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PEZ Previews: The 2008 Tour Of California
Thursday, November 15, 2007  8:53:04 AM PT
  The route for the 2008 Tour of California was announced a few days ago, and the third incarnation of the ever bettering romp along the Left Coast could provide some even better racing than in years past - certainly tougher racing. PEZ takes a closer look with the help of California native and TOCA TT standout last year, Ben Jacques-Maynes.
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Savouring Lombardia: Ale's Look Back
Tuesday, October 23, 2007  12:07:07 PM PT
  Like any good Italian red, the flavours of Lombardia linger long after the glass is sipped. It's not just a super day of bike racing, its role as the finale of the Classics demands a savoured experience. As the sun sets on another season of bike racing, our indubitable romantic Alessandro takes us through his weekend…
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Lombardia '07: Looking Back PEZ-Style
Monday, October 22, 2007  4:00:11 AM PT
  Siena, Tuscany 06.45 Monday, sitting among the business men, bantering and drinking espresso before they head for their desks. As a wise man once said; "even if you win in the rat-race, you're still a rat!" My thoughts aren't of deals or euros, my head is still far north of here, in Lombardy.
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Lombardia ’07: The Kid Rocks Como!
Saturday, October 20, 2007  10:26:35 AM PT
  Damiano ‘Kid’ Cunego walked – and rode - like a man today in Como, handily outsprinting Saunier-Duval’s Ricardo Ricco to take top spot in the season-closing Race of the Falling Leaves. But with all the favorites together in the final kms, it was a true nail-biter and the zesty peppering of attacks made this one ‘molto caldo’…
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Lombardia '07: PEZ Drives La Corsa!
Thursday, October 18, 2007  7:07:27 PM PT
  What's long and lumpy, hurts in the middle but feels great when it’s over? Okay – a lot of things might fill in that blank, but today we refer to the one and only Race of the Falling Leaves – The Giro di Lombardia. PEZ-Man Ed Hood took to the corsa Thursday for a closer look at what makes this Classic a true ‘classic’.
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Lombardia 1905: Gerbi The "Red Devil"
Thursday, October 18, 2007  12:53:15 PM PT
  The Giro di Lombardia was born in 1905, and Giovanni Gerbi – called the red devil – was the first winner. The story of his break – planned in a devilish way, and realized with so much strength – has become a well known legend, which has the taste of a fable both ingenious and malicious.
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PEZ Presents: The 1952 Giro Di Lombardia
Wednesday, October 17, 2007  12:15:49 PM PT
  Utter confusion was the look on my face when Alessandro handed me the old newspaper and said it was a gift. Upon closer inspection, I realized I was holding the official program of the 1952 Giro di Lombardia – in mint condition! Once I got over the shock that such a treasure still existed – I couldn’t wait to share it with PEZ-Fans…
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Emilia ’07: Finally Frank under the Arches!
Monday, October 15, 2007  5:53:44 PM PT
  He fell in love with this race two years ago on a rainy day in October when he lost the “Race of the Arches” to Gilberto Simoni. Finally, Frank Schleck won this beautiful race on a perfect sunny day of the Italian Fall. PEZ was there, and saw a lot more than just a bike race…
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Lombardia ‘97 Retro: Let's Make A Deal!
Monday, October 15, 2007  12:25:35 PM PT
  It’s Lombardia Week on PEZ! One of our favorite times of the year – when hard bike racing, a beautiful corsa, and fine Italian food and wine set the stage for the season’s last big race. Our Italian correspondent Ale Federico gets us started with his replay of the 1997 edition, where the outcome was enough to makes cynics of us all.
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ParisTours'07: Ale! Ale! Ale!
Sunday, October 14, 2007  1:28:34 PM PT
  After an action packed day of racing with multitudes of different breaks and a swing for the fences end of the race high powered move - it all came down to a free-for-all bunch sprint on the Avenue de Grammont, the race lived up to its nickname as the Alpe D'Huez for Sprinters today, and what better sprinter than one Alessandro Petacchi?
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Paris-Tours'07: The Sprinters' Classic?
