It’s bad news for those hoping for an Astana invite and a chance for last year’s champion Alberto Contador to defend his title. With no invitation for Astance, Levi Leipheimer won’t get to try to better his third place finish either. On the bright side, Team Slipstream-Chipotle has earned a place in the starting line […]
I just signed up for a new social networking site called Velog. It’s kind of like Twitter, but this one’s made especially for cyclists. The folks at Velog bill it as the worlds simplest cycling log, and say that it’s for bike commuters, roadies, mountain bikers, cyclocrossers, randonneurs, weekend warriors, and anyone and everyone with […]
Have you seen Tuesday’s Yehuda Moon comic strip by Rick Smith? I think you’ll enjoy.
On last night’s show, I mentioned the Associated Press story about how the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is paying so much for the Floyd Landis appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport that it is going to take 5 – 10% out of their annual budget. Today, the Associated Press reports (via the […]
Press release : Consequences of Paris-Nice: UCI declaration 18.03.2008 In order to let the riders to concentrate on their race, the International Cycling Union (UCI) opted to refrain from making any declarations during the Paris-Nice event. The UCI is currently looking into the consequences that will apply to those who breached its rules. This evaluation […]
Listen now by clicking here: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/thefredcast/The_FredCast_93.mp3] For The Week of March 17, 2008 Sponsored by listeners like you – Thanks for your donations! NOW AVAILABLE IN MP3 AND ENHANCED AAC FORMATS! The enhanced podcast is available via RSS and as an iTunes subscription. UPDATE ON THE FREDCAST NATIONAL BIKE MS TEAM IN THE NEWS THIS […]
Listen now by clicking here: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/thefredcast/The_FredCast_92.mp3] For The Week of March 10, 2008 Sponsored by listeners like you – Thanks for your donations! NOW AVAILABLE IN MP3 AND ENHANCED AAC FORMATS! The enhanced podcast is available via RSS and as an iTunes subscription. UPDATE ON THE FREDCAST NATIONAL BIKE MS TEAM IN THE NEWS THIS […]
Since some of you may not be familiar with my other bicycle podcast (The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast), I decided to drop today’s show into The FredCast feed. I hope you enjoy it, and if you do, please subscribe. Listen now by clicking here: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/thefredcast/The_Spokesmen_27FC.mp3] The 27th episode of The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast included David […]
The 66th Paris-Nice stage race began today under a dark cloud of accusations, counter-accusations and threats. Despite that, great racing is expected. Today’s Prologue was taken by Thor Hushovd. For those of you wondering, here is a list of teams that started today’s race, despite the threats by the UCI: Crédit Agricole Team CSC Slipstream […]
(Lausanne, 7 March 2008 – Court of Arbitration for Sport) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected the request for provisional and conservatory measures filed by the International Professional Cycling Teams (IPCT), by seven professional cycling teams (Quickstep, Rabobank, Liquigas, Milram, Silence-Lotto, CSC and Suanier-Duval) as well as the Cyclistes Professionnels AssociÈsî (CPA). […]
