Seeing them suffer throughout the race only to be reborn in the final is something for fascination.
Miguel Indurain
On sprinters
Rumors are running rampant that the 7 time tour champ is coming back. If true, he'll be racing in 9 races with Astana for the 2009 season. In addition, he'll be racing for no salary or bonuses and all his internal testing results will be available for the public. It's been a crazy year for cycling, but this one takes the cake. Viva la Lance.
Great article in Vanity Fair on this whole return of Lance business. Should be interesting…
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Our own Dave Cole makes the Seattle Times in an article about commuting. Check it out. (Nice work Dave!)
Read the Gothamist article here and check out some bike rack designs from David Byrne.
Let's be clear, I'm a big fan of Tyler Hamilton and was sadly disappointed when he was suspended for blood doping. Whether he was guilty or not is something that really doesn't concern me. He did his time and should be allowed to race, just like David Miller.
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Joff Summerfield pedals around the glob on an old-timey time penny farthing and lives to tell the tale.
