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Bicycles for AIDS ride parked in Santa Cruz

Record 2,300 cyclists participate in AIDS ride on California coast.

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Petacchi wins in Milan; Di Luca wins Giro d'Italia

To probably no one's surprise, Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca, left, officially won the Giro d'Italia on Sunday after he and his Liquigas team dominated the race from the opening stage.

Over the 21-stage race, you can count only four days when a member of the Liquigas team was not in the leader's pink jersey; Di Luca was in the pink for a lucky 13 stages.

Meanwhile, supersprinter Alessandro “Ale-Jet” Petacchi, above right, took the final stage win in Milan. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/06/04/petacchi-wins-in-milan-di-luca-wins-giro-ditalia/

Bicycle quote: Zabriskie all wet at Giro

“Sometimes you hit the bar, sometimes the bar hits you.”

US time trial specialist David Zabriskie lamenting his 3rd-place finish in the Stage 20 individual time trial at the 2007 Giro d'Italia. …

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Spring on short stretch of Lake Washington bike path

Lake Washington bike path, east side of lake.

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Mayo spreads peloton for Giro win; Di Luca still pink

Spanish cyclist Iban Mayo took a solo win at the Giro d'Italia on Friday after attacking the breakaway and speeding through the driving rain ahead of a chase group into the finish at Comano Terme.

The Stage 19 win for the 29-year-old Saunier Duval cyclist is one of his biggest since winning a stage of the Dauphine Libiere last year. Among his other victories is the L'Alpe d'Huez in the 2003 Tour de France.

Overall Giro leader Danilo Di Luca, unchallenged by the attack, finished in a group nearly 3 minutes behind Mayo. Interestingly, the Liquigas rider set up the action in the second half of Friday's race.

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/06/01/mayo-spreads-peloton-for-giro-win-di-luca-still-pink/

Mercer Island update — Where is enforcement; what is a stop?

(Updates bike stops)The Mercer Island police department has been kind enough to get back to me regarding where they're targeting stop-sign enforcement and what bicyclists should consider as a full stop.

Mercer Island police Cmdr. Leslie Burns says the department will concentrate its enforcement actions at locations where they get the most complaints.

For bicyclists running stop signs, that's been at 84th Avenue SE and SE 24th Street (the entrance to Luther Burbank Park) and the four-way stop at SE 24th Street and West Mercer Way. …

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Where tickets happen on Mercer Island

Google map of heavy enforcement of bicycle laws….

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Petacchi and Di Luca at Giro d'Italia stage 18

A recurrent theme of the 2007 Giro d'Italia is becoming Alessandro Petacchi wins the stage and Danilo Di Luca retains the lead.

It was true again on Thursday for the essentially flat, 126-mile race from Udine to Riese Pio X; Petacchi posted his fourth stage win of the three-week Giro and Di Luca accepted the overall leader's pink jersey for the 10th time.

As Di Luca holds a gap of 2-minutes-24 — or more — over the field, it's beginning to look very likely that he'll hold the pink jersey all the way to the finish in Milan on Thursday. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/31/petacchi-and-di-luca-at-giro-ditalia-stage-18/

Google image of Mercer Island

Police will ticket cyclists who do not stop at stop signs.

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Mercer Island: Blow those stop signs and get a ticket


Google image

Mercer Island is warning that police officers will issue tickets to bicyclists who don't stop at stop signs on the island.

It's part of a crackdown that is also to involve ticketing motorists who unsafely pass cyclists, particularly on the twisting Mercer Way loop around the island.

The island has been the stage for conflicts between bicyclists and motorists for years. Situated in Lake Washington between Bellevue and Seattle, the island is a thoroughfare for bike commuters passing through on the I-90 bike lanes. A narrow road that encircles the island is a popular loop for cyclists out for a spin. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/31/mercer-island-blow-those-stop-signs-and-get-a-ticket/