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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 stuff of exquisite cuisine, of the likes we'll be making mention of for years to come. PEZ takes a closer look at the decisive final week centered around the northern reaches of Italy.
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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 money, and making sure we get the best view possible at one of the six day season's most unique events. Read on!
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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 Andrew Messick, president of AEG Sports, doesn’t approach the Amgen Tour of California from a conventional point of view – and that’s worked just fine so far.
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Grenoble'09: The Circus Parties On
Monday, November 02, 2009  11:11:49 PM PT
  Four nights down, two to go. What does that mean? An update from Ed of course! Ed is hard at work keeping his boys happy and fast in Grenoble, and they're doing their part by going fast. Let's go inside the Stade for a peek at the sights, sounds, scenes, and well, the folies, of the French Six Day. Read on!
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Grenoble'09: Six Day Circus French-Style
Saturday, October 31, 2009  11:25:33 AM PT
  The first two nights of racing have come and gone in Grenoble. PEZ's Ed Hood is on the scene working hard, but never far away from his camera or pen and paper. Ed takes us inside the twilight world of the Six Day. Read on!
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Giro 2010 Up Close: Weeks 1 & 2 Preview!
Thursday, October 29, 2009  11:37:27 AM PT
  While the Tour is so much about the racing, the Giro offers bike fans three weeks of racing, but also so much more. Sure, the first two weeks of the 2010 Giro d’Italia may seem uneventful on paper, designed to funnel a bunch of GC hopefuls into the final week all within shouting distance of the Maglia Rosa, but there’s always lots to look forward to come May.
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TDF 2010: Week #3 Up Close
Tuesday, October 27, 2009  11:50:13 AM PT
  After two weeks of bike racing in France next July, the GC should still be up in the air, but a little trip to the Pyrenees should settle any and all GC issues. Ask any experienced Grand Tour rider and they’ll tell you that the race is won in the last week – and the closing week of the 2010 Tour is not for the faint hearted!
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Giro'10: Corsa Rosa Announced!
Sunday, October 25, 2009  9:03:44 PM PT
  The Grand Tour organizers are wasting no time this year in getting everyone riled up about 2010. The Tour released their route last week, so you can bet the Giro wasn't going to be far behind: Saturday, actually. PEZ was on hand, as always, to get a look at the stars, their footwear, the festivities, and of course the route for the 2010 Giro!
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TDF 2010: Week #2 Up Close
Friday, October 23, 2009  12:12:36 AM PT
  It's Friday, and we're back to the business of sifting through the possibilities of the 2010 Tour de France. For this final day of the work week, we're taking a closer look at Week #2, which means taking a closer look at the Alps: a vastly toned down version of the Alps, but the Alps nonetheless. Read on!
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TDF 2010: Week #1 Up Close
Tuesday, October 20, 2009  8:43:41 AM PT
  Now that the first rush of Tour de France route presentation hysteria has passed, let's take a slightly calmer, more methodical look at what we'll find over three big weeks of racing in France next July. This will be a three-part series with one week going to each of the next three days. We'll get it started with the traditionally wild and crazy Week 1.
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Mr. Hood's Musings: Looking Back At Lombardia
Sunday, October 18, 2009  11:36:14 PM PT
  It all happens so fast, on the day; autostrada, sign-on, satnavs, pictures, maps, notes, ferries, more pictures, TV, BlackBerry, wi-fi, editing, captioning, SEND - when did we last eat? But the morning after, there's time to reflect, think about the fact that you were part of history for the day.
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Lombardia’09: Hot, Hot, Hot Streak Goes On!
Saturday, October 17, 2009  10:20:05 AM PT
  No point beating about the bush. How can there be suspense when Philippe Gilbert is in this sort of form? It was another tactical masterstroke from the Belgian, taking advantage of strong team work from Cadel Evans to snare his second Classic in just six days!!
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Lombardia'09: Can Cunego Make It Four?
Friday, October 16, 2009  12:29:13 AM PT
  Now that we've got all the pesky background information taken care of, we can get straight to the meat: predictions. There's nothing more fun ahead of a bike race than putting your weatherman hat on and seeing what you come up with when it's all over. We have a pedigreed favorite on top, but a veritable army looking to usurp the King of Lombardia.
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Lombardia'09: The PEZ Preview
Thursday, October 15, 2009  2:02:16 PM PT
  This is it, folks. The long, long road bike racing season will draw to an end this Saturday along the lakefront of Lago di Como. The Race Of The Falling Leaves rightly holds a place among the Monuments. Let's take a closer look at the race, its history, its route, and what it might take to steal glory in Como Saturday afternoon.
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Paris-Tours'09: Gilbert Does It Again!
