Levi Leipheimer Maintains 2nd in Catalunya 2011

Today?s 5th stage of Spain?s venerated Volta a Catalunya was about as mountainous as a route can be and still not be officially classified a full on ?mountain stage.? Starting in El Vendrell and finishing some 206 kilometers (128 miles) later in Tarragona, the route profile of this year?s longest stage had the [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/levi-leipheimer-maintains-2nd-in-catalunya-2011/

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Makes me work a little bit harder

I spent several hours at my second home yesterday.  Also known as Andrew’s workshop.  Hours during which I got a new saddle, new cassette, new gear cable and bits, and a new big chain ring.  A big chain ring that didn’t understand the meaning of the work compatible because it should have been and it [...]

Source: http://www.thecyclingmayor.com/makes-me-work-a-little-bit-harder

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Choices for US Olympic road cycling team raise questions; final roster

Last week's announcement of the US road cycling squad for the London Olympics included many of the fresher faces in cycling. That's great that the younger cyclists get a chance, but if you're like me, then you probably wondered why so many of the "old pros" were left off the final list. Cyclists such as Tyler Farrar, Timmy Duggan, Taylor Phinney, Tejay van Garderen, and Chris Horner (the only older pro) are certainly all deserving. But how about long-time pros like George Hincapie ...

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/17/choices-for-us-olympic-road-cycling-team-raise-questions-final-roster/

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Celebrating 10,000 followers with a big announcement!

While the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, we?ve got our own two big reasons to celebrate on London Cyclist Blog. The first is that we have just surpassed 10,000 followers on Twitter. That?s almost double what we had this time last year and it makes London Cyclist one of the most popular cycling Twitter accounts [...]

Source: http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/celebrating-10000-followers-with-a-big-announcement/

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1984 Bike Tour: Day 39 ? Entering the Rockies ? it?s all uphill now

ROYAL GORGE, COLO. - So there I am posing at the side of US 50 with a horned antelope skull balanced on my helmet. Is it wacky altitude weirdness or just giddiness about being on the road again?

Probably the latter. We left Pueblo early and steadily headed toward a line of blue mountains ahead of us. As the morning wore on the mountains grew and finally enveloped us as we progressed into the Rockies.

We stopped at Penrose at 21 miles, then lunched in Canon City 15 miles later. About a mile outside this town, we both geared down to our grannies and just started climbing. To paraphrase Dorothy, we weren't in Kansas anymore ...

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/20/1984-bike-tour-day-39-entering-the-rockies-its-all-uphill-now/

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