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Flash: Cannondale's 16.6-pound cross-country bike
Posted on 3 July 2009 | 4:04 pm
On the last day of the 2010 Cannondale release in Park City, Utah, the research and development team were excited to unveil a new high-end hardtail cross country bike. The age-old weight gap between mountain and road bikes is now becoming smaller. Of course getting weight down is always a major goal for bike manufacturers, but with the strength and specific performance depends of cross-country racing, ideal weight and actual never seem to finish together. For the Cannondale research and ...
Fireworks and stars and stripes at Saturday's Firecracker 50
Posted on 3 July 2009 | 3:36 pm
For most Americans, the Fourth of July is associated with flags, fireworks, parades, and independence from another English speaking country. For the 750 registered racers of the Firecracker 50 mountain bike race in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Fourth of July will represent four to seven (the time limit) hours of exhausting singletrack followed by all those things that normal Americans do on this holiday. Beginning in 2001 as a grueling mountain bike race to celebrate our sovereignty, in 2007 ...
Casey B. Gibson Tour press conference photo gallery
Posted on 3 July 2009 | 2:06 pm
Inside Cycling - All eyes on Contador
Posted on 3 July 2009 | 1:59 pm
The pressure is on Alberto Contador at the 96th Tour de France. By general consensus, Team Astana’s 26-year-old Spanish star is the clear favorite to wear the yellow jersey into Paris in three weeks’ time — but the 2007 winner could lose the chance of taking the Tour for a second time as early as Sunday’s opening stage: a demanding 15.5km time trial. Contador has developed into a fine time trialist, and the opening climb of the tricky Monaco course plays to his physical strengths. ...
Sastre likes underdog role
Posted on 3 July 2009 | 1:13 pm
It’s not often that the defending Tour de France champion is rated as an underdog. That unlikely position is just where Carlos Sastre finds himself on the eve of the 96th edition of the Tour de France. With all eyes on Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador, not to mention the Schleck brothers, Cadel Evans and Denis Menchov, Sastre seems to be the forgotten Tour winner. Even the odds-makers seem to have written him off, putting his chances at a repeat at 18-to-1. But that’s just ...