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Top Rides: Suffering in the Black Forest
Sunday, November 15, 2009  1:01:50 PM PT
  An epic day of rain, pain, and suffering is now behind me, and I’ve got the lactic acid as proof after suffering through a super-tough, 3-climb stage of the Giant Tour. Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen called today’s action…
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Top Rides: The Peri to Fosse Climb
Friday, November 13, 2009  8:38:31 AM PT
  Sometimes my best rides have been those with the least forethought, the least amount of time, the most luck, and just plain looking for the squiggly lines on the map. Such was the case one beautiful April afternoon when we pulled off the Autostrada just north of Verona in a little town called, Peri.
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Thomson Bike Tours: The Definitive Cycle Challenge
Sunday, October 25, 2009  9:09:13 PM PT
  Thomson Bike Tours are synonymous with demanding cycling routes in the mountains of Europe. Andrew Ward of TBT describes the Thomson Bike Tour Challenge Series, what defines a TBT Challenge and the cycling highlights of each one. He poses the question: Are you prepared to take the Thomson Bike Tour Challenge?
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Travel: Madonna del Ghisallo Church
Friday, October 16, 2009  12:27:14 AM PT
  It's gray and raining here in Vancouver - typical fall/winter - perfect to start dreaming about next year's cycling trips! A signature climb of the Giro di Lombardia is the famous Madonna del Ghisallo church, high above Lake Como in Northern Italy. This tiny 'chiesa' is home to the Patron Saint of Cyclists, and is a must see on any trip to the region...
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Top Rides: The Climb to Madonna del Ghisallo
Friday, October 16, 2009  12:23:56 AM PT
  You can't fully appreciate the Race of the Falling Leaves without a closeup look at the climb to the fabled Madonna del Ghisallo church above the steep & picturesque shores of Lake Como in northern Italy. The deciding move always gets its engine revving on this tough ascent, and for any fan, it's a ride you gotta do…
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Travel: Classic Climbs Of The Alps
Wednesday, October 07, 2009  10:45:23 AM PT
  Every now and then an assignment comes across your desk (or handlebars depending on what you call your “office”) you just can’t refuse. The other day I got just such an assignment. How can you say no to the offer of joining up with Bikestyletours for a week of riding all the classic Tour de France climbs of the French Alps?
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Thomson Bike Tours: Nutrition For Mountain Rides
Monday, September 14, 2009  2:20:08 PM PT
  On a typical Thomson Bike Tour trip, riders can climb 2 or 3 cols in one day, so proper nutrition is key to enjoying cycling in the mountains. TBT's Andrew Ward looks at the results of years of research by Hammer Nutrition and its relevance to performance cyclists riding in the mountains on a Thomson Bike Tour trip.
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Thomson Bike Tours: “Death Rides”
Tuesday, August 25, 2009  11:46:20 AM PT
  Thomson Bike Tours has earned a reputation for offering guests some of the toughest cycling routes in all of Europe. Several of their tours feature a day known as the “death ride”. TBT's Andrew Ward tells us why they’re so popular.
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Top Rides: Take Me Home, Country Roads
Monday, August 10, 2009  9:12:00 AM PT
  When the K-Mart Classic of West Virginia stormed through the state in the mid-90s, it opened awareness as to just how great the bike riding is in this once hidden jewel. I've ridden all over the US and Europe at this point, but in my experience, some of the best riding in the world can be found in the hills and hollers near Spencer, West Virginia.
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Travel: Meet Il Perlo Panorama
Wednesday, August 05, 2009  11:14:23 AM PT
  On my last Italian holiday with Mrs. Pez, we stayed in a small hotel on Lago di Como, above Bellagio on the climb to the Madonna del Ghisallo church. The quiet surroundings and breath taking views were enough to warrant a return visit – but its location on the route for the Giro di Lombardia, and proximity to this year’s Worlds in Mendrisio make it a worthy stop for any PEZ Fan …
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Top Rides: The Sella Ring
Friday, June 12, 2009  1:58:14 AM PT
  If I had one last ride to ride, I would ride here. I've ridden the famed Sella Ronda twice now, and afterwards, both times, I left for home shaking my head, overwhelmed by the grand cathedral I was leaving behind. It is beautiful, it is grand, it is nigh spiritual. It's a must.
