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As they closed in on the summit, defending champion Geraint Thomas thought he detected something. He told his teammate Egan Bernal it was time to shake up this race. So Bernal took stock of his legs, glanced at his rivals and made a break for it. The move worked better than Thomas expected—just not for him. By the end of the stage, Bernal had picked up over half a minute and leapfrogged into second place overall. What makes the difference between a winning attack and a waste of energy is knowing how to read which riders are feeling wobbly—and knowing...

Yes! Le Tour is here. The 106th edition of the race begins Saturday, in next-door Brussels, a nod to the stern-faced Belgian cycling titan Eddy Merckx, who won five overall Tours and 34 stages beginning in 1969... It’s got a case as the craziest and most beautiful event in sports, but it’s clearly an acquired taste. I’m really super-duper into it. You know this. ...the four-time Tour winner Chris Froome, was badly hurt in a crash, suffering a broken leg and other injuries. Froome would have been a favorite for this year. One of the more intriguing newbies is Mike...

“We reassert our desire to see the end of power meters in races, which annihilate the glorious uncertainty of sport.” ...C’mon now – anyone who’s been involved in major stage races (or any pro race) knows that the single biggest thing they could do to instigate more excitement would be to take away race radios. For those not familiar, race radios are small wireless radios worn by the riders that allow them to communicate with their team.

The farmers were dispersed after dumping bales of hay on the road, causing scenes of anger and confusion. The protest outside Fanjeaux — just 18 miles after stage 16 had begun in Carcassonne — forced race officials to stop the cyclists and wait safely, rather than risk crashing with pepper spray in the riders' eyes.

Cyclist filmed in terrifying 'zombie-killer' knife attack on motorist in broad daylight in South LondonThis is the terrifying moment a cyclist pulled an enormous 'zombie-killer' knife on a driver in broad daylight in south London. The terrifying dashcam footage shows a blue Volkswagen drive out into London Road, Croydon, forcing a cyclist to swerve to avoid being hit. With the car stuck in a line of traffic and unable to move, the enraged cyclist pulls a massive blade out and launches a frenzied attack. Brandishing the knife, he kicks the vehicle and slashes at the windows while the driver cowers...

I’m going to guess you’re not a Paris-Roubaix lunatic—but I’m going to make you one. It’s simply the biggest, baddest, hardest, cruelest cycling race of them all. Stretching for 260 kilometers—that’s 161 miles, I googled it all by myself—from that dusty backwater, Paris, to a velodrome in northern France, finishing the race takes a little less than 6 hours. Six hours! You can fly from Miami to Los Angeles in 6 hours. You can drive from Milwaukee to Louisville. You can watch almost four innings of a baseball game... It isn’t easy to make cyclists capable of winning sacrifice themselves...

Apparently, an active shooter and perhaps a truck attack going on NOW in lower Manhattan....

The divide between cycling’s haves and have-nots has led some to worry that this disparity will drain the excitement out of the Tour... Still, Froome acknowledged something significant the other day. He admitted that if he rode not for the well-funded Sky, which can afford to surround him with well-paid lieutenants, but for a smaller, lower-budgeted outfit, he probably would not be in the running for the yellow jersey. “If I was riding for a small team, it would be different,” Froome said.... Does pro cycling need a budget or a salary cap, such as the NFL, NBA or even...

I appreciate honest marketing. Don’t lie to me what hotel I stay at will make me smarter or that my body spray is going to make me irresistible to women.... These are uncomfortable topics but we may as well air them out right now. This is a ballsy move on Lulu’s part but things have gotten hairy on the women’s side of the business with stiff competition from Nike (NKE - Analyst Report) and Under Armour (UA - Analyst Report) leading to shrinking sales. However, on the Men’s side, revenues were up 21% last quarter. The Men’s business accounts for...

He always is. That Crazy Bike Person at your workplace who can’t stop talking about pro cycling? Chances are his or her favorite racer is Sagan.... “If I ever grow up, I want to be like Peter Sagan,” says Jens Voigt, the cultishly popular German rider who retired from cycling in 2014. “He’s the Man.”... He chuckles. Sagan is one of the highest paid riders in the sport, at a salary reported to be close to $4.5 million annually, and he is beloved by his sponsors. Consider the World Championships, held last September in Richmond, Virginia. For most of the...

The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are asking lawmakers to put a new tool in their toolbox, so to speak: a parking surcharge that could eventually fund downtown amenities like pedestrian walkways and bike paths. Proposed legislation would allow the Twin Cities to impose a tax on non-metered parking, including stalls in public and private ramps and surface lots, within a defined area of their respective downtowns.

Visalia, Calif. (AP) -- Lance Armstrong crashed during the Tour of California on Thursday, sending him to the hospital for precautionary X-rays on the day he was accused of doping by former teammate Floyd Landis. The cyclists were on a two-lane road outside Visalia a few miles into the race when a rider in the main group skidded on some gravel and fell, causing others, including Armstrong, to crash. Armstrong resumed riding but had to quit the race because of his injuries. "I tried to give it a go but my eye was swollen so I couldn't see properly and...

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<p>OGDEN, Aug 15, 2009 (Standard-Examiner - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Formal charges have been filed against the bicyclists arrested in a recent Critical Mass confrontation with police.</p> <p>About 35 or more members of the cyclist advocacy group were on an Aug. 7 ride in downtown Ogden when members became unruly, police say. Four cyclists were arrested.</p>

OGDEN -- Was it a friendly group bicycle ride through downtown Ogden or a confrontational melee that included obstructing traffic, assault, obscenities and alcohol? Depends on who you talk to. Numbers vary from 35 to 70, but a large group of cyclists, referred to as Critical Mass, was taking a monthly ride to celebrate cycling and assert their rights to the road on Friday when Ogden police say things got out of hand. Four individuals were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, failure to disperse and public intoxication. Matt Hasenyager, owner of Skyline Cycle and one of the bicyclists, said...

See for example this thread first. The length of his sentence doth vex And his crime involved hugging, not sex Up in Brooklyn Park the price for a lark A life sentence for wearing spandex?

A man who demonstrated a pattern of sexually intimidating women while wearing spandex pants has been sentenced to life in prison plus six years. Michael Scott Long, 37, Brooklyn Park, Minn., was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole last Wednesday on conviction of one count of second-degree sexual assault by use of force. Judge Edward F. Vlack also handed down a six year sentence on one count of false imprisonment during the Nov. 22 hearing. A 12-person jury found a Minnesota man guilty of second-degree sexual assault and false imprisonment Tuesday morning after a short deliberation....

I know I'm a geek, but I'm not that badMost folks that know me, know I'm a rabid Trek-fan, comic fan, and SF/mystery geek.But this is what happens when you live in the basement at your Mom's house past 40.As I look at those pictures, I keep figuring that this is the guy that The Simpsons' Comic Book Guy character has to be based on.

He wears a baby-blue spandex jumpsuit and shiny gold panties, gloves, cape, boots and goggles. He wields a giant, metal-cutting circular power saw. Who is Angle Grinder Man? He is Britain's self-styled "first wheel-clamp and speed camera vigilante cum subversive superhero philanthropist entertainer type person." That's who. For those not familiar with industrial machine tools, an angle grinder is the saw best suited to cutting through plates of steel, such as, say, the wheel clamps that authorities use to immobilize illegally parked cars in London. And Angle Grinder Man offers his "free clamp-removal service" to "all good, decent law-unabiding people"...