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Monday, April 17, 2006

Races tomorrow:   Tour de Georgia , Paris-Camembert , Giro del Trentino
Frank Schleck (CSC) signs an autograph before the 2006 Paris-Nice prologue
Frank Schleck (CSC) signs an autograph before the 2006 Paris-Nice prologue

It was only a matter of time before Team CSC's Frank Schleck of Luxembourg got a big win.  Just one week after teammate Fabian Cancellara rode to victory in Paris-Roubaix, Schleck attacked his breakaway companions within the final 10km of yesterday's Amstel Gold Race and held on for the win ahead of T-Mobile's Steffen Wesemann at 22 seconds and Rabobank's Michael Boogerd at 46 seconds.

It is already a hugely successful spring for CSC whose primary objectives are next month's Giro d'Italia and July's Tour de France.  CSC rider, Dave Zabriskie, leads the team at the Ford Tour de Georgia which starts tomorrow.
  
Coming up Wednesday:  La Fleche Wallonne


Sunday, April 16, 2006

Note:  T-Mobile is once again making live SRM data (heart rate, power (watts), pedaling cadence, and speed) available online for a selected rider in today's Amstel Gold Race.  We have a direct link to this data in today's Live Guide below, as well as a link to some information we posted about live SRM telemetry last year.  If you do not see any data displayed, you likely need to install the latest Java runtime environment (link below).  You may want to do that soon so you're all set for the next race where this feature is available.

Note:  RAI Sport will be showing 30 minutes replay of today's Giro d'Oro at around 18:00 CET (12pm U.S. EST), right before their replay of the last part of the Amstel Gold Race, which they are not showing live.

Below are guides to live internet coverage of 2006 Amstel Gold Race and 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships



Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
2006 Amstel Gold Race

Notes:
  Danilo Di Luca (photo) is not back to defend his 2005 Amstel Gold Race title as his main objective this spring is next month's Giro d'Italia.

This is the "home race" for the Rabobank team and they have perhaps the best team on paper here and are led by Oscar Freire (Spain) and past winners Michael Boogerd (runner up to Di Luca last year) and Erik Dekker, both of the Netherlands.  Several other Rabobank riders have shown good form lately too, including Thomas Dekker, Juan Antonio Flecha and Pieter Weening.

Another top team on paper is Quick Step, led by an in-form Paolo Bettini and Filippo Pozzato, winner last month of Milan San Remo.  This is Bettini time and with teammates Pozzato and Boonen (winner two weeks ago at the Tour of Flanders but not competing today) already finding glory this spring, the "cricket" is looking for a big win of his own.

But as cycling journalist Sam Abt likes to point out, races are rarely run on paper.  Other riders looking for glory today are Alejandro Valverde (now with a year of spring classics experience under his belt), Davide Rebellin, who pulled off a fantastic Amstel Gold - La Fleche Wallonne - Liege-Bastogne-Liege triple two years ago, Igor Astarloa and Samuel Sanchez.



 
Amstel Gold Race official site


photo Copyright © 2005 Pete Geyer

2006 Amstel Gold Race
The Netherlands, April 16, 253.1km
"Race to the beer"?

Live video coverage:

(--) 

RAI Sport TV (Italian)
(NOT live)
(18:30 CET (12:30pm U.S. EST))
(Time subject to change)


Live audio coverage:

Eurosport (English)
(24-hour audio feed streaming)
(15:25 CET (9:25 am U.S. EST))
(times subject to change)

(requires Windows Media Player or equivalent)
(may not work with Firefox browser)

Check schedule


Live tickers:



Cyclingnews

Live SRM Telemetry:

T-Mobile SRM telemetry
(Bram Schmitz, T-Mobile)

SRM dataserver home
(with link to Java Runtime
Environment required for
viewing live SRM telemetry data)

T-Mobile SRM live telemetry
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.  After this year's Het Volk, T-Mobile is once again making this data available for a selected rider (Bram Schmitz) during the Amstel Gold Race.

Train schedule:

(Not to worry, this race is not organized by A.S.O.)





Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
2006 World Track Championships, Bordeaux, France
2006 UCI Track World Championships

April 13-16, Bordeaux, France
  Start list
(Championnats du monde sur piste)

Notes:  Final day of the 2006 Track Cycling World Championships.

