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can someone please tell them...The Tour de Fat comes to DC on June 1st!http://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/search?q=tour+de+fathttp://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/search?q=new+belgium

interesting...her name... Celeste which is the name of the classic Bianchi GreenSelest or Che-le-te Greenthis spreading the word about the Tour de Fat in DC on June 1st is HARD WORK!

1. Giovanni VISCONTI, Movistar, in 5:15:34 2. Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS, Garmin-Sharp, at :19 3. Luka MEZGEC, Argos-Shimano, at :19 4. Filippo POZZATO, Lampre-Merida, at :19 5. Danilo HONDO, RadioShack-Leopard, at :19 6. Salvatore PUCCIO, Sky, at :19 7. Sacha MODOLO, Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox, at :19 8. Fabio FELLINE, Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, at :19 9. Francisco José VENTOSO ALBERDI, Movistar, at :19 10. Cadel EVANS, BMC Racing, at :19 11. Mauro SANTAMBROGIO, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, at :19 12. Rafal MAJKA, Saxo-Tinkoff, at :19 13. Yury TROFIMOV, Katusha, at :19 14. Francis MOUREY, FDJ, at :19 15. Manuele BOARO, Saxo-Tinkoff, at :19 16. Johan LE BON, FDJ, at :19 17. Valerio AGNOLI, Astana, at :19 18. Ivan SANTAROMITA, BMC Racing, at :19 19. Vincenzo NIBALI, Astana, at :19 20. Dario CATALDO, Sky, at :19 21. Rigoberto URAN URAN, Sky, at :19 22. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at :19 23. Benat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Movistar, at :19 24. Tanel KANGERT, Astana, at :19 25. Robert GESINK, Blanco, at :19 26. Przemyslaw NIEMIEC, Lampre-Merida, at :19 27. Michele SCARPONI, Lampre-Merida, at :19 28. Kanstantsin SIUTSOU, Sky, at :19 29. Wilco KELDERMAN, Blanco, at :19 30. Robert KISERLOVSKI, RadioShack-Leopard, at :19 31. Evgeny PETROV, Saxo-Tinkoff, at :19 32. Franco PELLIZOTTI, Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, at :19 33. Jorge AZANZA SOTO, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at :19 34. Miguel Angel RUBIANO CHAVEZ, Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, at :19 35. Domenico POZZOVIVO, Ag2r La Mondiale, at :19 36. Steve MORABITO, BMC Racing, at :19 37. Steven KRUIJSWIJK, Blanco, at :19 38. Fabio ARU, Astana, at :19 39. José HERRADA LOPEZ, Movistar, at :19 40. Danilo DI LUCA, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, at :19 41. Nicola BOEM, Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox, at :50 42. Marco CANOLA, Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox, at 1:11 43. Giacomo NIZZOLO, RadioShack-Leopard, at 1:11 44. Adam HANSEN, Lotto-Belisol, at 1:11 45. Darwin ATAPUMA HURTADO, Colombia, at 1:11 46. Sergio Luis HENAO MONTOYA, Sky, at 1:11 47. Marco MARCATO, Vacansoleil-DCM, at 1:19 48. Edwin Alcibiades AVILA VANEGAS, Colombia, at 1:37 49. Mark CAVENDISH, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at 1:37 50. Serge PAUWELS, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at 1:37 51. Koen DE KORT, Argos-Shimano, at 1:37 52. Fabio SABATINI, Cannondale, at 1:37 53. Gianluca BRAMBILLA, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at 1:37 54. Patrick GRETSCH, Argos-Shimano, at 1:37 55. Stef CLEMENT, Blanco, at 1:37 56. Thomas DAMUSEAU, Argos-Shimano, at 1:37 57. Juan Manuel GARATE, Blanco, at 1:37 58. Leonardo Fabio DUQUE, Colombia, at 1:37 59. Francis DE GREEF, Lotto-Belisol, at 1:37 60. Pablo LASTRAS GARCIA, Movistar, at 1:37 61. Luca PAOLINI, Katusha, at 1:37 62. Grega BOLE, Vacansoleil-DCM, at 1:37 63. Brett LANCASTER, Orica-GreenEdge, at 1:37 64. Paul MARTENS, Blanco, at 1:37 65. Sonny COLBRELLI, Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox, at 1:37 66. Tiziano DALL’ANTONIA, Cannondale, at 1:37 67. Michal GOLAS, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at 1:37 68. Giairo ERMETI, Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, at 1:37 69. Emanuele SELLA, Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, at 1:37 70. Danilo WYSS, BMC Racing, at 1:37 71. Oscar GATTO, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, at 1:37 72. Pavel BRUTT, Katusha, at 1:37 73. Lars Ytting BAK, Lotto-Belisol, at 1:37 74. Frederik WILLEMS, Lotto-Belisol, at 1:37 75. Egoi MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 1:37 76. Hubert DUPONT, Ag2r La Mondiale, at 1:37 77. Petr IGNATENKO, Katusha, at 1:37 78. Stefano GARZELLI, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, at 1:37 79. Daniele PIETROPOLLI, Lampre-Merida, at 1:37 80. Damiano CARUSO, Cannondale, at 1:37 81. Paolo TIRALONGO, Astana, at 1:37 82. Robert VRECER, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 1:37 83. Thomas DEKKER, Garmin-Sharp, at 1:37 84. Vladimir KARPETS, Movistar, at 1:37 85. Jackson RODRIGUEZ, Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, at 1:37 86. Xabier ZANDIO ECHAIDE, Sky, at 1:37 87. Simone STORTONI, Lampre-Merida, at 1:46 88. Jose Rodolfo SERPA PEREZ, Lampre-Merida, at 1:46 89. Ben GASTAUER, Ag2r La Mondiale, at 1:46 90. Pieter WEENING, Orica-GreenEdge, at 1

