When Trek president John Burke urged the bicycle industry to create a bike friendly world, the Canadians were listening.
The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada has awarded $25,000 to six different advocacy programs that put people back on two wheels.
The nonprofit group for suppliers and retailers sponsors the ExpoCycle (Canada's bike trade show) and lobbies the government on cycling issues. They issued the grants in advocacy, education and facility enhancement…
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Team CSC's Juan Jose Haedo won the sprint finish in Santa Rosa on Monday, marking the third year that the Argentine speedster has won a stage of the Amgen Tour of California.
Teammate Fabian Cancellara, who held on to the overall leader's yellow jersey, was seen cheering back in the bunch as Haedo won by about two bike lengths.
A bunch of 70-some cyclists made it into Santa Rosa in time to race in the three 3.1-mile circuits around town. It looked like QuickStep was leading out Tom Boonen, but CSC Bobby Julich took over and helped power Haedo toward the finish. BMC's Alexander Moos also attacked on the final circuit…
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Wins again in 2008 at Tour of California
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Italy's Mario Cipollini is shown joking with other riders at the front on the peloton on Monday's Stage 1 from Sausalito to Santa Rosa. As seen on TourTracker.
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Cycling fans who are shocked by the unfairness of the Astana cycling team's banishment from the Tour de France will want to sign a petition at LetLeviRide.com.
American cyclist Levi Leipheimer launched the campaign to petition the Amaury Sports Organization to allow his Astana team to compete in the Tour de France, as well as Paris-Nice and other races it owns.
ASO announced it banned Astana from the Tour de France because of doping problems the past couple of years, in spite of the fact that management has been overhauled this year and many of the cyclists are new…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/18/let-levi-ride-petition-drive/
LetLeviRide.com website petitions Amaury Sports Organization, owner of the Tour de France, to let the Astana team compete.
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With the precision of a Swiss timepiece, Fabian Cancellara grabbed the prologue win in Palo Alto for the Amgen Tour of California on Sunday.
The world champion time trial champion finished the 2.1-mile route in 3:51. Levi Leipheimer, defending champion and last year's prologue winner on a climbing course up to Coit Tower in San Francisco, finished in 4th place, about 6 seconds behind.
The best team effort was put in by Slipstream-Chipotle, which placed four riders in the top 10. They were Tyler Farrar, David Zabriskie, David Millar and Steven Cozza …
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Swiss speedster for Team CSC's Fabian Cancellara
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You've seen out-of-shape bicyclists get off their bikes and walk up steep hills on weekend bike tour events. But have you ever seen riders dismount because of a headwind?
Bike riders on the Jalapeno 100 through the Rio Grande Valley around Harlingen, Texas, were doing just that Saturday as wind gusts of 52 mph swept across the route.
Tailwinds above 40 mph are a good thing; but headwind or sidewinds are not. Sag wagons filled up during the day. The blogger at Texbiker.net gives this vivid account, which reads at times like it's a dispatch from the Dust Bowl era
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The logo for the Harlingen, Texas, Jalapeno 100 features a pepper on a bike.
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