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You probably wouldn't leave either of these bicycles tethered with a cheap lock and cable outside the neighborhood Starbucks.
Bicycles associated with 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and 4-time Vuelta a Espana winner Roberto Heras are being auctioned this month to raise money for charity. …
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Pro cyclist Levi Leipheimer is getting a hometown parade in Butte, Montana, in his honor.
Why Leipheimer? The former member of Lance Armstrong's US Postal team had an outstanding year cycling in Europe.
Now cycling for Gerolsteiner, Leipheimer finished the year by winning the Tour of Germany, a nine-stage bicycle race …
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Spanish cyclist Roberto Heras took home a record fourth championship from the Vuelta a Espana in 2005.
The mountain specialist had shared three wins with Swiss cyclist Tony Rominger, but gained the fourth victory with a decisive mountain stage where he finally shook Russian Denis Menchov from his back wheel.
Heras, riding for Liberty Seguros, didn't fare so well in …
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Spanish cyclist Roberto Heras finished more than 15 minutes behind the winner of Friday's stage in the Vuelta a Espana, but still sat comfortably in the lead.
The 88-mile bicycle race to Alcobendas ended in a three-way sprint to the finish won by 21-year-old Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner). He was a part of an early breakaway of low-ranked riders that survived the …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/16/young-cyclist-wins-vuelta-stage-heras-leads-overall/
Danish cyclist Nicki Sorenson won the last mountainous stage in the Vuelta a Espana bicycle race, barely out-sprinting a three-man contest for the finish line in Avila on Thursday.
Sorenson, cycling for CSC, Javier Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) and Jose Acosta (Illes Balears) were the remnants of a 17-man breakaway early in the 122-mile race …
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Spanish cyclist Carlos Garcia Quesada the 102-mile 17th stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday.
The rider from Comunidad Valenciana jumped onto the last breakaway of the day and attacked on a solo run for the last 13 miles to the finish in La Granja de San Ildefonso.
Francisco Mancebo, sitting in 4th place overall, finished less than a …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/14/quesada-wins-vuelta-stage-heras-holds-overall-lead/
Even with the best team tactics, it all comes down to the sprinter at the finish line.
Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi, looking for his 5th win at the Vuelta a Espana, couldn't quite pass fellow countryman Paolo Bettini in a 20-man sprint in Valladoid.
Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo team set up a five-man train to the finish, but crafty Bettini …
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Spaniard cyclist Roberto Heras used the last serious mountain stage in the Vuelta a Espana to knock off Russian Denis Menchov, who had led the Grand Tour for the past 6 stages.
The 3-time winner of the 3-week Spanish bicycle road race attacked on a steep climb about 27 miles from the end, and with the help from Liberty Seguros teammates …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/11/heras-drops-menchov-and-takes-vuelta-lead/
Spanish cyclist Eladio Jimenez joined a breakaway of 12 other bicyclists some 16 miles into Saturday's Vuelta a Espana stage.
He clung to the lead all the way to the finish of the 107-mile race, keeping up his pace as the others dropped off the 9-mile climb up the average 6.5% grade — tilting to 13% in places — to …
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A Colombian cyclist celebrated too soon in Friday's stage of the Vuelta a Espana when he confused the King of the Mountains marker for the finish line.
Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Davitamon) raised his arms in victory about 200 yards from the finish, but Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) raced past and won the stage. “Sanchez just looked back and laughed,” according to …
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