The 2010 Tour de France bike race that rolls out July 3-25 will be a 2,232-mile counterclockwise loop around France that sees four mountain stages in the Pyrenees and an individual time trial in the final week.
In fact, the organizers found the climb up the Col du Tourmalet so nice that they've scheduled it twice, once on the way to Pau in Stage 16 and then as the finish on Stage 17.
The grand tour begins with a 5-mile prologue in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The remaining 20 stages are comprised of six mountain stages (three finish on summits), four medium mountain stages, nine flat stages and one individual time trial, a 36.6-mile race against the clock on the next to last day.
Announced in Paris on Wednesday, the immediate reaction was a mixed bag. Defending champion Alberto Contador liked it better than the 2009 route, but was worried about the cobblestones in Belgium. Green jersey winner Thor Hushovd …..
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Route for 2010 Tour de France, July 3-25, 2010.
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Google keeps adding data to its maps to make them more detailed.
That's good news for bicyclists who want to find bike trail routes in their cities that might take them near their destinations.
As I found from tracing some bike trails in the Seattle area, some are labeled and some aren't. Some are mislabeled. Some vanish from sight in places then reappear later. But it's a start, and the information on the Google maps is only as good as the sources.
At its Google Lat Long blog, the company tells about some of the improvements and says “…cyclists will now find many more trails and paths to explore. Soon we even plan on providing you with biking directions to take advantage of this new data …
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Slowly but surely, Google is adding bike paths to its maps. Although the “streetview” wasn't taken from the Burke Gilman Trail, I spied it from an adjacent street.
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Mark Junge wants to prove that he can go on bike tours too, even though he's a daily supplemental oxygen user.
Junge, a retired historian, photographer and writer from Wyoming, is leaving New York City this week for a 816-mile bike tour to Charleston, South Carolina. He expects the bike ride to take about two weeks.
The bike traveler suffers from blood clots in the lungs, a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease that makes it difficult for him to breath. Instead becoming inactive because of the disorder, however, Junge gets on his bike to motivate others with the condition to go out and live a full life ….
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Mark Junge is undertaking a 816-mile bike tour while connected to a supplemental oxygen supply.
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Washington state bicycle advocates are pushing for a law to make it illegal for a motorist to seriously injure or kill a vulnerable roadway user — such as a bike rider — in a crash caused by ordinary negligence.
All too often, motorists receive mere traffic tickets and don't even have to appear in court when their inattentive driving results in a bicyclist's or pedestrian's death.
The Cascade Bicycle Club, among others, is sponsoring a Traffic Justice Summit from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Seattle City Hall's Bertha Knight Landes Room to discuss changing the law.
Bike riders, pedestrians, and motorcyclists can be the most vulnerable when a motorist commits a simple traffic violation.
When a car driver changes lanes into another car or makes a left turn in front of an oncoming vehicle, for instance, a couple of crumpled fenders is usually the worst result. Put a bicyclist into that equation, however, and a death or serious injury results….
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Cascade Bicycle Club
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Lance Armstrong isn't the only bicyclist who can bring out the fans to raise money for cancer.
Actor Patrick Dempsey of the TV series “Grey's Anatomy” sponsored the Dempsey Challenge charity bike ride in Lewiston, Maine, last weekend, near his hometown of Buckfield. The event raised nearly $1 million.
After his mother was treated for ovarian cancer at the Central Maine Medical Center, the actor founded the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing in Lewiston. The center provides free support, education and wellness services to cancer patients and caregivers.
Dempsey said he needed to raise operating funds for the center, so he chose the bicycle as a vehicle for his event. Isn't it great to see celebrities raising money for worthwhile causes from the seat of a bicycle? …..
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Hill-climbing specialists from across the state of Florida are descending on Lake County this weekend for the Mount Dora Bicycle Festival.
This is the 35th anniversary of the bike gathering, which features entertainment beginning Friday night and 11 supported bike rides of 25 to 100 miles throughout the weekend.
But the real mountain goats among the 500 participants will no doubt be saving themselves for Sunday's “Assault on Sugarloaf Mountain.”
At 310 feet of elevation, Sugarloaf is one of the highest peaks in the state of Florida. Those strong enough to make it to the summit will enjoy views of Lake Apopka and other area features …
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