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View Larger Map Everything hurt from the get-go today … I probably shouldn’t have kept climbing Emigration, turned around, and done something easier, but masochistic tendencies took over today, and I forced myself to the first switchback at Pinecrest, and then suffered the head-winds back down the canyon and home. Days like today make me [...] In the 70s, there was Merckx and there were the others. Ghislain Lambert was one of the others. This is his story, a quite simple one. The story of a modest Belgian bike racer. His greatest ambition in life? To become a champion. His greatest tragedy? Not having the legs his heart deserves. It [...] My thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Bryner family, but especially to Cat 1 bad-ass Norm Bryner, whose father was killed this morning. SALT LAKE CITY — A 47-year-old Salt Lake City man died early Friday, after being hit by a semitrailer truck while riding his bicycle. Norman Bryner, 47, was riding across [...] Another rider meets a very sad end way too early … l’enfant terrible though he may have been, there is no doubt that VDB was one of the most natural talents of recent years, and that if he had been able to conquer his demons, his career would have been a long and storied one. [...] Fignon facing cancer fight – VeloNews Two-time Tour de France champion Laurent Fignon has confirmed that he has been diagnosed with advanced intestinal cancer. “My cancer is an advanced cancer because it has metastasized,” the 48-year-old Fignon said in an interview to be broadcast on French television on Sunday. “We know for certain it’s in [...] … but this sucks even more than the usual bike theft. Stolen from KSL: Company offers reward for return of items stolen from cyclist’s home The company who made the Marvel statues stolen from cyclist Dave Zabriskie’s home last week is now offering a reward for their return. Sideshow Collectibles is offering a $10,000 reward [...] Phelps suspended from competition, dropped by Kellogg – CNN.com (CNN) — Olympic hero Michael Phelps was suspended from competitive swimming for three months on Thursday — just hours after one of his sponsors announced it would not renew his contract after a photo surfaced of him smoking from a bong. USA Swimming, the nation’s governing [...] VeloNews | Rider found dead in Qatar hotel Belgian cyclist, Frederiek Nolf, competing in the Tour of Qatar, was found dead in his hotel room Thursday morning prior to the start of the race’s fifth stage, race official Eddy Merckx announced. Nolf, a member of Topsport Vlaanderen, was found dead by teammate Kristof Goddaert in [...] Copyright © 1999, by Kent Peterson. Republished without permission, but it’s too good a story not to share. It’s been years now, but I’ll never forget that Christmas… The days had grown short, the snow had begun to fall and my friends and I were all gathered around old man Petersen’s bike shop in the [...] |
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