Potholes and Road Apples

Momentum Sports Group, owners of the OUCH presented by Maxxis professional cycling team, announced today that they and Lancaster County native Floyd Landis have agreed to part ways.
The mutual agreement was to terminate the remainder of Landis’s contract for the 2009 season and the 2010 season.
Landis returned to racing in January after a well-publicized two-year […]

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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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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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A new rule - and three letters - for texting while driving.

And, the final finishers of the Tour de France, as presented by the Onion.

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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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Lancaster County native Floyd Landis is back in the spotlight this week - a week before his two-year ban from professional bicycle racing is due to end.
An illustration of Landis is on the cover of Velonews which hit newstands and mailboxes on Thursday (and not yet available on their website.) An article about his return […]

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Two weeks after the end of his two-year ban on competing in professional cycling, Lancaster County native Floyd Landis will return to racing.
On Valentine’s Day, Landis will be at the start line of the Amgen Tour of California as leader of the new OUCH presented by Maxxis team, Cyclingnews announced this week.
Brent Kay, Landis’s personal doctor and […]

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Lancaster County native Floyd Landis’ return to professional cycling was officially announced Thursday, according to Cyclingnews.com.
Landis, 33, a Farmersville native and Conestoga Valley High School graduate, will return from a two-year ban in 2009 to race for the newly formed OUCH presented by Maxxis team.
OUCH, under the sponsorship of OUCH Sports Medical Center, will be […]

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Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong made his return to professional cycling official today at a press conference in New York City. Armstrong said he hopes to win an unprecedented eighth Tour. Armstrong, who was introduced by former President Bill Clinton and praised by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced he would rejoin his […]

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A widely circulated Associated Press report this morning quoted an official with Momentum Sports Group, owner of the Health Net-Maxxis domestic professional team, confirming the company is negotiating with Lancaster County native Floyd Landis for his return to cycling.
Team director Mike Tamayo, speaking at the Tour of Missouri race Wednesday, confirmed the talks.
“We are in negotiations with […]

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