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Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong made his return to professional cycling official today at a press conference in New York City. Armstrong said he hopes to win an unprecedented eighth Tour. Armstrong, who was introduced by former President Bill Clinton and praised by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced he would rejoin his […]

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A widely circulated Associated Press report this morning quoted an official with Momentum Sports Group, owner of the Health Net-Maxxis domestic professional team, confirming the company is negotiating with Lancaster County native Floyd Landis for his return to cycling.
Team director Mike Tamayo, speaking at the Tour of Missouri race Wednesday, confirmed the talks.
“We are in negotiations with […]

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Bicycle racers came from across the mid-Atlantic and spectators came from inside their homes to the Grandview Grand Prix criterium race on Saturday. About 240 racers participated in the various categories that ranged from beginner to professional. About another 50 children competed in free kids’ races.
Spectators who saw the professional/category 1/2/3 race on Saturday afternoon got to see […]

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The under-25 riders of the Tour of Pennsylvania tore through northern Lancaster County this morning on their way to Carlisle.
The Ephrata Review supplied this video of the six-day race’s first sprint, which occured at Main and State streets at the center of Ephrata.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL56gUB4mEo

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The racers of the inaugural Tour of Pennsylvania, are set to speed through northeastern Lancaster County on Wednesday morning. The first stage of the six-day tour will start in Downingtown and finish in Carlisle.
The first sprint of the race, for riders under age 25, will be at the center of Ephrata, at Main and State streets, at about 11:30 […]

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Local bicycle racing team Spinners Cycling has stepped in to revive a second race that was cancelled earlier this month with the sudden demise of RedRoseRaces.com.
Spinners will revive the criterium race in Grandview Heights, now called the Grandview Grand Prix. Online registration for the July 26 race will open on Tuesday, June 24.
The criterium, in the […]

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No rest for the weary.
Two days after he finished the three long weeks of the Giro d’Italia, the Liquigas team’s Daniele Bennati is slated to start Tuesday morning at Commerce Bank’s Lehigh Valley Classic in Allentown. The Italian sprinter finished the Giro in 70th place overall in Milan Sunday, after an individual time trial in […]

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The inaugural Tour of Pennsylvania, a six-day stage race for riders under 25 years old, won’t stop in Lancaster County as it heads west from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, but riders will cross the northeast part of the county and sprint through Ephrata, organizers announced last week.
The sprint comes during stage two of the race, on Wednesday, June […]

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What a difference two weeks makes. Unlike the bitter cold wind that blew through Kirkwood last month, the conditions for Saturday’s Mount Joy Road Race were pleasant and warm. Leg and arm warmers were left in cars as temperatures rose well into the 60s and passing showers stayed away.
The 12 different races drew a total […]

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In Febuary, Dominique Rollin suffered on the front of a Tour of California breakaway for seven hours. The incescent rain, driving headwind and bone-chilling temperatures on Stage 4 led 18 pro riders to abandon the stage. Veteran Levi Leipheimer, the eventual winner of the race, told Velonews it was ”probably in the top three of worst […]

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