List of Cycling Races
i've started my recountment of various cycling races i've (we've seen) in the past, oh my, 16 years! i started with '89 Corestates, which was the first honesttogod race i'd seen. the next will be one seen not live, nor on crappy ESPN coverage at midnight, but rather on live TV EVERY afternoon, the '90 Tour when I was in Spain. Here is a list of races about which i'll be reminiscing:
'89 Corestates (ya!)- Greg Lemond and Greg Oravetz
'90 Tour de France- Greg!
'92 Tour duPont- Greg! (and Gianni Bugno in the Rainbow)
'93 Tour duPont- Raul Alcala (Wordperfect)
'94 Tour duPont- Ekimov (otherwise known as Uckymov (Novell))
'95 Tour duPont- Lance as "the Man"
'96 Olympics Road and Mt.Bike- Julie Furtado and ??
'04 Tour of Georgia- Lance!
'92 Norba Bloomington ** I forgot about this one until later. my homie Johnny and i went up to see this NORBA race and viewed the great John Tomac, with a little Bob Roll thrown in for good measure. i might have to look for these pics a little more carefully
there are few or no pics of the '89 Corestates,the '90 Tour, and the '96 Olympic roadrace.
Otherwise I've listed various personages to keep myself straight. i'll have to hook up our scanner or use my mom's to get the pics on, but good pics they are. Greg, Lance, Gianni, etc. Ah nostalgia! and ah nostalgia for a big American racing scene. yes, TofGeorgia is a great thing, but it's comporable to Europe- the bigger the geographic area, the bigger the rep of the race. yes, there are those various "Vuelta a Burgos" races in Spain, or "Tour of the Mediterranean" in Italy, but the Vuelta and the Giro are MUCH bigger. so the Tour of Georgia is very cool and nicely run, according to our experience there last time, but Tour duPont(formerly Tour de Trump) was across the whole entire eastern seaboard. MUCH bigger.
here's hoping that the Tour of California makes good waves too.
more to come
and Wow, it dries up thereof. amazing that this corresponds with the date of the first born,
'89 Corestates (ya!)- Greg Lemond and Greg Oravetz
'90 Tour de France- Greg!
'92 Tour duPont- Greg! (and Gianni Bugno in the Rainbow)
'93 Tour duPont- Raul Alcala (Wordperfect)
'94 Tour duPont- Ekimov (otherwise known as Uckymov (Novell))
'95 Tour duPont- Lance as "the Man"
'96 Olympics Road and Mt.Bike- Julie Furtado and ??
'04 Tour of Georgia- Lance!
'92 Norba Bloomington ** I forgot about this one until later. my homie Johnny and i went up to see this NORBA race and viewed the great John Tomac, with a little Bob Roll thrown in for good measure. i might have to look for these pics a little more carefully
there are few or no pics of the '89 Corestates,the '90 Tour, and the '96 Olympic roadrace.
Otherwise I've listed various personages to keep myself straight. i'll have to hook up our scanner or use my mom's to get the pics on, but good pics they are. Greg, Lance, Gianni, etc. Ah nostalgia! and ah nostalgia for a big American racing scene. yes, TofGeorgia is a great thing, but it's comporable to Europe- the bigger the geographic area, the bigger the rep of the race. yes, there are those various "Vuelta a Burgos" races in Spain, or "Tour of the Mediterranean" in Italy, but the Vuelta and the Giro are MUCH bigger. so the Tour of Georgia is very cool and nicely run, according to our experience there last time, but Tour duPont(formerly Tour de Trump) was across the whole entire eastern seaboard. MUCH bigger.
here's hoping that the Tour of California makes good waves too.
more to come
and Wow, it dries up thereof. amazing that this corresponds with the date of the first born,
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