be featuring one episode per week from Trek’s short film series titled “Document”.
Here’s Episode 2 featuring Team Astana’s Alberto Contador.

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Trek Document Episode 1: Wind Tunnel

April 8, 2009

At the end of last month, I received an email from Patrick Buckley, a professional filmmaker, who informed me of a series of short 2 minute films titled “Document” that he completed for Trek featuring Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer and other members and crew of Team Astana.
So, I couldn’t think of a better [...]

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BestBicyclePartsEtc.com's New Web Site

March 8, 2009

I keep an active list of cycling links in the sidebar that I consistently check out. I recently was introduced to a new one titled BestBicyclePartsEtc.com.
Go check them out and tell the owner, Dick Kelly, that I sent you his way!

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Alberto Contador Looks to be in Fine Form for 2009

March 8, 2009

Alberto Contador had a stellar time trial performance today at the 2009 Paris-Nice.
In an interview by VeloNews, Contador stated, “I’ve been training a lot of hours on the bike to be able to maintain the time trial position.”
I believe this year will be Astana’s year. What an incredibly gifted and power-packed team their roster boasts.
Can [...]

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