Part II of our explainer of California's new favorite bike race. For Part I, click here. Q: What could beat seeing ballerina-thin American demi-gods Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer prance weightlessly up mountain passes in pursuit of victory in a week-long endurance contest?
A: Seeing an actual muscle-bound Norwegian God storm toward the finish line at 40mph, while hacking at his rivals with his elbows, in pursuit of a sprint-finish victory likely to be measured in miliseconds.
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Part III of our explainer of California's new favorite sporting event. Read Part II here, and Part I here. Q. In your installment about Tuesday's stage victor, Norseman Thor Hushovd, you said bike racing's low-impact training meant fewer injuries and greater athleticism. So is cycling a sportsman's Valhalla?A. It's not. Unless you believe Odin rules a place where Einherjar are always on the verge of sickness, walk with great pain, live in constant risk of calamitous trauma, lurch from unhealt
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