{"id":8263,"date":"2011-05-10T00:09:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T05:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8263"},"modified":"2011-05-10T00:09:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T05:09:03","slug":"daily-news-roundup-may-9th-texas-bicycling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/10\/daily-news-roundup-may-9th-texas-bicycling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup May 9th – Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

The death of Wouter Weylandt is not Texas related but I was watching the stage and saw him when he went down. He did not look good. It is so tragic when this happens. My prayers are with his family and fellow riders.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Weylandt dies in Giro d’Italia crash<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy: Cycling News
\nPublished:\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 May 9, 16:32,<\/p>\n

Leopard-Trek rider crashed on Passo del Bocco
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\nLeopard-Trek’s Wouter Weylandt was fatally injured today in a crash on the third stage of the Giro d’Italia. The 26-year-old went down on the Passo del Bocco and was unconscious at the scene.<\/p>\n

Paramedics worked to revive the Belgian, doing CPR for an extended period of time before airlifting him to a nearby hospital. Doctors were unable to revive Weylandt. …<\/p>\n

Bike-to-Work Day<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom bikehouston.org
\nFriday, May 20, 2011, is National Bike to Work day. BikeHouston is working with the City of Houston to implement multiple bike rides that begin at various neighborhood bike shops and converge upon City Hall simultaneously at 8:00 AM.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 Participants will include bicycling advocates, customers and team members of Bicycle retailers, as well as corporations …<\/p>\n

Ride of Silence<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nfrom bikehouston.org
\nBikeHouston organizes a ride of silence each year during bike month to remember those cyclists that have been hurt or killed while riding their bike. This will be a casual, quiet ride from Memorial Park to City Hall downtown. All participants are encouraged to wear white clothes for the ride. Additional details regarding the starting…<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Bicycling Association<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nJune Rides Announced
\nThe June ride list is up. Please go to the Ride Events page for all of the exciting details!<\/p>\n

May Shifting Times (13 MB)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nThe Newsletter of Lone Star Cyclists<\/p>\n

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Riders in NW Arkansas<\/p><\/div>\n

Texas Cup Houston Alkek Velodrome<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Updates To The Central Expressway and Renner Road Underpasses<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby dickdavid
\nA bunch has happened since our last report on the almost completion of the first Central Expressway underpass , just south of Renner Road. …<\/p>\n

Cycling and Surviving \u00e2\u20ac\u201c What a great birthday weekend<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby donbynum
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\nA couple of weeks ago, I had the good fortune to be invited by a cycling friend, Phyllis Terry, to join in on a ride out here in the boonies of Llano County.\u00c2\u00a0 Phyllis lives in San Antonio and rides with a cycling\/touring club there ( http:\/\/www.hcbtc.org <\/strong><\/a>).\u00c2\u00a0 She has developed an annual practice of inviting her cycling club members to come up…<\/p>\n

MPD, community to host rides during Bicycle Safety Month<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAudrie Palmer
\nMidland Reporter-Telegram
\nHeading out Monday evening, Midland Police Department officer John Kerrigan drove from the police department and mapped out a 22-mile course heading west to north Midland and returned to the MPD building downtown.<\/p>\n

Each mile represents an officer who was killed in the state of Texas this year and in the line of duty. Law enforcement and the community are invited to take part in a memorial bicycle ride Sunday afternoon following the course to…<\/p>\n

Videos Posted by North Texas Cycling<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nNorth Texas Cycling Alan, you mean off the back right? LOL …<\/p>\n

Pedaling the Gospel: Pastor \\embarks on five-day ride for world hunger<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby LubbockOnline.com
\nSammy Elliot, pastor of First Baptist Church in Levelland, will take part in a 400 mile bike across southern Texas to raise $3000 dollars for hunger. (Zach Long) By IRIE PRICE You could say the Rev. Sammy Elliott is pedaling the Gospel this week. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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