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- Aug. 5, 2008Michael Barry's Diary - The Olympics: From 1996 to 2008
Four of us climbed into the back of the borrowed team Saturn truck, picking good spots for our lawn chairs. Once we were settled, the door was pulled shut and locked. We sat in darkness while our team captain, Steve Bauer climbed into the ...
- Jul. 30, 2008Adam Craig reports in on his beg week
Before we get to storytime I’ve got a bit of homework for everyone … click on this link. Read about my ...
- Jul. 25, 2008Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 19
When I said yesterday that you could tell which directors weren't pleased with their teams' races, today you could tell who was f-ing pissed. If it weren't for the fact that they made the day one of the most painful I've ever raced I'd actually feel ...
- Jul. 22, 2008Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 16
First up, rest days rock. After two weeks of racing, a day to relax a bit and kick back is like Christmas when you still believe in the big man. A morning to sleep late, eat a ridiculous amount of food, tool around on the bike for a while ...
- Jul. 19, 2008A Trans-Alpine experience
Drew Geer and Mark Gouge are racing the Jeantex Bike Transalp 2008 powered by Nissan, an eight-stage epic mountain bike stage race, from Füssen, Germany, to Riva del Garda, Italy, passing through Austria and Switzerland. The two are racing for ...
- Jul. 18, 2008Adam Craig's Diary
Editor's Note: It's official: Team Giant's Adam Craig is one of two men picked for the U.S. Olympic cross-country team. He continues to share his journals with VeloNews readers as he races around the world. This week he report on some East Coast ...
- Jul. 17, 2008Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 12
We’re officially more than half way through! Unfortunately it was a day kicked off with less than great news in the start area. We were parked right beside the Saunier-Duval bus (the most impressive tonka-toy-ish beast that instills jealousy in ...
- Jul. 14, 2008Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 10
That was one of the hardest days I've ever had on a bike. Just straight up suffering from 20 minutes in until crossing the line. I'm back on the bus now, 45 minutes yet 'til the hotel, where thankfully we get to enjoy our rest day (and Tour-special ...
- Jul. 12, 2008Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 8
Today was a stressful day out on the roads of France for one and all. We woke up to beautiful sunny skies and what looked like it would be a warm day. An hour later the rain socked in and didn’t let up all day long. When the entire field is ...
- Jul. 11, 2008Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 7
Ouch.
Today was on! The first true blood comin’ out the ears, kick each other in the balls, scrape knuckles on the road sorta stage.
Last night David sent out a message to all of us to "mentally prepare" ourselves for some havoc out ...
- Jul. 8, 2008Adam Craig gets the word — he's made the Olympic mountain bike team
For the last year, American cross-country mountain bike racer Adam Craig (Giant) has been battling it out on the World Cup and National Mountain Bike Series for a slot on the U.S. team. Last week, after a solid performance at the world ...
- Jul. 8, 2008Will Frischkorn's Tour de France diary, stage 4
And now the real racing begins...
After three road stages on the rolling roads of Brittany, we had a bit of a change today with a shorter-than-normal-for-the-Tour time trial. We'd flown in a day early last week to scout this one out so there were ...