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Top Rides: PEZ Vs The Mur de Huy
Wednesday, April 22, 2009  2:10:35 PM PT
  The thing about the Flèche Wallonne parcours that surprised me most was just how hard this 200km ‘semi-Classic’ is. There’s nothing ‘semi’ about it… This hard course deserves the prime time and throws up 11 rated climbs, including 3 passes over a 1300 meter brute called the Mur. Here’s how it happened to me…
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PEZ Does Flanders: Pre-Riding Gent-Wevelgem
Tuesday, April 07, 2009  6:32:37 PM PT
  Wednesday's semi-classic, Gent-Wevelgem, continues arguably the best week of bike racing of the season. We know the main themes of the race: crosswinds, Kemmelberg, likely bunch sprint - but when was the last time you really got a look at the course? Nope, didn't think so. Let's take a look at the latter part of the parcours...
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Top Rides: The Finale Of Milano-Sanremo!
Thursday, March 19, 2009  4:18:26 PM PT
  Milano-Sanremo enjoys a hard-earned spot on the list of lists: the Monuments. It is one of the most beautiful of the Classics, and it just happens to be six or so hours down the Autostrada from me - so it had to be done. I took on the final section along the coast to Sanremo...and it was just as I had imagined.
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GIANT TOURS: Cycling The Basque Country & Pyrenees
Friday, March 13, 2009  10:20:22 AM PT
  We first met Giant Tours last year as they launched with trips through the Pyrenees hosted by former World Champ Abraham Olano. For 2009 they’ve expanded their catalogue of cycling adventures, and the company’s Javier Sánchez offers some new reasons to go cycling in Basque Country…
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Top Rides: The Col De La Madone!
Thursday, February 05, 2009  4:27:29 PM PT
  Ok, I admit it, I've read both of Lance Armstrong's books (twice), and back when I wasn't even riding a bike, the name Col de la Madone sounded cool to me. I've always remembered the name and always wondered about the climb...and now Lance is back, and it's even more relevant. So on a Fall weekend sojourn down to Nice, I had to check it out.
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Thomson Bike Tours: Spring Training in Barcelona
Thursday, January 29, 2009  1:20:34 PM PT
  Thomson Bike Tours offer an impressive array of cycling trips around Europe, and after looks at their French and Italian tours, it’s time to visit Spain. TBT's Andrew Ward tells us why their Spring Training in Barcelona could be right for you..
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Thomson Bike Tours: Climbing Northern Italy
Wednesday, January 21, 2009  10:13:20 AM PT
  As we’ve shown the past two weeks, Thomson Bike Tours are not known for taking the easy routes on any of their cycle trips, and their Tour of the Dolomites & Italian Alps is no different. TBT's Andrew Ward offers this report on what makes cycling in the Italian mountains unforgettable.
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Travel: Winter Camp In Sunny San Diego
Friday, January 16, 2009  11:05:18 AM PT
  It’s 7am on a February day in San Diego, California, but cyclists at the Cycling Camp San Diego (CCSD) Base Training Camp don’t seem to mind. The average temp for the day is in the mid-70s F with lots of sunshine in store. And CCSD has one of its premiere rides lined up for the day’s adventure—the well-loved, but rarely trodden (even by local cyclists), Cleveland Forest Loop.
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Thomson Bike Tours: Trans-Pyrenees Challenge!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009  2:53:59 AM PT
  From seaside to mountain tops, on perfect roads - key ingredients for a great cycling vacation. Andrew Ward of Thomson Bike Tours offers this report on why their Trans Pyrenees Challenge could the trip for you in 2009.
