Standing cyclist on Meso Challenge bike tour. 320 miles from Pittsburgh to Washington DC on the Great Allegheny Passage and C & O Canal.
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Lance Armstrong will return to Adelaide in January to compete in the Tour Down Under bicycle race, which he says will be his last outside the US.
The 39-year-old Texan launched his comeback at that race in 2009 after a 3-1/2 year hiatus from pro cycling.
In a statement, Armstrong said:
“I’m excited to be competing in my last professional ride outside the U.S. at the Tour Down Under. It will be my third time …
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The Seattle-based Cascade Bicycle Club has suspended the election for the board of directors until March due to bylaws violations.
Board member Jim Oswald made the announcement at, by all reports, a highly contentious membership meeting Thursday night. He said the board will expand to 15 members from its current 11 members, and nominations are welcome.
Unfortunately, I was unable to attend because of long-standing commitments so I can't contribute any first-hand observations. Tom Fucoloro has a story over at Seattle Bike Blog: “Cascade Director: If I get fired for protecting my staff, then so be it.” Publicola also has a running account of the meeting at its Twitter feed, PublicolaNews.
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L'Etape du Tour is the Tour de France for the common man. The mass participation event enables weekend warriors on bicycles to test their performance against the stars of cycling.
Because of the growing popularity of the cycling event, bike race organizer ASO is expanding the event to two stages. Explaining at the l'Etape website:
“It became very difficult to refuse riders because of our 10,000 limit. In organising 2 races, we would like to offer all riders the possibility to ride the Champions routes, on the historic Tour de France stages. … These 2 races, with very different profiles and landscapes ….
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Rolling out with two cyclosportives in 2011
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Also a stage on the l'Etape du Tour in 2011
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Also a stage on the l'Etape du Tour.
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If you're interested in the future direction of the Seattle-based Cascade Bicycle Club, you might want to attend the Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday.
Board members of the 13,000-member club have been on the hot seat since the firing, and subsequent rehiring on an interim basis, of executive director Chuck Ayers.
A petition to recall the board has been put forward …
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Actor Matt Damon, left, has long been mentioned as the leading candidate for a starring role in a motion picture about the life of Lance Armstrong.
But he's officially on board as narrator of the upcoming documentary about Armstrong's comeback attempt for an 8th Tour de France victory in 2009.
The film is being produced by Alex Gibney. His most recent work, “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer,” tells about the case against former New York governor's involvement with a prostitution ring …
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In bicycle garb at Cape Argus bike tour in Capetown South Africa in 2009
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