PaulBravey
09-10-04, 10:06 PM
According to bike.com, he's not racing this year due to tendonitis.
Road Bike Racing - Lance out of SF Grand Prix
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Chi
09-10-04, 10:57 PM
Surprise surprise.
BigFloppyLlama
09-10-04, 11:00 PM
Eh, whatever. I'm more excited to see the other racers anyways.
Smoothie104
09-10-04, 11:16 PM
How could he have tendonitis, I mean, he does everything so perfectly.......... ;)
SteveE
09-10-04, 11:28 PM
Has "He Who Shall Not Be Named" ever finished the SFGP? I'm interested in seeing if Big 'Ole Magnus Backstedt get heave his carcass up the Fillmore St. Hill 9 times.
Gustaf
09-10-04, 11:38 PM
I'm interested in seeing if Big 'Ole Magnus Backstedt get heave his carcass up the Fillmore St. Hill 9 times.
hahah
I think we all knew lance was going to drop out after 5 laps, so who really cares.
hahah
I think we all knew lance was going to drop out after 5 laps, so who really cares.
sorebutt
09-10-04, 11:52 PM
Injury Knocks Out Armstrong Out Of T-Mobile International
Lance Armstrong has been forced to pull out of the T-MOBILE INTERNATIONAL presented by BMC Software because of tendonitis in his right knee, organizers announced early Friday afternoon.
The race, featuring an international field of top cyclists, including nine who competed in the Athens Olympics, is scheduled for Sunday at 10 a.m. on an 8.8-mile course on the streets of downtown San Francisco.
The six-time Tour de France champion, who arrived in San Francisco Friday, stated, "This problem popped up for the first time ever toward the end of the Tour de France and I thought it would go away with the proper rest. It continued to hurt during training and flared up this week, leading to this decision. This race is just too hard not to enter at 100 per cent. I'm clearly disappointed. However, I felt if I pushed it, I could risk an injury that would set me back for months."
Dan Osipow, the Director of Communications for the U.S. Postal Service team and a Director of race organizer San Francisco Cycling, said that the event has become well established thanks in part to Armstrong's participation and that the cyclist will be on hand to watch the race and support his teammates on Sunday.
"The news is unfortunate, but the USPS team is still one of the strongest in a race that features a terrific field," said Osipow. "The good thing is, Lance will remain in San Francisco and plans to check out the race on the Fillmore and Taylor Street hills."
The women's race on Sunday begins at 7 a.m. and the men's race at 10 a.m. at the Start/Finish Line on the Embarcadero near the Ferry Building.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/sports/tmobile_international_2004/tmobile_international_2004_lance_release.html
Lance Armstrong has been forced to pull out of the T-MOBILE INTERNATIONAL presented by BMC Software because of tendonitis in his right knee, organizers announced early Friday afternoon.
The race, featuring an international field of top cyclists, including nine who competed in the Athens Olympics, is scheduled for Sunday at 10 a.m. on an 8.8-mile course on the streets of downtown San Francisco.
The six-time Tour de France champion, who arrived in San Francisco Friday, stated, "This problem popped up for the first time ever toward the end of the Tour de France and I thought it would go away with the proper rest. It continued to hurt during training and flared up this week, leading to this decision. This race is just too hard not to enter at 100 per cent. I'm clearly disappointed. However, I felt if I pushed it, I could risk an injury that would set me back for months."
Dan Osipow, the Director of Communications for the U.S. Postal Service team and a Director of race organizer San Francisco Cycling, said that the event has become well established thanks in part to Armstrong's participation and that the cyclist will be on hand to watch the race and support his teammates on Sunday.
"The news is unfortunate, but the USPS team is still one of the strongest in a race that features a terrific field," said Osipow. "The good thing is, Lance will remain in San Francisco and plans to check out the race on the Fillmore and Taylor Street hills."
The women's race on Sunday begins at 7 a.m. and the men's race at 10 a.m. at the Start/Finish Line on the Embarcadero near the Ferry Building.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/sports/tmobile_international_2004/tmobile_international_2004_lance_release.html
PaulBravey
09-11-04, 01:58 PM
Any bay area people know why the San Rafael Classic was cancelled? I saw an advertisement a couple of weeks ago but the website is now down and there was no sign of a race this morning.
ostro
09-11-04, 04:06 PM
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/09/11/SPGQD8NGMG1.DTL
SteveE
09-11-04, 04:27 PM
My recollection is that the race organizers needed financial support from the city council that was not forthcoming. The council said that they hadn't seen a return on their investment from previous years, so they decided not to support it financially this year.
Chi
09-11-04, 10:21 PM
Wee! less than 12 hrs to go ...