Category: 2005 Dodge Tour de Georgia
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That’s “Peloton”, Not “Peleton”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKathleen Aiello (my wife) pointed out that I was misspelling the word peloton in my posts yesterday. It’s surprising that I made that mistake, but I guess that’s what happens when I go without a spell checker. [ Thanks Kathleen! ]
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Stage 1 Results: Robbie Hunter Takes the Sprint
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStage 1 of the Dodge Tour de Georgia ended in a sprint finish on the streets of Macon. The unofficial results are as follows: 1. Robbie Hunter (Phonak), 5 hours, 47 minutes, 52 seconds 2. Ben Brooks (Jelly Belly), same time 3. Michele Maccanti (LPR) 4. Daniele Napolitano (LPR) 5. Greg…
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Mavic Keeps the Tour de Georgia Riders on the Road
Reading Time: 2 minutesMavic Support Motorcycle: I talked to Scott Hodge and his coworkers from Mavic before Stage 1 of the Tour de Georgia. See more TdG photos in in the Operation Gadget Photo Gallery. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] This morning I was running on the outskirts of Augusta at about 9:30am. About a…
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Photo Gallery Started for Tour de Georgia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI resolved some of my Compact Flash card reading problems, so I was able to start a Tour de Georgia Photo Gallery and post about 30 captioned photos. No really good photos of cycling action yet, but a lot of photos of support vehicles and what I saw at the starting…
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Where You Can Find Live Coverage of the Dodge Tour de Georgia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNote to readers: This article is about the 2005 Tour de Georgia. Click here for live coverage information for the 2006 Tour de Georgia. I’m a little late with this for Stage 1, but the best places I’ve found for live coverage of the Dodge Tour de Georgia are as follows:…
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Will Lance Get into the Cycling Equipment Business When He Retires?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the things that I thought was stange about the Lance Armstrong press conference that took place earlier today was that Lance made repeated allusion to the notion that cycling was one of the best fitness activities he could think of. This struck me as strange because I had never…
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Made it to the Opening Press Conference
Reading Time: 2 minutesI made it to the Radisson Riverfront Hotel in Augusta shortly before they closed the door for the big press conference. Obviously this was a momentus event, as advertised. There was a press conference before Lance Armstrong spoke. A group of cyclists, representing a cross-section of the Tour de Georgia teams, appeared…
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Lance Armstrong Announces His Retirement
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSaying that he’s “100 percent committed to retiring” after 14 years of pro cycling, Lance Armstrong announced that he will retire on July 24, at the conclusion of the 2005 Tour de France. He said that his children are the motivating factor and he has gotten a lot of advice on…
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Tour de Georgia Starts Monday with the All-Important Press Conference
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m still at the Chicago Showcase, but the Dodge Tour de Georgia starts Tuesday, and Operation Gadget will be there. I’ll actually (somehow) be arriving on Monday afternoon, for the much-anticipated pre-race press conference, where Lance Armstrong has indicated he will tell the world some exciting new information that will pertain…