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Day 56 – Second mesa

 

This if the view from the second mesa in the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. There are three mesas in all, with an old town atop each.

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Tour de France, Stage 8

Lance Armstrong's challengers could attack on this 143-mile stage that returns to France. It starts with four climbs and ends with a category 2 climb before the finish.

 

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Armstrong still in yellow, but for how long?

It's all Lance Armstrong again, as he retains the yellow jersey in the 7th stage as the Tour de France enters Germany. But with a mountainous stage coming up on Saturday, you got to wonder whether he'll be wearing it at the end of the 8th stage.

Friday's 141-mile stage from Luneville, France, to Karlsruhe, Germany, played out like those in the past several …

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Day 55 – Wide open space in Arizona

We have the blacktop to ourselves heading west on Route 264 on Navajo reservation in northeastern Arizona

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Day 55 – Meeting up with riders in Arizona

Bruce and I pose with van-supported riders from the UK who are doing a cross-country charity tour

 

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Armstrong still in yellow, but loses ground

Just when I thought one of those Tour de France breakaways was going to last 'til the finish, the leader hits the deck with less than a kilometer to go.

Christophe Mengin, who jumped ahead of the peloton 14 miles into the 123-mile stage between Troyes and Nancy, slipped on the wet pavement and crashed into the barriers within sight of the …

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Day 54 – Window Rock

The arch at Window Rock, Arizona, that gives the town its name

 

 

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Day 54 – Roy and Jayne Hawthorne

Our hosts in Window Rock, Ariz. (Not my picture. I picked it up off the web several years ago)

 

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Lance Armstrong keeps yellow after 5th stage

Lance Armstrong dodged a crash near the end of today's Stage 5 to retain the yellow jersey in the Tour de France. Australian Robbie McEwen won the stage, passing two-time stage winner Tom Boonen at the line, after the peloton caught a breakaway group about 6 miles from the finish. …

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Lance Armstrong back in yellow

When US bike racer David Zabriskie skidded across the pavement just 1.5 kilometers from the finish line today, Lance Armstrong knew he was back in the yellow jersey this year.
The big question for Armstrong, team manager Johan Brunyeel, and other riders on the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team: Do we defend it vigorously for the next 2-plus weeks? …

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