GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Hometown favorite George Hincapie sprinted hard the last 100 meters on rainy streets Sunday to win the USA Cycling Pro Road Race Championship. Hincapie topped rivals Andrew Bajadali and Jeff Louder as a crowd cheered him to the finish line. Hincapie says he “was in full-crank… Read More →
PETE IACOBELLI,AP Sports Writer, GREENVILLE, S.C. At 24, John Murphy only knew what he read about Floyd Landis — and much of that wasn’t good. Landis had been stripped of his 2006 Tour de France victory after testing positive for synthetic testosterone. He fought the result in court but ultimately… Read More →
By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press Writer, UTRECHT, Netherlands / Three years after winning the Spanish Vuelta, Alexandre Vinokourov returns to the event for the first time since a doping ban. The 35-year-old Kazakh rider lines up Saturday in a strong field for cycling’s last Grand Tour of the year. Competitors… Read More →
Dear Mr. President, with all due respect please get your people to get you a bike helmet and set a proper example for cyclists of all ages. I know you’re on vacation in the quite town of Martha’s Vineyard. It’s warm and bike helmets might not be the most stylist… Read More →
The weather looks to be clearing for Sunday’s Tour de Putnam bicycle ride . If you’re looking for country roads and hills this is a great-organized ride for all levels of cyclist. The day begins early at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Kent on Gipsy Trail Road. This is about a… Read More →
The 20th riding of the Fall Foliage Bike tour is set for Oct. 4 beginning at the Brotherhood Winery in New Windsor in Orange County. Registration and signup begins at 7:30 a.m. that day. Rides includes 14, 25, 30 and 50 miles along the Orange countryside. Sponsorships are available for… Read More →
Cycling might make you smarter according to Amanda Gardner’s Health Day column. For every excess pound piled on the body, the brain gets a little bit smaller. That’s the message from new research that found that elderly individuals who were obese or overweight had significantly less brain tissue than individuals… Read More →
Journal News writer Hema Easley just posted this on LoHud.com, check back for more information. UPPER GRANDVIEW – A California couple touring the country on bicycles to document sustainable communities made a stop in this hamlet to have lunch and to regroup. Mandy Creighton, 31, and Ryan Mlynarczyk, 33, are… Read More →
Staff writer Susan Elan wrote this article about Putnam Couonty stopping work on a commuter parking Putnam legislators voted last night to cease work on a commuter lot under construction at Route 6 and Mount Hope Road in Mahopac. ( Ed’s note – this is adjacent to the Putnam Trailway… Read More →
Settling on a new saddle is a major topic of discussion among my riding buddies. Seems everyone’s done a series of trial-and-error changes en route to their landing on their current choices. And even then most riders I know tolerate but rarely rave about their ultimate choice. Since buying my… Read More →