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Movie
Night at the Bike Shop Cooper's Bicycle Center Stillwater, Oklahoma |
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We found a fun way to enjoy bicycling during the snow and cold in January and February. We ate pizza and watched bicycle racing movies at the Local Bike Shop. Thanks to Wes and Mary Cash. |
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January 9, 2003 We had 14 cycling fans who came to watch the movie, eat pizza and cookies, and have a good time on January 9. Stage 10 was our favorite! |
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With a stunning win in the 2002 Tour de France, Lance Armstrong becomes the fourth cyclist ever to have won four consecutive tours! This newest chapter in cycling history unfolds in a Tour marked with stunning break-aways, brilliant attacks, and an extraordinary effort by US Postal, which many observers are now calling one of the best teams in the last 50 years! A win in the prologue time trial signals Lance's plans to win, but then a wild first week ensues. When Armstrong loses the Stage 9 time trial to Kelme's Botero, many believe that Lance has slipped. But Armstrong answers back on the first day in the Pyrennes. Roberto Heras single-handily devastates the field with a powerful pace on the climb to LaMongie, and then it is Lance, Heras and ONCE'S Beloki near the summit when Armstrong jumps clear for a stage win and a lead he will never relinquish. Lance wins the next stage too but not before swashbuckling star Laurent Jalabert launches a stunning breakaway. "Ja-Ja" fails to win, but he keeps attacking on Stages 16 and 17. ONCE battles to find a chink in the Postal armor, but the boys in blue dominant the race to the end in what Lance calls, "the year of the team." Lance puts his cap on the race with a convincing victory in the final time trial. In the end it's Armstrong, ONCE'S Beloki, and Lampre's Rumas on the podium. With commentary and analysis from Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwin, and Gary Imlach, the 2002 Tour de France is an instant WCP classic!
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February 13, 2003 Well, the postman did not deliver the 2002 Paris-Roubaix video tape, so six cycling fans watched the 1990 race. Sandwiches, chips, cheese, cookies, and drinks were provided by the bike shop. |
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This year's Paris-Roubaix (April 14, 2002) includes daunting 28-cobbled sections during the 273km journey from the beautiful town of Compiegne, just north of Paris, to the famous Roubaix Velodrome. Emotions always run high in the world's toughest one-day race as the riders suffer over 30 miles of bone rattling cobbles. This "Hell of the North" on a day of rain can turn into a dangerous inferno of crashes, punctures and broken wheels. The grand old masters of Roubaix, Johan Museeuw and Andrei Tchmil, will return for battle in an attempt to crown their final seasons with a win in the Velodrome of Roubaix. Erik Zabel and Telekom teammate Stephen Wesemann are also strong contenders, and let's not forget American George Hincapie, who has become a pavé specialist in the last five years, finishing 6th in 2000 and 4th in 2001. Over four hours of race action with interviews, profiles, and sidebar stories from Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen. Approximately 250 minutes.
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Wes and David were the two cycling fans who came to watch the movie and eat pizza. There are some really tough hills in this race, and have you ever seen a breakaway attempted on a sidewalk? You gotta see this one next year! |
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The big news this year is that Lance Armstrong is
riding to help teammate George Hincapie win at Flanders. Cobblestones,
hills, narrow roads and the harsh spring climate of Flanders makes
this race a vicious test of strength, spirit and stamina for the
hard men of the peloton. Can Andrei Tchmil repeat his nail-biting
win of 2000, where he staged a last-gasp attack and clung on to
a narrow lead in the final kilometers, or will his old rival and
King of the Classics, Johan Museeuw strike and win his fourth Tour
of Flanders? This, along with Roubaix, is Museeuw's favorite race
and the race closest to his heart. His passionate fans would delight
in victory. Both Tchmil and Museeuw will retire this season and
want to win Flanders one last time. Others to watch include 1999
winner Peter Van Petegem -- now riding for Lotto -- who is coming
off an early season victory at Omloop Het Volk. Former World Champ
Romans Vainsteins (riding for Domo with Museeuw as his ally) will
also be a man to watch if Museeuw falters. But the big guns will
have to fight off a host of favorites including Italians Dario Frigo
and Paolo Bettini and 1997 winner Michele Bartoli, back in the hunt
for victory. This race promises to be explosive, as only the strongest
will survive a place on the podium.
Review from World Cycling Productions |
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Cycling photos from World Cycling Productions |
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