Well now that school has started back up for me, my time to be able to up date my blog is running very low. So when I get some important news Ill update it. Like in a few days I will be stopping by to update you on the Vuelta. I'm sorry for the inconvenience . Yours Truly, Seamus Read Full Story
Well I am very sorry my readers for my extended absence. I was on some trips that took me up to northern Michigan. But I am home now and am ready to update you'll. Well some more threatening news has occurred for a rider involving doping allegations. This time though the target was the 2006 UCI pro tour Champion was in the line of fire. Alejandro Valverde has been banned from taking part in the World Championship next month in Stuttgart, Germany. This is all due to his name appearing... Read Full Story
Team CSC showed up an attack the young Stijn Vandenbergh from team Unibet.com. To bad for the 23 year old rider his team will be disbanded after this season. Heres some of the results provided from velonews.com. Results Stage 2 1. Matti Breschel (Dk), CSC 3:57:07 (42.5kph) 2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (N), Maxbo Bianchi 3. Bernhard Eisel (A), T-Mobile 4. Borut Bozic (Slo), LPR 5. Kristian House (GB), Navigators Insurance 6. Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex), Ceramica Panaria 7. Daniel Lloyd (GB), DFL... Read Full Story
Once again I have found a all new bike producer. This time its a pro sponsor of a cat-1 team, Unibet.com. They produce 3 road bikes and a large assortment of mountain bikes. The mountain bikes are what really impressed me though. They are very similar geometry of treks and other such bikes. Not only was I impressed by these bikes but so were my coworkers. Within their product lines they offer many different options to choose from. The top of the line products have very impressive... Read Full Story
Well I got some real quick top 5 results of the U.S. pro crit. results. Here they are I'll post more tomorrow. USA Cycling Professional Criterium Championship Downers Grove, Illinois 1. Martin Gilbert (Can), Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 2. Kirk O'Bee, Health Net-Maxxis 3. Shawn Milne, Health Net-Maxxis 4. Alex Candelario, Jelly Belly 5. Tony Cruz, Discovery Channel Read Full Story
Today Jens Voigt has taken his second straight victory in the Tour of Germany. Heres the results I have to leave early tonight and I might not be able to update tomorrow. I'm heading out of town. Results and photo supplied from velonews.com Tour of Germany Stage 9 1. Gerald Ciolek, T-Mobile, 143.1km in 3:16:55 2. Erik Zabel, Milram, same time 3. Mark Renshaw, Crédit Agricole, s.t. 4. Juan José Haedo, CSC, s.t. 5. Danilo Napolitano, Lampre-Fondital, s.t. 6. Olaf Pollack, Wiesenhof-Felt, s... Read Full Story
Jens Voigt has set himself to win his second straight Tour of Germany. Today he surprised many of the top time trail riders by taking the win by 14 seconds. Not only does Jens has one more stage left, its also a very flat stage which means it for the sprinters. This also will make it very easy for Jens to sit in the peleton and control the race. So team CSC is sitting pretty going into tomorrows stage. Heres the results from velonews.com Results Stage 8 1. Jens Voigt (G), CSC, at 39... Read Full Story
Sorry I was unable to update you yesterday this month has been very hectic lately. I have found very little time to write but I can today. So today was the sixth stage of the Tour of Germany. T-Mobiles Gerald Ciolek has taken a second win for the the past two days. While Ciolek is winning Jens Viogt is defending is overall lead. He has kept a strong 33 second lead over second place and will most likely retain it heading into tomorrows 33.1 kilometer time trail. But as always heres... Read Full Story
The Unibet.com Team has just announced that the team is going to cease operations. This team suffered the same fate of Team Discovery Team. Both could not find sponsors or could not keep their sponsors on board. A lot of talk says that these teams are dissolving because of the doping problem. No company wants to support drug users so this leaves teams without sponsors. The loss of Unibet.com team is not as such a big blow as it was discovery. Unibet was not allowed to race in many... Read Full Story
Going into the fifth state today Jens Voigt has retained his lead. But for the stage it was Lopez Garcia from Caisse d'Epargne that beat out Jens by only 12 seconds on today's mountain stage. The second place finish by Jens has increased his gap overall. Heres the results provided by velonews.com Stage Results 1. David Lopez Garcia (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, 157.6km in 4:21:07 (36.02kph) 2. Jens Voigt (G), CSC, at 0:12 3. Robert Gesink (Nl), Rabobank, at 0:20 4. Damiano Cunego (I), Lampre... Read Full Story
