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Thursday, July 15th, 2010In today’s stage of the Tour De France Mark Renshaw of the HTC-Columbia team was disqualified from the Tour for head butting Garmin-Transition’s Julian Dean multiple times during the sprint to the finish line. Renshaw, who was attempting to clear room for teammate Mark Cavendish to win the race was immediately removed and has been kicked out of the Tour all […]
LeBron James Couldn’t Be A Cyclist
Thursday, July 8th, 2010LeBron James was featured on a one hour special called “The Decision” on ESPN where he announced where he will play next year. The staged event is characteristic of what I find distasteful about pro basketball. The focus is on individuals and not the team. The athletes, especially the stars, have a sense of entitlement […]
Lance Armstrong Shows His Form At Tour Of Switzerland
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Lance Armstrong sat in 7th place, 55 seconds behind the leader going into the last day of the Tour Of Switzerland on Sunday morning. The stage on the last day was a 16.6 mile time trial. It was possible for Lance to make up the deficit, however he had be beat the six riders […]
Air Force Cycling Classic 2010
Thursday, May 13th, 2010The Air Force Cycling Classic will be held in Arlington VA on June 12-13, 2010. On Saturday June 12, there will be a criterium in Clarendon on a tight 1 kilometer course. There are races for both amateurs and professionals. The Saturday course is great for spectators. There are many restaurants along the course where you can […]
The Giro D’Italia 2010 and The Tour Of California
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Last year, the Tour Of California was held in February. Since it didn’t conflict with the traditional European calendar, it attracted many of the top professional cyclists. However the weather was very bad. The organizers decided to move the tour to the spring to get better weather. However it now conflicts with the Giro D’Italia. […]