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Zack Vestal takes a quick look at Gary Fisher’s new full suspension 29er

First seen in public at Sunday's Bump n’ Grind event in Alabama (round three of the Pro XCT Tour), Sam Schultz’s pre-production Gary Fisher full suspension bike is full of new features. The team ventured south to participate, and tucked in the race trailer alongside the team-spec Superfly hardtails and Procaliber 26-inch-wheeled, full-suspension bikes was a completely new, full-suspension 29er that incorporates the lightweight carbon of the Superfly, big wheels from the HiFi 29er, plus flagship design elements pioneered in the Trek line.

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Road Racing

Borrajo and Allar put on a show in Arlington, as Chad Gerlach almost laps the field.

Alejandro Borrajo (Colavita-Sutter Home) nipped Kenneth Hanson (Team Type 1) by just inches to win the U.S. Air Force Clarendon Cup criterium in Arlington, Virginia, on Saturday, extending the squad’s ownership of the title after Luca Damiani’s win last year (when the race was known as the CSC Invitational). In the women's race, BMW Bianchi's Erica Allar showed how to race without a team, taking a last-lap flyer that paid off.

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Road Racing

Britain’s Emma Pooley wins the Montreal women’s World Cup

Britain's Emma Pooley (Cervelo TestTeam) won in a solo break in Saturday's women's World Cup road race in Montreal, finishing 1 minute, 14 seconds ahead of the pursuers. Pooley attacked on the first of 11 laps through the city and rode alone for most of the 110.7km race. Sweden's Emma Johansson (Red Sun Cycling Team) took the field sprint for second, and Germany's Trixi Worrack (Nurnberger Versicherung) was third. Johannsson also took over the lead of the World Cup rankings. The previous leader, Holland's Marianne Vos, did not race.

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Road Racing

Rabobank’s Lars Boom takes the lead at the Tour of Belgium. Bookwalter in 20th.

Belgium's Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet - Colnago) won the fourth stage of the Tour of Belgium in a sprint Saturday, finishing ahead of compatriot Greg van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) and Dutchman Lars Boom (Rabobank), the new overall leader. Boom is the Dutch national road and time trial champion, as well as the 2008 world cyclocross champion. He took the black leader's jersey from Slovenian rider Borut Bozic, who couldn't keep pace with the leading pack over the race's many picturesque peaks in south-east Belgium.

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Colorado’s Blue River Century raises money for Livestrong

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Following a successful inaugural year in 2008, the 2nd annual Blue River Century returns to challenge cyclists with some of the most awe-inspiring terrain in the Rocky Mountains. The Blue River Century also continues its association with the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) in the fight against cancer. As an official grassroots fund raising event of the LAF, last year's effort netted $14,000 in funds for cancer research. This year the goal is to reach $50,000 in donations for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

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Giro d'Italia

McQuaid optimistic as Astana deadline looms

As the Giro d’Italia winds down, the troubled Kazakh-backed Astana team still isn’t sure it will be racing the Tour de France in July. The financial woes that have left portions of riders’ salaries unpaid are closer to being resolved, but UCI president Pat McQuaid said team sponsors must meet a Sunday deadline or risk suspension.

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Road Racing

Philippe Gilbert wins 2009 Giro d’Italia stage 20; Denis Menchov holds lead

Philippe Gilbert finally notched a stage win for the Silence-Lotto squad on Saturday, sprinting to victory in the 20th stage of the centenary Giro d’Italia. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) continued their battle over the maglia rosa, but the cagey Russian held onto the race lead — actually padding it with two bonus seconds poached from his rival at an intermediate sprint going into Sunday’s finale, a 14.4km time trial through the streets of Rome.

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Portland neighborhood welcomes Cirque du Cycling Criterium

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Portland, Ore.- Bicycle racing comes to North Portland on June 13 for the Cirque du Cycling Criterium presented by Laughing Planet Café, which is just part part of a full afternoon of cycling activities that includes a family ride, live music entertainment, an art bike parade and a beer garden, and exhibitors. The event is a benefit for Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to guiding underserved youth to realize their full potential. This unique race course is unique because it includes features two-way

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Race car drivers take on 24 Hours of Big Bear MTB race

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Andy Lally (Dacula, GA), Craig Stanton (Long Beach, CA), Mike Simon (Montgomery Village, MD) and Michael DeNino (Gaithersburg, MD) have teamed up to take on the 24 Hours of Big Bear mountain bike relay race.

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Road Racing

Frenchman Kevin Sireau sets a new world record in the flying 200

Frenchman Kevin Sireau set a new cycling world record at the 200m flying start distance at the Moscow Grand Prix on Friday. Sireau clocked 9.650 seconds, beating the previous record time of 9.772 seconds, which Theo Bos of the Netherlands set on December 16, 2006 at the UCI World Cup likewise at the same Moscow track. Another Frenchman, Gregory Bauge, also beat Bos' old result with a 9.654 second performance but failed to overcome his compatriot's new record mark.

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Road Racing

Bozic in control in Belgium

Slovenia's Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) won the third stage of the Tour of Belgium (Ronde van België) on Friday to retain the overall race lead. Bozic followed up on Thursday's stage success to edge out Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) and Belgian Kristof Goddaert (Topsport Vlaanderen) in a sprint for the line. He extended his lead over stage 1 winner Sergei Ivanov (Katusha) to 14 seconds, with Australian Graeme Brown (Rabobank) another second adrift. American Brent Bookwalter (BMC) is in 11th on the GC. His teammate Jeffrey Louder is 94th and Ian McKissick is in 121st after three stages.

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Mountain

Endurance series continues in Ohio this weekend

The tiny central-Ohio town of Loudonville used to be known as the canoeing capital of the state. But this Saturday, the rural community will be ground zero for the growing culture of ultra-endurance mountain bike racing, as Loudonville hosts the Mohican Mountain Bike 100. The Mohican is the second round of the National Ultra Endurance Series (NUE Series), a seven-race collection of 100-mile cross-country races.

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Giro d'Italia

Columbia-Highroad’s Michael Barry examines the routine of the grand tour lifestyle

Naples, Italy —  At the stage start, the town’s square has been invaded by the race. The announcer belts out riders’ names, introducing them as they sign in on the podium set up in the center of the square. The amplified voices reverberate against the ancient buildings where people gaze at us, the show, from their balconies. Pop music plays over a sound system at a little lower volume than the announcers’ voice. Crowds of spectators, lining the periphery of the square, cheer as each rider is introduced. Pink is abundant.

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