The route covers 2,500 miles of dirt track and gravel roads down the spine of the Continental Divide
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Matthew Lee rolled into Antelope Wells, New Mexico, early Tuesday morning under the cover of darkness to win the 2010 Tour Divide mountain bike race.
Lee finished the both breath-taking and grueling race down the spine of the Continental Divide in 17 days, 16 hours and 13 minutes. It was his sixth victory.
Winning this year meant that Lee overcame the weather, the theft of his bicycle, a mid-route course change due to a forest fire, and the tragic loss of fellow Tour Divide cyclist David Blumenthal.
He averaged about 158 miles a day over dirt track and gravel road ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/29/matthew-lee-wins-tour-divide-mountain-bike-race-again/
It's deja vu all over again for Lance Armstrong fans who read the following Tweet on Monday:
“And yes, this will be final Tour de France. It's been a great ride. Looking forward to 3 great weeks…… Doh, sorry, meant “my” final Tour.”
Last time he announced his retirement, he was a 33-year-old with an unprecedented six Tour de France championships to his credit. He made that announcement to a roomful of reporters before the start of the Tour de Georgia in 2005.
He went on to win the Tour de France that year — number 7, and made good on his pledge to retire — for 3 1/2 years ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/29/armstrong-says-hell-call-it-quits-2010-tour-de-france-will-be-his-last/
Three friends on a cross-country bicycle tour to raise money to fight breast cancer are on their way home without reaching their destination.
They're abandoning the Pink Pedal bike tour they created because the fourth bicyclist, their friend John Anczarski, was struck and killed by a motorist in New Mexico last week.
Supporters of the Pink Pedal bicycle tour project created this video in tribute to their 19-year-old friend's role in the bicycle tour.
Our deepest condolences to the family of John Anczarski and his friends. That was a noble cause they were on, and it's a shame that it ended tragically.
Anczarski was a resident of Ringtown, Pennsylvania, and a student enrolled at the University of Colorado …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/28/tribute-to-fallen-charity-bicyclist-john-anczarski/
Seven other Americans competing at bike race
When July rolls around, you'll know where to find cyclist George Hincapie — somewhere in the peloton of the Tour de France.
2010 is no different. Hincapie will competing in his 15th Tour de France when it rolls out of Rotterdam on July 3.
That's a string exceeded only by Joop Zoetemelk, who competed in, and completed, 16 Tours de France before retiring in 1986. The Dutch cyclist, who now runs a hotel in France, won the Tour de France in 1980.
[Zoetemelk was stung by allegations that the only reason he won was because Bernard Hinault abandoned because of knee problems. Joop made the valid point: “Surely winning the Tour de France is a question of health and robustness. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/27/george-hincapie-returns-for-15th-tour-de-france/
George Hincapie returns to Tour de France in 2010.
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Two weeks of amazing Rocky Mountain highs are done for bicyclists who rode The Denver Post Ride the Rockies and the Bicycle Tour of Colorado.
Together, the bike tours covered 1,002 miles of Colorado blacktop and summited 14 mountain passes, 7 on each bike ride.
Celebrating its 25th year, Ride the Rockies is one of the oldest mass bicycle tours in the nation, probably surpassed only by the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Around Iowa.
One of this year's highlights was bicycling along the Rim Rock Drive in the Colorado National Monument. See the video for scenes along the route ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/26/2-colorado-bike-tours-wrapped-up-more-on-tap-later-this-summer/
Bike Colorado wants to block the precedent-setting ban. Tuesday, June 29 at 5:30 p.m. at west steps of Colorado state house.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/25/logo-for-end-the-bike-ban/
Bike Colorado is hosting a rally next Tuesday to protest the bicycle ban imposed earlier this month in the tiny gambling town of Black Hawk.
The Rally to End Bike Bans is scheduled from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver. Everyone is welcome to attend. Check the Facebook page for more details.
The statewide bicycle advocacy group is fighting the ban because they fear it may set a precedent for other cities that take the wrong-headed approach to impose a bicycle ban to “promote safety.” That's how Black Hawk City Manager Bill Copp explained the ban a couple of weeks ago …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/25/colorado-bicyclists-to-protest-black-hawks-bike-ban/
Killed in collision with pickup truck during Tour Divide in June 2010. Mountain biker Dave Blumenthal dies from injuries suffered in crash at Tour Divide.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/25/dave-blumenthal/
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