Coloradan Tejay van Garderen, who has been pleasing American fans at this year’s race won the time trial stage in California on Friday. Now the BMC rider who first impressed fans at the Tour de France last year, has a one minute plus 47 seconds advantage over Mick Rogers of Saxo Bank –Tinkoff. Another...
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AVILA BEACH, Calif. (May 16, 2013) – (Amgen Tour of California News) Jens Voigt made his second decisive attack of the day and struck out on his own to claim the Stage 5 of the big California stage race. The  German who rides for the RadioShack Leopard Trek Team has competed in seven of the...
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All photos copyrighted by Lynn Ingram. All Rights Reserved. May 14, 2013.
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By Jim Freibert – May 16, 2013–California. Edited by Jen Benepe Tyler Farrar clinched the finish at the fourth stage of the big California race yesterday. The stage was once again nearly dominated by the internationals, until the finish, when Americans placed one and two to the line The next fifteen places were all...
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By Jim Friebert — May 15, 2013–California Edited by Jen Benepe With his Cannondale team timing their sprint train to perfection, Slovakia’s Peter Sagan delivered his first win at the big California race in stage 3 Tuesday. He was just ahead of Mick Matthews (Orica Greenedge) and Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda) who was third. Sagan...
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Bu Jim Freibert, Photos, John E. Chico. Editor, Jen Benepe All Rights Reserved.  Record hot temperatures continued to dog riders in the Amgen Tour of California as they completed 11,000 feet of climbing in the second day of racing. Perhaps not surprising then was the Stage 2 victory by a Colombian pro, Janier Alexis Acevedo, who...
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By Jim Freiberg. Photos, John E. Chico.  Editor Jen Benepe. All rights reserved.  The first two days of America’s greatest bike race practically roasted the riders, and the crowds that came to watch them too. Checking every thermometer in the area on Sunday, the temperature on the first day of the Amgen Tour of California...
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Houston, TX – May 13, 2013 By Jen Benepe A town in the deep South has adopted a three-foot passing rule for cyclists and other vulnerable users. The move adds Houston, Texas to a growing list of states, cities and towns that now require motorists to give three feet of space to cyclists, pedestrians,...
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March 13, 2013– Fort Lee, NJ By Jen Benepe Jose Alcala, who provides neutral support for SRAM in professional bike races, picked up a brand new Volvo Polestar XC70 and support motorcycle this week from Providence, RI. He is driving it back to Chicago, where SRAM is based, but on the way stopped by...
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Another couple engaged in adventure cycling are now missing in Peru. Peruvian authorities have expressed concern that Jamie Neal and Garrett Hand have been kidnapped, and the U.S. State Department has announced that they will be searching for them. The couple left for Peru in December from San Francisco, and were last heard from on...
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California–February 6, 2013 The 7th annual 50-Mile Ride for Rwanda takes place Saturday, April 27, in Orange County, California, beginning at Oakley World Headquarters in the community of Foothill Ranch. The fundraiser which is hosted by Oakley attracted 800 riders last year and this year expects 1,000 participants. Mountain bikers will tackle challenging roads...
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Cycling News This Week Mayor Bloomberg speaks at the NACTO Designing Cities Conferences, video from a Halloween Bike Party in Maryland, riding for injured veterans in California, a funeral is held for teen killed on bicycle in Illinois, segregated bike lanes installed in Ottawa, Canada, and Santa Fe, NM holds an education seminar for...
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In a review of the new electric Tesla vehicle, reporter Bradley Berman writes, “Put simply, the automobile has not undergone a fundamental change in design or use since Henry Ford rolled out the Model T more than a century ago. At least that’s what I thought until I spent a week with the Tesla...
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By Carol A. Wood, author of NycCarAccident.net September 8, 2012 The destination for today’s coastal bike ride was Mitt Romney’s 3,000-square-foot oceanfront mansion in San Diego’s posh La Jolla suburb. As the New York Times reported in June, the ur-capitalist had filed plans to demolish the structure, Spanish tile and all, and replace it...
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