Potholes and Road Apples

Local racer and photographer Jordan Bush, of the Shirk’s presented by Trek Bikes team, is back in Lancaster this week after seeing the second half of last week’s Tour of California.
Jordan put his fingers to the keyboards to record his experiences at the nation’s largest bicycle race. These are his reflections:
Stage 4: Merced to Clovis
Upon […]

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Jordan Bush, a local cycling photographer and racer on the Shirk’s Racing Presented by Trek Bikes team, is in California this week photographing the tour.
He sent a rambling dispatch Thursday with his observations from Stage 5 of the race. Here are excerpts:
 ”It is so hectic. I don’t understand how the racers make it all week. […]

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It was all over the news this morning, including in this Associated Press report, that Floyd Landis took a fall during a training ride Thursday and was then a no-show at a Tour of California press conference that evening. The race begins in Sacramento Saturday afternoon.
According to a tour official, Landis was “bruised up pretty […]

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The eyes of the bicycle racing world will turn to Sacramento on Saturday for the starting prologue of the Amgen Tour of California. The race features Lance Armstrong’s return to racing in the U.S., 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre and a line-up of other cycling starts. It was also billed as being the return […]

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A year-and-a-half ago, Floyd Landis came home to Lancaster County and held a fund-raising ride for his legal defense fund. About 100 people paid for the privilege of riding with the 2006 Tour de France winner.
This month, supporters will again have the opportunity to ride with the Farmersville native. And this time, it won’t cost […]

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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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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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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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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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A new U.S. professional cycling team was recently announced that will compete in the 2008 season. And Team Type 1 won’t be riding under the name of a product or sponsor, but rather a cause. Type 1 refers to a type of diabetes.
Team Type 1 founders Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge both have diabetes. They set out to […]

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