Team RadioShack in Franco-Belge and Binche

The Team line-up for the next races: Circuit Franco-Belge (Belgium) 29/9-2/10/11 Riders: Sam Bewley, Ben Hermans, Michal Kwiatkowski, Geoffroy Lequatre, Robbie McEwen, Gregory Rast, Jesse Sergent & Evgeniy Shalunov Director: Dirk Demol Binche-Tournai-Binche (Belgium) 04/10/11 Riders: Manuel Cardoso, Ben Hermans, Robert Hunter, Michal Kwiatkowski, Geoffroy Lequatre, Robbie McEwen, Jesse Sergent & Evgeniy Shalunov Director: Dirk [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-in-franco-belge-and-binche/

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Who gets Lance Armstrong?s victories? No one.

The director of the Tour de France says that doping was so rampant during the Lance Armstrong era that probably no one would be awarded those 7 championships.

“When you read the USADA report, you can’t be indifferent. .. It depicts an era and a system which are forever soiled. The best solution is to …

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Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/14/who-gets-lance-armstrongs-victories-no-one/

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Why women wouldn?t cycle to work!

Written by: RHODRI CLARK OFFICIAL attempts to get more people cycling look set to fail - partly because women are too concerned about their safety or their image. Men and children appear to have responded to the message that cycling to work or school is good for their health and the environment. But new figures show a 29% drop in women cycling to work, although statisticians warn those figures should be treated with caution - because the numbers are so tiny. Just 0.5% of the female workers said the bicycle was their main transport to and from work. The reduction in female cyclists cancels out a 16% increase in men cycling to work. Overall, 1.4% of commuters normally cycled to work and the Government's target of tripling the number of people cycling to work by 2013 looks unachievable.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cyclingchatcouk/~3/83ZMU5XV4uM/

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Radioshack, Trek & Nissan, Sponsors Two More Years

Here is a bit of great news to the fans of Team Radioshack. Johan Bruyneel has just released the following message on his blog. “Even before the Tour has started, I have some great newsfor you. RadioShack, Nissan and Trek have all renewed their sponsorships for 2 additional years! The riders and staff are extremely [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/radioshack-trek-nissan-sponsors-two-more-years/

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Global Inspiration

Jim Sayer from Adventure Cycling (in the middle) with Richard Weston, a co-author of a new report on the economic impact of bike tourism in Europe, and Camille Thome, secretary-general of the Departements et Regions Cyclables, a leading French advocacy group, in Nantes, France.
I'm writing just after visiting the charming city of Nantes, France, where I had the good fortune of participating in several important meetings, both for the future of bike travel and for Adventure Cycling. Chief among them were the first-ever conference on bike tourism in Europe and a gathering of the national coordinators developing EuroVelo, a network of long-distance bike routes criss-crossing Europe (similar in scope and concept to the U.S. Bicycle Route System).

I was lucky to do a presentation at the first gathering, along with Christian Haag, director of South Australia's Bike SA. Like Adventure Cycling, Bike SA is thriving and sees huge potential in developing the bike tourism market (which they estimate pumps billions of dollars into the local economy).

As if we need further proof, all we have to do is look at Europe. A new report out from English researchers projects that bike tourism generates $44 billion euros (or close to $60 billion) annually -- and that the feeling among bike tour operators there is that business is surging (whereas three years ago, they felt it was static).

The EuroVelo network, planned for completion in 2020.

As exciting for me was meeting more than 25 coordinators from countries as varied as Greece, Slovenia, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Turkey, the Czech Republic, France, Luxembourg and Spain, who are building and branding 14 new continental routes as part of EuroVelo. They have ambitious plans to complete by 2020 the 70,000 kilometer network (that's similar in distance to Adventure Cycling's existing route network, though much greater than the current mileage of new official U.S. Bicycle Routes).

Many of EuroVelo's staff and national coordinators (with one American interloper!).
At the conference, I got some excellent tips on economic impact research and route development, while sharing our experience in branding bike travel. Altogether, I came away inspired and with a good feeling that, in our work here in the U.S., we're utilizing many of the same concepts and tools as Europe, albeit (right now) with significantly fewer resources.

Following Nantes, I've traveled to the heart of Rhine River country in Germany to experience for myself one of the EuroVelo routes (by bike, of course!), and the first which will be certified under a new process developed by the European Cyclists Federation. I'll have more to report on this unique project and my travels soon.

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JIM SAYER is executive director of Adventure Cycling Association.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/10/global-inspiration.html

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Amgen Tour, Levi Just Misses TT, Horner Keeps Lead

The winner of the last 3 Tours of California, Team RadioShack?s Levi Leipheimer, who is also the winner of its last 3 time trials in the city of Solvang, just missed his fourth victory in this year?s TT to Garmin-Cervélo?s David Zabriskie by 13 seconds. Levi looked very strong on the first parts of the [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/amgen-tour-levi-just-misses-tt-horner-keeps-lead/

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August bored.

