Cyclist Bart de Clerq for Omega Pharma Lotto.
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Pre-Ramble: Twenty-seven years ago today, my friend Bruce and I saddled up and rode our bicycles out of Yorktown, VA, headed to Carlsbad, California. It took us 11 weeks to ride the 3,998 miles from coast-to-coast.
We used to say that maybe one day we'd make the trip again. We don't say that anymore as we've aged and gotten more set in our ways. So the only way I can enjoy a cross-country bike trip now is to read over our daily journals. They've been a fixture at BikingBis.com every May, June and July since 2005, and I'll be posting them again.
If you don't care to follow along, it's easy enough to just skip them. Or you can read the introduction and see the index at TransAmerica Tour 1984….
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The Giro d'Italia enters the early phase of killer stages on Friday with a mountain-top finish in Montevergine di Mercogliano. It comes at the end of a 68-mile bike race on Friday for Stage 7.
The Category 2 finish follows another Category 2 climb in the second half of the stage on Serra Della Strada. The Streetview map of Serra Della Strada and the final Montevergine climb are provided below by CyclingtheAlps.com ….
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David Hiller, the advocacy director for the Cascade Bicycle Club in Seattle, has announced his resignation effective on Friday.
The announcement on the Cascade Bicycle Club blog comes a couple of days after news that the Vulnerable User Bill, three years in the making, was scheduled to be signed into law by Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday.
The 41-year-old advocate starts works next week in Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn's office, reports the Seattle Times. He'll work with the Seattle transportation department and on organizing community events ….
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Just 10 more pedal strokes. That's all Alessandro Petacchi needed in his legs to win the Stage 6 sprint of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday.
But after 134 miles in the saddle and a grueling climb to the finish in Fiuggi, he didn't have it.
Francisco Ventosa, at right, did. Attacking with about 500 yards to go, the Movistar sprinter drove until the end ….
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Cyclist for Movistar wins stage 6 at Giro d'Italia…
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Renton is hosting a “Share the Trail” event on the Cedar River Trail on Saturday to circulate information about the rules and trail etiquette that went into effect last summer.
In a nutshell, the city lowered the speed limit for bicycles to 10 mph and set a $101 fine for violations. It also painted a yellow line down the center of the trail and asks users to stay to the right of the line unless passing.
The parks department wants to make this Saturday event fun, so there will be booths with prizes and refreshments for all who attend from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ron Regis Park, Renton ….
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RedHook sponsors this ride from Woodinville to Fremont and back. More details.
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Cyclists at the Giro d'Italia will find very little flat terrain on the Stage 6 bike race from Orvieto to Fiuggi.
The peloton races through the rolling Apennine foothills, but competitors for the mountain leader's jersey will find only a single Category 4 climb on the 216km (134-mile) race on Thursday. …
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Some of the cycling world's biggest winners will be rolling across the line in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday to begin the eight-day 2011 Amgen Tour of California.
Organizers released the rosters for the 18 teams on Wednesday, and it includes a host of Tour de France podium finishers, stage winners, and World and National Champions.
Last year's winner, Michael Rogers of HTC-Columbia, will be unable to defend his title due to illness. Three-time Tour of California winner Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) of Santa Rosa will attempt ….
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