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Sunday, February 26, 2006
Below are guides to
live coverage of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and Tour of California
Note: Paris-Nice starts just one week from today!
The race will begin with a prologue in Issy-les-Moulineaux, just outside
Paris. American Bobby Julich of Team CSC returns to defend his 2005
win. He'll be joined by teammates American Dave Zabriskie and German
Jens Voigt. Can CSC be denied a three-peat? (Former CSC rider
Jorg Jaksche won in 2004.) Phonak's American Floyd Landis, set to
wrap up overall victory today in the Tour of California, will be riding
Paris-Nice too. Throw in some talented European and Australian riders
and Paris-Nice should be an exciting race. Coming up this week we'll
have information on options for following this race online.
The Eiffel Tower seen from the prologue course
of Paris-Nice, Issy-les-Moulineaux
Tour of California
Pollack wins stage 6, Landis set to wrap up overall
(see "Live Guide" below)
Also on today:
Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
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Floyd Landis, Phonak
2005 Dauphine Libere
Notes: Germany's Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) sprinted
to a win in yesterday's stage 6 ahead of Italian Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
and American Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto).
Floyd Landis goes into the final stage with the gold jersey
securely on his shoulders.
International Herald Tribune
photos
Copyright © 2005, 2006 Pete Geyer
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2006 Amgen Tour of California
February 19-26
Stage 7, February 26, 2006, Redondo Beach to Redondo Beach,
123.1km
Start time: 1pm U.S. Pacific (22:00 CET)
Live video coverage:
Official site Tour Tracker
Note: Best bet may be Internet Explorer. Also,
the site is unable to serve all requests for live video streams.
CBS 5 live video feed
(San Francisco CBS affiliate)
(News helicopter with no race commentary)
CBS 5 home
Video archive
(The full set of archived video clips, stage by stage, are in the
Tour Tracker above)
Live tickers:
Official site Play-by-Play
Cyclingnews
Velonews
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Saturday, February 25, 2006
Note: Don't forget, there will be live streaming
video of tomorrow's Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne race. Coverage is
expected to begin at 8:30am U.S. EST (14:30 CET) George Hincapie won
KBK in 2005 but of course is not back to defend as he's competing in the
Tour of California which ends tomorrow. His Discovery Channel teammates
are competing in Belgium this weekend, however.
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Note: With the Tour of California having left the
San Francisco area, perhaps
CBS 2
will have a live feed?
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Note: The CBS 5 chopper that has been providing
live video feeds of the Tour of California apparently was grounded yesterday.
We added a link to their home page below in case they mention whether
or not there will be a live feed today.
Tour of California
Hincapie gets another one, Landis still golden
(see "Live Guide" below)
Also on today:
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Race
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Live Coverage
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Omloop Het Volk
Belgium, February 25, 2006
Click graphic for more info
about live SRM telemetry,
including photos of Lance
Armstrong and Alexandre
Vinokourov using SRM computers
If you followed along here during the Tour of
Germany last August, you may recall that we discussed the idea of live SRM
telemetry and included links to rider data during the race. T-Mobile
is teaming up with Cycling.tv to make this data available for selected
riders (direct links at right) during Het Volk.
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SRM dataserver home
(with link to Java Runtime
Environment required for
viewing live SRM telemetry data)
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Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
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Floyd Landis, Phonak
2005 Dauphine Libere
Notes: Just like that, George Hincapie already
has two wins in 2006. Hincapie won yesterday's stage 5 ahead of German
Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and American Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto).
Floyd Landis retains the overall lead.
International Herald Tribune
photos
Copyright © 2005, 2006 Pete Geyer
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2006 Amgen Tour of California
February 19-26
Stage 6, February 25, 2006, Santa Barbara to Thousand Oaks,
144km
Start time: 10:00am U.S. Pacific (19:00 CET)
Live video coverage:
Official site Tour Tracker
Note: Best bet may be Internet Explorer.
Also, the site is unable to serve all requests for live video streams.
CBS 5 live video feed
(San Francisco CBS affiliate)
(News helicopter with no race commentary)
CBS 5 home
Video archive
(The full set of archived video clips, stage by stage, are in the
Tour Tracker above)
Live tickers:
Official site Play-by-Play
Cyclingnews
Velonews
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Friday, February 24, 2006
Tour of California
Haedo wins again, Landis still in gold
Will CSC defend podium spots or attack?
