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TDF 2009 Stage 6, from Benepe’s Bike Blog, Hushofd wins in dramatic final push

10 July 2009

From Jen Benepe, here is a report on Stage 6 of the tour.
In a dramatic final sprint to the line, Thor Hushovd of Cervelo took the first place in the stage from Girona to Barcelona with Oscar Freire second. Freire of the Rabobank team started out his sprint a little too soon, losing first place [...]

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TDF Stage 5, Voeckler wins breaking away, from Benepe’s Bike Blog

9 July 2009

Jen Benepe reports in her Benepe’s Bike Blog on the 5th stage of the tour:

B-Box Bouygues Telecom rider Thomas Voeckler who was in the breakaway today has won a stage victory in what has been called a “show of defiance” in the Tour de France.
Behind him by about 10 seconds was second place finisher Mikhail [...]

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TDF 2009 Stage 4 results from Benepe’s Bike Blog

7 July 2009

From my friend Jen Benepe.
In line with requests from some of our readers, we are simply posting a link to the article showing the results of today’s Tour de France Team Time Trial held in Montpellier, France.
Perhaps you could have predicted the results, but the twists and turns along the way–and the final seconds–are what [...]

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TDF Stage 3 report, Lance Armstrong in 3rd, from Benepe’s Bike Blog

6 July 2009

Here is the wrapup of Stage 3 of the 2009 Tour de France, from Jen Benepe at Benepe’s Bike Blog.
Mark Cavendish won the final sprint in the 3rd stage of the Tour de France today, narrowly beating out his rivals in a 28-man split before the finish.
But Lance Armstrong who quickly worked with the split, [...]

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TDF 2009: Stage 2 and 3 reports, from Benepes Bike Blog

6 July 2009

Jen Benepe has a few reports for us on Benepe’s Bike Blog.
Stage 3 from Marseille to La Grande-Motte.
The third stage of the Tour de France takes off from one of the oldest port towns in the South of France, and will end 196 km (121 miles) later in La Grande Motte–a newer Mediterranean resort town.
This [...]

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On the road to mediocrity, from Seth’s Blog

20 June 2009

I subscribe to Seth Godin’s blog and often get pearls of wisdom. His short entry today described my place in the bicycle retail biz, fighting mediocrity, as well as how all of us succumb at one time or another.
On the road to mediocrity
Along the way, we settle.
We settle for something not quite right, or an [...]

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Guest Post – Jennifer Sage of Viva Travels

19 March 2009

My good friend Jennifer Sage of Viva Travels sent me this today and I had been longing to take a cycling vacation so badly that I thought I would share this with you. Not that I have time to do anything that takes me away from KGS Bikes this year, but I do hope to [...]

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