Archive for the ‘Cycling’ Category
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
The two biggest sporting events we're looking forward to tomorrow are the first stage of the Tour de France and the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest (unless you consider a William's sisters Wimbledon final a noteworthy event).
What better soundtrack to this day of American independence, endurance cycling, competitive eating, ...
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Lance crashed today while racing at the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon in Spain, breaking his collarbone and putting him out of the racing circuit for at least 4-6 weeks.
Armstrong's Twitter account has been silent for almost 24 hours, which leads to one of two possibilities: (1) he was trying ...
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Sunday, February 15th, 2009
Lance Armstrong woke up today ready for stage 1 of the Tour of California, only to find out that someone stole his time trial bike last night.
I had this same experience in 5th grade when I woke up for school only to find that my neighbor stole my bike.
If you ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
This week Jimmy Fallon from SNL-fame joined the growing number of celebrities and athletes, such as Shaq and Lance Armstrong, who are using Twitter for self-promotion. If there's anything that I've learned from following these guys, it's that Shaq is in love with himself (and can't spell) and that Lance ...
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Today the Tour de of California route was announced. Stage 2 of the race will start in the seaside town of Sausalito, sending Lance Armstrong and the peloton over the Golden Gate bridge on their way to the hippy commune otherwise known as Santa Cruz.
His yellow bracelet wearing Livestrong cult ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
If you follow Lance's Twitter account, you'd know that yesterday he gave an interview to the AP confirming his plans to race in the 2009 Tour de France, and then 3 hours later he went surfing. Since when did surfing become part of the Tour de France training regimen? Lance, ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Cycling has seen a steep decline in viewership, sponsorship, and respect since Lance Armstrong took his final bow after winning his 7th consecutive Tour de France in 2005. Yesterday we heard reports from UCI president Pat McQuaid that Armstrong applied to re-enter the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s out-of-competition testing -- ...
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Unlike the 2008 Tour de France, where the French won an insignificant number of stages and not a single Frenchman landed in the top 10 overall, the 2008 Vuelta a España is being dominated by the Spanish riders, with 6 of the top 10 riders hailing from Spain. And not ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
In a totally novel geeky use of technology, Kristin Armstrong, the US Olympic Gold Medalist in the women's cycling time trial, says that in training for the Olympics, she rode the bike course in Beijing with a GPS and then uploaded that data to Google Earth in order to find ...
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