Eurosport's coverage of the racing on the track in Bordeaux will be interrupted for an hour or so by coverage of the Amstel Gold Race in Holland.





photo Copyright © 2006 Pete Geyer
Live video coverage:

UCI Live.com (Cycling.TV)
(Not available for U.S. market)

WCSN.com (pay)

RAI Sport TV (Italian)
(14:00 CET (8am U.S. EST))
(Time subject to change)

Live audio coverage:

Eurosport (English)
(24-hour audio feed streaming)
(13:55 CET (7:55am U.S. EST))
(times subject to change)

(requires Windows Media Player or equivalent)
(may not work with Firefox browser)

Check schedule




Saturday, April 15, 2006

Races tomorrow:   Amstel Gold Race , Giro d'Oro , Tro Bro Leon


Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
2006 World Track Championships, Bordeaux, France
2006 UCI Track World Championships

April 13-16, Bordeaux, France
  Start list
(Championnats du monde sur piste)

Notes:  Laszlo Bodrogi of Hungary will be at the velodrome in Bordeaux next week as he prepares for a September attack on the Hour Record.  The track should be faster in the summer, when it is hotter.





photo Copyright © 2006 Pete Geyer
Live video coverage:

UCI Live.com (Cycling.TV)
(Not available for U.S. market)

WCSN.com (pay)

RAI Sport TV (Italian)
(NOT live today)
(22:45 CET (4:45pm U.S. EST))
(Time subject to change)

Live audio coverage:

Eurosport (English)
(24-hour audio feed streaming)
(15:10 CET (9:10am U.S. EST))
(times subject to change)

(requires Windows Media Player or equivalent)
(may not work with Firefox browser)

Check schedule




Friday, April 14, 2006

Coming up Sunday:   Amstel Gold Race


Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
2006 World Track Championships, Bordeaux, France
2006 UCI Track World Championships

April 13-16, Bordeaux, France
  Start list
(Championnats du monde sur piste)

Notes:  The velodrome in Bordeaux (photo) is the site of many attempts at the Hour Record, including attempts by Chris Boardman, Graeme Obree, Miguel Indurain and Tony Rominger.  This track is fast.  Also, the risk of train interruption is very low.





photo Copyright © 2006 Pete Geyer
Live video coverage:

UCI Live.com (Cycling.TV)
(Not available for U.S. market)

WCSN.com (pay)

RAI Sport TV (Italian)
(18:00 CET (12pm U.S. EST))
(Time subject to change)

Live audio coverage:

Eurosport (English)
(24-hour audio feed streaming)
(18:00 CET (12pm U.S. EST))
(times subject to change)

(requires Windows Media Player or equivalent)
(may not work with Firefox browser)

Check schedule




Thursday, April 13, 2006

Note:  Watching the RAI Sport TV video feed for the Track World Championships but don't understand Italian?  Then just mute the audio on the video stream and select one of the Eurosport audio feeds for your race commentary...

Below is a guide to live online coverage of the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Bordeaux velodrome

The 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships get underway today in Bordeaux, France.

Below you will find links to three different video streams for this event:

- Cycling.TV is launching a new channel under agreement with the UCI.  The agreement is for UCI-organized events such as the Road Cycling World Championships, Cyclo Cross World Championships, BMX World Championships and these Track Cycling World Championships.  For contractual reasons (see below), this channel is not available to viewers in the U.S.A.

- In a deal we told you about last October , the World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) has an agreement with the UCI for bringing UCI cycling events to cycling fans in the U.S.

- RAI Sport TV is broadcasting the Track Cycling World Championships

Also, Eurosport is broadcasting this event...so their live audio streams are available below as well.

Competing for the U.S.:  Steven Alfred, Benjamin Barczewski, Mike Creed, Mike Friedman, Chad Hartley, Brad Huff, Bobby Lea, Giddeon Massie, Danny Pate, Christian Stahl, Taylor Tolleson, Kristin Armstrong, Sarah Hammer, Rebecca Quinn, Jennie Reed.

Link to complete start list below.



Guide to live race coverage on the internet/web
2006 World Track Championships, Bordeaux, France
2006 UCI Track World Championships

April 13-16, Bordeaux, France
  Start list
(Championnats du monde sur piste)

Notes:  The velodrome in Bordeaux (photo) is the site of many attempts at the Hour Record, including attempts by Chris Boardman, Graeme Obree, Miguel Indurain and Tony Rominger.  This track is fast.  Also, the risk of train interruption is very low.





photo Copyright © 2006 Pete Geyer
Live video coverage:

UCI Live.com (Cycling.TV)
(Not available for U.S. market)

WCSN.com (pay)

RAI Sport TV (Italian)
(18:00 CET (12pm U.S. EST))
(Time subject to change)

Live audio coverage:

Eurosport (English)
(24-hour audio feed streaming)
(18:00 CET (12pm U.S. EST))
(times subject to change)

(requires Windows Media Player or equivalent)
(may not work with Firefox browser)

Check schedule












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