Stories by Ben Delaney

• Posted: Sat, Apr 26th
  Sivtsov takes stage 6, seizes lead in Georgia
  Kanstantin Sivtsov (High Road) attacked Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and race leader Trent Lowe (Slipstream-Chipotle) in the final 500 meters to win the sixth stage of the Tour de Georgia and move into the overall lead on Saturday. Sivtsov, the ...
• Posted: Sat, Apr 26th
  Morning-of thoughts on — and cassettes for — Georgia’s decisive climb
  At the Tour de Georgia, mechanics spent the night before Saturday’s decisive Brasstown Bald stage switching cassettes on wheels. In place of 10-speed units with a 21, 23 or 25 as the lowest gear, riders’ rear wheels for today have 26, 27 and even 28 teeth. Unfortunately for ...
• Posted: Fri, Apr 25th
  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 ...
• Posted: Fri, Apr 25th
  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 ...
• Posted: Fri, Apr 25th
  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 ...
• Posted: Wed, Apr 23rd
  Henderson takes stage 3, overall lead in Georgia
  After two slight misfires, High Road’s heavy artillery got its coordinates dialed Wednesday, firing Greg Henderson into the yellow jersey with an explosive win on stage 3 of the Tour de Georgia. Toyota-United’s Ivan Dominguez, winner of stage 1, lost the leader’s jersey ...
• Posted: Tue, Apr 22nd
  Haedo’s hand: No pain in the last 200m
  Four weeks ago J.J. Haedo was out motorpacing in Girona when a dog darted in front of his friend’s motorcycle. The driver hit the brakes; Haedo hit the motorcycle and broke his hand. After an initial X-ray failed to reveal any breakage, Haedo continued to ride for a week, ...
• Posted: Tue, Apr 22nd
  Haedo takes stage 2 in Georgia
  A tender hand didn’t slow CSC’s J.J. Haedo in the sprint finale of the second stage of the Tour de Georgia. Haedo took a convincing win in Augusta ahead of High Road’s Greg Henderson, stage 1 winner Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) and Tyler Farrar ...
• Posted: Mon, Apr 21st
  Tour de Georgia: Toyota-United’s Cuban missile takes Georgia opener
  The sixth Tour de Georgia began Monday with a short and — for Toyota-United — sweet stage from Tybee Island into Savannah. Ivan Dominguez battled his way through the well-orchestrated lead-outs of Gerolsteiner and High Road to take a commanding sprint win on the 70.4-mile ...
• Posted: Sat, Apr 19th
  Cromwell, Grabinger take windy Sea Otter NRC crowns
  Powerful gusting winds didn’t sway 19-year-old Tiffany Cromwell (Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home) or Michael Grabinger (Successful Living), who took NRC victories on the Laguna Seca Raceway Saturday at the Sea Otter Classic. The men’s and women’s events played out very ...
• Posted: Wed, Apr 2nd
  Redlands could come down to final stage
  Slipstream-Chipotle’s Tom Danielson, Rock Racing’s Oscar Sevilla, Health Net-Maxxis’ Rory Sutherland and Toyota-United’s Chris ...
• Posted: Wed, Apr 2nd
  Ups and downs: A conversation with ’07 Redlands winner Andy Bajadali
  It’s been a bumpy ride for Andy Bajadali. The 34-year-old has gone from pro mountain biker to pro roadie, to amateur roadie and back to pro roadie. Oh, and there was a stint living in a ...