Levi Leipheimer maintained his lead at the Tour of Utah on Saturday in spite of a breakaway that threatened to put one of his rivals into striking distance of the yellow jersey.
Meanwhile, Colombian cyclist Javier Acevedo attacked the breakaway to win Stage 4, an 82-mile circuit race around Salt Lake City.
Acevedo is a member of the Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antio, a Colombian cycling team that has two wins at the Tour and held the overall race lead until Friday …
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Leadville 100
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No Lance and no Levi at the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race on Saturday, and no record for the men.
Durango's Todd Wells won the high-altitude mountain bike race on the legendary course in the Rocky Mountains with the second fastest time on record of 6 hours, 23 minutes.
That's about 7 minutes slower than the course record set by Levi Leipheimer in 2010. Leipheimer, who is racing this week at the Tour of Utah, in turn had beaten the previous record set by Lance Armstrong ….
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Butterfly emblem on a front bike basket
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Defending champion Levi Leipheimer took the yellow jersey at the Tour of Utah on Friday as he scorched the 9-mile individual time trial course at the Miller Motorsports Park.
His time was bested by only one other cyclist, Tejay Van Garderen, a native of Tacoma, Washington, and member of the HTC-HighRoad pro cycling team.
In spite of winning the prologue and surviving in the overall lead for the first two stages, Colombia's Sergio Henao (Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antio) fell off the pace in the ITT …
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Press release Aug. 11 — Jack Bauer (NZL) of Endura Racing sprinted to his first win on American soil with a big push in the final 500 meters at Stage Two presented by Adobe at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.
In a photo finish, Elia Viviani (ITA) of Liquigas-Cannondale came away with second in today’s (Thursday's) exciting finish and American Jake Keough of United Healthcare Pro Cycling placed third.
The winners rode the 99.2-mile (159.6 km) rolling course around Utah Lake in 3 hours and 33 minutes, averaging 27.8 miles per hour. For the third day of the six-day stage race, Colombian Sergio Henao of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia continues to lead the General Classification. …
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Press release, Aug. 10 — American Jesse Anthony of Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth chased down an early breakaway and won today’s (Wednesday's) Stage One presented by Miller Lite at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. Taking second and retaining the overall general classficiation (G.C.) lead was Sergio Henao (COL) of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia. Spaniard Oscar Sevilla of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia was third and 2010 Tour of Utah champion Levi Leipheimer (USA) of Team RadioShack was a close fourth overall …
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PRESS RELEASE — Colombian Sergio Henao of Gobernacion Indeportes Antioquia was the fastest man at Utah Olympic Park with a time of 4:04 minutes in today’s (Tuesday's) Prologue presented by KJZZ TV and 1320 KFAN at the 2011 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.
Climbing to 7,275 feet of elevation on the 1.3-miles (2.1kilometer) course adjacent to the world-class bobsled track, Henao bested 117 other riders in the first day of the six-day professional cycling event ….
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Some 350 bicyclists are rolling across the Potato State this week as Ride Idaho 2011 explores the scenic byways in the central part of the state.
The cyclists who come from 31 states and Canada departed for Stanley on Friday morning after spending two nights in Hailey and the Wood River Valley.
The Idaho bike tour offered Hailey a lesson in bicycle tourism economics. The Times-News reported that tour organizers bought $12,000 worth of “chamber bucks,” enabling each rider to spend the equivalent of $25 in local stores. Ride Idaho also donated bicycle racks to the rodeo and ice arena and some playground equipment.
And, as it was a layover day on a week of 70-mile rides, some participants took advantage of a local whitewater rafting trip ….
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Route for 2011 Ride Idaho bicycle tour
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