Friday, October 12, 2007  7:44:01 AM PT
  A straight line of almost three kilometres with not an obstacle in sight: the Avenue de Grammont in Tours can lay claim to one of the most prestigious finishing straights in all of cycling, rivalled perhaps only by the Via Roma in San Remo and the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This weekend will see a return to the Avenue de Grammont, but the big question is whether a breakaway can hold off the sprinters for the ninth time in eleven years.
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Giro dell'Emilia: The Race Under The Arches
Thursday, October 11, 2007  11:35:00 AM PT
  In seven days, cycling will depart from the European roads until February. The Giro di Lombardia will be, as usual, the last Classic of the year; a sort of final revenge for the few who still have the power to fight for a part of history. But, before the 'Classic of the Lake', one race on the Italian calendar promises one of the most interesting and fascinating battles of the year: the Giro dell'Emilia.
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Worlds'07: U23 Road Race Roadside
Tuesday, October 02, 2007  10:31:04 PM PT
  Espoir - it's French for "hope". With 168 riders from 46 nations starting the U23 race, there was tons of it last week in Stuttgart. We couldn't begin to capture the aspirations of all those riders, but before the start, we tried to crystallize a few of those dreams by talking to some of the hopeful.
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Worlds ’07: Elite Men Roadside
Monday, October 01, 2007  11:53:57 AM PT
  The World Road Championships are unlike anything else on the elite calendar. Both Paulo Bettini and Fabian Cancellara repeated as victors in the men’s elite road and TT races, but witnessing the action roadside is never the same twice, as Ed Hood happily experienced yesterday…
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Worlds’07: Elite Men’s RR – Tifosi Celebrate!
Sunday, September 30, 2007  10:39:37 AM PT
  Italy goes two for two in the elite road races at the 2007 Worlds. After Marta Bastianelli’s win yesterday for the women, Franco Ballerini’s men stuck to their tactics and delivered another rainbow jersey for the Azzuri!
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Worlds07 Preview: PEZ WALKS The Course
Saturday, September 29, 2007  4:26:52 PM PT
  That’s right – I said “walks”… While the pros took to the course on their race machines for the recon laps, PEZ went one step further… actually it was several thousand steps… In our never-ending quest to provide even more in depth Worlds coverage, PEZ-man Ed Hood walked the entire men’s road race circuit for our up-closest preview ever!
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Worlds’07: U23 Men's RR, Victorious Velits
Saturday, September 29, 2007  11:18:23 AM PT
  The World Champs race for Under 23’s is always a fast, unpredictable race and this year was no different. There were riders up the road all day, attack followed attack, but in the end there was a bunch sprint, carnage on the line, and a worthy winner.
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Worlds’07: Elite Woman’s RR, Brilliant Bastianelli
Saturday, September 29, 2007  6:01:51 AM PT
  Perfect tactics and strong riding from the Italian team guaranteed them a win today and what a win! The race looked like it was going to be a sprint, but the thin, young, girl from Roma, Marta Bastianelli, took the race by the scruff of the neck and gave it a good shake!
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Worlds RePlay: Bilsland Recalls 1971
Friday, September 28, 2007  5:14:17 PM PT
  The 1971 world professional road race championships, Mendrisio, Italy, Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins from Felice Gimondi of Italy; as British magazine, Cycling Weekly said at the time; "Surely there could not have been many championships as great as this one." Scotland's Billy Bilsland was there and gives us the story...
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EliteTT'07: Stuttgart Fails To Measure-Up
Friday, September 28, 2007  12:57:28 PM PT
  'But it’s been legal all f***ing year!’ the mechanic remonstrates with the UCI bike check commissar; maybe he could have phrased that better, but he’s under pressure - it's the World Time Trial Championships after all.
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Men's WorldTT’07: Two Times Fab!
Thursday, September 27, 2007  11:56:27 AM PT
  Well, in the end it wasn’t even close. Last year’s TT champion smashed the opposition in much the same way as he battered the field in the London prologue at the Tour de France.
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Worlds Preview: The Azzurri Storm
Thursday, September 27, 2007  10:26:32 AM PT
  “Bettini and Pozzato will be our men. We are looking for the highest result and we’ve got the right men and the right concentration to get it. I think it will be a very difficult race...” So said Italian national team coach Franco Ballerini to Gazzetta dello Sport last week. But his team is stacked with leaders...and that strategy has backfired in the past...
