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Sanchez wins Stage 5; Greipel retains Tour Down Under lead

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Andre Greipel and his HTC-Columbia pro cycling team fended off an attempt to unseat him from the overall lead of the Tour Down Under on Saturday in Australia.

Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez, at left, a member of the breakaway that threatened Greipel, won Stage 5 and climbed into 2nd place overall, 11 seconds behind the German.

To repeat his 2008 Tour Down Under championship, Greipel has to survive the 20-lap, 56-mile criterium around Adelaide. There are 25 cyclists who are less than a minute behind Greipel, although they'll have to break the strangehold by Team Columbia to win the Tour ..

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CRABS bike club

Christchurch Ramshackle Antique Bicycle Society

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Biking Bis Top 10 list of awesome names for bicycle clubs

Back in the day, I used to be dazzled by the cool names of bike clubs I'd come across on bicycle rides — “Yellowjackets,” “Flyers,” “Wheelmen,” “Team On Your Left.”

Nowadays, however, I'm more interested in going-out-for-the-ride then getting-there-fast. Therefore, the club names that catch my interest now carry a hint of determination rather than perspiration.

Here's a list of my Top 10 favorite names for bicycle clubs, in reverse order.

10. Road Soldiers Cycling Club: Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky, Ohio.

Nothing says determination like soldiering out for a bike ride. Many of the members are residents of the Vets Home, and their rides are often held with the Scooter and Wheelchair Owner's Group. I salute you all.

9. Old Kranks Bicycle Club: Ventura, California

Don't even try to join this club unless you're over 50. They usually ride out of the Goebel Senior Center Commission and most rides are 4 to 19 miles. They're Kranks, not cranky, so it sounds like they have a lot of fun.

8. Easy Riders Bike Club: Seattle, Washington

Their own description: “We are a kinder, gentler bicycle club …

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Logo for Slow Spokes Club

Michigan bike club logo

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GOATS

Logo for Go Out and Tour Somewhere Bike Club, Galena, Ohio

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Good grief! Greipel is 3 for 4 at Tour Down Under

With just two stages remaining, Andre Greipel won his third sprint in four days at the Tour Down Under on Friday.

The German sprinter for US-based HTC-Columbia has dominated the bike race that ends Sunday in Australia. He and his teammates must be planning ways to help him survive his slim 20-second overall lead to repeat his championship of 2008.

Meanwhile, Lance Armstrong, who was paid an undisclosed sum to return and race this year, made an appearance at the front of the peloton that was so unusual for this race that it was reported by the Associated Press.

Armstrong and RadioShack teammate Tomas Vaitus took a flyer with about 2 miles left in the race ..

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Drawing attention to global warming on winter bike tour

Bicyclists who launch a long-distance bike tour to draw attention to a cause usually do so in the spring to take advantage of the summer bicycling season.

Not Don Ross. The 66-year-old Alaskan took off from Fairbanks on his cross-country “Ride for the Planet” bike tour on Oct. 3.

He figures that he'll draw more recognition about the problems of global warming if he makes his ride in the winter.

Ross has made it south to Eugene, Oregon, so far.

Riding a Giant bicycle and pulling a loaded BOB trailer, Ross plans to continue to San Francisco before striking east to Washington DC by Earth Day…..

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Bike traveler Don Ross

Don Ross, a former Alaskan bush pilot, is bicycling from Alaska to Washington DC, through San Francisco, to call attention to the dangers of global warming. You can follow him at Ride for the Planet.

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Manuel Cardosa

Portugal's national champion road racer Manuel Cardosa

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Dark horse Manuel Cardoso wins Stage 3 of Tour Down Under

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On a day when commentators touted a handful of favorites to win a grueling bike race, a little known 26-year-old from Portugl handily won his first ProTour victory on Stage 3 of the Tour Down Under on Thursday.

Cyclist Manuel Cardoso of Footon-Servetto charged ahead of the peloton, leaving the big names of Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) and world champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) to finish in 2nd and 3rd.

Lance Armstrong finished in the first pack to finish 30th, 1 second behind Cardoso. Overall, he sits in 26th place, 20 seconds behind the leader, Andre Greipel.

There's not much information out there about Cardoso, who hadn't earned his own Wikipedia entry yet. …

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