Potholes and Road Apples

The international Court of Arbitration for Sport today upheld Lancaster County native Floyd Landis’ suspension on charges that he doped to win the 2006 Tour de France.
Landis, of Farmersville, is the first winner to be stripped of his title in the 105-year-history of the race.
The ruling ends a two-year legal saga that began three days […]

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The ruling on whether Lancaster County native Floyd Landis can reclaim his 2006 Tour de France title is expected to be handled down from the Court of Arbitration for Sport early Monday, the Associated Press reported this afternoon.
Landis was stripped of his title last year after a U.S. arbitration panel ruled there was evidence Landis […]

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Saturday’s Brownstown Road Race should be an intimate gathering among strangers.
Online registration for the race closed Thursday evening. There will be no same-day registration. And, according to the list of confirmed riders, there will be only 103 people racing in 11 different categories. That number is slightly more than the number of racers in a […]

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The U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame may find a new home about an hours and 15 minutes from Lancaster adjacent to the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, formerly the Lehigh Velodrome.
According to an article in the Morning Call newspaper, Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham announced Tuesday an agreement to provide 12 acres of county-owned land near the bike […]

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The under-25 riders of the Tour of Pennsylvania tore through northern Lancaster County this morning on their way to Carlisle.
The Ephrata Review supplied this video of the six-day race’s first sprint, which occured at Main and State streets at the center of Ephrata.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL56gUB4mEo

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A threatened boycott of Pro-Am Cycling races seemed to be having an effect - but not a universal effect - on registration for Saturday’s Brownstown Road Race.
Early this afternoon, following this morning’s posting of the list of confirmed riders on the BikeReg.com event registration website, only 60 riders had registered for the race, which begins at 9 […]

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Lancaster County’s draft Long Range Transportation Plan - a policy document intended to steer transportation spending through 2035 - is calling for greater planning for non-automotive transportation, including bicycling.
Consideration of different modes of transportation is a significant shift for planners who have previously focused on improvements to the county’s 3,830 linear miles of roadway — […]

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The racers of the inaugural Tour of Pennsylvania, are set to speed through northeastern Lancaster County on Wednesday morning. The first stage of the six-day tour will start in Downingtown and finish in Carlisle.
The first sprint of the race, for riders under age 25, will be at the center of Ephrata, at Main and State streets, at about 11:30 […]

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Rich Ruoff, former president of the now-defunct Red Rose Races, posted recently on the RedRoseRaces.com site that some local bicycle races will return this summer.
In addition to the Grandview Grand Prix, being hosted by the Spinners Cycling Team on July 26, there will also be a “Comeback Criterium,” on Sunday, July 20, in New Holland. […]

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Team Cycle Smart became the first Lancaster-based team to complete the Race Across America this morning. The four-person team crossed the finish line in Annapolis, Md. at 8:31 a.m., completing the non-stop, cross-country race in seven days, 15 minutes, 12 seconds.
The team of Mike Ridgeway, Denise Stone, Bob Ansell and Robin Smith averaged 16.45 mph […]

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