27 July 2012

Recommended Viewing: Tour de France photos & Olympics

The Atlantic Part I and Part II Photos
I enjoy when The Atlantic publishes a recap of what they believe to be the best photographs of all stages of the Tour de France. The photos bring back nice memories. 
Olympics begin today with Opening Ceremonies tonight! 
Olympic Games 27 July - 12 August
2012 Olympic Cycling Schedule - Road
2012 Olympic Cycling Schedule - Track
2012 Olympic Cycling Schedule - BMX
2012 Olympic Cycling Schedule - Mountain Bike

Who will be racing for gold on the road in the Olympics
Related post: US Olympic team for cycling and route maps and time schedule

This is the time when riders race for country; 63 countries will compete in the race. Roster list of riders for the 2012 Olympic road race:
LAGAB Azzadine - Algeria
RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano - Argentina
EVANS Cadel - Australia
GERRANS Simon - Australia
GOSS Matthew Harley - Australia
O'GRADY Stuart - Australia
ROGERS Michael - Australia
EISEL Bernhard - Austria
SCHORN Daniel - Austria
HUTAROVICH Yauheni - Belarus
KIRYIENKA Vasil - Belarus
SAMOILAU Branislau - Belarus
BOONEN Tom - Belgium
GILBERT Philippe - Belgium
ROELANDTS Jurgen - Belgium
VAN AVERMAET Greg - Belgium
VANDENBERGH Stijn - Belgium
FISCHER Murilo Antonio - Brazil
NAZARET Magno Prado - Brazil
PANIZO Gregory - Brazil
ANDONOV PETROV Danail - Bulgaria
GYUROV Spas - Bulgaria
HESJEDAL Ryder - Canada
GARRIDO Gonzalo - Chile
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres - Colombia
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio - Colombia
URAN Rigoberto - Colombia
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey - Costa Rica
DURASEK Kristijan - Croatia
ROGINA Radoslav - Croatia
ALCOLEA Arnold - Cuba
BARTA Jan - Czech Republic
KREUZIGER Roman - Czech Republic
BAK Lars Ytting - Denmark
BRESCHEL Matti - Denmark
FUGLSANG Jakob - Denmark
SØRENSEN Nicki - Denmark
GUAMA DE LA CRUZ Byron - Ecuador
TEKLEHAYMANOT Daniel - Eritrea
MANDRI Rene - Estonia
VEIKKANEN Jussi - Finland
BOURGAIN Mickaël - France
CHAVANEL Sylvain - France
DEMARE Arnaud - France
GALLOPIN Tony - France
NADIRADZE Giorgi - Georgië
DEGENKOLB John - Germany
GRABSCH Bert - Germany
GREIPEL André - Germany
MARTIN Tony - Germany
SIEBERG Marcel - Germany
CAVENDISH Mark  - United Kingdom
FROOME Christopher - United Kingdom
MILLAR David - United Kingdom
STANNARD Ian - United Kingdom
WIGGINS Bradley - United Kingdom
TAMOURIDIS Ioannis - Greece
RODAS OCHOA Manuel - Guatemala
WONG Kam-Po - Hong Kong
LOVASSY Krisztian - Hungary
HAGHI Alireza - Iran
SOHRABI Mehdi - Iran
ZARGARI Amir - Iran
MARTIN Daniel - Ireland
MCCANN David - Ireland
ROCHE Nicholas - Ireland
MODOLO Sacha - Italy
NIBALI Vincenzo - Italy
PAOLINI Luca - Italy
PINOTTI Marco - Italy
VIVIANI Elia - Italy
ARASHIRO Yukiya - Japan
BEPPU Fumiyuki - Japan
BAZAYEV Assan - Kazahkstan
VINOKOUROV Alexandre - Kazahkstan
PARK Sung Baek - South Korea
SARAMOTINS Aleksejs - Latvia
BAGDONAS Gediminas - Lithuania
NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas - Lithuania
DIDIER Laurent - Luxembourg
OTHMAN Muhamad Adiq Husainie - Malaysia
RUSLI Amir - Malaysia
RANGEL ZAMARRON Hector Hugo - Mexico
BERDOS Oleg - Moldavia
CHAOUFI Tarik - Morocco
JELLOUL Adil - Morocco
LAHSAINI Mouhcine - Morocco
CRAVEN Dan - Namibia
BOOM Lars - Netherlands
GESINK Robert - Netherlands
LANGEVELD Sebastian - Netherlands
TERPSTRA Niki - Netherlands
WESTRA Lieuwe - Netherlands
BAUER Jack - New Zealand
HENDERSON Gregory - New Zealand
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald - Norway
KRISTOFF Alexander - Norway
LAENGEN Vegard Stake - Norway
NORDHAUG Lars Petter - Norway
BODNAR Maciek - Poland
GOLAS Michal - Poland
KWIATKOWSKI Michal - Poland
CARDOSO Manuel Antonio Leal - Portugal
FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto - Portugal
SANTOS SIMOES OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe - Portugal
NECHITA Andrei - Romania
ISAYCHEV Vladimir - Russia
KOLOBNEV Alexandr - Russia
MENCHOV Denis - Russia
KASA Gabor - Serbia
STEVIC Ivan - Serbia
SAGAN Peter - Slovakia
BOLE Grega - Slovenia
BOZIC Borut - Slovenia
BRAJKOVIC Janez - Slovenia
IMPEY Daryl - South Africa
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan - Spain
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin - Spain
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon - Spain
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro - Spain
VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco José - Spain
LARSSON Gustav Erik - Sweden
ALBASINI Michael - Switzerland
CANCELLARA Fabian - Switzerland
ELMIGER Martin - Switzerland
RAST Grégory - Switzerland
SCHÄR Michael - Switzerland
HASSANIN Omar - Syria
AKDÝLEK Ahmet - Turkey
KAL Mirac - Turkey
KUCUKBAY Kemal - Turkey
GRIVKO Andriy - Ukraine
KRIVTSOV Dmytro - Ukraine
DUGGAN Timothy - United States
FARRAR Tyler - United States
HORNER Christopher - United States
PHINNEY Taylor - United States
VAN GARDEREN Tejay - United States
SOTO PEREIRA Jorge Adelbio - Uruguay
KHALMURATOV Muradjan - Uzbekistan
LAGUTIN Sergey - Uzbekistan
GIL MARTINEZ Tomas Aurelio - Venezuela
RODRIGUEZ Jackson - Venezuela
UBETO APONTE Miguel – Venezuela