Laurent Fignon (1960 – 2010)
Former two-time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon has died aged 50 following a battle with cancer, the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris confirmed on Tuesday.
The French rider, nicknamed Le Professeur due to his studious looking appearance, won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, and was [...]
Levi Leipheimer and Jai Crawford on the final climb to Snowbird
Francisco Mancebo finished 3rd on the day
Darren Lill finishes as the Best Utah Rider
Burke Swindlehurst during what is likely his final professional road race.
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This afternoon’s Heiden Davidson Orthopedic Criterium followed a one-mile loop, climbing Park City’s historic Main Street before plummeting down Swede Alley at speeds exceeding 40 miles per hour.
Thousands of screaming spectators lined the course as the race began. With less than one lap underway, Alex Dowsett of Trek-LIVESTRONG started to attack off of [...]
Every bicycle race has its characters, either in the field, or more often on the side of the road running alongside the peloton (especially on a mountain climb) cheering the riders.
In Utah, we’re no different. Our character is Cris “Sly” Fox, also known in some circles as Slyfox Moonwillow, who has established himself [...]
I still have to go through them all, but figured I should at least post a couple photos from today’s prologue stage.
George Hincapie, Tour of Utah prologue
Burke Swindlehurst (TeamGive p/b Blackbottoms), Tour of Utah Prologue
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Sponsored by Cervélo and Canyon Bicycles, bicycle giveaway to be conducted through KFAN, Snowbird and Larry H. Miller auto dealerships
SALT LAKE CITY – August 16, 2010 – Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Executive Director Karen Weiss today announced that Cervélo and Canyon Bicycles are giving away two Cervélo RS road bicycles to [...]
View Ascent activity on 15-Aug-10 at 02:03PM in a larger map
Was out late last night high above Heber, so slept in this morning … got a very late start on my ride, so decided to go for an easy, flat spin. Unfortunately, said spin was cut even shorter than planned by a broken [...]
View Ascent activity on 14-Aug-10 at 12:14PM in a larger map
Must have gotten the timing of my asthma inhaler blasts right today … legs felt good; lungs felt good … only had to stop a couple of times to get my heart rate back down, but wasn’t gasping for breath during those brief [...]
View Ascent activity on 07-Aug-10 at 12:29PM in a larger map
Air is thick and heavy and gross today … I could barely breathe as I walked out the front door of my apartment. Had to hit the inhaler hard a couple of times so I could breathe at all, but as usual the [...]
It’s almost ‘cross season, and while people are looking for deals, I’m looking to sell a few things. We’ll start with some tires … there may be more items in the future. If interested, leave a comment or drop me an email to flahute at veloworks dot com.
#1. Tufo Diamond D28 (Pro Line), [...]