Team Quick Step's Nick Nuyens won stage three of the Tour De Suisse in a time of 4:36:52, also becoming the leader in the overall classification (+0:05). Second in was Lindus Gerdenmann (+ 0:00) followed by Jorg Jaksche (+ 0:00).
Social-networking services that allow people to share photos and videos have become all the rage over the past year. So it should come as no surprise that the whole social-networking concept is coming to cycling. Using bikley.com, riders can plot out their favorite routes using Google Maps and store them on the site's servers for other cyclist to discover. Riders just looking for a route can search the bikley.com database without registering. Posting however will require a short registration process where users setup a user-name and password. Right now the service is pretty new, and there are only a handful of routes available - primarily in Australia, the United States, UK, and New Zealand. But its been designed to grow, and offers cyclists the ability to plot rides in nearly any country or local.
Team CSC’s Dave Zabriskie has won the third stage of the Criterium du Dauphine Libere, covering the 42km in a time of 52:48. Floyd Landis came in second (+0:53); with Levi Leipheimer in third (+1:17).
Looking for a chance to hang with Lance but don’t have an extra $45,000 Cdn lying around for a 2 day ride? Well PowerBar might be able to help out through their “Ultimate Austin Weekend!” promotion. One lucky winner (and a friend) will, in addition to meeting Lance at the Ride for the Roses Charity Event in Austin, get round trip airfare and hotels, $500 bucks to spending money, one years membership to 24 Hour Fitness, and a $1000 donation made to the Lance Armstrong Foundation in the winners name. Entries can be submitted until August 22, 2006.
Available via retailers like Lillian Vernon, cyclists can carry a cycle repair kit all neatly tucked away inside a water bottle. The kit includes a 6mm through 15mm ball wrench, 6 driver bits (both slotted and Philips) and handle, 3 hex key wrenches, 2 tire levers, and a patch kit. While we think this kit might be a little more weight than the average road cyclist is willing to carry – not to mention the fact that you have to give up a water bottle slot – we still thought it was clever enough to deserve a mention.
