Operation Gadget
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How I Made it to the Top of Brasstown Bald
Reading Time: 5 minutesThrough a little luck, perseverance, and the help of a few friends from the Dodge Tour de Georgia media crew, I reached the summit of Brasstown Bald where it is lightly snowing at the present time. Here’s my story: 12:10pm, [ Left the parking lot in Gainesville, GA after the start of…
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Stage 4 Photos Posted
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve posted and captioned my photos from Stage 4 and they are now available for your viewing pleasure in the 2005 Tour de Georgia Album in the Operation Gadget Photo Gallery. There are a number of photos of the stage start in Dalton and my visit with the race referees. There…
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How Race Referees Police the Tour de Georgia
Reading Time: 3 minutesRace Referees: I talked to Jim Patton, Kirk Leidy and their coworkers from the race referee crew before Stage 4 of the Tour de Georgia. See more TdG photos in in the Operation Gadget Photo Gallery. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] Before the start of Stage 4 in Dalton, I met up…
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Race Radio– Come In Please
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the second day of confused stage results in this year’s Dodge Tour de Georgia. Lots of outlets initially reported that Jose-Luis Rubiera finished second in the stage, but now many sites and publications are reporting that it was in fact Viatcheslav Ekimov. The other issue was that the fixed…
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Stage 4: Vandbourg Just Ahead of Ekimov in Tumultuous Mountain Stage
Reading Time: 2 minutesTeam CSC rider Brian Vandbourg edged out Team Discovery Channel‘s Viacheslav Ekimov to win the mountainous fourth stage of the Dodge Tour de Georgia. Marco Pinotti and Jason McCartney reportedly came in next, followed by 20 to 22 other riders. That group included Lance Armstrong, Floyd Landis and most of the other…
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Woody’s Gap Conditions Report
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just returned from Woody’s Gap, a key mountain pass in Stage 4 of the Dodge Tour de Georgia, that’s about 14 miles northeast of Dahlonega. I drove up there in my rental car, trying to join Josh Hallett the writer of hyku | blog. When I crossed the line that…
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TdG Photo Catch Up
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrank Steele from TdFblog pointed out that I told him that Floyd Landis was having a press conference at 6:00pm tonight. He called me to see if I attended. I told him I didn’t and here’s why: I have posted over 150 photos of the Dodge Tour de Georgia so far…
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WiFi Working Again for Me
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was just talking to Bridget Bentz from the Team.Discovery.com website, telling her that my story of the Dodge Tour de Georgia seems bound to be one where technology problems hinder my coverage. The good news is that I finally got my new D-Link DWL-G650 AirPlus XtremeG 802.11g Wireless Cardbus Adapter working…
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Stage 3 ITT: Landis Puts Some Time Between Himself and the Heads of State
Reading Time: 2 minutesLandis On a Roll: Floyd Landis finished first in the Stage 3 Time Trial at the Tour de Georgia. See more TdG photos in in the Operation Gadget Photo Gallery. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] Floyd Landis of Phonak Hearing Systems demonstrated good early season form by taking the Stage 3 Individual…