August bored. Are you bored?  Something about the word bored just makes me cringe.  I don?t believe in boredom.  If you are bored, then you must have very little for an imagination.  You must not be capable of entertaining yourself, or expanding beyond your boundaries. I am considering signing up for cooking lessons, dance classes, hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail, and go to Disneyland. That being said, I am bored.  Racing is winding down, far too soon in my opinion, but that is women?s cycling for you.  Even though...

Source: http://alisonstarnes.com/august-bored/

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Tour De Wallonie ? Team Radioshack Bounces Back

After facing a great many challenges during the Tour de France earlier this month, Team Radioshack (RSH) needed to demonstrate they could still field a squad ready and able to compete at the front of the peloton. The team did just that in the five stage Tour De Wallonie, which concluded today in Thuin, Belgium. [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tour-de-wallonie-team-radioshack-bounces-back/

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What Makes a Good Bicycle Travel Video? Show Us!


Adventure Cycling?s first annual Bicycle Travel Video Contest is now open, organized in conjunction with World Cycle Videos. Between now and the submission deadline on February 28, 2013, we?ll feature guest blog posts from our volunteer judges with insights and tips for creating inspiring bicycle-travel videos. This week?s post is from Blanche van der Meer.

Making videos of your bicycle holidays is a great way to relive your adventures and share your passion with others, as I found out about four years ago when I made my first slideshows of my bicycle holidays. Soon after, I started filming instead of taking pictures. My cycling passion extended to a passion for filming. Three years ago, I founded World Cycle Videos a bicycle-touring video group on Vimeo, a video-sharing platform. I regularly get questions from group members: How do I make a good video? What camera and editing program do I need? Invariably I answer that good technique and good material alone do not guarantee that you will end up with a good video. On the contrary, I have seen very good videos, shot on simple cameras and edited with free editing programs. But what makes something a good cycle-touring video? I personally think that it demands very little technique but a lot of creativity and passion.

A little technique
Of course you need technique! You need a camera to film and a video-editing program to edit your film. But nowadays you get high quality film with a simple compact camera or even a mobile phone. And every computer has a standard video-editing program. On an Apple, you can use iMovie; on a Windows computer, use Windows Movie Maker. But, there are even more options out there. If you are new to editing, it will take some time. But just continue, you will see that you?ll improve. For videography, the same rules apply as for photography. The most important is the Rule of Thirds: Divide your image into three sections by placing two horizontal and two vertical lines. Place your subject where the lines intersect. You?ll create depth by placing something in the foreground like a branch or a blade of grass. For good audio, your speaker shouldn?t be more than 50 cm apart. Otherwise, use an external microphone. These are the basic rules. The rest is practice and watching lots of other videos.

A lot of creativity
Real films are created on paper and are close to the heart of the maker. In fact, a film is a written story, a script that comes to life with a right mix of images, audio, and voice. Your personal creativity determines how well this mix, the film will be. A professional director tipped me once, "Why do you do the things you do? Answer that question in your films!" A film becomes a good film because the viewer and the maker are deeply involved with the subject. So keep your audience in mind and keep your story close to yourself as a person. But how does this work in practice? I?m not a professional, but I can tell you how my last film came about. It?s not always possible to write a script in advance. You don?t know what you?ll encounter while cycle touring. So on my last trip I bought a small notebook to write down the ideas that popped into my mind while riding. These ideas became the basis for the script and a guideline for the images I had to shoot. We went to Ukraine, a country that we barely knew. Western cyclers barely visit it. There it is, the first storyline: How is cycle touring in Ukraine? I also wove in a sweet childhood memory, that I often watched Russian children's films. This probably created my appeal to countries from the former Soviet Union. The amazing thing was that we encountered a lot of things that fit this childhood memory storyline. Once home, I turned all my notes into a full story on paper. And only then I started editing. Whether it is successful, you must decide for yourself.

And lots of passion
And last but not least, a good film needs lots of passion. If you're passionate about something, your passion will affect others. So will your film! Good luck and have fun with the cycle-touring video contest!

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BLANCHE VAN DER MEER has been a keen cycle tourer for over ten years, Blanche is the co-organizer of Adventure Cycling's bicycle-travel video contest. She traveled a great part of the world as a backpacker but always felt something was missing. Since discovering that the missing link was traveling by bicycle, she has cycled through almost all of Europe including the Eastern Bloc countries, Cuba, Morocco, Ukraine, Turkey, and Georgia. A few years ago she started making animated slideshows and then videos of her bicycle journeys. She thinks this is a great way to re-enjoy her adventures. Three years ago she also founded the very successful WorldCycle Videos ? a video group on Vimeo where cycle tourers can share their passion. WorldCycle Videos gets videos on a daily basis and now has more than 1600 videos divided into 12 regional albums and nearly 1000 members from all over the world. The group can be followed on Twitter and Facebook too.


Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/10/what-makes-good-bicycle-travel-video.html

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Team RadioShack in Critérium du Dauphiné

June 5-12, 2011 Team Radioshack will participate in Critérium du Dauphiné, France. Team Radioshack’s young star Jani Brajkovic won the race in 2010 (Read more here…) Needless to say he is once again on the team, as he is eager to defend his title, and with him he has a strong team of both young [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-in-criterium-du-dauphine/

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