Redondo Beach, CA, February 26, 2006 – With the finale of the eight-day [tag]Amgen Tour of California[/tag] cycling road race continuing to draw fans in droves to Redondo Beach to total more than 1.3 million spectators for the week, California resident [tag]Floyd Landis[/tag] of the [tag]Phonak Hearing Systems Team[/tag] was crowned the overall winner of [...]

Curtis is currently at the finish rounding up some photos and video updates. The preliminary results show [tag]T-Mobile[/tag] rider [tag]Olaf Pollack[/tag] taking the stage ahead of [tag]Riccardo Ricco[/tag] ([tag]Prodir Saunier Duval[/tag]) and American speedster [tag]Freddy Rodriguez[/tag] ([tag]Davitamon Lotto[/tag]). Our man CZ reports record crowds at the finish at the Amgen HQ in Thousand Oaks — [...]

Stage 5 of the [tag]Tour of California[/tag], rolling into Santa Barbara on Friday, proved almost a carbon copy of the other stage with a Cat. 1 climb, with [tag]Discovery Channel’s[/tag] [tag]George Hincapie[/tag] out-sprinting a small group to take the victory. With the win, 32-year-old Hincapie rode himself into the sprint leader’s jersey. However, with no [...]

By: Brenon Daly Argentinean speedster [tag]JJ Haedo[/tag] scalped another set of sprinters Thursday, taking the fourth stage of the [tag]Tour of California[/tag] and slipping on the sprint leader’s jersey. Haedo’s victory, in a time of 4:41, gives his recently formed [tag]Toyota-United[/tag]Pro Team its second win at the inaugural Tour of California. After easily putting three [...]

Tour of California Stage 4 tt Floyd Landis has won Stage 3 of the Tour of California. He rode the 27km TT in 35:58 the only rider to go under 36 minutes, nearly 30 seconds faster than his closest rival Dave Zabriskie of CSC. Floyd takes over leadership of the race that continues tommorrow with [...]

Phil, your interview is up. I’d recommend watching the Race Preview video first for the full effect. -Enjoy

The videos are finally up with a few small caveats while we get our streaming server problems resolved. Curtis and I are working hard to fix the issue; in the meantime you can at least watch them, although, the file sizes are pretty large so don’t expect a quick download. Thanks for being patient and [...]

By: Brenon Daly [tag]Discovery Channel[/tag]’s [tag]George Hincapie[/tag] out-sprinted a small group of contending riders at Tuesday’s finish of the second stage of the [tag]Amgen Tour of California[/tag], taking the day and race leader’s jersey. The win for the Hincapie comes as the 32-year-old opens the season that is expected to see him captain the team [...]

By: Brenon Daly With his Gerolsteiner team driving the peloton along scenic coastal roads, Levi Leipheimer easily held onto his race leader’s jersey Monday as the Tour of California rolled into his hometown. “It was full-gas from the start, no holding back,” Leipheimer said of Gerolsteiner’s day in the saddle. “We took control and never [...]

By: Brenon Daly [tag]Levi Leipheimer[/tag] scorched the rest of the field with a bit of home cooking, as the [tag]Gerolsteiner[/tag] rider took the leader’s jersey at the prologue of the inaugural [tag]Amgen Tour of California[/tag]. Spinning the 2.9km individual time trial on Sunday in 4:53, Leipheimer came in 5 seconds ahead of [tag]CSC[/tag]’s [tag]Bobby Julich[/tag] [...]

Yesterday was somewhat productive. Only one meal…..Health Net was happy to let us interview in the hotel… Mark Walters of Navigators told us how he is going off the grid.. Bob Roll’s personal assistant purchased the hat off my head for 40 bucks… then I was face down..

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