Fumiyuki Beppu Profile

Fumiyuki Beppu (born April 10, 1983 in Kanagawa-ken) is a Japanese professional road racer who started his pro cycling career with the Discovery Channel Team in 2005. Known as Fumy, he is an overall rider for Team RadioShack, starting with the 2010 season. Beppu started racing bikes when he was only 9-years old, entering local races [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/fumiyuki-beppu-profile/

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Brajkovic Leaps into 3rd Place at Dauphiné

Team RadioShack?s Janez Brajkovic (SLO) put in an excellent performance in today?s Stage 3, Individual Time Trail of the Critérium du Dauphiné in Grenoble, France, putting himself in very good position (3rd in the overall General Classification so far) to contend this race, and defend the victory he took here last year. And, [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/brajkovic-leaps-into-3rd-place-at-dauphine/

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Manuel Cardoso Takes Stage 4 at Catalunya 2011

After looking very strong so far in this year?s 91st running of the Volta a Catalunya ? he finished third in Tuesday?s 2nd stage – Team RadioShack?s Manuel Cardoso (POR) won Thursday?s 4th stage besting the field to the line in a bunch sprint in the town of El Vendrell, Spain. The 195 kilometer [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/manuel-cardoso-takes-stage-4-at-catalunya-2011/

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Countdown in Portugal


When traveling through a country there is so much to take in -- sights, sounds, culture, language. It can be overwhelming.

Sometimes I choose certain specific things to focus on as I'm pedaling. Trees or birds, or the hats people are wearing. The signs on the side of the road. Or I'll pick a color. It is amazing how your perspective changes if you focus on the color red, and later on the color blue. What your eye takes in doesn't change, but how your brain processes it does.

While we were pedaling in Portugal, I started noticing house numbers. In the small villages, most weren't generic, but often obviously fashioned by the home owner. I began taking photos of them. Then I got obsessed. I started collecting house numbers like you would try to fill out a bingo card. Could I find and photograph all the numbers from 1 to 100?

This was rather entertaining for me, and rather annoying for my partner, Kat, who constantly had to stop and wait as I dismounted my bike to search for the perfect angle to photograph a house number I hadn't captured yet.

I didn't make it to my goal of 100. Somewhere along the way my obsession began to annoy even me. My vision was so zeroed in on house numbers that I was literally missing the big picture.

The video is a shortened version of my countdown to Portugal ... as entertaining or annoying as it may be.

Photo: Portugal -- 2010 by Willie Weir

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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS appears on Friday afternoons. Willie Weir is a columnist for Adventure Cyclist magazine. His latest book Travels with Willie: Adventure Cyclist will inspire you to hit the road and just might change the way you approach bicycle travel. He lives in Seattle with his wife Kat. You can read about their local adventures and life without a car at http://YellowTentAdventures.com/.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/09/countdown-in-portugal.html

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Amgen Tour, Levi Just Misses TT, Horner Keeps Lead

The winner of the last 3 Tours of California, Team RadioShack?s Levi Leipheimer, who is also the winner of its last 3 time trials in the city of Solvang, just missed his fourth victory in this year?s TT to Garmin-Cervélo?s David Zabriskie by 13 seconds. Levi looked very strong on the first parts of [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/amgen-tour-levi-just-misses-tt-horner-keeps-lead/

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Machado Rides Strong at Tirreno-Adriatico

The 7 stages of this year?s 45th running of the Tirreno-Adriatico, are now complete. After 1,075 kilometers (668 miles) the ?Race of The Two Seas? was decided on the last day, March 15, in the time trial by an 11 second margin. Cadel Evans of BMC ended up besting Robert Gesink of Rabobank [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/machado-rides-strong-at-tirreno-adriatico/

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