Lance Armstrong is back on the bike.
Three days after surgery to fix his broken right collarbone, Armstrong posted a photo of himself training on his Twitter feed Saturday afternoon.
“Got on the spin bike for half an hour today,†the seven-time Tour de France champion wrote.
The 37-year-old American cyclist was expected to resume training…Â Details
Twenty-four hours after winning the world title in the individual pursuit, Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo.) added a second medal to the United States’ tally Friday, taking home a silver in the kilometer time trial at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Phinney clocked a time of 1 minute, 1.611 seconds to lower his own national record of 1:01.641 and place second behind Germany’s Stefan Nimke (1:00.666).
Phinney’s remarkable accomplishment happened despite a slow start in the four-lap race. Of the 28 competitors, Phinney rode the fourth-slowest opening split at 19.611 seconds, nearly a full second slower than the gold medalist. But after getting up to … Details
After celebrating a year of milestones in 2008 including more than 800,000 webcast and online content views, the first-ever double backflip at a major mountain bike competition and the birth of the Giant Slalom and the VW Trick Showdown, Kokanee Crankworx is ready to blow the lid off in 2009.
“Every year it gets harder to raise the bar but we are confident that we have developed an incredible lineup for this year,†said Jeremy Roche, Kokanee Crankworx general manager. “We are fortunate to be able to tap into so many key industry insiders who help ensure we keep our events fresh and relevant to the ever-changing mountain bike fraternity.â€
Kokanee Crankworx 2009 will take place August 8-16 in Whistler, B.C. As always, the Festival will provide events for all ages and abilities.
“One of the hallmarks of Kokanee Crankworx is the opportunity for all levels of riders to enter events and compete on courses with some of the best pros from around the world,†Roche said. This year will be no exception with 11 events over nine days open to recreational riders and pros alike…. Details
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