All about cycling in Brazil
Love the wobbly wheel in the start for the time trial. Also, isn’t that Mary Ann Miller of Century Road Club Association in there somewhere? The video is a sales piece for one of the UCI-endorsed races for amateurs and masters who love the idea of being in the Tour de France, Tour de...
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Tags: Amateur, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, England, Europe, France, Gran Fondo, International Cycling Union, Italy, Masters, racing, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, UCI, unione Cyclistes Internationale
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In a horrific crash between a young driver and a cyclist, the driver fled the scene after striking the cyclist, but not before jettisoning his arm–which had been amputated in the crash– into a nearby stream. The article, which can be translated from Portuguese using Google Translate, was published in Sao Paulo on the website...
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Tags: Alex Siwek, Brasil, Brazil, car crash, Cassio Paoletti, cyclist, David Santos de Souza, lawyer, Pablo Naves Testoni, Paulista Avenue, Sao Paulo, severed arm
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By Jen Benepe, June 7, 2012 If you travel around the world to find the best mountain biking spots, you need to know about the dangers of mosquito-bourne diseases. One of those is Dengue which in its worst manifestation can be fatal, and in its most benign, make you bedridden for days. Both of...
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Tags: Brazil, Dengue, dengue fever, Dr. Arturo Bustamente, Florida, Hawaii, Jen Benepe, Mexico, mountain biking, mountain biking in south america, Mx., Oaxaca, Texas, the Americas
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The prosecutor’s office in Porto Alegre, Brazil where a driver plowed into a group of 100 cyclists injuring 40 of them will be seeking charges of attempted murder against the motorist. Prosecutors Eugenio Amorim and Lucia Callegari said in a statement they have asked for the preventive detention of Ricardo Jose Neis on charges...
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Tags: attempted murder, Brazil, critical mass, cyclists
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