By Jim Freibert – May 16, 2013–California. Edited by Jen Benepe Tyler Farrar clinched the finish at the fourth stage of the big California race yesterday. The stage was once again nearly dominated by the internationals, until the finish, when Americans placed one and two to the line The next fifteen places were all...
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By Jim Friebert — May 15, 2013–California Edited by Jen Benepe With his Cannondale team timing their sprint train to perfection, Slovakia’s Peter Sagan delivered his first win at the big California race in stage 3 Tuesday. He was just ahead of Mick Matthews (Orica Greenedge) and Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda) who was third. Sagan...
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Bu Jim Freibert, Photos, John E. Chico. Editor, Jen Benepe All Rights Reserved.  Record hot temperatures continued to dog riders in the Amgen Tour of California as they completed 11,000 feet of climbing in the second day of racing. Perhaps not surprising then was the Stage 2 victory by a Colombian pro, Janier Alexis Acevedo, who...
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Houston, TX – May 13, 2013 By Jen Benepe A town in the deep South has adopted a three-foot passing rule for cyclists and other vulnerable users. The move adds Houston, Texas to a growing list of states, cities and towns that now require motorists to give three feet of space to cyclists, pedestrians,...
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By Jen Benepe– April 11, 2013 –New York City In a startling turnaround, Bike New York has won its lawsuit against the city of New York, and now may ride the TD Five Boro Bike Tour– without paying the toll. In rendering her decision, Judge Margaret Chan said that the Police Department erred when...
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March 22, 2013 OPINION, By Jen Benepe A recent post in the Brooklyn Paper has unfairly stigmatized neighborhood activists who have gathered a petition to prevent the building of a bike lane through their historic district. The article points to two recent petitions being circulated by residents asking the city’s Department of Transportation to...
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Incident shows cycling in India is not safe, but some groups are innovating with GPS devices By Jen Benepe — March 16, 2013 At at time when India is coming under increasing international pressure to prevent violence against women, a female cyclist traveling in the central Madhya Pradesh region of India was gang-raped by 8 men...
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By Jen Benepe (aka Dzidzia GoodSword) In an article yesterday, Kevin Heliker of the Wall Street Journal outed Lance Armstrong’s not so private previous alias, Juan Pelota as a Strava user. For those of you who do not know, Strava is an online tool for tracking your speed and distance, and by using the...
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By Jen Benepe Josh Rechnitz was profiled by the NY Times on Sunday, but the journalist never spoke to the man. Perhaps that’s because the Times doesn’t have any cyclists on staff, because just about everyone at the Century Road Club Association, one of the oldest bike racing clubs in the U.S., knows Rechnitz....
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By Jen Benepe. Minda Aguhob and Tony Moy also reported for this story. 711 SEAGIRT LEFT UNTENDED, 4 RESIDENTS SAID TO HAVE DIED CYCLIST GROUPS HELP RECOVERY FOR RESIDENTS WITHOUT HEAT, ELECTRICITY, WATER FOR 10 DAYS Misery is rising in a large building in the Far Rockaways, and many residents are either unaccounted for, or...
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New York, NY., August 9, 2012, By Jen Benepe Four industrious NY Daily News reporters wasted their time and ours by going out and clocking the speed of cyclists in Central Park, as published in their report today. Their finding? Cyclists were going over the “speed limit” of 25 mph in the park, and ergo–posing...
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By Jen Benepe, August 3, 2012 The NY Times ran a story about two amateur riders who won their age categories in this year’s New York Gran Fondo who tested positive for banned substances. David Anthony, 45, of New York and Gabriele Guarini, 50, of Italy recorded positive tests after winning their respective age...
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By Jen Benepe New York will be hosting Summer Streets again this year, and you can get there by ferry. Last year Benepe’s Bike Blog went to the event that occurs three weekends in August, a bike-only freeway down Park Avenue from 72nd Street to the Brooklyn Bridge, when the avenue is closed to motorized...
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By Jen Benepe, July 16, 2012 Pierrick Fedrigo kicked into Pau today, beating out five other riders with whom he shared a nearly 90 km breakaway from Samatan. It was the Frenchman’s fourth Tour stage win, and his second in Pau when he won here in 2010. “When we found ourselves up front with...
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By Jen Benepe, July 9, 2012 CHRIS FROOME THE BIG SURPRISE Sky Team riders Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome again delivered a two-punch today at the Tour de France. Wiggins  completed  the stage 9 time trial with a time that improves his lead over Cadel Evans, which is now one minute and 53 seconds....
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By Jen Benepe, July 7, 2012 Wiggins in Yellow Kenyan turned Brit Chris Froome of the Sky Team exploded at the finale of today’s first mountainous stage, stealing first place after completing the final ascent at of the Planche des Belles Filles. Fellow Sky Teammate Bradley Wiggins who was predicted to be one of...
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By Jen Benepe, July 3, 2012 An early break of five riders was 3 minutes 55 seconds ahead of the peloton at Therouanne, some 95 km from the start, and inlcuded riders Andriy Grivko (AST), Ruben Perez (EUS), Sebastien Minard (ALM), Michael Morkov (STB, and Giovanni Bernaudeau (EUC). Leave it to Morkov, to take...
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By Jen Benepe, June 7, 2012 If you travel around the world to find the best mountain biking spots, you need to know about the dangers of mosquito-bourne diseases. One of those is Dengue which in its worst manifestation can be fatal, and in its most benign, make you bedridden for days. Both of...
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