Marianne Vos won her second straight victory at the Giro d’Italia Femminile, the only Grand Tour for women, after winning five of nine stages. Emma Pooley finished second, and American Olympic medal hopeful Evelyn Stevens finished third, over six minutes back. In a confidence booster ahead of the Olympics, Stevens won stage three of the tour and briefly held the Maglia Rosa leader’s jersey. Stevens, in only her second year of professional racing, has had a break-out season, winning... Read More
Britain’s Bradley Wiggins held on to the yellow jersey in Stage 8 of the Tour de France on Sunday, surviving a weekend of carnage that claimed Olympic gold medalist Samuel Sanchez and defending Giro d’Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal. Peter Sagan easily won his third stage of the tour Friday after a massive, late-breaking pile-up that injured pre-race favorites Frank Schleck, Robert Gesink, and Hesjedal. While all three would go on to start the following day, Hesjedal dropped out mid-s... Read More
American cyclist Tyler Farrar crashed for the third day in a row in a sprint finish, crossing the line last in Stage 5 of the Tour de France on Thursday. He dropped his bike and charged to the Argos-Shimano team bus to confront sprinter Tom Veelers, whom he blamed for the crash. Farrar's Garmin-Sharp staff had to pull him back. Veelers blamed Farrar for the wreck, noting that he had already taken the position Farrar was going for in the sprint. "He didn't respect my train, but that's his probl... Read More
National Park Service superintendents will have greater leeway to open their dirt roads to cyclists under new regulations published Friday by the Department of the Interior. Previously, superintendents had to seek a special dispensation to open roads to cyclists. Set to come into effect August 6, the new policy will allow parks to open roads after receiving input from the public and conducting environmental planning. Roads previously closed to mountain bikers—such as fire roads and ro... Read More
South African conservation authorities condemned a new National Geographic show that features baboons ransacking a food-stocked house near Cape Town, saying that it habituates animals to stealing from humans. "We are disappointed that a reputable international wildlife conservation organization such as National Geographic would even consider associating themselves with such a seemingly unethical documentary and distorted conservation message," said Kas Hamman, acting CEO of government-run envi... Read More
