Potholes and Road Apples

A trip to see the Giro d’Italia may be less than a three-hour car ride if organizers in Washington, D.C., are successful in their bid to host the prologue and stage one circuit race for the 2012 edition of the Italian grand tour.
According to a Cyclingnews.com article, a proposal being crafted by the organizers of […]

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If you want to see the pros race in 2010, you’ll have to start your engines … and expect to drive at least an hour.
The closest professional bicycle races in the National Racing Calendar released last week by the sport’s governing body, USA Cycling, are the Wilmington Grand Prix, in Wilmington, Del. on May 22; […]

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In June, Lancaster’s Intelligencer Journal carried a feature article about Chad Gerlach, a California cyclist of great talent who had abandoned cycling in 2002 when he fell into a life of crack addiction and alcoholism on the streets. After five years, in which he was twice stabbed, Gerlach successfully went through and intervention program and had recovered. He began […]

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Floyd Landis is stretching his cycling season into November with his participation in the Tour of the Southland next month.
Landis, a Lancaster County native, will compete with the five-man cycling-nzshop.com-bioSPORT team in the six-day, nine-stage tour which begins Nov. 2 on New Zealand’s South Island, the Associated Press reported Thursday.
The announcement sparked immediate debate among […]

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There are no cyclocross races schedule for Lancaster County this year, but the first in the region will be held this weekend.
The Nittany Lion Cross race, previously held at the Penn State Lehigh Campus, is being held at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, otherwise known as the Lehigh Velodrome, on Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m. […]

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The Univest Grand Prix race returns this weekend, beginning with a team time trial in downtown Allentown Friday, a circuit race beginning and ending in Souderton on Saturday and a criterium in Doylestown on Sunday.
On Saturday morning in Souderton, recreational riders have the opportunity to ride the same course that the pros will ride later in […]

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Most of Lancaster race promoter Rich Ruoff’’s events require a time commitment of only a few hours. One race that was - until recently - listed on Ruoff’s schedule would require a lot more time: a commitment of several years.
Ruoff’s All that is Good promotion company was carrying a flyer for the first Tour de Tallil […]

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There are local bicycle races scheduled both Saturday and Sunday this weekend, but that is likely the last time it will happen until next spring.
Following Saturday’s Deodate Road Race, just northwest of the Lancaster County line, and Sunday’s Christiana Criterium, there is only one more road race on the calender for 2009. That race is […]

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In a promotional gimmick in advance of the Tour of Utah, Lancaster County native Floyd Landis will be challenging Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams in a three-point shootout and in a bicycle time trial on Friday.
Landis said the last time he was on a basketball court “was probably when I was 15,” he said in a […]

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The Tour de France, the world’s most celebrated and watched cycling event begins Saturday with a prologue in Monaco. ESPN’s Jim Caple has a nice write-up on the Americans who will be riding in this year’s Tour.
Velonews.com and Cyclingnews have extensive coverage, including live online coverage of the stages of the Tour. Expect much of […]

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