Columbia Team Thread (Page 8)

Jul 17 - Stage 12 - CAVENDISH BLASTS TO TOUR HAT-TRICK FOR COLUMBIA

Mark Cavendish blasted to his third stage win in the Tour on Thursday, a victory which confirms his overwhelming superiority in the race’s bunch sprints.
For Cavendish stage 12’s win at Narbonne was his tenth road win of the season, and Columbia’s 50th for their men’s team in 2008.

A woman on a horse runs alongside the peloton during stage five in Chateauroux, France.

What a GREAT photo.. Look at the guys on the bikes watching her ride!

How fun.

TGIF all. 

I've got 2 more stages to add!!! 

1 @ 20.5 miles and the other is 20 miles. 

Have a great weekend!   

Looks like I have to hit it everyday to make my stage goal and put in some "good" rides to get the time goal.  As long as the baby keeps perculating, I think the other distractions are gone and I should be able to do it.

Jul 18 - Stage 13 - CAVENDISH POWERS TO FOURTH STAGE WIN IN TOUR

A baking hot day in southern France saw Mark Cavendish scorch to a fourth stage win in the Tour on Friday. Despite temperatures of over 30C, the Team Columbia pro powered across the line more than two bike lengths clear of Australian Robbie McEwen and Romain Feillu of France.

The rise of Cavendish as the premier sprinter has to be the most exciting news of this year's TdF.  Question is whether he'll abandon the Tour now to get ready for the Olympics, or ride through the Alps and go to Paris?

Got in my first real workout on my Tri bike today! 

It's a fun ride but i am still getting used to it. After a little over an hour it was getting harder to stay in aero and after 2 hours it was harder to keep my shoulders relaxed and my saddle started to bug me.

I feel hard core doing max intervals in aero and flying past people cruising on a saturday morning ride. 

Jul 19 - Stage 14 - Points competition leader Oscar Freire won Saturday's 14th stage of the 2008 Tour de France, a mostly flat 195km route from Nimes to Digne les Bains.  Overall race leader Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) finished in the lead group on the stage to retain his 1-second advantage over Frank Schleck as the race approaches several difficult mountain stages.

A lavendar field

Quadruple stage winner Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Tour de France prior to the 15th stage, the first of three days in the Alps here Sunday, according to his Columbia team.  He will now set his sights on the Olympic Games, where he will compete for Britain in track cycling's Madison — an event in which he is reigning world champion with Bradley Wiggins.

Stage 7 down, 3 to go.  I'm right on schedule in terms of stages, although I will exceed #of minutes. 

Go Roni, Go Jeni, Go Team Columbia!

You all are doing great! I am one of those joy riders you pass up! I am still working on my intense fear of road biking so I never get really fast. Ah well, soon come.

ride on Columbia... 

Jul 20 - Stage 15 - Team CSC-Saxo Bank battered and isolated race leader Cadel Evans in the first Alpine stage Sunday, coming away with the yellow jersey on the shoulders of Frank Schleck as the GC race tightened.  Evans fell to third, one second behind Gerolsteiner's Bernard Kohl and eight seconds behind Schleck. American Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Chipotle) is in fifth at 38 seconds, still very much in the hunt.

The pack of riders cycles in the Alps mountains during the fifteenth stage between Embrun and Prato Nevoso.

The pack of riders cycle in the rain during the 15th stage.

Got about 1/2 of what I wanted to do in this weekend. 

One week left on the push to Paris!!!!

Wahhhhh.... Wahhhhh... I'm tired; I'm going home. Nice job Mark.... really got team spirit there fellow!!

I saw 6 Garmin riders go down Sunday, all got up and kept on riding for the team.