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Tour de Georgia 2008 Stage 5 Live Updates
- 09:55 AM: Stage 5 of the 2008 Tour de Georgia
Race starts at 10:00 a.m. ET
- 10:16 AM: Today's stage
Stage 5 is the longest stage of the 2008 Tour de Georgia. It will include three major climbs: Burnt Mountain, Woody Gap and Crown Mountain. The 133.4-mile route starts in Suwanee and passes through 10 counties before finishing in Dahlonega.
Health Net-Maxxis racer Frank Pipp’s power output in Friday’s stage 5 of the Tour de Georgia.
Frank Overton, who is Health Net-Maxxis rider Frank Pipp's coach, says he has a simple recipe if you want to duplicate the 4,520 kJ's that Pipp put out in Friday's 133-mile stage 5 of the Tour de Georgia.
Stefano Garzelli takes another Trentino stage; Nibali takes the overall
Acqua e Sapone's Stefano Garzelli won his second stage of the Trentino stage race in Italy on Friday, a mountainous 178.6km stage from Lavarone to Pejo Fonti. Liquigas' Vincenzo Nibali took the overall win in the four-day stage race; Garzelli finished second overall. Nibali took the overall lead after winning Thursday's stage from Torri del Benaco to Folgaria.
La Vuelta de Bisbee: great racing, rich history
Where exactly does La Vuelta de Bisbee fit into cycling history? Well, in 1976, when the southern Arizona stage race was first run, Eddy Merckx had just won Milan-San Remo for a record seventh time, Greg LeMond finished second behind Clark Natwick in the junior race at the Tour of Nevada City, and mountain-bike racing debuted with the inaugural Repack Downhill in Marin County, California, won by Bob Burrowes. And the first edition of Velo-news was still two years away.
Pipp’s Power: stage 4 TTT
How much did Health Net-Maxxis rider Frank Pipp pitch in in Thursday's stage 4 team time trial? How about 396 normalized watts and 362 average watts for 20:17? That's the report from Pipp's coach, Frank Overton. "Not bad for the fourth stage, when you’ve been off the front for 40 percent of the entire race," Overton said.
Brasstown Bald climb will determine Tour de Georgia
After days of racing, hours of hard labor, crashes, strategizing and dozens of employed strategies, attacks and counterattacks, the overall competition at the Tour de Georgia comes down to a simple question: who has the best power-to-weight ratio? The few favorites still in contention for the overall title will answer this physical test on the slopes of Brasstown Bald Mountain, where stage 6 concludes Saturday.
England wins stage, Lowe takes yellow in Georgia
After sitting behind a ProTour engine over 133 hilly miles, Bissell’s Richard England timed his sprint right to take stage 5 of the 2008 Tour de Georgia on Friday. Slipstream-Chipotle’s Trent Lowe finished in the select front group of 22 riders to take the yellow jersey from High Road’s Greg Henderson, who had a hard day and came off the group on the second KOM climb.
The daily grind: The Bean Team online
Jittery Joe's team boss Micah Rice has been filming throughout the Tour de Georgia and posting the footage online daily. "I've got every single sprint finish, but I've also got things like the pre-race team meeting where in six minutes of footage you can watch the entire team talking about the plan for the day," Rice said. "We have an interview with Cody (Stevenson) after his crash, road rash and all. And we have interviews with various people as the day moves on. We have a ton of stuff up there."
Full recovery expected for Tim Duggan
Slipstream rider expected to make a full recovery with no neurological damage
Valverde hopes for warm reception in Liège
Chances that Alejandro Valverde will repeat his 2006 victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège all depend on what the rain gods decide to do on Sunday. If the peloton is drenched with rain and cold, he might finish even worse than 21st as he did in Flèche Wallonne. But if benevolent skies return, like he saw with a best-ever third at Amstel Gold Race last weekend under a warm Dutch sun, he’ll be in with a shot.
Kona Bike gets into the glove game
Kona Bicycle has a new line of gloves with models for mountain biker, freeriders, roadies and kids. The men’s Chevron glove ($25) is intended for cross-country. It features a Chamude palm for increased durability, silicone grip finger tips for better braking control and a terry snot wipe thumb. The women’s XC glove offers an air-mesh palm with Chamude overlays for added durability and circulation, 4mm gel palm pad and gripped finger tips.
Balancing your bike training with — well, everything else
Jason Sumner and Neal Henderson touch on finding time for it all and staying competitive
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske – Shootout at the UA Corral
Dear Readers,
Wyatt Earp tried his hand at many things in his long and colorful life; at various times he worked as a farmer, teamster, buffalo hunter, saloon-keeper, gambler, and miner, among his many other occupations, but it was as a lawman in the Old Wild West that Earp found the immortality of lasting fame—and most of all, for his work as a sometime-lawman in Tombstone, Arizona. For a scant three months, beginning around July of 1880, Wyatt Earp was the Deputy Sheriff for southern Pima County.
Tour de Georgia Stage 4, a Casey Gibson gallery
Casey Gibson was at the stage 4 team time trial as Slipstream/Chipotle narrowly edged out Astana and High Road to take the day's top prize. Here's some shots of the action at the raceway.
Pearl Izumi also made special aerodynamically dimpled helmet covers for the team’s standard road helmets.
Pearl Izumi also made special aerodynamically dimpled helmet covers for the team’s standard road helmets. Lim said the covers could save 7-10 watts at a 30mph speed, but promoters wouldn't allow their use on Thursday.
Allen Lim shows off a prototype cooling-vest made by the team’s clothing sponsor Pear Izumi.
Allen Lim shows off a prototype cooling-vest made by the team’s clothing sponsor Pear Izumi.
Vande Velde wore a cooling vest before and after the event. This one is made by Arctic Heat.
Vande Velde wore a cooling vest before and after the event. This one is made by Arctic Heat.
Slipstream mechanic Daimeon Shanks gives Danielson’s bike a final run through before the start.
Slipstream mechanic Daimeon Shanks gives Danielson’s bike a final run through before the start.
Slipstream pushed the aero limits.
Slipstream pushed the aero limits. Its two GC contenders, Tom Danielson and Christian Vande Velde, used Zipp’s 1080 front wheel. The team was given one by Zipp for wind tunnel testing last fall, and purchased the other at Excel Sports in Boulder, Colorado.