Time is becoming hard to find

Well now that school has started back up for me, my time to be able to up date my blog is running very low. So when I get some important news Ill update it. Like in a few days I will be stopping by to update you on the Vuelta. I'm sorry for the inconvenience .
Yours Truly,
Seamus

Sorry about the break and Valverde

Well I am very sorry my readers for my extended absence. I was on some trips that took me up to northern Michigan. But I am home now and am ready to update you'll. Well some more threatening news has occurred for a rider involving doping allegations. This time though the target was the 2006 UCI pro tour Champion was in the line of fire. Alejandro Valverde has been banned from taking part in the World Championship next month in Stuttgart, Germany. This is all due to his name appearing in multiple places in operacion puerto. Hes not the first rider to be affected this year from this investigation from two years ago. Earlier in the season Ivan Basso was fired from Team Discovery due to his involvement. Once again a big name has been associated with doping.

Tour of Ireland

Team CSC showed up an attack the young Stijn Vandenbergh from team Unibet.com. To bad for the 23 year old rider his team will be disbanded after this season. Heres some of the results provided from velonews.com.
Results Stage 2
1. Matti Breschel (Dk), CSC 3:57:07 (42.5kph)
2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (N), Maxbo Bianchi
3. Bernhard Eisel (A), T-Mobile
4. Borut Bozic (Slo), LPR
5. Kristian House (GB), Navigators Insurance
6. Moises Aldape Chaves (Mex), Ceramica Panaria
7. Daniel Lloyd (GB), DFL-cyclingnews-Litespeed
8. Martijn Maaskant (Nl), Rabobank
9. Matteo Priamo (I), Ceramica Panaria
10. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr), Navigators Insurance


Overall
1. Stijn Vandenberg (B), Unibet 7:58:57
2. Marcus Ljungqvist (S), CSC, at 0:20
3. Aaron Olson (USA), T-Mobile, at 0:21
4. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus), South Australia-AIS, at 0:24
5. Gabriel Rasch (N), Maxbo Bianchi, at 0:25
6. Pieter Jacobs (B), Unibet, at 0:27
7. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr), Navigators Insurance, at 0:28
8. Craig Lewis (USA), Slipstream, at 0:28
9. Glenn Bak (Dk), Murphy & Gunn, at 0:43
10. Matti Breschel (Dk), CSC, at 13:15

Canyon Bikes?

Once again I have found a all new bike producer. This time its a pro sponsor of a cat-1 team, Unibet.com. They produce 3 road bikes and a large assortment of mountain bikes. The mountain bikes are what really impressed me though. They are very similar geometry of treks and other such bikes. Not only was I impressed by these bikes but so were my coworkers. Within their product lines they offer many different options to choose from. The top of the line products have very impressive components to compare to the very impressive frame design. Go ahead and check out their product line at canyon.com Heres a photo of the top product of the Nerve ESX/ ES 8.0. The photo was provided by the company and I hope you like what you see.

U.S, Pro Crit. Results

Well I got some real quick top 5 results of the U.S. pro crit. results. Here they are I'll post more tomorrow.
USA Cycling Professional Criterium Championship
Downers Grove, Illinois
1. Martin Gilbert (Can), Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast
2. Kirk O'Bee, Health Net-Maxxis
3. Shawn Milne, Health Net-Maxxis
4. Alex Candelario, Jelly Belly
5. Tony Cruz, Discovery Channel

A win for Team CSC

Today Jens Voigt has taken his second straight victory in the Tour of Germany. Heres the results I have to leave early tonight and I might not be able to update tomorrow. I'm heading out of town. Results and photo supplied from velonews.com

Tour of Germany
Stage 9
1. Gerald Ciolek, T-Mobile, 143.1km in 3:16:55
2. Erik Zabel, Milram, same time
3. Mark Renshaw, Crédit Agricole, s.t.
4. Juan José Haedo, CSC, s.t.
5. Danilo Napolitano, Lampre-Fondital, s.t.
6. Olaf Pollack, Wiesenhof-Felt, s.t.
7. Robert Förster, Gerolsteiner, s.t.
8. Lloyd Mondory, Ag2r, s.t.
9. René Weissinger, Volksbank, s.t.
10. Carlos Da Cruz, Française des Jeux, s.t.

Overall
1. Jens Voigt, CSC, 30:57:21
2. Levi Leipheimer, Discovery Channel, at 1:57
3. David Lopez Garcia, Case d'Epargne, at 2:10
4. Leonardo Bertagnolli, Liquigas, at 3:05
5. Robert Gesink, Rabobank, at 3:15
6. Chris Sörensen, CSC, at 4:06
7. Maxime Monfort, Cofidis, at 5:22
8. Laurens Ten Dam, Unibet.com, at 5:26
9. Erik Gustav Larsson, Unibet.com, at 6:08
10. Davide Rebellin, Gerolsteiner, at 6:16

Jensinator

Jens Voigt has set himself to win his second straight Tour of Germany. Today he surprised many of the top time trail riders by taking the win by 14 seconds. Not only does Jens has one more stage left, its also a very flat stage which means it for the sprinters. This also will make it very easy for Jens to sit in the peleton and control the race. So team CSC is sitting pretty going into tomorrows stage. Heres the results from velonews.com

Results Stage 8
1. Jens Voigt (G), CSC, at 39:42.4
2. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun), Credit Agricole, at 0:14.8
3. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Discovery Channel, at 0:25:6
4. Jason McCartney (USA), Discovery Channel, at 0:39.1
5. Linus Gerdemann (G), T-Mobile, at 0:39.8
6. Marco Pinotti (I), T-Mobile, at 0:43.7
7. Leonardo Bertagnolli (I), Liquigas, at 0:46.1
8. Gustav Erik Larsson (S), Unibet, at 0:46.5
9. Bobby Julich (USA), CSC, at 0:50.3
10. Joost Posthuma (Nl), Rabobank, at 1:14.6

