Keeping Hydrated

Keeping Hydrated, originally uploaded by Halfbike.

Team Discovery's Rides

Team Discovery's Rides, originally uploaded by hawridger.

George's bike, along with the rest of the team.

George Hincapie

George Hincapie, originally uploaded by hawridger.

First time I saw George too.

Levi's Celebration

Levi's Celebration, originally uploaded by hawridger.

More from atop Lookout Mountain. I think he made a few photographers cry with this stunt... (*cough...Frank...*cough)...

The Face of Victory

The Face of Victory, originally uploaded by hawridger.

Here's another shot of Levi on the ITT. Yes, he won the stage.

This is probably my favorite shot that I've found from what I took on Stage 4 and 5 so far. Granted, I took more than 1300 shots and have yet to sort through them all.

I went down to Centennial Olympic Park a little earlier today and scoped out the setup for tomorrow. This really is an excellent venue for a stage of the Tour de Georgia. I'm a little surprised about the lack of local promotion though. I've been all over Atlanta today and haven't seen the first hint of TDG marketing. You'd think for a race that is struggling to stay alive, it would promote this great venue IN THE VENUE. I guess we'll see what the crowd looks like tomorrow.

By the way, I'm pulling for George to take the stage. ; )

Shot with a Canon Rebel XT and Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 EX DG HSM; 1/500s @ f/3.2 and ISO 100. 88mm focal length.

Brasstown Bald 2007

Tom Danielson, originally uploaded by hawridger.

Here's a shot of Danielson at the front of the peloton with about 4k to go on Brasstown Bald today.

For more great shots from the Tour de Georgia, head over to flickr and look at the 2007 Tour de Georgia Pool. If you've got shots from the '07 TDG, then share them on flickr and add them to the 2007 Tour de Georgia Pool.

Levi Before the Final Stage

levi, originally uploaded by eave_ill.

Thanks for the great show Levi!

Leading Out Levi

Tour De California via Long beach Finish 179, originally uploaded by The Canon Rattman.

Some concentration as the Discovery boys protect Levi on the Long Beach finish.

Wonder if he'll see yellow again this year? I hope I see him in Georgia this year. I hope Georgia happens this year. Still no sponsor . . . in March?

Ivan Basso Warming Up at the TD

Le Tour de CA - Stg.6, originally uploaded by blkmarket.

Wish I coulda been there. Anybody else think that the Discovery kits are really ugly this year?

Cycling Shots B-List

Seems like everybody's sharin' the love with hand lists of cycling blogs nowadays. I figured I'd jump in and give you my daily dose of cycling blogs:

• Moveitfred: he's not updated it in a couple o' weeks, but this may very well be the best source for cycling humor and some NSFW content
• Frank Steele (flickr link): at the TDG Blog and the TDF blog - if there's news about the Tours de Georgia or France, then Fritz has got the goods
• Cycle-licious: the name implies the true quality of this truly cyclelicious blog
• Spare Cycles: less frequently updated than cyclelicious but more than than cyclingshots.com and good quality posts and photos along the way
• Trust But Verify: if you want to know what's going on in the Landis chronicles, this is the first place to check
• Bicycle Design: interesting and sometimes very refreshingly random - also check out James' Lenses on Squidoo for design, commuting and racing
• busternut: we have these crazy Alleycat races here in Knoxville and busternut is in the know and relays all the coordinating info - I promise I'll go to the next on and show off some photos

There's several more that I click on a less than daily basis; but these are the ones that I must check on or truly love. You can check out the others in the side bar.

Oh, and just to qualify this as a true Cycling Shots post, here's a shot from Frank Steele's flickr collection:


JJ Haedo (now of CSC) after takin' the sprint
Click to go to the Frank Steele 2006 TDG Stage 6 Photo Set

Here's to You, Eki

Viatcheslav Ekimov has been one of the fan favorites over the past couple of decades. I can hardly believe that this guy raced at the top level as a pro for 17 years, including 15, count'em FIFTEEN, appearances in the Tour de France. Holy cow folks! That's some bike riding. Here's to you, Eki! Thanks for all the great rides and making mullets cool for bike riders! The Tour de Georgia just won't be the same without you this year.

Floyd Landis v. Tom Danielson Redux

Here's the latest and greatest from last Spring's Tour de Georgia. As you can see, this is Landis and Danielson rounding the final switchback before the cattle gates on Brasstown Bald. I wonder what next year will bring on this turn....