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Thomson Bike Tours: 2009 Giro d’Italia KOM Trip
Thursday, January 08, 2009  12:24:11 PM PT
  There are lots of good Tour companies offering a great ways for riders to travel and discover new roads, and see the big races. Andrew Ward of Thomson Bike Tours tells us why he feels the company he works for have the most challenging tours in Europe.
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Top Rides: The Passo Dello Stelvio!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008  9:53:49 AM PT
  The legendary passes in the high Italian Alps are admired, feared and respected by all that ride them. And the biggest of them all, the Passo dello Stelvio, has it all. Not only is is the highest mountain pass in Italy, at 2,758 meters, but with extensive switchbacks and long climbing kilometers on both sides, with another road joining from the Swiss side of the border, it offers one of the most beautiful, challenging and rewarding high mountain loops anywhere in Europe.
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Top Rides: The Gold Hill Loop With Tom Zirbel!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008  1:50:59 PM PT
  On an unseasonably warm November day, I had the opportunity to join one of the top time triallists in America: Tom Zirbel, on one of the legendary Boulder rides – the Gold Hill Loop. We headed up into the mountains above Boulder for a fantastic day on the bike...Read On!
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Top Rides: Passo Mendola
Monday, December 01, 2008  11:08:46 AM PT
  The Trentino region of Northern Italy – home of the brutally rugged Dolomiti climbs and one of our favorite paces to ride. When PEZ-Fan Corey Sar Fox emailed an interest in submitting an article, and mentioned he lives in the South Tirolean city of Bolzano, I assigned him a Top Ride faster than you can down a freshly pulled espresso…
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Top Rides: PEZ Vs. La Finestre
Sunday, November 16, 2008  11:46:21 AM PT
  Flashback: Over 6000 stories are logged into the PEZ database, and this soggy Sunday is a perfect time to relive some of our favorite adventures. The 2009 Giro route is under wraps until Dec. 12, but the rumored corsa has been leaked for weeks. Stage 10 could be a replay of the epic 2005 stage to Sestriere - that scaled the 18km Colle della Finestre and its unpaved pathway. It's still one of my Top Rides and here's a look back.
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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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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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Giro Di PEZ: The Race Of The Lasts
Sunday, June 07, 2009  7:50:39 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: This year I chased just three stages. I chose the three stages closest to home for me, in the centre of Italy, on the ...
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Giro Di PEZ: Ed And Dave Look Back
Friday, June 05, 2009  5:05:48 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: I love Scotland; but there’s no Gazzetta in the morning, most of the coffee tastes like John Wayne brewed it beside the ...
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Giro di PEZ: Week 2 Outtakes!
Thursday, June 04, 2009  8:11:24 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: Two weeks can be a long time, unless you’re chasing a Grand Tour. I flew over to cover the Giro’s second week, and ...
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Giro Di PEZ: Wonderful Week One!
Wednesday, June 03, 2009  3:39:58 AM PT
  Post-Giro Roadside: The Centenary Giro has only been over for a few days, but my personal trip to the Corsa Rosa ended back on Stage 5. With ...
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2009 Tour de France
Tour de Pez: Looking Back At A Tour Gone By
Friday, July 31, 2009  5:32:12 AM PT
  Roadside Recap: As we make our merry way through the rounds of the PEZ Looks Back, Ed is up for his retrospective on the Tour that was. As the ...
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Tour de Pez: ASO’s Marilyn Urtubia
Friday, July 31, 2009  4:49:37 AM PT
  Roadside Look Back: For the press core, one of the more familiar sights behind the scenes at this year’s Tour de France was the welcoming ...
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Tour de Pez: PGTSD
Wednesday, July 29, 2009  6:00:38 AM PT
  Roadside Wrap: That's Post Grand Tour Stress Disorder. The Champs Elysées stage of le Tour is the climax, the culmination of a near ...
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Tour de Pez: Gord Looks Back
Tuesday, July 28, 2009  6:25:33 AM PT
  Roadside Wrap: My second big adventure on the Tour, my second year behind the scenes riding the maddest, scariest, most thrilling ...