Charly Wegelius, Tom Danielson, and Peter Stetina are hoping for a strong finish to a mixed Giro d'Italia for Garmin-Sharp. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.comCARAVAGGIO, Italy (VN) — What a difference a year makes for Garmin-Sharp. This time last May, the team’s fortunes were soaring into the decisive final stages where Ryder Hesjedal would deliver the team’s first grand tour with the pink jersey at the Giro d’Italia. Flash forward to 2013, and Garmin is limping toward the finish line in Brescia. Hesjedal is gone, and much of the remaining team has been licking its collective wounds of crashes, illnesses, allergies, and just plain bad luck. But a funny thing has happened. Rather than wallow in their collective self-pity, the riders have kept plugging away. Instead of throwing in the towel, they’ve recalibrated their compass, and have come out with a stage win with Ramunas Navardauskas. “Last year, everything went perfectly; this year, everything is a bit of a struggle,” director Charly Wegelius told VeloNews. “They’re not machines. That’s also the beauty of it. No one expected [Bradley] Wiggins to go out, and no one expected [Mauro] Santambrogio to have that moment yesterday like he did in such a routine stage. That’s sport, that’s life. That’s why people love cycling, that it isn’t a script.” Although the team is disappointed it’s not riding for pink in the final week of the Giro, the squad has taken a philosophical take on the events. In cycling, even the best-laid plans can turn upside-down in an instant. Garmin brought a team to protect Hesjedal, but the American squad is not going to give up because things didn’t pan out as it had hoped. Tom Danielson said the team is trying to go with the flow, and take the bad with the good. “It happens. I remember in 2011, we had that perfect Tour. It was my first Tour, and we’re standing on the podium in Paris with team GC, and David Millar said, ‘hey guys, enjoy this, this isn’t going to happen again for awhile,’” Danielson said. “And last year, we’re all on the ground. We broke $120,000 worth of bikes, and then one month later we clean up in Colorado. “But that’s cycling — it’s a bitch. Cycling is a bitch. That’s why we’re all addicted to it. That’s why we all love it. That’s why it’s so beautiful when it goes right.” Riders and staff said they are keeping their heads in the race despite the setback involving Hesjedal’s early exit. Millar also pulled out with illness while grand tour rookie Nathan Haas crashed out Tuesday. Peter Stetina, a key member of last year’s winning squad, is hanging in. The Coloradan has crashed three times and stepped gingerly out of the Garmin team bus Wednesday morning. “The body’s a hurting unit at this point. The morale is pretty low, I’m not going to lie,” he told VeloNews. “My body’s at the breaking point, with sickness and crashes and muscular issues; I am just not the normal Pete. I don’t have the normal power. I am just staying in the race to get them some water bottles. It’s some of the worst luck I’ve ever had in a race.” The Giro started on solid footing, with Hesjedal looking fit and confident. Things started to unwind when the Canadian lost nearly two minutes to his GC rivals in the long time trial in stage 8. Then he uncharacteristically lost the wheel the next day in a short, steep climb on the road to Florence, dropping another minute. What the team was hoping was just a hiccup turned out to be something much more serious. Hesjedal simply could not go deep when he needed to follow the accelerations from the pink jersey contenders. He did not start stage 13. Garmin didn’t throw in the towel and it’s been the unlikely character of Navardauskas who’s lifted

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The Surly Blog discusses the concept of Pedal Pushersexcuse me... Pedal PumpersI will admit... those are nice "get away sticks!"Surly Bloghttp://surlybikes.com/blog/post/pedal_pumpers

nice guy... but like many bicycle messengersthere is a bit of a hard shell that needs to be cracked before you can make contactyears ago Marc was standoffish to my approach with the cameranow... I consider Marc a friendsometimes I take his picture... sometimes we just catch upMention of Marc on the Gwadzilla Pagehttp://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/search?q=marc

Team Sky's Ben Swift got off to an encouraging start at Bayern Rundfahrt by sprinting to second place on the opening stage.

New Belgium's bicycle themed carnival is traveling to 12 Cities in the United States this seasonWashington DC is the second stop on the toursee you at Yards Park on June 1sthttp://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/search?q=new+belgium

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