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GRINDSTONE CAMPGROUND, VA. — We hit it all today — headwinds, rain, steep hills, illness and a opposite direction bicycle tourist who told us how great things were. That last was the hardest to take.
We broke camp at the Elizabeth Brown Memorial Park, packed our damp gear, and headed to the laundromat in town. I tried to fix my front derailleur while my shoes dried, broke the nut, cursed and …
Chalk up Alessandro Petacchi’s third stage victory at the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday, credited to a textbook leadout by his team and a big crash at the finish line in Pinerolo.
Among the dozen or so riders going down were race leader Andrea Noe, who quickly got back on his bike and rode across the finish.
World champion Paolo Bettini also remounted to finish after going down, although the crash spoiled another attempt at a stage win. …
How do you define success? Does it involve accomplishing all the goals you have set up for yourself before engaging in an activity? Is success the end all and be all of any event you find your self in? If this is so, then I had a major failure last Saturday, May 19.
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