Today’s 225 km stage from Beuvais to Caen was dominated by the breakaway of two riders that began 20 km from the start and continued up until just the last few kilometers from the finish. Normally, the peloton catches up to the break much sooner, and for a time it looked like the break might […]
With Tom Boonen (BEL) in yellow and Danielle Bennati (ITA) wearing Boonen’s green jersey, the peloton headed out of Huy, Belgium, today on a 207km stage to Saint-Quentin in northern France. The pack quickly separated into two sections after a break by Egoi Martinez (ESP/Discovery) at the 18.5 km mark , with a five-man break […]
T-Mobile’s Matthias Kessler (GER) took today’s tough 216.5km stage from Esch-sur-Alzette to Valkenburg by chasing down long-time stage leader Jose Luis Arrieta (ESP) from the AG2R team and then outsprinting Michael Boogard on the final climb, to win the stage 5 seconds ahead of any other cyclist. Kessler had made an attempt to win yesterday’s […]
In a show of “turnabout is fair play,” Thod Hushovd (NOR used some of George Hincapie’s (USA) own strategy today to retake the yellow jersey and the lead in the 2006 Tour de France. Despite the injury to his arm from yesterday’s Stage 1 finish line run-in with a huge green plastic hand (which required […]
In a brilliant display of strategy and tactics, George Hincapie (USA) took over the lead of the Tour de France today, even though today’s 184.5km Stage 1 was won by Jimmy Caspar (FRA) of the Cofidis team. Although Hincapie said that the day’s strategy did not include going after intermediate sprints (and therefore time bonuses), […]
The world of cycling did not end yesterday with the announcement that several big-name contenders for the yellow jersey would not ride in this year’s Tour de France. Instead, we were treated to a fantastic 7.1km individual time trial through the streets of Strasbourg, France. Credit Agricole’s Thor Hushovd (NOR), normally known as a sprinter […]
The cycling world was stunned this morning when it was learned that pre-race favorites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso will not (repeat: will not) be allowed to race in the 2006 Tour de France. The T-Mobile and CSC riders have now been implicated as having been involved in the Operacion Puerto doping scandal about which […]
Hello Fellow Freds. Yes, the rumors are true. I am back from my vacation. Now I just need another week to get caught up! You can expect an episode of The FredCast to appear before the start of the Tour de France. “See” you on the podcast! In the meantime, please use the new script […]
Hello Fellow Freds! This is just a quick note to let you know that I will be on vacation starting on June 16th, so there will be no FredCast during the week of June 19, and possibly no FredCast during the week of June 26. I do promise to produce another show prior to the […]
For the week of June 5, 2006 In this show’s news: Armstrong cleared of doping charges, Dauphine Libere results, preview of Tour de Switzerland, Simoni faces the music over Giro/Basso comments, Liberty Serguros becomes Astana Wurth and more! In the feature section: Listener Helen on cycling as therapy, Review of Mountain Bike Maintenance and Repair […]
