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Levi is rumored to be switching to Astana along with Johan Bruyneel and defending Tour champion Alberto Contador. Meanwhile he is living it up by eating “blue cheese crusted tenderloin of beef and chocolate mousse cake” in Utah.
Levi is asked about doping particularly the Landis case:
“Yep, that’s pretty much all [...]

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Paolo Bettini was almost going to be sitting at home watching the Worlds instead of defending his World Championship of 2006. The reigning World Champ was defending himself on charges of not signing an anti-doping declaration and was almost banned from starting the race. Cooler heads prevailed and Bettini was on the start [...]

The Tour of America was rumored and announced within the last week. The Interbike Trade Show in Las Vegas was the coming out party for a new bike race that will crush all others. Maybe if there is one thing to learn from the Iraq War is that you don’t “fight with the Army you [...]

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Paolo Bettini is cleared to defend his title at the World Championships in Stuttgart Germany. Following the denial of Danilo DiLuca who is about to receive a four month preliminary ban , Bettini was ready to also go home. This Worlds is best know for the polemics of who will or will not race. [...]

Being a race promotor I now see things in a different light. Take this microdrone helicopter with a camera. Sure this screams “Big Brother” technology where police agencies from all over the world can use a small device to peer into your windows.
But, consider the plight of the small time bike race promoter, well [...]

Kevin Kelly has six rides where you will not have to share the trail with a car. Thanks to the “Rails to Trails” there are more bike trails opening up that will allow folks to ride gentle gravel paths for miles on end with no cars.
…A quickly emerging network of abandoned railway lines are being [...]

Puma in conjunction with the Bicycle Film Festival is launching Re-bike. The program is for charity and has various bike magazines create bikes that are reflective of the magazine’s style. The only catch is that the bikes can only cost $200 and have to be made of recycled material. The bike will be auctioned off [...]

Not a big surprise, but the ruling finally came down from USADA as Floyd Landis is guilty of doping. The court case wrapped up four months ago and is best remembered for the bizarre soap opera like revelations. Landis has one month to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The ruling came down [...]

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A new epidemic is sweeping American Gyms. Gym rage is being blamed for a variety of “donnybrooks” lately. One in NYC was after a spinning class when the assailant accused the victim of grunting too loudly.
Stuart Sugarman, 48, says that he spent two weeks in the hospital with a damaged spinal cord after [...]

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The Discovery Channel Team continues to dominate the Tour of Missouri with Levi Leipheimer winning the Stage 3 time trial while George Hincapie keeps the GC lead coming in fifth place. The two teammates have been on the opposite sides of luck since Leipheimer came on board. Levi is enjoying a career [...]