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Nevada City Bicycle Classic - A Closer Look




Read all of Dana's stories:

Riding La Marmotte
Team Time Trial
T-Mobile Int'l: A Spectator's Eye View
Confessions of an Un-Doper (in three parts)
   Part 1
   Part 2
   Part 3
Return to La Marmotte (in three parts)
   Part 1 Preparation
   Part 2 Race Day
   Part 3 Notes and Climb Profiles
Interview with Michael Aisner (in two parts)
   Part 1
   Part 2
5 Seconds on a Mountain Pass
Red Zinger/Coors Classic DVD Release Party
Punish Me, Young Man!
Nevada City Classic - A Closer Look
Riding the Everest Challenge (in two parts)
   Part 1
   Part 2




“Lance must have attacked,” Mark said. And sure enough, Lance came flying around the corner, rocking his bike from side to side, ripping up the steep climb like it was a downhill. It was a thrilling attack. Seeing it, I realized how much I miss watching the ruthless, devastating kind of attack that Lance is able to make. None of this tentative, testing-the-waters, softening-up-the-others’-legs kind of attack - no, when Lance attacks, you stay attacked. By the time Ben Jacques-Maynes came by, with Levi in tow, they were already well behind.

Read Dana’s entire “Nevada City Bicycle Classic - A Closer Look” story here.