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Cycling: 100th edition of Tour de France
Paris :: France | 4 days ago
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Fans will have the opportunity to commemorate the 100th edition of the Tour de France this weekend by taking to the course of cycling's most famous stage race, two weeks ahead of the Grand Depart. The Tour will celebrate the milestone on Saturday
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Column: Armstrong's fall is mind-boggling
Aigrefeuille :: France | 10 months ago
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France (AP) — On the hot road to this village in the deepest south of France, we passed the forbidding, barren mountain where Lance Armstrong, the cyclist, took a giant step toward becoming Lance Armstrong, the sporting myth. It
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Mont Ventoux climb belongs to Arritola
Paris :: France | 1 year ago
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Arritola, 26, of Ketchum, set a new course record in winning the women's division of the third edition of the Ascent of Mont Ventoux. She out-legged the French mountain running queen, 38-year-old Aline Camboulives from Aix-en-Provence. The 5,400-foot
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Wine of the Week: 2010 Les Terrasses d'Eole Ventoux
Paris :: France | 1 year ago
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Inky dark, with the taste of sun-baked blackberries, brambles, something wild and woolly. This is a Cotes de Ventoux from the hills just below the famous Mt. Ventoux, one of the stages in the Tour de France bicycle race. The current vintage, 2010, is
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Cavendish takes a record ninth Tour stage
Astana :: Kazakhstan | over 1 year ago
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Cavendish, who rides for Columbia, held off green jersey rival Thor Hushovd of Norway with a wicked turn of pace in the final 200 meters of an uphill sprint after he had been led in by German teammate Tony Martin. Hushovd finished second while
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McAbee: Summit's a great place to catch cycling fever
Breckenridge :: CO :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Last weekend's Stage Five of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge that came through Summit County turned out to be a real highlight. I wasn't around for the old Coors Classic, but having pro cycling back in Colorado has already spawned plans for next year.
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Masterchef winner Lisa Faulkner sharpens cookery skills in Provence
Avignon :: France | 2 years ago
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Lisa Faulkner hones her cookery skills Last updated at 7:12 PM on 15th May 2011 The South of France is much nearer than you think. You can board a cross-Channel car ferry first thing in the morning and by the evening, after a steady day's driving on
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The Reading List: Cycling
Paris :: France | 2 years ago
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Bicycle by Helen Pidd 14.99 Safety Bicycle by Helen Pidd 14.99 As The Independent continues its Save Our Cyclists campaign, it's worth mugging up on ways to make cycling safer than it is. Helen Pidd's practical guide for the ordinary or would-be
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Simon Usborne: 'Nick Dodds was diagnosed with testicular cancer – but as he fought back, doctors told him to ride again'
Paris :: France | almost 3 years ago
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It's easy, as a bike bore, to get caught up in a cycle of vanity and obsession. You get fixated on gears, seeking out water bottles to match your paintjob, or checking your form in shop windows (no, really). But now and then you meet someone who
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Robin Scott-Elliot: Tom Simpson: the tragic cyclist who never came down
Nottingham :: United Kingdom | almost 3 years ago
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Both were raised in Nottinghamshire to mining families and became sportsmen of the highest ilk, each known for an absolute determination to win, before becoming swamped by controversy...Simpson's story is a well-pedalled tragedy, but as the Tour de
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