Tour de France riders will face steeper mountain climbs and longer time trials, making for a wide-open race aimed to give stars like defending champion Cadel Evans and Alberto Contador plenty of challengers.
At Tuesday’s presentation of the 2012 course, Tour director Christian Prudhomme said “more favorites can potentially be in the mix†in the quest for the leader’s yellow jersey over the 2,162-mile route.
The Tour’s 99th edition starts  … More
The Ripon College Red Hawks sealed their third straight DII team conference championship at their home race weekend at the Mount Morris Nordic Ski area in Wisconsin and conference mountain bike powerhouse Lindsey Wilson College sealed the DI title for yet another year. A rocky, technical cross country trail highlighted the weekend, where both A endurance events were swept: the women’s by Rachel Byus (Lindenwood) and the men’s by Josh Johnson (Marian).
Saturday kicked off with downhill and riders were flying down in runs just over a  … More