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April 2006 - Posts

• Zabriskie's Trying Times

  Dave Zabriskie posted a 54'38" individual time trial on Stage 3 of the Tour de Georgia this year. He called the course "very hard, very hard," that it was hard to get a rhythm, and that he wasn't really overjoyed with his performance for the day. Still, it was enough for third place on the day and, more importantly, put him third overall at just 24 seconds behind the race leader - Floyd Landis. Zabriskie was clearly kickin' it when he came by us on this hilly section of the ITT. This was a tough section of the climb and the crowds got bigger as the riders climbed higher. Zabriskie said having the crowds there "definitely helps because you don't want to slow down when everyone's screaming your name." [link] Posted Apr 30 2006, 09:44 PM by EricReagan with no comments

• Johan said what?

  Johan Bruyneel was having an animated conversation with someone in the Discovery Team car after Stage 4 of the '06 Tour de Georgia. I caught up with the Discovery Team as they were loading up from Dahlonega and snapped this humerous shot of Johan. Stage 4, if you recall, was the day after the individual time trial (where Landis captured the yellow jersey with Tommy D. only 4 seconds back). Johan sent Jason McCartney off the front the entire day, which forced Phonak to chase him down. McCartney was only 1:28 down going into Stage 4 and, actually, McCartney was the virtual race leader on the road during a big chunk of Stage 4 - until Phonak chased him down on the final descent. [link] Posted Apr 29 2006, 03:23 AM by EricReagan with no comments