Sunday, October 11, 2009  10:37:51 AM PT
  Philippe Gilbert (Lotto) took his second consecutive Paris-Tours victory on Sunday afternoon with a superbly executed sprint victory over Tom Boonen (QuickStep) and Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil). The result may indicate a blanket finish, but in fact the three fast men had slipped the peloton in the closing ten kilometres over the undulations that punctuate the race’s finale.
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Paris-Tours'09: The Eternal Question Begs Asking
Friday, October 09, 2009  10:09:53 AM PT
  A sprint or a break? A break or a sprint? Every year, we ask the same question, and every year we're left scratching our heads. A race like Paris-Tours looks oh so simple for the sprinters, yet, as has been proven countless times, it absolutely isn't. As the 2009 season winds down, we get one last time to see the fast men do battle with the aggressors on one of the sport's legendary finishes: the Avenue de Grammont.
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Worlds'09: One Last Lap With PEZ!
Tuesday, October 06, 2009  9:11:50 AM PT
  Roadside PEZ: It's been a week since Cadel Evans became the first Australian to win the Men's Pro Road World Championships, and while he's been basking in the glory, your part time PEZ correspondents have had a few days back in the real world at our day jobs. So, before we move on to Lombardia, let's take one final look back at the people and places that made Mendrisio 2009 such a great championships.
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Wrapping Up Worlds With Rubens Bertogliati
Tuesday, September 29, 2009  8:05:09 AM PT
  It’s all very well sitting on the sofa watching the Worlds, speaking words of wisdom in between mouthfuls of beer and handfuls of pretzels; but to get the real story, you need to speak to a man who pedaled those hard roads of Mendrisio. We gave Fabian’s loyal lieutenant, Rubens Bertogliati, Monday to recover; then hit the Diquigiovanni man with the questions on Tuesday morning.
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Worlds'09: The Australians Take Mendrisio!
Monday, September 28, 2009  5:37:41 AM PT
  Roadside PEZ: After walking the pits in the morning and then watching the professional boys roll out to do their stuff, Team PEZ hit the streets of Mendrisio to do a little bit of bike watching, a little bit of people watching, and just enjoy an absolutely fantastic final day at the Worlds.
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Worlds’09 Men’s RR: Ripper! The Winner Is …
Sunday, September 27, 2009  10:51:40 AM PT
  Race Report: Wow! What a final lap, and what a winner. After so many near misses, the gold medal is hanging around the neck of a Grand Tour podium getter who’s not had the happiest of years. It’s a first senior road title for a southern hemisphere country. Can you tell who it is yet?
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Worlds'09: PEZ On The Scene Before The Start
Sunday, September 27, 2009  5:58:08 AM PT
  Roadside: Today's the day when one man earns the right to weat the world champion's rainbow jersey for the next 12 months. Team PEZ got in early to pick up the electric bike, ride over to the start village and chat to some of the movers and shaker in the sport and get their tips and take on today's 19lap epic.
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Worlds'09: Saturday Double Header!
Saturday, September 26, 2009  4:16:41 PM PT
  PEZ Roadside: A Double-Header of road racing action was on the cards for today and as well as some great action to look forward to, the 'Day Before' is an important part of the planning for Sunday's big event. With both viewing spots to scope out under race conditions and transport arrangement to trial with the complication of spectators, PEZ went even deeper inside the 2009 World Road Championships.
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Worlds’09 Men U23 RR: Solo Sicard Shows ‘Em!
Saturday, September 26, 2009  11:24:50 AM PT
  Race Report: It was another action packed race in Mendrisio with attacks all over the place by riders who may be under 23, but most of whom mix it with the Pro’s on a regular basis. In the end a young Basque-Frenchman took the honours in a solo effort that any Pro would be more than proud of.
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Worlds’09 Women’s RR: Tatiana Tops Mendrisio!
Saturday, September 26, 2009  5:50:38 AM PT
  Race Report: A wet and dangerous start put paid to the hopes of defending Champion, Nicole Cooke, who crashed early. There were many punctures and falls, but in the end the action was HOT! Attacks came one after the other on a course designed for excitement, and the strong Italian team came out on top!
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Worlds'09 Circuit 101: PEZ Rides Mendrisio!
Friday, September 25, 2009  1:37:41 PM PT
  With the time trial champions crowned, the focus at the world championships has now shifted to the three road races, to be contested this weekend. The Friday of the championship week is officially designated a “rest day”, we decided it would be a good idea to pull on the Capo Custom kit and do a lap or two to see what the course had in-store for the riders and if the roads around Mendrisio really were as tough as everyone had been saying.
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  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!
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Interbike 2009: More to Score
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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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