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Frenchman Christophe Moreau climbed back into the lead of the Dauphiné Libéré on the final climb of the day on Saturday’s penultimate stage.
While Astana cyclist Maxim Iglinsky won the 120-mile stage from Gap to Valloire, teammate Andrey Kashechkin fell off the lead and into third place…
TRIBUNE, KAN. - We’re walking back from dinner at the Cactus Patch restaurant, and realize we’re riding through history. We’re in the town of Tribune in the county of Greeley. The next town down the road tomorrow will be Horace. Follow the bouncing ball. What did Horace Greeley write in the New York Tribune? “Go west young man!”
We started heading West early in the morning after a torrential downpour struck at 4:30. We ate and washed up at the church (still open, as promised) and hit the road at 6:45. After a few miles the terrain opened up more than before, if that’s possible. …
I just did my first sprint Tri on a hybrid/mountain bike, Specialized Hard Rock (I think it’s 97 or 98) with smooth tires and did pretty good (bike rank 430 out of 2612). But I am thinking I could do much better with a road bike.
However, I don’t know anything about road bikes.
Could you recommend a reasonably priced road bike for a female beginner?
Binangonan is next in the map.
Although we would have wanted very much to see more local color, we decided not to enter the town proper itself. We biked through the national highway instead as this would give us more speed and thus finish the ride on time.
The most breathtaking views of the lake, […]
We already know that Paris is gearing up for a “free” bike rental program that begins July 15. I was surprised to learn that Washington DC is considering launching its own, smaller scale, automated bike rental program that could get off the ground by the end of the summer.
The District Department of Transportation, working with bus shelter supplier Clear Channel Adshel, plans to install 10 kiosks in the greater downtown area where up to 120 bicycles can be rented. It would be the first such program in the US. …
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This is good news. Once again, the Versus cable network is offering nearly around-the-clock TV coverage of the 2007 Tour de France, which runs July 7-29.
The sports network (still OLN in Canada) is broadcasting an average 17 hours a day of Tour coverage, generally starting at 8:30 a.m. (ET) with replays throughout the day and early morning hours.
Cycling fans without access to cable TV will have options on the Internet, such as the live text tickers at CyclingNews and VeloNews, audio play-by-play at Eurosport, and the virtual “tete de la course” updates on maps and stage profiles at the official Tour de France website. …
LA CROSSE, KAN. — We’re sitting here writing at our journals at a picnic table that’s about 30 miles south of the geographical center of the US.
We clicked off a lot of miles today, and I am tired and a little sore, but I feel like I could charge across more than 100 miles of Great Plains tomorrow morning …
I am thinking of purchasing a speedsuit to go over my triathlon suit for swimming in non-wetsuit legal triathlons. I plan to buy either the Zoot Ultra SpeedZoot or the DeSoto Liftfoil Speedsuit. Does anyone have any pros or cons about either of these speedsuits? Any recommendations? Thanks!
If you’re looking for inspiration to get on the bike, look no further than Bill Anderson.
The 81-year-old cyclist from Yuma is pedaling the 2,000-mile perimeter of Arizona over the next two weeks to raise money for Yuma’s Crossroads Mission, a charity for the homeless.
This would be quite a feat for someone half his age, but for Anderson it’s pretty much par for the course. The former boxer, WWII vet and construction executive is an excellent example of how a lifetime of exercise can keep someone active for many years. …
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