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CYCLING FROM MY LOUNGE ROOM

Below are some of my pieces of journalism that cover cycling events. The recent stories are from the Spanish five day tours held throughout the season of 2002.

There are some earlier reports from 1999 and a special photo from the 2002 Giro D'Italia.

To the right is a photo of Mr. Indartsu, The Basque hard man - David Etxebarria winning stage 5a of the 2002 Itzulia.You can find an interview with David covering cycling and the Basque Country below in the 2002 Tour de France section.

Those with an interest in cycling, criminology students and others may also find my cycling doping pages
interesting as well.
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2003

Tour de France

News July 23rd - More money for Euskaltel-Euskadi

The Mountains are Alive with the Sound of Orange - A look at the Euskaltel-Euskadi team<

News July 15th -Mayomania gives way to Beloki's pain

An Interview with Iban Mayo -  Leading the orange charge

An Interview with Joseba Beloki - what lies beneath

Igor Gonzalez Galdeano - Tour de France diary


2002

Vuelta a España 2002 (Itzulia Maketoniakoa) September 2002

The Great Orange Hope of the Basque Country- An interview with Euskaltel's Iban Mayo
An interview with Jose Miguel Echavarri, General manager of iBanesto.com


Vuelta a Burgos 2002

August 12 2002 Vuelta Burgos Stage 1 Phonak Grabs(ch) the lead
August 13 2002 Vuelta Burgos Stage 2 Gutierrez gets the stage - Bartoli, Frattini and Zarrabeitia make the most of a messy finale.
August 14 2002 Vuelta Burgos Stage 3 Zarra takes the lead as ONCE prove who are the best in TTT - ONCE/USPS showdown looms (again) tomorrow.
August 15 2002 Vuelta Burgos Stage 4 CSC's ex MTBer Rasmussen is first to find the Black Lagoon - Banesto reminds the punters just who it is that owns this Spanish season.
August 16 2002 Vuelta Burgos Stage 5 Relax sets up sprint for Fernandez - Banesto comes up with another tour winner.


I Vuelta Ciclísta Internacional Senior Master a Chiriquí 2002
July 26-29 2002 Chiriquí Panamá
Masters B Finish
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Top Left: the sprint in the final stage of the Masters B.
Top Right: The race passes the Coconut Stall in the main street of David.
Bottom Left: "Los Ticos" - one of the Costa Rican teams after the race.
Bottom Right: The guys from San Andres, Colombia.

Tour de France 2002

July 3 2002 Euskaltel Euskadi's Tour de France Debutant - Samuel Sanchez  (English and Castellano)
July 5 2002 An interview with Julian Gorospe Euskaltel-Euskadi's directeur sportif (English and Castellano)
July 9 2002 An Interview with David Etxebarria - Euskaltel's Hard Man Part One (English and Castellano)
 July 10 2002 An Interview with David Etxebarria - Euskaltel's Hard Man Part Two (English and Castellano)
July 9 2002 An Interview with Igor Gonzalez - Beloki is the natural leader of ONCE (English and Castellano)

Volta a Catalunya 2002

June 17 2002 Volta a Catalunya Stage 1 Round One to the Blue Corner, Boonen in leader's jersey.
June 18 2002 Volta a Catalunya Stage 2 Hondo motors home ahead of Freire- Marichal the hero, Hincapie displays podium etiquette
June 19 2002 Volta a Catalunya Stage 3 Aitor Garmendia soars in the cronoescalda - Heras moves up to the lead and maybe tomorrow never comes
June 20 2002 Volta a Catalunya Stage 4 Garrido strikes up a victory
June 21 2002 Volta a Catalunya Stage 5 Relax the Master is Maestre
June 22 2002 Volta a Catalunya Stage 6 Mapei's Iron Horse robs the race from the challengers


Euskal Bizikleta 2002

June 5 2002 Euskal Bizikleta Stage 1 Brave win for Horillo after mountains splinter field
June 6 2002 Euskal Bizikleta Stage 2 Zarra Gets the Jertsei Urdina!
June 7 2002 Euskal Bizikleta Stage 3 Status quo as Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero wins stage 3
June 8 2002 Euskal Bizikleta Stage 4a Abadino's two tough tipos take a flyer
June 8 2002 Euskal Bizikleta Stage 4b Zarra takes the key
June 9 2002 Euskal Bizikleta Stage 5 Zorionak El Generoso - Beloki hits the mountains with gusto and Mikel "El Generoso" Zarrabeitia takes the jertsei urdina home.


Giro D'Italia 2002

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Cadel - Rising up under the Red, Black and Gold.

My lounge room view of the Giro is not a story, but a photo taken of my TV set. The photo is of Cadel Evans, Andrea Noe and D. D. Cioni ascending the Passo Coe to Folgaria during the final climb of  the dramatic 17th stage.

At this point Cadel had lost about 14 minutes to Salvodelli and with that time he also had lost the Magglia Rosa. It was a sad day for Aussie bike fans but we know this is just the beginning of Cadel's road career. What is interesting is that, rather than a Basque, Italian or even an Australian flag, flying to the right of Cadel is the true flag of my country, the red, black and gold of Aboriginal Australia.

So, if you are in Australia, next time you go out for a ride, remember
 ¡¡¡¡ It's Aboriginal Land and you're riding on it !!!!

Vuelta a Asturias 2002

May 15 2002 Vuelta a Asturias Stage 1 First Victory to Arrieta - Banesto's season domination continues
May 16 2002 Vuelta a Asturias Stage 2 Zintchenko shatters the breakaway and descends to stage victory
May 17 2002 Vuelta a Asturias Stage 3 The Zebra's do it for Perdiguero- Sevilla New Race Leader
May 18 2002 Vuelta a Asturias Stage 4 Piepoli takes it high - can iBanesto make it five in a row?
May 19 2002 Vuelta a Asturias Stage 5 For iBanesto.com five out of five ain't bad

Vuelta a Aragon 2002

April 17 2002 Vuelta a Aragon Stage One Piepoli maintains iBanesto domination
April 18 2002 Vuelta a Aragon Stage Two Zabel gets it after bunch regroups
April 19 2002 Vuelta a Aragon Stage Three Caucchioli pulls off a 168 km breakaway
April 20 2002 Vuelta a Aragon Stage Four Castresana too cute but Bramati too strong.
April 21 2002 Vuelta a Aragon Stage Five Piepoli victory heralds Banesto renaissance

Vuelta a la Pais Vasco 2002 - 2002 Euskal Herriko Txirrindulari Itzulia

April 10 2002 Pais Vasco Stage Three Aitor Osa takes over
April 11 2002 Pais Vasco Stage Four  Osa strengthens his lead and Pellizotti takes the stage
April 12 2002 Pais Vasco Stage Five a Osa increases lead, Etxebarria jumps to second, battle royale for third
April 12 2002 Pais Vasco Stage Five b Double the Orange - Etxebarria takes his second stage in a day

Vuelta a Valencia 2002

February 27 2002 Valencia Stage 2 - Vuelta from my lounge room
February 28 2002 Valencia Stage 3 - Vuelta from my lounge room
March 1 2002 Valencia Stage 4 - Zülle! Zülle! Zülle! and Toni won't Relax
March 2 2002 Valencia Stage Five

1999

Vuelta a Espana 1999

Angliru - an epic stage of road racing

A Tour of Tasmania, January 27-31, 1999 ( scroll down the news page for 28 March 1999 )


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