Sad news: Andy Bishop, perhaps the top competitive cyclist in Tucson history, died of stomach cancer earlier this month in New Hampshire. He was 61.
Andy Bishop, a pro bicycle racer, grew up in Tucson.
Bishop raced in four Tour de France races in the late 1980s and early '90s, a Cinderella story who played the trombone in the Catalina High School Marching Band in the early '80s. He then graduated from the UA with a degree in physics-engineering. He was a recreational bike rider who entered the 1987 Tour of Gila and won the race. After that, he blossomed, at one point replacing injured Greg LeMond, a cycling legend, in the Tour de France as part of Team USA.
Bishop ultimately moved to Washington D.C., and later New Hampshire and Vermont where he became a school teacher and professional photographer.
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