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Women's WorldTT'07: Hometown Win For Hanke!
Wednesday, September 26, 2007  9:28:29 AM PT
  Forty nine of the finest time trialling women in the world battled it out in Stuttgart this afternoon with three Americans breaking their way into the top 5. It was homegirl Hanke Kupfernagel who stole the show though with Germany’s first medal of the championships.
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Worlds07: With The Cruise Missiles In Stuttgart
Wednesday, September 26, 2007  7:49:38 AM PT
  The red cruise missile has locked-on, it’s skimming the ground and will be upon us in seconds – it’s not a real cruise missile, it’s actually super-star to-be, Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway, but he’s riding at cruise missile speed. I’m in the following car of Gatis Smukulis of Latvia who’s been battering huge gears through these leafy loops around the western side of Stuttgart in the World under-23 time trial championship.
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U23WorldTT'07: BOOM! Worlds Start With A Bang!
Wednesday, September 26, 2007  5:52:28 AM PT
  On a cold autumn day in Stuttgart it was the Netherland’s Lars Boom who lit up the U/23 Mens time trial today to take his second World Champion’s jersey of the year!
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PEZ Reviews: CRUD Fenders
  The dust has yet to settle from the storm of Interbike, but the rains have started here at PEZ HQ, and that means time to strap on that piece of rain ...
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Interbike 2009: Hidden Treasure, Good Deal, New Stuff
  From the show that just keeps on giving - another round of bit's... C-4 explodes, AX swings, EE in your BB, San Marco and Topolino...
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Interbike '09: The Hits Just Keep On Comin!
  Yes – it’s been a couple weeks since our last post, but we’re back and rollin' with more Interbike goodies, and the wait is worth it – Here’s what’s ...
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Interbike 2009: More to Score
  More from the shores of Treasure Island, this round brings a look at the latest from Look Cycles, chunks of hunks from Bonk Breaker, a ...
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Interbike 2009: Here We Go!
  So we're back from Interbike 2009. The hangover is very nearly gone, the feet are not close to normal, the back is still sore, but nothing itches ...
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Toolbox: Beginner’s Mind, Part 2
  Zen masters let go of ego; teenagers are in the middle of creating one. That makes it a good time to coach mental skills with teens, and also a good ...
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Toolbox: Priming the Engine
  Cyclocross season is steadily progressing from the early season of warm and dry race days to the downright miserable and ugly weather that define the ...
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Toolbox: Cutting Edge Nutrition Strategies
  As fall is settling upon the Northern Hemisphere many cyclists are looking forward to both the crux off their off-season and starting to plan for ...
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Toolbox: Italia Calling
  With Lombardia and the end-of-season emphasis on all things Italia, what better way to begin the off-season transition than enjoy some quality miles ...
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PEZ Talk: Revolution's James Pope
  Amongst all the gloom and doom of sponsors pulling out disenchanted with doping scandals, and races folding, winter track racing does have its ...
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PEZ Talk: Six Day Up And Comers East And Carroll
  They may sound like a lounge singing duet, but there's no schmaltz to these guy's mission; they're trying to build a career playing to that most ...
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PEZ Talk: Milram's Luke Roberts
  The best team pursuit rider, ever? With national, world junior, Commonwealth, world senior and Olympic titles to his name, Aussie, Luke Roberts ...
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Giro 2010 Up Close: The Hellacious Final Week
Friday, November 06, 2009  8:34:07 AM PT
  The first fourteen stages of the 2010 Giro d'Italia are going to be the standard, delicious Giro fare. The final final seven days are going to be the ...
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Grenoble'09: Marvellous Marvulli Tallies #5!
Thursday, November 05, 2009  11:51:37 AM PT
  Four nights down, two to go. The racing was hot in Grenoble, the sideshows, arguably, just as hot. Edmond Hood was on the scene, working hard, making ...
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California 2010: PEZ Takes A Closer Look
Wednesday, November 04, 2009  9:00:45 AM PT
  Let’s say you run a nice little bike race in that draws world champions and millions of fans. Conventional wisdom says, “don’t change a thing.” But ...
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