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Mt. Washington Hillclimb Canceled – AKA Frightening Weather Stops Frighteningly Difficult Athletic event

Horizontal sleet, rime ice, 87-mph gusts of wind and freezing temperatures forced the cancellation of this year’s Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Saturday. Six hundred cyclists had come from all over New England and from as far away … Continue reading

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Discovery gives up sponsor hunt

What a sad day. The Basso deal really screwed them, but even still you’d think they could find a sponsor. SlipStream is the big winner now, obviously. Maybe they can grab Leipheimer? That would be a coup and a half. … Continue reading

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What a day of losses…

The news started with with Bergman, mentioned previously, then went through this amazing cast of characters: Michel Serrault Dies of Cancer at 79 Italian filmmaker Antonioni dies at 94 previously: a short, loving review of Blow-up Bill Walsh, 1931-2007: A … Continue reading

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Vaughters confirms Millar, Vande Velde, and Zabriskie to Team Slipstream

Awesome news. The argyle team should be front and center next year with these guys on the squad. Jonathan Vaughters has confirmed three new signings to his Team Slipstream squad for 2008, including the widely rumoured move of Briton David … Continue reading

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Tour de France Stage 19-20 – bye bye France. See you next year.

The big thing I’ll come away from with from these last two days is the performance of all three top GC contenders in the Time Trial. It was a real battle out there. Fun, fun stuff. Levi really tore into … Continue reading

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