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Video Cycling at Venice Beach bike path

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Apr

Cycling Road – Armstrong denies improper conduct during drugs test

Lance Armstrong denied on Tuesday having “misbehaved” during a random drugs test conducted by the French anti-doping authority last month.

The seven times Tour de France champion was requested, while training in France, to provide urine, blood and hair samples to a tester from the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD).

The AFLD said on Monday the 37-year-old American behaved strangely when the tester asked him to provide the samples and it sent a report to the International Cycling Union (UCI).

The UCI said it could not rule on the matter since the test, which proved to be negative, was commissioned by the AFLD.

Armstrong, who described reports in France on Monday that he had “misbehaved” as outrageous, said he just wanted to have the tester’s ID checked before complying with the request…   Details

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Apr

Cycling Road – Trofimov wins second stage of Basque race in breakaway

Russian Yury Trofimov won stage two of the Tour of the Basque Country after a 130 km breakaway on Tuesday.

The Bbox-Bouyges Telecom rider shed his last breakaway companion, Estonian Rein Taaramae, 2.5 km from the line for his first win of the season. British rider Ben Swift was third.

“I didn’t want to try to win this in a sprint against another rider because I’m not good at it,” said Trofimov.

“We’d worked together with two other riders in a break for most of the day. Finally, I dropped Taaramae on a climb before the finish and then again close to the line.”  …  Details

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Apr

Hansen Beverage Company Brand Manager Pushes Life and Brand to Extremes

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Steve Jugan Crowned Executive Level Crossover Athlete 2009 Push Champion.

When Steve Jugan Allied Brand manager for Hansen’s Beverage Company decided to make Lost Energy the title sponsor for an ultimate actions sports adventure game, he decided to show his true and pure dedication by walking the walk or should we say Board, Ride, Bike, Skate, Wake and Surf. Jugan from Yorba Linda, California joined a group of other action sport junkies to do something that has never been done before and be part of The Push-Lost Energy invitational. The Push is a one day, non-stop “Hexathlon” of action sports designed to literally push an athlete both mentally and physically from one event to another for 15 hours straight across 160 miles of some of Southern California’s most beautiful locations.

Jugan, the self-professed action sports enthusiast and native of California, has spent most of his life in the snow, dirt and surf, so when the founder of The Push Bob Krause and partner Marco Thompson approached him he was sold. “I get a ton of pitches from people with a lot of ideas, but I had never heard of an event quite like this one,” said Jugan. Convinced that the event catered to hit his target demographics and psychographics, he offered his event prowess to the table and became the title sponsor. “The Push is a wicked combination of six of the most popular action sports – Snowboarding, Motocross, Downhill Mountain Biking, Skateboarding, Wakeboarding and Surfing – all mixed up into a day long adventure,” says Krause, the creator of The Push. This concept was devised by him and his 18 year old son Ryan as the ultimate father-son bonding experience in which they completed 23 non stop action sports while traveling over 300 miles across southern California all in one day.

The Push was held on March 28, 2009, participants included Amateur and Pro athletes as well as a mix of sport enthusiasts and business executive types all hoping to be crowned the worlds best crossover athlete. Participants arrived Friday night March 27th at the Lake Arrowhead Resort for an evening of schmoozing, food and some basic training. At 8am the next morning they were on the slopes and ready to roll. From that point on participants drove from location to location showing off their very best to the judges while the event organizers had every type of board and bike waiting for them at each location.

“I can’t wipe the smile off my face, 2010 is going to be unreal,” says Jugan. “Only in So-Cal can you be on the slopes in the morning, ride the desert in the day and then surf until the sun goes down.

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