So the first Tour of California finished up the other day, with American Floyd Landis taking the win. I remember Floyd from his mountain-biking days, when he could never seem to get a decent sponsor. Then he was on that Fuji/Mercury team. Now racing for Phonak, a swiss company, sponsored by a swiss bike company BMC, which makes really cool bikes. Anywho, good for him.
Another former mountain biker, Australia's Cadel Evans, finished in 7th. I remember him racing in the first olympic mountain bike race when he was a teenager, then he rode for Telekom, now he's racing for Davitamon-Lotto, as is American Chris Horner, who I remember racing for a Colorado Cyclist/Nutra Fig pro team years ago, when he had a ponytail...
Anywho, hopefully this is going to spark more interest in cycling here in the US. I think things are looking up for the cycling community in fact. Seems like bikes are actually becoming more accepted.
Here's some links to a couple cool pictures on cyclingnews.com
Style.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/feb06/california06/?id=california067/JDtcastg501
Holy crap.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/feb06/california06/?id=california067/JDtcastg520
Nice.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/feb06/california06/?id=california067/JDtcastg511
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