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Category: Event Coverage

  • How VeloNews Built their Cycling Race Ticker

    Reading Time: 3 minutesVeloNews Ticker: This is the latest advancement in live coverage of pro cycling events, brought to us by VeloNews. Earlier today I spoke to Jeff Henderson from One Million Revolutions who developed the VeloNews Ticker that’s being used for the first time at the 2006 Tour de Georgia cycling race. VeloNews has…

  • Where You Can Find Live Coverage of the 2006 Tour de Georgia

    Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople are going to our 2005 Tour de Georgia live coverage information page, so I’m creating a new list for the 2006 edition: Velonews. Velonews has a “ticker”– a very interesting page containing running commentary, a continuously-updated route map generated from Google Maps, and a photo stream. The problem is that…

  • 2006 Ford Tour de Georgia Begins Tuesday in Augusta

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Ford Tour de Georgia, the second major stage race on the U.S. pro cycling calendar, begins Tuesday in Augusta. A veteran cycling blogger from Georgia named Frank Steele has expanded his coverage of the Tour de Georgia this year by launching the Tour de Georgia Blog at www.TdGblog.com. This is…

  • Trek to Investigate Hincapie Crash in Paris-Robaix Cycling Race

    Reading Time: 2 minutesHincapie’s Trek in Pieces: The bike was built up from a Trek 5200, with carefully-selected components designed to make riding over cobblestones easier. [ Photo: AFP via VeloNews ] TDFblog.com has an excellent report on Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix Cycling Race. This race, often referred to by the nickname “Hell of the North”, was exactly that…

  • ESPN2 Isn’t To Blame for the Amgen Tour of California TV Production

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI read the complaints about TV coverage of the Tour of California that were published by VeloNews. The source of these complaints is VeloNews reader mailbag. It seems like a lot of VeloNews’ readers don’t realize that the Amgen Tour of California purchased the time on ESPN2 and contracted the coverage…

  • Amgen Tour of California Debuts on Sunday with Prologue

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteVeloNews reports that the Amgen Tour of California Pro Cycling Race will begin on Sunday, February 17, with a prologue in San Francisco. The Tour of California is the best funded pro cycling stage race in U.S. history, and I’m sorry that I won’t be there. ESPN2 will carry same-day highlights…

  • Howard Stern Does His Last Show on Traditional Radio; Next Stop Sirius

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Associated Press reports that Howard Stern bid his terrestrial audience fairwell today and encouraged them to tune in to him on Sirius Satellite Radio on January 9, 2006. According to the article, Stern began his show by saying, “Good morning, and welcome to the last show on terrestrial radio,” while…

  • Dine with the Pros and Support the Phinney Foundation in San Francisco on September 2

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteVeloNews reports that a charity dinner benefitting the Davis Phinney Foundation will take place on Friday, September 2 at 7:30pm at the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton Street, San Francisco. “An Evening with Davis Phinney and Friends– Dinner with the Pros” was organized by Scott “The Tour Baby” Coady…

  • Jersey Shore Pro Cycling Grand Prix to Debut in May 2006

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThreshold Sports and JSR Associates announced that The Pro Cycling Tour Will Add a New Jersey Race Series to be called the Jersey Shore Pro Cycling Grand Prix and will take place during the week of May 15 to 21, 2006. According to the article: … a week long series of…