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Hit and Run motorist who killed cyclist jailed seven years

It's not often that  a motorist who kills a cyclist gets long sentence like this:"A businessman who admitted driving into a cyclist and leaving him for dead has been jailed for seven and a half years.Brian Williams, 35, of Chester Avenue, Urmston, knocked down...

Lance Armstrong Has Bike Stolen During Tour of California

    Lance Armstrong's one of a kind bicycle was stolen from the back of the Team Astana truck the night before the first stage of the Tour of California. After placing 10th last night during...

Tunbridge Wells: 21-year-old driver just fined £670 for the death of a moto...

. In Kent, recently, a  thief who stole from cars, at railway stations, had his own car ordered to be crushed as punishment, but a young motorist who killed a father of four was just let off in Tunbridge Wells with a fine.  Similarly,...

Lance Armstrong Now Champion Guzzler of Austin Water

Cyclist star Lance Armstrong has a gorgeous home in Texas, and is apparently one of the biggest users of water in the whole state.So from a champion cyclist to a champion water waster, which is a surprise since...

Tour de France: Why Stage 17 Matters

There is a history to the Tour. It has its legendary riders: Eddy Merckx (a.k.a. "the canibal") who is the only one to ever win all three jerseys in a single Tour, Miguel Indurain, Fausto Coppi, and of course...

Cyclist Hit on Main St. Near 3rd Ave. in Vancouver

Vancouver Police blocked off all traffic other than buses on Main St. between 2nd and 3rd Ave. for roughly 2 1/2 hours on Monday after a cyclist was hit. The cyclist, riding what a witness described as a "mountain...

Cyclist died after being hit by a dump truck

Yesterday after 8 a.m. in the intersection of Russ Baker Way and Miller Road in Richmond (Vancouver - Canada) a cyclist was struck by a dump truck and died later in the hospital. "RICHMOND -- A cyclist who...

BC Bike Race - 7 days of competition

Tomorrow June-28th will start the second BC Bike Race. Cyclists from all around the world will participate in this 7 days race that goes from Shawnigan Lake (40km north of Victoria, BC, Canada)...

10 years for drunk-driver who “took out treehugger”

Melissa is a cold hearted hag. Hope she has fun in jail."A drunk-driver who killed a cyclist has been sentenced to ten years in prison in the US, after the judge heard a recorded jail conversation in which she...

Man charged with hole digging

Talk about digging yourself into a hole, or in this case, 50 of them. "FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Police said they arrested a man who acknowledged digging holes on a park bike trail as payback for nearly...

What’s smug and deserves to be decapitated?

Here's a lovely story from the UK that starts off with a suggestion that cyclists be garroted with piano wire stretched across their paths.  It certainly works as an attention-getter, but of course, the editors would insist that this isn't a serious threat.  Mr....

Another Doping Scandal Looms at the Tour de France

Unofficial word has it that at 11:00am Saturday the organizing committee for the Tour de France will announce another non-negative doping result from a "prominent rider". Apparently there has been another adverse...

German TV Suspends Tour de France Coverage

"Two major German television channels - ARD and ZDF - have suspended their coverage of the Tour de France because of news of a positive doping test. German cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz tested positive for testosterone...

Amnesty for doping cyclists

"Amnesty for doping cyclists Encouraging riders to come clean with little punishment may be the best way for the sport to move on. By Patrick Brady, PATRICK BRADY, former publisher of Asphalt Magazine, wrote the forthcoming "Bicycling Los Angeles County." May 30, 2007 "

Colorado Athlete Competes After Paralyzing Accident

"Colorado Athlete Competes After Paralyzing Accident Brooke Wagner Reporting (CBS4) DENVER Six years ago, competitive cyclist Tricia Downing was on a training ride in Golden when a driver hit her head-on. She was paralyzed from the chest down. From her hospital bed, Downing...

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