Levi Leipheimer notched his second championship for the month of August by hanging on to win the 6-stage Tour of Utah on Sunday.
The victory in the national-level road-race event follows his Aug. 14 victory and course record at the Leadville 100, a mountain bike race.
He won each bicycle race riding without the benefit of teammates. He represented RadioShack at Leadville and wore the Mellow Johnnys kit at the Tour of Utah.
Following the end of the Tour of Utah on Sunday …
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Leave it to the guy who's never competed on a mountain bike before to win one of the premier off-road bike races in the U.S.
Levi Leipheimer won the Leadville 100 mountain bike race on Saturday, setting a new course record in the process. His RadioShack teammate and defending champion, Lance Armstrong, didn't race due to injuries sufferd in the Tour de France.
Listening to his comments after the race, it sounds like the 36-year-old left it all out on the 100-mile Rocky Mountain route that ranges between 9,000 and 13,000 feet.
“Twenty miles to go, I didn't care if I was an hour behind or a half an hour ahead, I just wanted to get it done …. It was just torturous. …..
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Team Radio Shack
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Colorado took the wrapper off its plans on Wednesday to host a week-long bicycle race next year entitled the Quizno's Pro Challenge.
Named for its sponsorship by the sandwich shop chain, the bike race is scheduled Aug. 22-28, 2011. It steps into the void left by the demise of the Tour of Missouri, which was unable to land a title sponsor during its short 3-year history.
Making the announcement were Lance Armstrong and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter. Armstrong now makes his home in the Aspen area and has been lobbying Ritter for more than a year to host a bike race that would be a descendant of the famed Coors Classic ….
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Frenchman Christophe Riblon wins mountain stage 14
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Cyclist for Astana
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Portuguese cyclist grabs Tour de France stage for RadioShack
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Team Saxo Bank
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Cadel Evans leads BMC Racing team.
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British cycling sprint specialist for HTC Columbia
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