After a motorcycle ran over his head, Don Weber was told he would never walk again.
This morning, he will begin riding his beach cruiser more than 3,000 miles across the country for brain-injured children with whom he works on a weekly basis.
“My life was pretty hard the two years after the accident. I want to show people you can do anything you set your mind to – even when everyone thinks you can’t do it – you can,” Weber said. “Watching the kids’ faces and how much they are inspired by my trip and the motivation it gives them makes me feel really good.”… Details
 Lance Armstrong was taken to a hospital Monday after crashing during the first stage of a five-day race in Spain.
Armstrong fell in a pile-up about 12.5 miles from the stage’s finish. The seven-time Tour de France champion, who is making a comeback to cycling and is riding with the Astana team in the Vuelta of Castilla and Leon race, may have injured his collarbone…. Details
Desoto, Texas (March 21, 2009)—The third-annual USA Cycling BMX National Championships welcomed nearly 500 athletes to suburban Dallas on Saturday as competitors of all ages and abilities raced for national titles in the newest Olympic discipline of cycling. And despite all three 2008 U.S. Olympians in the elite men’s field, local Dallas-area resident Jason Rogers (Mesquite, Texas) wound up capturing one of the biggest wins of his career.Â
Lance Armstrong will race against the past two Tour de France winners when the five-day Vuelta of Castilla and Leon begins Monday.
The seven-time Tour champion will line up against Spanish cyclists Carlos Sastre (2008) and Alberto Contador (2007) for the first time since his return this season after three and a half years in retirement.
The 37-year-old Armstrong finished 125th in the Milan-San Remo classic on Saturday, his first race in Europe since his comeback from retirement.
“(The race) will give me a real indication of where I am. I think … Details