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2011 Tour de France: Pre-Race Reconnaissance

Posted by Zach Bigalke on June 30, 2011 · 1 Comment

Cycling is unique in that the climax of its season comes not at the end of the season but dead center in the heart of the calendar. It isn’t the Tour Down Under in January or the Giro di Lombardia in October that the top riders of the road dream about. No, it is the sunflowers dotting French countryside in July that captivates the imagination, the high Alpine and Pyrenean passes that separate the contenders from the pretenders. It is a rite... Read More

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2011 Tour de France: Nagging Pre-Race Questions

Posted by Zach Bigalke on June 30, 2011 · 1 Comment

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2011 Giro d’Italia – Rest Day Ruminations (Stages 13-15)

Posted by Zach Bigalke on May 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

94th Giro d’Italia/07-29 May 2011 Throughout the course of the Giro d’Italia, Sports Nickel’s resident Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America will offer his news and notes on the action from the first grand tour of the 2011 cycling season… Read More Read More

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