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Alberto Contador has kept the overall lead in the Tour de France after another ride in the Alps, with Lance Armstrong clinging to second place.

Mikel Astarloza of Spain won the 16th stage Tuesday, a 99-mile route from the Swiss town of Martigny to Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Contador and Armstrong finished in the main pack behind Astarloza and other breakaway riders.

Armstrong, a seven-time champion, had to catch up to Contador after several attackers burst ahead in the second of two long climbs.

Contador, the 2007 champion, leads Armstrong by …  Detail

Video Cycling Mt. Bike – Mammoth Bike Park: Riding Bullet (July 09) – Mammoth Mountain Bike Park 09. Trail: Upper Bullet Helmet Cam Rider: Jason Fry Sorry no sound, it’s the riding that counts. The rock garden is very difficult, I admit I put a foot down.

Video Cycling Mt. Bike – NWD4 – Cedric Gracia [Quarashi – Stick’em Up] – This clip from the “New World Disorder” series 4. Biker: Cedric Gracia Music: Quarashi – Stick’em Up

Otherwise known as bicycle motocross, BMX bikes have been used for quite some time in races and stunts which started in the early 1970s.

Various organizations have been created to support this growing sport over the years. It started in 1974, where the very first National Bicycle League was formed by George E. Esser, in Florida. Next in 1977, the American Bicycle Association was created and then in 1981 where the International BMX Federation was formed. It was in 1982 where the very first world championship was held. And just last year 2008, BMX as a sport was included in the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing having two categories: Male, where the gold medal was won by Maris Strombergs from Latvia and one for Female which Anne-Caroline Chausson from France claimed the very first gold medal.

These BMX bikes are a sport for some, but for the rest…  Details