Cyclocross is making inroads
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Roxy Cate has just finished a 45-minute cyclocross race: furiously pedaling through mucky turns and along rain-soaked grassy straightaways, running several times up a nearly vertical hill with her bike slung over her shoulder, and leaping with it over wooden barriers.
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PARIS: Lance Armstrong has left the question marks hovering over his participation on next yearâs Tour de France where the American could stretch his record to seven consecutive victories.
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A quarter goes a long way toward pushing up shares.
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TIGNES, France  - The days when seven-times winner Lance Armstrong was sewing up the Tour de France in the prologue or the first mountain stage are over.
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The Tri-Nations Championship has not been going that long, but when its champions come calling on Europe, the aura of the southern hemisphere in all its rugby majesty tends to come with them.
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In his strongest comments yet, Lance Armstrong said he was unsure if he would ride in next year&#39;s Tour de France because he wants to compete in other cycling races.
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AP Correspondent John Leicester is covering the Tour de France and he and other AP writers will be filing periodic reports on the three-week cycling extravaganza that got under way July 1.
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Early yesterday before the mist had burned off, bicyclists strapped on sleek helmets around their ears, safety-pinned numbers on friends&#39; backs and waited.
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The riders face eight climbs on stage five as the Tour de France speeds towards the Alps.
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With his record six victories, Lance  Armstrong has proved he can win the Tour de France over any  course. Thursday organizers unveiled a 2005 route that suits  his rivals rather than the American.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Although it was more competitive than most of their other trips to the West Coast in recent years, the result was the same.
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The 2005 Tour de France might give other riders their best chance to test Lance Armstrong, if he goes for a seventh consecutive title.
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Kalon Dobbin's 500m time trial final at the world track championships in Italy last month had a semblance of rugby about it.
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Paris is trying to reduce traffic congestion by launching an ambitious bicycle program that will offer more than 20,000 bikes by the end of the year.
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Lance Armstrong will ride in this year's Tour de France and seek a seventh straight win.
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The green sports car race is hyped this week with a hybrid Honda mean machine. Have fun, but hold off on the eco kudos -- these rides burn hydrocarbons. In Epicenter.
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A cyclist hoping to become the fastest person to bike around the world enters the final stages of his challenge.