2013 Amgen Tour of California Final Stage 8 Highlights

Check out the highlights of Amgen Tour of California 2013 Final Stage 8. From San Francisco to Santa Rosa.

The Amgen Tour ended Sunday in downtown Santa Rosa and the battle for the green jersey was won by Slovakia's Peter Sagan. However, Tejay van Garderen BMC Racing Team takes home the overall prize.

Peter Sagan sprinted out of the tunnel in the final half-mile to win the 80.7-mile final stage in 3 hours, 4 minutes, 7 seconds.

Amgen Tour Of California Stage Two winner: Janier Acevedo

Stage two was the longest at 199.7kms that stretches from Murrieta to Greater Palm Springs and have no time bonuses for the winner and with a blazing heat of 115-degrees. Janier Acevedo worked his way to win the second stage of the eight-day Amgen Tour of California on Monday.

The 27 year old Acevedo's win is no surprise he already won at San Dimas, and won a stage in the January Tour of the Gila. He has a lot of altitude training in Colombia his hometown.

Pacific Men's Exploit Mountain Bike

If you are looking for a bargain bike that you can use to get you from point A to point B, I would suggest this bike for you. It gives you a comfortable ride and has an acceptable traction.

The bike has a steel mountain tube frame that looks tough, but also feels heavy. The handling was responsive and it has a good stability. The crank also offers a wide gear range. The Vortex front cross-country suspension fork works great specially for bumby roads and rough terrains. The 18-speed Torque drive twist shifters and rear derailleur is really good for changing gears, it is efficient.

I would suggest to change the seat for a more comfortable one. And please take note this is a cheap bike with cheap parts so expect that you will need to fix some parts more often.

If you are interested it's available on Amazon:
Pacific Men's Exploit Mountain Bike, Blue, Medium

Dubai City Bike Friendly

Dubai city will construct cycling tracks to be a brike friendly city. Mattar Al Tayer Chairman of the Board of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has pass a design on the construction of cycling tracks that stretches 52km that includes 11 residential districts in Dubai that is estimated to cost Dh40 million or about 10 million US dollars. Wow, that's really costly.

“The construction of the cycling tracks is part of a master plan developed by the RTA to provide dedicated cycling spanning the entire Dubai Emirate in a bid to encourage the use of bikes as an environment-friendly transit means, as well as for the benefit of cycling enthusiasts. It also comes in implementation of RTA’s vision of safe and smooth transport for all as the advanced countries are focusing on raising the proportion of pedestrian and cyclists since they involve traffic, health and environmental benefits,” said Mattar Al Tayer.

It will cover Al Barsha, Al Khawaneej, Al Warqa, Al Qouz, Al Safouh Road, Al Mamzar Park, Mushrif Park, Hor Al Anz East, and Mirdif. Al Tayer also said that the selection of these districts was based on a number of parameters including the tourist and aesthetic nature of the area and its attraction to cyclists and residents of the neighbourhood.

Now it is more than 100km-long bike tracks, including 25km-long bike lane on Jumeirah Road and about one km-long lane near the Mall of the Emirates station.

Love Of Cycling

Check this clip about the culture of biking in LA that includes trick bike riders, fixed gear enthusiasts, and just everyday biking in LA.

Sad News in Boston

What happened in Boston Marathon was gruesome. My prayers and thoughts are with the victims who lost their lives at the Boston marathon and to all Bostonians.

The bombings in Boston killed at least three people and injured scores. Authorities in the U.S. described the incident as an act of terror, although have not yet speculated on who was behind the blasts. President Obama vowed on Monday that those behind the bombing "will feel the full weight of justice."

At least 128 people were hospitalized following the incident, and as many as eight were in critical condition, officials said.

Oakley's Conquer the Road

Oakley and Eurosport teamed up in launching a search for two cyclists who will be asked to "Conquer the Road" to celebrate the 100th edition of the Tour de France in 2013.

It's a once in a lifetime opportunity for cycling fans to ride one of the iconic Tour de France stages with a professional rider.

The winners will have their experience filmed and broadcast by Eurosport as part of a four-part mini-series called “The Ride” which will be shown during the channel’s 2013 coverage of the legendary race.

To win the competition you will need to earn kilometres. The Top 20 competitors by kilometres on April 30th will go through to the final round where expert judging panel of cyclists will select the two lucky winners.

All travel, accommodation and expenses will be provided by Oakley.