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Lance out, Floyd still in at Leadville

August 8th, 2007 · No Comments

The much-anticipated mountain bike match up of Tour de France champions Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis at the Leadville Trail 100 race this Saturday will not happen.
Race organizers announced Tuesday that Armstrong, the only seven-time Tour winner, has a scheduling conflict and will not be at the start line. This is the second time it […]

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Tags: Floyd Landis · extreme sports · mountain biking · Tour de France · doping · cycling · races · sports

‘Ze Volvos’ cross continental divide

June 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Lancaster bicyclist Mike Ridgeway’s TeamEndeavor passed Springfield, Colo. this afternoon, leaving the Rockies behind them and heading east to Kansas.
The four-man team from Central Pennsylvania remains in seventh place in their division. After nearly three full days of pedaling across the country in the Race Across America, the team is averaging a steady 18.06 miles […]

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Tags: ultra-marathon · extreme sports · Race Across America · Lancaster · cycling · sports

Ridgeway crossing southwest

June 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Local bicyclistMike Ridgeway’s TeamEndeavor was in seventh-place in their division Wednesday morning as members of the four-man team pedaled across the southwest in their second day of the Race Across America.
TeamEndeavor, led by Ray Peske of Dauphin County, was averaging 19.79 miles per hour this morning as it crossed Time station 5 in Hope, Arizona, […]

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Tags: ultra-marathon · extreme sports · Race Across America · Lancaster · cycling · sports

Floyd to race Saturday

May 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Floyd Landis, who left Lancaster County to pursue a career in mountain bike racing, is returning to that sport Saturday in his first race since last summer’s Tour de France.
The Denver Post is reporting, http://test.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_6008997, that Landis will be going up against mountain biking legend Ned Overend and and last year’s champion Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski in […]

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Tags: Lancaster · Floyd Landis · extreme sports · doping · races · cycling · professional · sports