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BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK, Va. — There’s nothing like a big ol’ country-style breakfast to start the day — if you plan to go right back to bed.
Bruce and I weren’t napping, however. Rev. Chuck and his wife served us an extra helping of biscuits ’n’ gravy, along with sausage, bacon and eggs this morning. He said we’d need that extra larder to get over “Big …
Former Danish cyclist Bjarne Riis said he’s willing to give up his 1996 Tour de France title after admitting on Friday to taking a medicine chest full of performance-enhancing drugs.
So who would be worthy to receive it? We might have to go pretty far down the list of finishers to find someone.
No. 2 that year was Jan Ullrich. No way. With 7 Telekom teammates already admitting to taking banned performance boosters, and doctors saying they readily dispensed them, is anyone serious about giving Ullrich the title? …
It should probably be no surprise that 2006 Italian time trial champion Marzio Bruseghin won the uphill time trial at Stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia on Friday.
The effort was good enough to win, but not to unseat Danilo Di Luca from the overall lead. Di Luca finished in third place in the 7.8 mile time trial, just 8 seconds behind Bruseghin.
US cyclist Dave Zabriskie (Team CSC) finished in fourth place in the time trial, 19 seconds behind the winner. …
Racing for Germany’s Team Telekom in the mid-1990s must have been something like: “Fill up your water bottle, take your EPO injection, and get back on the bike.”
Bjarne Riis, winner of the 1996 Tour de France, is the latest former Telekom team member to admit to doping; he confessed publically Friday to taking EPO, human growth hormone and steriods from 1993 to 1998.
Erik Zabel and Rolf Aldag, two long-time T-Mobile (Telekom) cycling roommates, are disclosing that they doped with the banned blood-boosting agent EPO in the mid 1990s. They’re among 7 Telekom cyclists who admitted to doping this week. …
I just bought a 2006 Fuji Roubaix Pro. So far I really like the bike. The reason I chose this particular bike was the lightweight (18.4)lbs, carbon fork and stays, as well as shimano 105/ulterga mix. For the money this seemed to be the best bike that I could get. I was wondering if anyone else owns/owned/knows someone who owns the same bike and what you had to say about it. I ride about 100-150 miles a week in fairly hilly terrain. This is my first bike with only 20 gears (my last was 27), and so far hasn’t been a problem, but haven’t gotten into the big hills yet? How has this bike performed for other people? I would appreciate any information on the subject.
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