Race 2 Replace - Eve Update

Well we made it to Indy around 4:30pm this afternoon (8/11). It took us about 5 hrs to make the drive and I only took one wrong turn. That split in Cincinnati gets me every time. We picked up our registration packets (number and transmitter) at the speedway. No Lance sightings as of yet.

My age group (35-49) of 150 riders gets underway at 11:15am. I thought that the field size would be much larger. My plan is to find a wheel and hang on as long as possible.

WADA Chairman - Dick Pound

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Dick Pound is a partner of leading Canadian law firm Stikeman Elliott and the chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) based in Montreal. He is a former vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and was a one-time candidate for the presidency of that organization.,

He is no fan of Lance Armstrong or cycling in general.

But I have to laugh everytime that I read his name in a news article. I guess it is my "jr high" sense of humor. Go figure. But can you imagine the crap that this guy caught in Jr High. Maybe that is why he is such a douche bag.

Results - PUR Tour and Zoar RR

Results for PUR Tour 2006 (8/5/06) have been posted. A full report with photos has also been posted. They will be submitting results to the USA Cycling database today (8/10). Photos from the race are available online, thanks to Jeffrey Jakucyk.

PUR Tour Rider Comments
Raisin Rack Cycling
Savage Hill
Dark Horse Racing
7 Hills Racing

Results for Zoar Road Race (8/6/06) have been posted. Photos from the race are available online, thanks to Scott Thor.

Zoar Rider Comments
Raisin Rack Cycling

Saul Raisin (CA) Takes Another Major Step in Recovery

Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole) hit the road for an hour and a half training ride on Tuesday (8/8). That was his first time riding on the road since a six day stint in a coma resulting from his life threatening crash on April 4th in the first stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe. Saul has been putting in some serious time on his stationary trainer, sessions of up to 4hrs (ouch!). He just recently tested his balance on this rollers prior to hitting the open road.

Raisin racing to recover

Let's hope that we see Saul back in the pro peloton soon.

Tour of Germany - Final Report

In stage 7, the ITT, Jens Voigt (CSC) crushed the field. He hung just over 1 minute on his closest challenger, Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole). The big GC guys, Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) and Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) finished 1.14 and 1.20, respectively, off Voigt's blistering pace. With that performance Voigt locks up the Tour of Germany GC.

Stage 8 was for the sprinters. The final chance for Erik Zabel (Milram) to take a stage win in this years Tour of Germany. But he was again denied. Graeme Brown (Rabobank) took his second stage win of this tour.

Voigt secured the general classification followed by Leipheimer, Kashechkin, Vladimir Gusev (Discovery) and Evgeni Petrov (Lampre).

Race Calendar - Aug 11-13

Ohio Criterium Championships Friday, August 11th, thru Sunday, August 13th, 2006 in Worthington, Hilliard and Grove City, OH

Smith Dairy Milk (Circuit) Race , Sunday, August 13 in Orrville, Ohio

Tour of Germany - Stage 6

Where in the hell did Jens Voigt(CSC) find those climbing legs? I would like to get me a set. A rider known for his breakaways and attacks but not exactly for his climbing was able to hang with the "climbers" today. Not only did he hang with them but was able to counter an attack by Leipheimer(Gerolsteiner) in the last 500m to take the stage win and hold onto the yellow jersey.

The final GC standings will be decided in tomorrows individual time trial.

Results
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5.11.48 (37.83 km/h)
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.02
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.08
4 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 0.10
5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.36
6 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.41
7 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team
8 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
9 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC
11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.47

GC after Stage 6
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 27.39.29
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.24
3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 0.56
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.00
5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 1.03

Bank of America Crit Results

Shawn Milne (Navigators) attacked from the break to win the big purse. Milne broke away with Rahsaan Bahati (TIAA-CREF) and Jackson Stewart (KodakGallery-Sierra Nevada) at the half-way point of the race. With 10 laps to go Bahati crashed in heavy rains. With the break down to 2, Milne attacked Stewart through a corner with 1/2 lap to go. He got a gap and was able to stay away.

HealthNet was missing from the top 20. Not sure what is up with that. Maybe they are saving energy for the Tour of Utah. Keep an eye on Milne, he is young and has great potential.

The womens race was won in a field sprint by Tina Pic (Colivita). Her team executed a perfect leadout for the sprinter. It was a long sprint with played to Pic's advantage.

Men's Results
1 Shawn Milne Navigators
2 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com Sierra Nevada
3 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United
4 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators
5 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators

Women's Results
1 Tina Pic (USA) Colavita/Cooking Light
2 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Team Lipton
3 Gina Grain (Can) Colavita/Cooking Light
4 Jen Mccrae (USA) Conex Train
5 Mackenzie Dickey (USA) Aaron's Pro Women's Cycling

Results - Newport Celebration Crit

Major props to the organizers of the Newport Celebration Crit. This race was held on Sunday and they had results posted by early Monday. Photos from the race are available online, thanks to Jeffrey Jakucyk.

Newport Crit Rider Comments
7 Hills Racing
Savage Hill

hint hint .... other race promoters should take note of this. That is one of my pet peeves, the SLOW posting of race results. One day, MAX! That should be a USCF requirement to get your permit. I have a whole list of other items that I feel USCF should require of promoters to get their permit. If USCF truly wants cycling races to flourish in the US they are going to have to start cracking down of half-assed race promoters. They need to be treating races as their customers. ... enough of that for now.

Tony (on the front of the 3-man break), a local CAT 3, placed 2nd in the Pro/1/2/3 race. That is awesome!