Note: The Belgian classics season
gets underway this weekend with
the Omloop Het Volk (Saturday) and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne (Sunday).
Cycling.tv (link at left) will be offering live video streaming of
both
of those races, for free. We'll have all the links right here.
Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
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Floyd Landis, Phonak
2005 Dauphine Libere
Notes: A second stage win for Juan Jose
Haedo (Argentina) and Toyota-United yesterday. Haedo outsprinted American
Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) and German Andre Korff (T-Mobile).
Landis remains race leader.
International Herald Tribune
photos
Copyright © 2005, 2006 Pete Geyer
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2006 Amgen Tour of California
February 19-26
Stage 5, February 24, 2006, San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara,
169.5km
Start time: 10:00am U.S. Pacific (19:00 CET)
Live video coverage:
Official site Tour Tracker
Note: Best bet may be Internet Explorer.
Also, the site is unable to serve all requests for live video
streams.
CBS 5 live video feed
(San Francisco CBS affiliate)
(News helicopter with no race commentary)
Video archive
Live tickers:
Official site Play-by-Play
Cyclingnews
Velonews
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Thursday, February 23, 2006
Tour of California
Landis dominates time trial, takes gold jersey
CSC must go on the attack
"Bobby, can you hear me now?"
CSC manager/1996 Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis and Bobby Julich
discuss a radio problem, 2004 Criterium International
Bobby Julich had a problem with his radio during yesterday's time
trial and ended up yanking out his earphone.
Team CSC entered the Tour of California as a heavy favorite for
the overall win and as yet doesn't have so much as a stage win, with
Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) and
Floyd Landis (Phonak) all getting stage wins plus time in the leader's
jersey. Phonak now plays defense and CSC will have to attack during
the next couple of days if they want any chance to win this race.
Note: Sorry for the delay in updating today's
links.
Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
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Floyd Landis, Phonak
2005 Dauphine Libere
Notes: Floyd Landis demolished the field
in yesterday's individual time trial, beating CSC's Dave Zabriskie by 26
seconds, CSC's Bobby Julich by 35 seconds, Discovery Channel's George Hincapie
by 55 seconds and Health Net's Nathan O'Neill by 57 seconds.
Landis's performance was good enough to get him the overall race lead as
well. He leads Zabriskie by 29 seconds. Julich is third at 34
seconds.
International Herald Tribune
photos
Copyright © 2005, 2006 Pete Geyer
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2006 Amgen Tour of California
February 19-26
Stage 4, February 23, 2006, Monterey to San Luis Obispo, 210.7km
Start time: 10:00am U.S. Pacific (19:00 CET)
Live video coverage:
Official site Tour Tracker
Note: Best bet may be Internet Explorer.
Also, the site is unable to serve all requests for live video streams.
CBS 5 live video feed
(San Francisco CBS affiliate)
(News helicopter with no race commentary)
Video archive
Live tickers:
Official site Play-by-Play
Cyclingnews
Velonews
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Note: The CBS 5 chopper (providing a live video
feed from the air) does occasionally land in order to refuel (the nerve!),
thus at times there may be no live feed from that source.
Tour of California
Hincapie wins stage 2, takes gold jersey
Individual time trial today could be decisive
Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
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George Hincapie, Discovery Channel
2005 Dauphine Libere
Notes: George Hincapie sprinted to victory
in yesterday's stage, taking the race lead from Levi Leipheimer in the process.
This inaugural edition of the Amgen Tour of California is reminiscent
of last June's Dauphine Libere stage race in France, plus or minus (okay,
minus) a Mont Ventoux or two. Both races feature a prologue plus
seven more stages. The prologue in both races was dominated by
American riders. (In Aix-les-Bains, it was Hincapie beating Leipheimer
by just one second to take the leader jersey. Floyd Landis was
in 4th at 5 seconds with Lance Armstrong 5th at 6 seconds. In San
Francisco, Americans swept the top 5 places.)
In France, Leipheimer used the Dauphine's long time trial to grab
the yellow jersey. He turned in a phenomenal ride just missing the
stage win, again by just one second, this time behind Santiago Botero.
