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Mont Tremblant 13th World Deaf Cycling Championships

30 June 2011

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Mont Tremblant 13th World Deaf Cycling Championships

The 13th World Deaf Cycling Championships were held at the beautiful Mont Tremblant, a world-class ski resort that also doubles as a popular area for mountain biking and road riding as well as plenty of other outdoor activities in the summer months. It is located about 120kms North of Montreal, Quebec and is nestled in [...]

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Canada: World Deaf Cycling Championships – Points race

29 June 2011

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Canada: World Deaf Cycling Championships – Points race

50km Points race This was the last event at the World Deaf Cycling Championships held at Mont Tremblant, Canada. The points race was held on the same tight circuit as the 1000m match sprints: 1.4km loop.  It was also the hottest day of the World Championships meeting and I had come to Canada with high [...]

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Canada: 2011 World Deaf Cycling Championships

18 June 2011

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Canada: 2011 World Deaf Cycling Championships

106km Road Race The second event of the World Deaf Cycling Championships was held on the same testing Mont Tremblant Circuit as the ITT event. It was 25 laps instead of the nine that was completed for the tough time-trial and what made things more trickier was the sudden change of weather – it was [...]

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Quebec: 2011 World Deaf Cycling Championships

13 June 2011

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Quebec: 2011 World Deaf Cycling Championships

39km Individual Time Trial My first event at the World Deaf Cycling Championships was the 39km ITT that was held on the Circuit Mont Tremblant: a tough undulating one with a brutal 18% climb that went for 100m. The circuit was 4.2km in length and we had to complete nine laps of it. The windy [...]

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Announcement: 2011 Mongolia Bike Challenge

31 May 2011

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Announcement: 2011 Mongolia Bike Challenge

I have just returned to China after an action packed three weeks in Iran covering two UCI 2.2 Tours and have numerous stories that I wish to share that was near impossible to write about during my stay in Iran. I was flat out the whole time and the intermittent dodgy internet also did not [...]

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Iran: Azarbaijan 26th International Tour

22 May 2011

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Iran: Azarbaijan 26th International Tour

I had the privilege of being invited to attend the 26th International Tour of Azarbaijan in the North of Iran last week. It was a fantastic week with plenty of adventures happening during the stages as well as my own epic rides I would do on my own for training and exploring. I lugged my [...]

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Iran: Azerbaijan Tour

15 May 2011

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Iran: Azerbaijan Tour

I am in Iran presently reporting the Azerbaijan Tour and it has been an action packed few days so far here that I have had no time to write content for my own blog. However, you can read my full daily stage reports on www.cyclingnewsasia.com if you are interested. Since I can speak a little [...]

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Thailand: Tour of Friendship – EPIC

7 May 2011

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Thailand: Tour of Friendship – EPIC

The Tour of Friendship spanned five epic days of racing -hard but alot of fun for many riders that came to compete.  Wade Wallace, who runs the popular Cycling Tips Blog, sung alot of praise for the event and can’t wait for the 2012 edition!  The week was an amazing one before I go through [...]

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Thailand: Tour of Friendship Stage Two

2 May 2011

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Thailand: Tour of Friendship Stage Two

It was definitely a day to remember here in Thailand: It was a stage of epic biblical proportions! All the riders were hit with a massive thunderstorm that wrecked chaos in the peloton. Wade Wallace over at Cyclingtipsblog says “Today was THE craziest day of bike racing I’ve ever experienced. I’ve done a lot of [...]

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Thailand: Tour of Friendship Prologue

1 May 2011

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Thailand: Tour of Friendship Prologue

The 2011 Tour of Friendship in Thailand kicked off today with hundreds of expats from all over Asia pouring in to take part in this very cool annual fixture that has been happening since 1998. Titaree Tanakorn, the original organizer was inspired to start this event after the 13th Asian Games that were held in [...]

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