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A Fred’s-Eye View: The 2006 Collegiate Cycling Awards

In its second year at Lawrence, Kansas, the collegiate road race championships served up another weekend of unexpected winners, heartbroken losers and drama. And that was just at the Holiday Inn post-race banquet (pity anyone who ordered the steak dinner). As was the case last year, I returned from Kansas with a tape recorder and camera filled with strange college-racing tidbits — stuff far too weird and extraneous to fit into my magazine feature, but ideal for the web. So I present to you the second annual Fred’s Eye View Collegiate Cycling Awards. Stylie Guy AwardThe nationals banquet

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Press Release: 7-11 gang gathers to ‘Draft for Davis’

Team 7-Eleven reunites for “Drafting for Davis”, a dinner and live auction to raise money for Parkinson’s DiseaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 20, 2006Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team 7-Eleven’s entry into the Tour de France and first ever road stage win by an AmericanSAN FRANCISCO, California – In 1986, the US based 7-Eleven team became the first North American team ever to take part in the Tour de France and Davis Phinney became the first American to win a road stage of the world’s biggest bicycle race. To celebrate those momentous events, Davis Phinney will be joined by many of his

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Legally Speaking – with Bob Mionske: When is a bicycle more than a bicycle

Dear Bob;I have a question that has been a long standing debate over many beers at the pub, and every one seems to agree I am wrong except me. If you could set me straight I would be grateful. This is a true story. Like most cyclists I have my regular routes, designed for hills, speed, one hour, three hours etc. Part of my ride consists of a road with two lanes in each direction (four lanes total) with a posted speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles per hour. Both sides of the road are filled with small shops with parking lots. The surface is new and smooth and slopes gently down at about a

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Tour de Georgia Photo Contest Winner Announced

The judging is over and we’ve picked our favorite from among the 100+ submissions offered by our readers for the First Annual Tour de Georgia Photo Contest. Take the time to wander through and see if you agree with the choice we made from among the entries you, our readers, sent in from Georgia. Meanwhile, we’d like to extend our hearty congratulations to Greg Mitts for his candid portrait of this year’s Tour de Georgia winner, Floyd Landis. Greg’s shot captures the personality, character and sense of humor of one this country’s great riders. For your efforts, Greg, you win a pair of

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WADA delays action on altitude tents

The Executive committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency, meeting in Montreal this week, has delayed a decision on whether to include the use of so-called "altitude tents" on its banned practices list until at least September of this year. The tents, and other equipment designed to mimic high-altitude hypoxic conditions, have been used by some athletes to artificially elevate their red blood cell counts. The committee issued the following statement in connection with a proposed review of the agency's position on the use of such equipment:Artificially-Induced Hypoxic ConditionsThe

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