RAGBRAI stands for Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. It's a week long non-competitive bike ride spanning from the West side of Iowa at either the Missouri River or the Big Sioux River to the East at the Mississippi River. Many of our users completed this year's event including drewinbalto.motionbased.com. Not only did drewinbalto ride the 485+ miles on his Trike, he added roughly 175 miles to make it across Illinois to Winnetka, IL! He also updated his own Blog every day, telling a fascinating story of one of the largest recreational rides in the U.S.A. (It hosts 10,000 registered riders along with unregistered riders!) Check out the Google image of drewinbalto's ride below:
The Tour de France rolled into Paris on Sunday, and, as in years past, the 94th Tour did not disappoint. Like last year, allegations of drugs in the Tour did not diminish the excitement of the race and the quest for the Yellow Jersey. At the finish, an American stood on the Podium in the the third position. Team-Milram had an excellent showing its first year on the Tour. The Team's leader placed third in the race for the Green Jersey (Sprint). In the Young Riders Classification Milram's Andry Grivko and Marcel Sieberg placed 10th and 17th respectively.
The Tour de France, as I'm sure you know, is the most heralded cycling event on the planet. While most of us will never ride even one stage just for fun we are fortunate enough to be able to live vicariously through Team-Milram. Check out the bird's eye view of their Tour (Stages 1 - 19):
With 12 Stages completed, Team-Milram is having a great time riding together for the first time in the Tour de France. The team's leader is sitting in 3rd in the race for the Green Jersey. Marcel, is the picture of exuberance and positive attitude in his first ever Tour. Get his daily updates at the Team-Milram site. Don't forget to follow the Team's progress by visiting their Digest at team-milram.motionbased.com.
Yes, the 2007 Tour de France did start this year! Beginning in London, the Prologue set out on Sunday. Team MILRAM will be posting daily entries on their BackstageReport Blog. Two of their riders will be posting daily updates on the Tour and their individual experiences. Check out the postings from Christian and the postings from Marcel (this is Marcel's FIRST Tour!). The guys will be uploading the Tour as offten as possible. Youcan check out their Digest at Team-Milram.motionbased.com.
Eventhough the 2007 Giro d'Italia ended on June 3rd, this final report has to be made. On the final day of the Giro, Team-Milram speedster Alessandro Petacchi added yet another Stage Win. Stage 21 was his easiest, as the final Stage of any tour is generally a celebration. We were again treated to the course by Petacchi himself, as the activity uploaded to MotionBased was the one HE ROAD! At the end of this Giro, Petacchi came out with 5 STAGE WINS!
Congratulations on a fantastic Giro, Team-Milram!
Although Team-Milram has been busy and unable to upload the latest stage of the Giro d'Italia, a quick search proved very fruitful. Turns out Team-Milram's Alessandro Petacchi earned another "W" in winning Stage 18. That's his fourth stage win for this year's Giro. With 3 stages left it will be interesting to see how it all plays out. You can keep track of the final days at this Giro d'Italia site.
Go Team-Milram!
UPDATE!!!
We knew it had to happen. It was just a matter of time, and being a little patient. With Alessandro Petacchi dominating Stage wins in the Giro d'Italia, there just had to be ONE of his wins uploaded to MotionBased . That would be Stage 18. Yes, the following ride, the STAGE 18 WIN, was recorded with the Edge 305 that was on Petacchi's bike! Check out the details of what HE ACTUALLY RODE below:
Ever wonder what it would be like to compete in the Ironman Kona? One of our MB Testers will find out first hand on October 13, 2007. Along with 199 others, Anthony Cece was selected in Kona's lottery to compete. He's a genuine inspiration. So much so that he's been sought for interviews all over the place. Check out the interview with the Ann Arbor News, where he sends a little love to MotionBased. If that isn't inspirational enough for you, Ironman posted a great interview with Anthony on the Ironman site. You can keep track of Anthony's training by checking in to his Public Digest from time-to-time. One more thing to keep in mind . . . Anthony did competed in Ironman Florida back in 2004. Here's his Bike and Run from Florida:
And if you're wondering exactly what Anthony will doing come October 13, 2007 you should check out the Journal of 2004 Ironman Doug Stark.
Best wishes for a great race, Anthony!
Team-Milram has been busy on the roads and on the computer. They've uploaded everything from Stage 1 through Stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia. Check out the Team-Milram Digest to see how they're tracking. Opening up Stage 12 was a real treat today. The Team uploaded from the device that was mounted to Triple Stage winner Alessandor Petacchi. While he didn't win Stage 12, he did have an awesome ride in this Mountain Stage!
