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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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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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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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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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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