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Petacchi is on form and that means only one thing… He wins basically every sprint stage. Today’s sprint finish was uncharacteristic for Petacchi as he lost his leadout train and had to fight through a crowd of sprinters to get the win. AleJet says that he needs to finish the Vuelta to be in top [...]

People in Oregon help stop obesity by riding. You don’t have to be a hardcore racer wanna-be like me to enjoy cycling and stay fit. Just pick up your bike and ride for fun.
CNN.com - Experts: Bikes help Oregon check obesity - Aug 24, 2005

The Specialized S-Works Tarmac is super light and stiff. The all carbon wonder bike from Specialized.
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Bad move for Bernucci. The team that sucks out good performances from every rider except Alexandre Vinokouov is about to claim another victim as Lorenzo Bernucci signs with the German team. Lorenzo is a good up and coming rider, but going for the cash at T-Mobile has proven to be a bad move for so [...]

Michael Creed won’t be with Postal next year, but not by choice.
It wasn’t until after the Tour of Austria that I felt that power again, the ability to recover, and enjoy going fast on a bike. So what happened after Austria? I didn’t race again for another month, and was told 4-5 days before [...]

Animated film mocks SUV drivers:
“SUV City” was inspired by sitting at Peet’s Coffee in Santa Monica every morning and watching the parade of mammoth SUV’s rolling by on their way to work or day care. I thought how totally ridiculous they look and had to find a way to mock them.”
Welcome To SUV City!

Alessandro Petacchi was thought to be off form since he had an injury to his pinky a few weeks ago. He has not show any of his usual sprinting prowess lately. AleJet showed everyone he is back to his form with a win in the Vuelta today.
Petacchi shows world’s form with Vuelta win

George Hincapie is having his best ever year for wins. He takes the Plouay Grand Prix in a sprint finish beating Usov and Rebellin.
Yahoo! Sports - Cycling - Hincapie wins Plouay Grand Prix in sprint finish

Rabobank’s Denis Menchov took the lead in the Vuelta today with a win in the Prologue TT. Menchov beat a great time set by Rik Verbrugge (who hold the record for fastest TT in the Giro).
Notable placing are a third by Tom Danielson, 7th by defending champion Roberto Heras and a 9th place by (I [...]

The Vuelta kicks off today with a 7km prologue time trial.
Web Oficial de la Vuelta a Espa?a 2005 - Official Web Site Vuelta a Espa?a 2005
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