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    Top 10 Cyclists from your country of all time

    England In no particular order reg harris tom simpson mark cavendish barry hoban beryl burton brian robinson tony doyle bradley wiggins hugh porter chris boardman
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    Annual Reader Poll

    I enter the Annual Reader Poll every year, but I only follow road and track cycling, I do not follow MTB or cyclo-cross, so voting in the categories I don't have any knowledge of is a waste of time and probably skews the results. I wish there was a "no selection" choice in all the categories...
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    RAAM champion Jure Robic dead

    Which 24 hour record did he hold? According to what I can find he did 518.7 miles in 2004. However Andy Wilkinson holds the RTTC record at 525 miles set in 1997. So which governing body ratifies the official world record, that is if there is an official world record.
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    Another Great Pearl Izumi Ad

    Another Oscar for Pearl Izumi for great creative advertizing! http://www.pearlonuranus.com/
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    2010 Giro di Sardegna

    Stage 4 crash Alessandro Petacchi brought down by a specator's arm out over the barriers. When is pro cycling going to start protecting the riders more effectively, this kind of thing happens too often. The organizers need to get the spectators further away from the riders, perhaps with...
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    Favorite quotes from the peloton

    "You have to have the desire to excel yourself better than the other riders, otherwise you just end up grubbing around in mediocrity" Jacques Anquetil
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    F-d! Cancellara snaps his chain, then hangs it around his neck!

    Bettini snapped a Campag chain in the 2007 E3. Either chains are getting so thin that they are no longer reliable, or, IMHO, it's the fault of the mechanic who put the chain on and didn't get the pin in properly. A pro rider should never use a bike with a new chain on it, the chain should be...
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