Here's How Vincenzo Nibali Won The Tour De France
Italy's Vincenzo Nibali won the Tour de France on Sunday after dominating the three-week race from Leeds, England, to Paris. He finished in 89 hours and 59 seconds.The 29-year-old Sicilian, who rides...
View ArticleFord Removes New Mustang Ad Starring A Disgraced Cyclist Who Helped Bring...
Ford Motor Co. recently released a new YouTube video for its 2015 Mustang that features Kayle Leogrande, a competitive cyclist who served a two-year suspension for doping during his racing career,...
View ArticleThe Most Badass Athlete You've Never Heard Of Is Retiring — And Getting This...
"Shut up, legs!" is the battle cry of Jens Voigt, one of the world's toughest athletes.He's scored all kinds of awesome victories, come back from horrific crashes that nearly ended his career, and...
View ArticleRobin Williams Was A Beloved Cyclist In His Northern California Neighborhood
Paradise Drive twists around the Tiburon Peninsula, hugging the Marin coastline. It loops from San Francisco to Sausalito, giving way to views of the city, the Richmond Bridge and the surrounding...
View ArticleLance Armstrong Still Believes He Won 7 Tours de France But No Longer Wears A...
Disgraced American sports icon Lance Armstrong still believes he is a seven-time Tour de France champion, he said recently in an interview on "The Dan Patrick Show."Patrick asked Armstrong if it was...
View ArticleHere's Why E-Bike Sales Are Booming In Europe
Why don't more people bike to work? The reasons might surprise you.Probably the most obvious is safety — no one wants to get hit by a car. But beyond that very valid concern are other gripes, a common...
View ArticleA Dutch Cyclist Has Died After Crashing At The Mountain Bike World Cup
Dutch cyclist Annefleur Kalvenhaar has died after crashing on Friday at the Mountain Bike World Cup in France. She was 20 years old."The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is extremely sad to announce...
View ArticleThe Beloved Bike Robin Williams Donated Just Weeks Before He Died Raised...
Robin Williams loved cycling. He rode all the time. He traveled to see the Tour de France in person. When asked how many bikes he had he said "too many to count,"according to CNN.A few weeks before...
View ArticleIt's So Hot At The Tour of Spain That The Pro Cyclists Are Losing 10 Pounds A...
Some like it hot, and some say they like riding a bike because it helps them lose weight.That's probably not what's going through the minds of cyclists in Spain this week, where it feels like an...
View ArticleI Rode A Folding Bike 475 Miles Across Iowa And It Was Some Of The Most Fun...
I took a too-small bike on a too-long ride, and it proved to be one of the highlights of my life so far.In 1973, two reporters for The Des Moines Register set out on a west-to-east bicycle tour of Iowa...
View ArticleRising Star Of Belgian Cycling Igor Decraene Dies In Apparent Suicide
Belgian cyclist Igor Decraene, the junior world time-trial champion, has died in an apparent suicide, AFP reports. He was 18 years old."A native of Waregem in northern Belgium, Decraene killed himself...
View Article43-Year-Old Cyclist Jens Voigt Set A New World Hour Record, Then Immediately...
German cyclist Jens Voigt just set a new world hour record, cycling's hardest and most grueling event. In 60 minutes he rode 51.115 kilometers, or about 31.76 miles — an amazing human achievement. The...
View ArticleI Just Took A Spin Class Taught By A Top-Ranked Pro Cyclist And My Heart...
Alex Howes is one of the best cyclists in the country.He's a World Tour rider for Team Garmin Sharp, which means he races in the big international tours in Europe. This year, he placed third in the...
View ArticleFrenchman Sets New Speed Record By Going 207 Miles Per Hour On A Bicycle
A daredevil Frenchman broke a speed record last week on a rocket-powered bicycle that reached 207 miles per hour, CBC News reports.The rocket was powered by hydrogen-peroxide and strapped to the back...
View ArticleWhy So Many CEOs Are Taking Up Cycling
Brendan McMahon, 55, is a senior partner at PwC who has cycled all of his life, racing competitively from the age of fourteen, well before starting his career in finance.But if he has had a head start,...
View ArticleThis New Bike Helmet Has A List Of Crazy Features Including Brake Lights And...
Cycling can be dangerous. Last November, six people were killed while riding on the streets in London. Big cities like New York and Sydney can also be hazardous for pedallars, and sometimes just a...
View ArticleU2's Bono Falls Off Bike In Central Park, Needs Surgery
NEW YORK (AP) — U2 frontman Bono has injured his arm while riding a bicycle in New York City.A posting on the band's website Sunday says Bono "injured his arm in a cycling spill in Central Park" and...
View ArticleMax Levchin: Photos Reveal The Beauty And Intensity Of Star Entrepreneur's...
You may know Max Levchin best as one of the cofounders of PayPal, or the entrepreneur who sold one of his startups, Slide, to Google for millions of dollars. Or you might know him as the mastermind...
View ArticleThis Guy Started Some Of The Biggest Tech Companies, But What He Really Cares...
When Max Levchin was 10 years old and growing up in Communist Ukraine in the mid-1980s, his parents saved up to buy him a junior-size road bike, a rare luxury, and his mother, a cycling enthusiast,...
View ArticleMax Levchin: Photos Reveal The Beauty And Intensity Of Star Entrepreneur's...
You may know Max Levchin best as one of the cofounders of PayPal, or the entrepreneur who sold one of his startups, Slide, to Google for millions of dollars. Or you might know him as the mastermind...
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