Tour de Georgia
Racing in the US for the first time, a citizen of Belarus, a former region of the USSR, won the Tour de Georgia yesterday. Twenty-five year old Kanstantin Sivtsov took the overall lead Saturday in a grueling climb up Brasstown Bald Mountain, while his teammate, New Zealand’s Thomas Henderson won the race’s final stage in a final sprint through downtown Atlanta yesterday.
Falcons new quarterback
The Michael Vick era is officially over in Atlanta Falcon’s history. The Falcons drafted their quarterback of the future, Matt Ryan from Boston College. It was a position Vick was sure to have until he was convicted and imprisoned on dog-fighting charges last year. The new quarterback is part of a campaign to put a new face on the Falcons.
Braves lose
The Atlanta Braves lost to the New York Mets yesterday, 3-6.