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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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PEZ Talk: UK's Newest ProTour Rider, Tom Faiers
  Here at Pez we pride ourselves on being on the case of who's up and coming - but sometimes even Pez misses the boat. The first we heard of Tom Faiers ...
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PEZ-Clusive: His Name Is Clear - Iljo Keisse
  The cheer from the cabin next door to ours - below the Grenoble velodrome - told us that the result Flanders had been holding its breath for, had ...
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Cycling Tours
Top Rides: Suffering in the Black Forest
Sunday, November 15, 2009  1:01:50 PM PT
  An epic day of rain, pain, and suffering is now behind me, and I’ve got the lactic acid as proof after suffering through a super-tough, 3-climb stage ...
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Top Rides: The Peri to Fosse Climb
Friday, November 13, 2009  8:38:31 AM PT
  Sometimes my best rides have been those with the least forethought, the least amount of time, the most luck, and just plain looking for the squiggly ...
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Comment: What Makes A Professional?
Saturday, November 14, 2009  12:37:26 PM PT
  In a world where money is in short supply, it's encouraging that there are so many pro cyclists in the UK. Or is it? Sponsor of Team Velo ...
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Eat To Compete: It’s Soup Time!
Thursday, November 12, 2009  6:25:55 PM PT
  Soup, on many levels, is one of the best things to eat this time of year. It’s warm, it’s a great way to stay full without over-eating (when ...
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The Wounded Warrior Project: Soldier Rides 2009!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009  8:41:18 AM PT
  The Wounded Warrior Projects Soldier Ride provides rehabilitative cycling events for severely injured service members. Soldier Ride is not about ...
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2009 Tour de France
Vuelta’09 St.21: Greipel’s Day, Valverde’s Vuelta!
Sunday, September 20, 2009  10:58:34 AM PT
  Race report: Alejandro Valverde stayed upright to seal his Vuelta victory – the first Grand Tour win of his career. On such a short stage, ...
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Vuelta’09 St.20: Millar Puts Them To The Sword!
Saturday, September 19, 2009  10:56:52 AM PT
  Race Report: Today David Millar won his 5th stage in all his Vuelta’s, he was given one of the swords that Toledo is famous for along with the ...
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PEZ Talk: BMC Recruit John Murphy
Thursday, November 19, 2009  7:48:44 PM PT
  John Murphy has been promising big things for a long while now. The rider has moved consistently up the ranks over the past six years starting as a ...
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PEZ Talk: Six Day Hero Franco Marvulli
Thursday, November 19, 2009  8:13:56 AM PT
  They call it the ‘World Championship of Six Days’ – Munich. And the 2009 winners were – Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) from world ...
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EuroTrash Thursday!
Thursday, November 19, 2009  7:34:44 AM PT
  It’s still the off season, but BMC are gradually plugging the holes in their 2010 race roster, while Lotto are trying to do the same for their 2010 ...
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Battenkill'09: America's Queen Of The Classics
Wednesday, November 18, 2009  1:24:50 AM PT
  America will never be Belgium, but as of 2009, it does have its own hardman Classic. In its first professional edition, the Tour of the Battenkill ...
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PEZ Gets Muddy: USGP Weekend In New Jersey
Tuesday, November 17, 2009  11:07:33 AM PT
  Here at PEZ, we adore the mud-filled fun of the cyclocross season, but it's an all too rare event to be able to cover the racing like we do during ...
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Toolbox: PowerCranks Winter Training
Tuesday, November 17, 2009  5:57:35 AM PT
  I was at the coffee shop the other day answering questions about those funny gold cranks on my bike (which, during the winter when I am riding my ...
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Off-Season PEZ: Vacation In Venice
Monday, November 16, 2009  10:02:46 AM PT
  We love bike racing at PEZ. We really do. Just like our favorite pros though, there's a time at the end of every season for pause, a time for ...
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