GenevaLunch » cycling http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Brit wins Tour de Romandie in windy ridehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/brit-wins-tour-de-romandie-in-windy-ride/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/brit-wins-tour-de-romandie-in-windy-ride/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:37:45 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69715 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – British cyclist Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de Romandie Sunday, finishing the six-day race by winning Sunday’s against-the-clock run under tough conditions. The final 16.5km leg was a loop downhill from Montana Village, just below the resort of Crans-Montan, to Mollens and back up the steep mountainside to Aminona, ending in Crans. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/brit-wins-tour-de-romandie-in-windy-ride/feed/ 0 Strong foehn winds challenge clock race for Tour de Romandie cyclistshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/strong-foehn-winds-challenge-clock-race-for-tour-de-romandie-cyclists/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/strong-foehn-winds-challenge-clock-race-for-tour-de-romandie-cyclists/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:30:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69681 GenevaLunch.com Two forest fires, 80 police calls in less than 24 hours in Valais LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Tour de Romandie racers face a tough challenge Sunday 29 April as they pump up the steep mountainside from Mollens to Aminona, after a descent from Crans-Montana, 16.5km with strong foehn winds gusting for their final day of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/strong-foehn-winds-challenge-clock-race-for-tour-de-romandie-cyclists/feed/ 0 Cancellara rides for cycling safety in new bpa campaignhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/19/cancellara-rides-for-cycling-safety-in-new-bpa-campaign/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/19/cancellara-rides-for-cycling-safety-in-new-bpa-campaign/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:25:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67901 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Fabian Cancellara, Switzerlands’s four-time world champion cyclists, is getting a different kind of publicity with the new spring campaign from bpa/bfu, the Swiss Safety Council. “Lovelo” about loving your bike – with a helmet on – has a simple message: put your helmet on right by testing with two fingers above your [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/19/cancellara-rides-for-cycling-safety-in-new-bpa-campaign/feed/ 0 Sports: High-mountain road bike race kicks off in Genevahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/20/sports-high-mountain-road-bike-race-kicks-off-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/20/sports-high-mountain-road-bike-race-kicks-off-in-geneva/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:40:51 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=60773 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The first Haute Route road bicycle race connecting Geneva to Nice through the Alps is ready to kick off at 07:00, 21 August in Geneva. Over 300 participants from 27 countries will embark on a 730-kilometer journey over the Alps in what organizers hope will be a fun seven-stage race. Those wanting [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/20/sports-high-mountain-road-bike-race-kicks-off-in-geneva/feed/ 0 Tour de France goes to Ozhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/25/tour-de-france-goes-to-oz/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/25/tour-de-france-goes-to-oz/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:40:07 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=60149 GenevaLunch.com International sports, cycling PARIS, FRANCE – Australian Cadel Evans won the Tour de France, edging out the Schleck brothers in the time trial on the penultimate day. British rider Mark Cavendish won the final sprint along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées for the third time in a row and also became the first Briton to win [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/25/tour-de-france-goes-to-oz/feed/ 3 Swiss Topo’s latest maps are faster, offer morehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/21/swiss-topos-latest-maps-are-faster-offer-more/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/21/swiss-topos-latest-maps-are-faster-offer-more/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:23:37 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59061 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss Topo, the government mapping service, has just released the latest version of its set of online Swiss maps, which are faster and more complete, with the entire range of scales now available, from 1 :25,000 to 1 : million, in English, French, Italian and German. The maps are regularly updated, so the online [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/21/swiss-topos-latest-maps-are-faster-offer-more/feed/ 0 Tour de Suisse carries on without Soler, in coma after Thursday’s fallhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/tour-de-suisse-carries-on-without-soler-in-coma-after-thursdays-fall/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/tour-de-suisse-carries-on-without-soler-in-coma-after-thursdays-fall/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:06:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58912 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The Tour de Suisse cycling race is being run fromVaduz in Liechtenstein to Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis in Austria Friday 17 June, at 225km the longest segment of the weeklong race. The winner of last Sunday’s Crans-Montana leg, Colombian rider Juan Mauricio Soler, is not with the group today, however, after suffering serious injuries in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/tour-de-suisse-carries-on-without-soler-in-coma-after-thursdays-fall/feed/ 0 Lausanne lab’s Saugy speaks out on Armstrong doping chargeshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/lausanne-labs-saugy-speaks-out-on-armstrong-doping-charges/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/lausanne-labs-saugy-speaks-out-on-armstrong-doping-charges/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 17:43:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58243 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Martial Saugy, director of the international Anti-doping lab in Lausanne, has spoken out publicly for the first time to respond to last week’s accusations by Tyler Hamilton on US television that American Lance Armstrong was using EPO, a doping substance. The cycling doping accusations, in addition to new world football corruption charges, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/lausanne-labs-saugy-speaks-out-on-armstrong-doping-charges/feed/ 0 Cycling federation, Lausanne lab caught in doping crossfirehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/25/cycling-federation-lausanne-lab-caught-in-doping-crossfire/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/25/cycling-federation-lausanne-lab-caught-in-doping-crossfire/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 16:53:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58106 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND -Former US gold medalist in cycling, Tyler Hamilton, continues to cause a stir a week after he said on US television news that he, but also others including teammate Lance Armstrong, used performance-enhancing drugs. He implied that Armstrong’s use of drugs was covered up by the international cycling body and the Swiss-based organization, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/25/cycling-federation-lausanne-lab-caught-in-doping-crossfire/feed/ 0 Triumph for Riblon as Schleck keeps yellowhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/19/triumph-for-riblon-as-schleck-keeps-yellow/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/19/triumph-for-riblon-as-schleck-keeps-yellow/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:23:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=44993 GenevaLunch.com International sports, Tour de France cycling Paris, France (GenevaLunch.com) – French rider Christophe Riblon won the 14th stage of the 2010 Tour de France after a long break away. Andy Schleck kept the yellow jersey of the overall leader as he kept pace with challenger Alberto Cantador. Links to other sites: letour.fr, Guardian

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