Potholes and Road Apples

What a difference two weeks makes. Unlike the bitter cold wind that blew through Kirkwood last month, the conditions for Saturday’s Mount Joy Road Race were pleasant and warm. Leg and arm warmers were left in cars as temperatures rose well into the 60s and passing showers stayed away.
The 12 different races drew a total […]

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In Febuary, Dominique Rollin suffered on the front of a Tour of California breakaway for seven hours. The incescent rain, driving headwind and bone-chilling temperatures on Stage 4 led 18 pro riders to abandon the stage. Veteran Levi Leipheimer, the eventual winner of the race, told Velonews it was ”probably in the top three of worst […]

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The Tom Bamford Classic criterium scheduled for June 1 in downtown Lancaster has been pushed back by a year, race promoter David Butterworth announced.
In a Monday evening message, Butterworth, of Major League Cycling and Pro-Am Cycling Events, said title sponsor Commerce Bank had withdrawn its support for this year’s race because bank officials did not […]

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Cyclingnews is reporting today that Lancaster will still have its bicycle race on Sunday, June 1, despite the professional Commerce Bank Triple Crown race going to Allentown this year.
The report that a criterium will still be held downtown, however, may be premature. Lancaster City special events director Jennifer Baker said the race is still under […]

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In an announcement that likely surprised no one, organizers of the inaugural Tour of America have pushed the cross-continent race back to 2009, Velonews reported today.
The race had been scheduled to go through or near Lancaster County on Sept. 7, during stage one of the race. That stage was due to start in Philadelphia and riders […]

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The bitter north wind that blew through Saturday’s Kirkwood Road Race made the event unpleasant at best. The 20-plus mph wind slowed riders in the last two miles of the seven-mile circuit as they climbed into a headwind. And the wind was frigid for spectators and riders waiting to depart, as they huddled behind tents, […]

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The Turkey Hill Dairy Country Classic returns with running and cycling races and other events for the whole family on Saturday, May 3.
The ninth-annual event is scheduled to have three cycling races in the morning. The first is for professionals and category 1/2/3 riders. The second is for category 3/4 riders. The third is for masters racers age 40+. […]

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Homeboy Floyd Landis will be back in the hearing room next week with his appeal of last year’s arbitration decision that stripped him of the 2006 Tour de France title.
The appeal before the international Court of Arbitration for Sport is Landis’ last effort to have the results of the stage 17 urinalysis test voided. A […]

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Pittsburgh-native Mike Friedman is paying tribute to the Keystone State this week while racing in Belgium.
Ignoring the additional grams and the wind resistance, Friedman’s bike is sporting a miniature Pennsylvania license plate behind the seat. The plate, shown in this photo from the team Slipstream website, sports his nickname “meatball.”
Below, Friedman took 12th on Saturday on […]

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It’s still cold outside, but the bicycle racing season is fast approaching.
The first big national race is the week-long Tour of California, which begins Sunday, at 4 p.m. Eastern time with 2.1-mile individual time trial. Check Velonews, Cyclingnews or the tour website for coverage.
This year’s tour, the nation’s largest race, will include 136 professional riders on […]

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