Gut Check 212 is an annual endurance bike ride across South Dakota that raises money for Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA).
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Pedaling the Muse bike ride benefits the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.
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Hincapie and Leipheimer also on the card
Christian Vande Velde will return to the 2009 Tour of Missouri bike race from Sept. 7 to 13 to defend his title.
The Illinois born and bred cyclist for Team Garmin-Slipstream had previously been on an early roster for the Vuelta a Espana, which runs through nearly the entire month of September, precluding him from riding in Missouri.
He'll be joined at the third Tour of Missouri bike race by teammates David Zabriskie, a time trial specialist, and Steven Cozza, judged the “best young rider” at the inaugural Tour of Missouri in 2007.
Vande Velde was looking for another amazing year in 2009 to follow up with his break-out year in 2008, which included wearing the pink leader's jersey at the Giro d'Italia and a 5th place finish at the Tour de France …..
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Vande Velde, a member of the US-based Garmin Slipstream pro cycling team, finished 8th in the 2009 Tour de France.
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Few things excite my imagination more than scanning bike trail maps.
On Sunday I stumbled across a new brochure for the Iron Curtain Trail, a bike path that one day will traverse the 4,216-mile length of the Cold War border between eastern and western Europe.
Beginning at the Norway-Russia border on the Barents Sea in the north, the bike route touches 20 nations before it ends on the Black Sea coast in Turkey in the south.
Nearly equal in length to the TransAmerica Trail that stretches from Yorktown, Virginia, to Astoria, Oregon, in the US, this bike trail passes parks, monuments and green belts that mark the so-called “death strip” between East and West during the Cold War …
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This wasn't a great day for US cyclists at two European bike races.
Lance Armstrong dropped out of a rain-drenched Tour of Ireland with a sore back, and Tyler Farrar lost his overall lead at the Eneco Tour through Belgium and The Netherlands.
Many came out to see the 7-time Tour de France winner for the final of the 3-stage Tour of Ireland in Cork on Sunday. CyclingNews said large crowds were at the finish, but were disappointed when Armstrong pulled out on the first circuit, never facing St. Patrick's Hill. …
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The Iron Curtain Bike Trail in red.
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The Iron Curtain bike trail follows the more than 4,000-mile long Iron Curtain in Europe.
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Much like the philospher Diogenes used a lamp to search for an honest man in ancient Greece, Shawn Anderson is using a bike to find people who go the extra mile.
Anderson, 46, is calling this the Extra Mile America Tour.
The motivational speaker and author set off by bike from San Francisco on July 21 and plans to reach Boston by Oct. 8. Along the way, he's searching for those who are going the extra mile in their lives, and he's encouraging others to give a little more effort.
He's repeating his message to gatherings in 21 cities ….
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Tyler Farrar will undoubtedly remember this week forever.
The Washington state native on Saturday posted his third win at the Eneco Tour, edging out Edvald Boasson Hagen in a photo finish.
The victory in Libramont, Belgium, kept him in the overall lead in the bike race through Belgium and The Netherlands that ends next Tuesday. He leads Belgium's Tom Boonen by 20 seconds.
Farrar, the sprint specialist on US-based Garmin Slipstream pro cycling team, started the week with a win at the Vattenfall Cyclassics on Sunday …
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