Alberto Contador remained in control of the Giro d'Italia on the steep slopes of Monte Zoncolon on Saturday.
The Spanish cyclist let fellow countryman Igor Anton (Euskaltel Euskadi) escape to a Stage 14 victory, while denying help to second-place rival Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) as he marked the Italian's pace up the mountain.
The 170km (105 miles) bike race from Lienz to Monte Zoncolon was the second of three summit finishes planned for the weekend.
The route was shortened twice: once by 20km to remove the Monte Crostis descent, and another 20km to detour around fans …
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Cyclist for Euskaltel Euskadi
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Cyclist George Hincapie is among three former US Postal Service team members who told federal investigators that Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs, “60 Minutes” is reporting in a story to air Sunday.
Hincapie, currently racing in the Amgen Tour of California, was a teammate of Armstrong on all seven of his Tour de France championships.
A CBSNews story on Friday said that Hincapie told investigators that he and Armstrong supplied each other with EPO and discussed using testosterone to prepare for bike races. CBSNews does not reveal the source of the information….
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Sixth place was good enough for Chris Horner (Radio Shack) to hold onto the yellow jersey after Friday's individual time trial concluded in Solvang at the Amgen Tour of California.
Dave Zabriskie (left, Garmin Cervelo) won the stage, setting a record over the 15-mile course. The previous record holder, Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) finished second, 14 seconds behind Zabriskie.
While Horner remained in 1st overall, he lost time to Leipheimer who now trails his teammate by 38 seconds. This could result in some interesting team tactics on the summit finish of Mt. Baldy on Saturday. ….
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David Zabriskie focused on the goal of winning the Stage 5 individual time trial at Amgen Tour of California.
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Venezuelan cyclist for Androni Giocattoli
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Puget Sound area bicycle commuters — some riding to work for the first time — awoke to clear skies and warm temperatures for Friday's annual Bike to Work Day in the Seattle area.
At commuter stations in Bellevue, the better than normal weather in the Pacific Northwest meant a much better turnout than last year.
Michael Ingram, a senior planner in the city's transportation department, said that 500 bicyclists passed through the commute station at the base of the I-90 bridge (above) over Lake Washington between 6 and 9 a.m.
The story was the same throughout the region …
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Jose Rujano might have learned at the Giro d'Italia on Friday that it pays to work with Alberto Contador, instead of drafting him.
The 29-year-old cyclist was the only cyclist in the peloton to catch race leader Contador's wheel on the tough final climb up the Grosslockner, the highest peak in Austria.
The Venezuelan had tried drafting Contador last Sunday on the final attack on the Mt. Etna summit, and Contador kicked it at the end and left Rujano in his dust.
On Friday, Rujano cooperated on the climb ….
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Slovakian cyclist Peter Sagan (Liquigas) won a mass sprint after a grueling 134-mile bike race over four climbs on Thursday.
The Stage 5 race from Seaside to Paso Robles had been rerouted off the scenic Route 101 along the Pacific Coast several weeks ago because highway crews were still trying to clear landsides that blocked the road.
With the abandonment of Stage 1, the stage on Thursday served as the hump day. Only 3 stages remain….
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Stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia bike race is the first of three major mountain stages the peloton will face this weekend.
The peloton faces four rated climbs on the 167km (103.5 miles) race that starts in Spilimbergo and heads to Friday's destination — the 2504m Grosslockner in Austria.
The climbs are:
Passo di Monte Croce Carnico – Category 2
Gailbergsattel – Category 3…
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