In the Tour of California, of course, Leipheimer had the leader's
jersey first before losing it to Hincapie yesterday. So, two of the
best U.S. riders led the 2005 Dauphine and now the inaugural race in California.
Today's individual time trial could prove decisive as the top 5
overall (Hincapie, Leipheimer, Julich, Landis and Zabriskie) are all within
13 seconds of each other. We may see yet another change in the leader
jersey in this race that despite no mountaintop finish is proving suspenseful.
International Herald Tribune
photos
Copyright © 2005, 2006 Pete Geyer
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2006 Amgen Tour of California
February 19-26
Stage 3, February 22, 2006, San José to San José,
individual time trial, 27.4km
Start time: 11:00am U.S. Pacific (20:00 CET)
Live video coverage:
Official site Tour Tracker
Note: Best bet may be Internet Explorer.
Also, the site is unable to serve all requests for live video
streams.
CBS 5 live video feed
(San Francisco CBS affiliate)
(News helicopter with no race commentary)
Video archive
Live tickers:
Official site Play-by-Play
Cyclingnews
Velonews
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
*****Tour of California LIVE COVERAGE
flash: Having problems with the live video feed from
the official site? We've added an alternative source (CBS 5) for
live video streaming in our Live Guide below. Hope it works
for you.
Tour of California
Haedo wins stage 1 for Toyota-United
Leipheimer still in gold jersey as real battles
set to begin
- Big individual time trial tomorrow -
Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
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Levi Leipheimer, Gerolsteiner
2005 Dauphine Libere prologue
Notes: Very first race for the new Toyota-United
cycling team and Juan Jose Haedo got them their first-ever win in yesterday's
stage 1.
Levi Leipheimer remains race leader.
Related content:
International Herald Tribune
photos
Copyright © 2005, 2006 Pete Geyer
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2006 Amgen Tour of California
February 19-26
Stage 2, February 21, 2006, Martinez to San José, 152.7km
Start time: 11:00am U.S. Pacific (20:00 CET)
Live video coverage:
Official site Tour Tracker
Note: The official site has reported
problems obtaining broadband internet access required for offering live
video.
CBS 5 live video feed
(San Francisco CBS affiliate)
Video archive
Live tickers:
Official site Play-by-Play
Cyclingnews
Velonews
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Monday, February 20, 2006
Tour of California
Leipheimer takes race lead as Americans dominate prologue
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
(Tour de Valence) starts tomorrow in Spain
Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
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Levi Leipheimer, Gerolsteiner
2005 Dauphine Libere prologue
Notes: As expected, American riders
came to the inaugural Tour of California motivated to shine. Levi
Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) led an American sweep of the top 5 places in yesterday's
prologue. Leipheimer was followed by Bobby Julich (CSC), George Hincapie
(Discovery Channel), Floyd Landis (Phonak Hearing Systems) and David Zabriskie
(CSC).
Leipheimer is thus the first-ever leader of the
Amgen Tour of California.
International Herald Tribune
photos
Copyright
© 2005 Pete Geyer
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2006 Amgen Tour of California
February 19-26
Stage 1, February 20, 2006, Sausalito to Santa Rosa, 131.1km
Live video coverage:
Official site Tour Tracker
Note: The official site is reporting
problems obtaining broadband internet access required for offering live
video.
Video archive
Live tickers:
Official site Play-by-Play
Cyclingnews
Velonews
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Sunday, February 19, 2006
Tour of California LIVE
COVERAGE links below
Top Americans look to leave mark on Tour of
California
Dave Zabriskie
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Bobby Julich
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George Hincapie
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Tom Danielson
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Chris Horner
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Levi Leipheimer
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Saul Raisin
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Floyd Landis
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Fred Rodriguez
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photos
Copyright
© 2004-2006 Pete Geyer
More links to come
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Stage 5 ticker
(Sunday)
(Google-translated, English)
(infrequent updates)
Translations are often amusing; follow along
as the peloton chases after the "fugitives".
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Saturday, February 18, 2006
Inaugural Tour of California set to begin tomorrow
The first Amgen Tour of California begins tomorrow with a
prologue individual time trial in San Francisco. ESPN2 will be
showing highlights of this race each evening through the final stage
on Sunday, February 26.
We will of course have links to live coverage of this race
tomorrow.
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