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Big Win At Kalispell For 4Mil and Wounded Warrior Project
Joe Arnone and Team 4 Mil, all either current or former military veterans, participated in this year’s Race Across America. Team 4 Mil outperformed all other military teams, winning the Armed Forces cup with a time of 5 days, 12 hours , and 5 minutes. The team also finished 2nd fastest in the 8 man division.
As if this accomplishment weren’t awesome enough, Arnone and team were racing to raise awareness and money for the amazing Wounded Warrior Project, a favorite organization of ours here at the Law Firm of Richard L. Duquette.
Race Across America is Here
Race Across America, known as RAAM, is underway. They’ve already announced an individual winner (Christopher Strasser, more on his win here), you can keep up with the latest scores on their official results page here.
Enjoy!
Hincape Tells Feds Armstrong Doped?
According to a report by “60 Minutes” Hincape has joined Landis, Hamilton, and Andreu in claiming that Armstrong used banned performance-enhancing drugs during his long and successful career. Although Armstrong has never tested positive during any of his races, increasingly damaging allegations have been flying as of late.
But did Hincape really tell the Federal Grand Jury that Armstrong was doping? The proceedings from the Grand Jury aren’t available for the public, and Hincape released the following statement through his attorney:
“I can confirm to you that I never spoke with ’60 Minutes.’ I have no idea where they got their information. As I’ve said in the past, I continue to be disappointed that people are talking about the past in cycling instead of the future. As for the substance of anything in the ’60 Minutes’ story, I cannot comment on anything relating to the ongoing investigation.”
Armstrong, on the defensive against those who have spoken against him, has launched a website questioning the credibility of Andreu, Hamilton and Landis, as well as refuting the allegations.
This saga seems far from over, unfortunately. Stay tuned.
Chris Horner Wins Tour of California
Chris Horner, 39, beat his RadioShack teammate Levi Leipheimer by 38 seconds to win the sixth Tour of California. Although Horner was the oldest rider to compete in the race, his final time of 23 hours, 46 minutes and 41 seconds was good enough to get him first place.
Matthew gross (of HTC-Highroad) won the final stage from Santa Clarita to Thousand Oaks, but the overall race went to Horner, who thinks his win is “fantastic.”
Obama Kicks Off Wounded Warriors’ Ride
SignOnSanDiego.com has a great article on the May 4, 2011 Wounded Warriors’ bike ride. The Wounded Warriors’ ride, which stared in 2004 as a fundraiser for wounded troops, is going strong if President Obama’s participation is any indication. Not only was Obama on hand for the start of the race, he also called the riders–many of whom were former service members missing limbs–an inspiration.
Head on over to SignOnSanDiego.com for the details and some great pictures.
Fiesta Island TEAM Time Trial – September 11, 2010
Team Time Trials were held on September 11, 2010 as a part of the annual Fiesta Island Time Trial series. If you love cycling and racing, this is a great event to attend.
The series is comprised of 6 individual time trials and a team time trial and is dubbed “San Diego’s Race of Truth“. The final individual time trial for this season will be held on October 10th. For more information see here
For those of you who missed it, enjoy the video!
