The O'Donnell family riding their bicycles on a cross-country bike tour. The ride was a fund-raiser for Type 1 diabetes, as 16-year-old daughter Rebecca, right, has the disease. More at Rebecca's Ride.
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Mark Cavendish interviewed on Tour of Missouri Tour Tracker.
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Mark Cavendish, the fastest man on two-wheels in a short sprint, won the opening stage of the Tour of Missouri on Monday in St. Louis.
The victory in a crowded field marked the 21st individual win of the year for the 24-year-old sprinter for Team Columbia.
Thor Hushovd's Cervelo Test Team made a bid for the stage win after it appeared that Columbia's control of the peloton fell apart in the last mile or so.
Interviewed online immediately after the bike race on TourTracker, however, Cavendish said the lead-out and final meters of the race proceded just as planned …
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A Spaniard finally is wearing the golden leader's jersey at the Vuelta a Espana after Alejandro Valverde made up a few seconds on former overall leader Cadel Evans on Stage 9 on Monday.
Valverde is one of the favorites to win the three-week bike race; the Caisse d'Epargne finished 2nd overall in the Vuelta in 2006.
US cyclist Tom Danielson was the 10th rider …
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Here's the roster for the 2009 Tour of Missouri, running Sept. 7 through 13.
It features defending champion Christian Vande Velde, as well as David Zabriskie, for Garmin Slipstream; George Hincapie, Mick Rogers and Mark Cavendish for Team Columbia; Floyd Landis for Team OUCH; Thor Hushovd for Cervelo; among a host of other luminaries.
Garmin-Slipstream
1 VANDE VELDE Christian USA
2 ZABRISKIE David USA
3 COZZA Steven USA
4 DONALD JasonUSA
5 DUGGAN Timothy USA
6 FRIEDMAN Michael USA
7 FRISCHKORN William USA
8 PATE Danny USA
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Only in its third year, the 2009 Tour of Missouri — which rolls out Monday through Sunday — will be one of the easiest bike races for most of us to follow from online and broadcast outlets than any previous bike race in the US.
Universal Sports and the Tour of Missouri websites will offer live videostream daily coverage of the last two hours of each bike race stage (Monday through Sunday);
Versus cable network will broadcast a 30-minute recap show of the day's highlights every morning at 1 a.m. (EST) (Tuesday through Monday) or midnight (CT) nightly (Monday through Sunday) …..
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Australian at Vuelta a Espana
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Enough of the flatland. The 2009 Vuelta a Espana bike race entered the mountains on Sunday, and the result of the terrain change was a reorganization of contenders for the leader's golden jersey.
Australia's Cadel Evans might have shaken himself out of this year's slump as he finished in 4th place on Sunday, 44 seconds behind Stage 8 winner Damiano Cunego. Evan's effort put him in the lead by just 2 seconds.
But who also climbed in the standings? US cyclist Tom Danielson of Garmin-Slipstream bettered himself into 4th place overall, just 13 seconds behind Evans …
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With a few days available for bike travel and rainy weather forecast for Western Washington, it shouldn't have taken me too long to decide on a destination east of the Cascades.
The eastern slope of the mountains is also known as the dry side.
Yet, it was an agonizing process until I realized that it was just me and my bike and some gear. I didn't have to worry about anyone else's needs or keeping someone else happy.
I really couldn't make a bad choice.
So I chose a route that started in Cle Elum, about 90 minutes by freeway, and climbed up and over Blewett Pass on Highway 97 and eventually down to Wenatchee on the Columbia River …
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Wouldn't you know it. The number of traffic fatalities in the US reached its lowest level in 2008 in nearly 50 years — a nearly 10% drop from the previous year.
But bike advocates can take no joy in these figures. The number of bike riders killed in traffic actually rose to 716 deaths. That's a 2.1% increase, or 15 more fatalities than in 2007.
The increase in the number of bicyclists injured in 2008 is even more startling. The number rose from 43,000 bicyclists injured in 2007 to 52,000 in 2008. That's a 21% increase. Injuries in all other vehicle category dropped in 2008.
The figures were compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …
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