Other North Americans
13. George Hincapie (USA), Discovery Channel, at 1:36.0
43. Tom Danielson (USA), Discovery Channel, at 2:47.6

Overall
1. Jens Voigt (G), CSC, at 27:40:26
2. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Discovery Channel, at 1:57
3. David Lopez Garcia (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, at 2:10
4. Leonardo Bertagnolli (I), Liquigas, at 3:05
5. Robert Gesink (Nl), Rabobank, at 3:15
6. Chris Anker Sørensen (Dk), CSC, at 4:06
7. Maxime Monfort (B), Cofidis, at 5:22
8. Laurens Ten Dam (Nl), Unibet, at 5:26
9. Gustav Erik Larsson (S), Unibet, at 6:08
10. Davide Rebellin (I), Gerolsteiner, at 6:16

Other North Americans
22. Bobby Julich (USA), CSC, at 7:55
27. George Hincapie (USA), Discovery Channel, at 8:23
29. Tom Danielson (USA), Discovery Channel, at 8:37
43. Jason McCartney (USA), Discovery Channel, at 13:02

Tour of Germany Update

Sorry I was unable to update you yesterday this month has been very hectic lately. I have found very little time to write but I can today. So today was the sixth stage of the Tour of Germany. T-Mobiles Gerald Ciolek has taken a second win for the the past two days. While Ciolek is winning Jens Viogt is defending is overall lead. He has kept a strong 33 second lead over second place and will most likely retain it heading into tomorrows 33.1 kilometer time trail. But as always heres some results a little shorted up like usual. They were provided by velonews at velonews.com as well as the photo.

Tour of Germany
Stage 7
1. Gerald Ciolek (G) T-Mobile, 191.2km in 4:08:20
2. Erik Zabel (G), Milram, same time
3. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, s.t.
4. Aurelien Clerc (Swi), Bouygues Telecom, s.t.
5. Danilo Napolitano (I), Lampre-Fondital, s.t.
6. Rene Weissinger (G), Volksbank, s.t.
7. Mark Renshaw (Aus), Crédit Agricole, s.t.
8. Olaf Pollack (G) Wiesenhof, s.t.
9. Sven Teutenberg (G), Volksbank, s.t.
10. Koldo Fernandez (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, s.t.

Overall
1. Jens Voigt (G), CSC, 27:00:44
2. David Lopez Garcia (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:33
3. Robert Gesink (Ned), Rabobank, at 1:14
4. Chris Sorensen (Den), CSC, at 1:24
5. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Discovery Channel, at 1:31
6. Leonardo Bertagnolli (I), Liquigas, at 2:19
7. Laurens Tendam (Ned), Unibet, at 2:34
8. Damiano Cunego (I) Lampre, at 2:48
9. Davide Rebellin (I), Gerolsteiner, at 3:27
10. Maxime Monfort (B), Cofidis, at 3:45

Unibet.com is going to join the likes of Discovery

The Unibet.com Team has just announced that the team is going to cease operations. This team suffered the same fate of Team Discovery Team. Both could not find sponsors or could not keep their sponsors on board. A lot of talk says that these teams are dissolving because of the doping problem. No company wants to support drug users so this leaves teams without sponsors. The loss of Unibet.com team is not as such a big blow as it was discovery. Unibet was not allowed to race in many races due to the fact they are sponsored by a gambling company. Many race officials don't want the sport to be exposed to such sponsors so Unibet has been left out of races many times.

Jens still on top.

Going into the fifth state today Jens Voigt has retained his lead. But for the stage it was Lopez Garcia from Caisse d'Epargne that beat out Jens by only 12 seconds on today's mountain stage. The second place finish by Jens has increased his gap overall. Heres the results provided by velonews.com

Stage Results
1. David Lopez Garcia (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, 157.6km in 4:21:07 (36.02kph)
2. Jens Voigt (G), CSC, at 0:12
3. Robert Gesink (Nl), Rabobank, at 0:20
4. Damiano Cunego (I), Lampre-Fondital, at 0:33
5. Laurens Ten Dam (Nl), Unibet, at 0:46
6. Leonardo Bertagnolli (I), Liquigas, at 1:04
7. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Discovery Channel, at 1:10
8. Christian Pfannberger (A), Elk Haus-Simplon, at
9. Chris Anker Sørensen (Dk), CSC, at 1:29
10. Josep Jufre Pou (Sp), Predictor-Lotto, at 1:43

Other North Americans
36. Tom Danielson (USA), Discovery Channel, at 5:28
43. George Hincapie (USA), Discovery Channel, at 6:26
46. Bobby Julich (USA), CSC, at 6:26
70. Jason McCartney (USA), Discovery Channel, at 9:19

Overall
1. Jens Voigt (G), CSC, 18:54:44
2. David Lopez Garcia (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:33
3. Robert Gesink (Nl), Rabobank, at 1:14
4. Chris Anker Sørensen (Dk), CSC, at 1:24
5. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Discovery Channel, at 1:31
6. Leonardo Bertagnolli (I), Liquigas, at 2:19
7. Laurens Ten Dam (Nl), Unibet, at 2:34
8. Damiano Cunego (I), Lampre-Fondital, at 2:48
9. Davide Rebellin (I), Gerolsteiner, at 3:27
10. Maxime Monfort (B), Cofidis, at 3:45

Other North Americans
25. Tom Danielson (USA), Discovery Channel, at 5:49
33. George Hincapie (USA), Discovery Channel, at 6:47
34. Bobby Julich (USA), CSC, at 7:05
58. Jason McCartney (USA), Discovery Channel, at 12:23