The peloton hit the mountain at the Tour de France on Saturday, changing the entire complexion of the bike race and showing us who’s in contention to win in Paris.
Team SKY proved they are the dominant team by ripping apart the peloton on La Plance des Belles, the 4-mile climb that concluded a 123-mile …
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An arrow-straight, level stretch of French road spelled doom for Garmin-Sharp’s chances at the Tour de France as a huge crash splintered the peloton about 15 miles from the finish of Stage 6 on Friday.
Garmin’s Tom Danielson (USA) went down hard for the second time in this year’s Tour. Already suffering from a separated …
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As the years mount up for me, I get more and more interested in seeing how many older folks are remaining active on their bicycles.
One example is Jerry and Shirley Smith, who at 73 and 72, respectively, are riding a tandem on a cross-country bike tour that roughly follows the Northern Tier bicycle route.
Cyclists on that route all know about the beauty and hardships of crossing the Cascades and Rockies. This year, heavy rain, high wind and record heat has been added to the mix.
That’s no different for the Newton, Kansas, couple …
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If you watched the finish of Stage 5 of the Tour de France today, you might have caught yourself shouting, “Don’t turn around… just go!”
That’s what I yelled as the four-man breakaway — Mathieu Ladagnous (FDJ Big Mat), Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel), Jan Ghyselinck (Cofidis) and Julien Simon (Saur Sojasun) — kept checking behind them …
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The Bicycle Alliance of Washington is turning to a Spokane bicycle advocate to lead the statewide organization.
The board has chosen Barbara Chamberlain as the new executive director. She replaces the retiring Barbara Culp, who will help in the transition.
Chamberlain is the director of communications and public affairs for the Washington State University-Spokane campus. …
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Garmin-Sharp cyclists put some skin in the game on Stage 3 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, as in skinned elbows and skinned knees.
Taking the hardest fall was US cyclist Tom Danielson, who suffered a separated shoulder in a crash but finished the race none-the-less. Although in obvious pain when he finished the …
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The last gaps in the gem of a bicycle trail in Snohomish County are expected to be filled by late fall.
When finished, the Centennial Trail will stretch all the way from the town of Snohomish to the Skagit County line, a distance of some 29 miles. (See Map.)
I happened to visit the trail …
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A familiar face emerged from the dogfight approaching the finish of Stage 2 at the Tour de France on Monday.
Mark Cavendish swung out from behind the leading cyclist, former teammate Andre Greipel, then beat him to the finish line in Tournai.
In spite of the effort, he flashed a wide smile to celebrate his …
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Fans of the Amgen Tour of California should be familiar with the name Peter Sagan. The 22-year-old Slovak cyclist won two stages there in 2010, one in 2011 and five stages in 2012.
He also won four stages at the Tour de Suisse last month.
Now he’s setting the 2012 Tour de France on fire, …
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AAA Washington begins offering roadside assistance to bicyclists today, getting on board with services offered for more than a year in Oregon and southern Idaho.
The new service covers bicyclists on their travels anywhere in Washington, Idaho, Oregon or British Columbia.
No, AAA has not hired a crack team of bicycle mechanics who can be …
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