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A tweet for help: David Zabriskie's bikes, cars, everything stolen cyclist's home

While David Zabriskie was racing at the Amgen Tour of California to a second place finish with the Garmin-Slipstream team, thieves broke into his house and stole everything he owned.

According to his Twitter page, "My house was broken into while at TOC. They took everything, a lot of bikes,cars, and you name it they got it."

Who has the best abs in the sports biz?

OK, when compared to some of the classic sporting debates like which sport has the fittest, or strongest, or fastest athletes this one is pretty low on the totem pole.

But just like the other sporting debates it can be a lot of fun to compare and contrast the differences. And with the latest internet polling technology you can actually have your opinion heard, and see the results immediately.

So today let's start with the women.

The question is a simple one.

Who has the best abs in the sports biz?

Now we've heard it all---at least until the next time

Over the last few weeks the doping revelations have been coming fast and furious from the world of baseball.

But what exactly are the excuses that athletes use when they are caught with their hand in the EPO, HGH, or Steroid cookie jar?

Over at the blog BicycleSpokesmen.com they just came up with the "Top Ten Doping Excuses For Athletes."

The first couple include:

"1- I was planning on doping, but hadn’t done it yet.  This excuse came from cyclist Ivan Basso.  Circumstantial evidence from a Spanish police investigation called Operation Puerto indicated that Ivan may have doped. 

The best sunglasses at the right price

Are you in the mood for some new stylish high performance eye wear?

We've got some hot new sunglasses just for you, and here's how you can get yours.

Were pleased to announce The new Zeal Try 'em & Love 'em eye wear giveaway.

Here's the scoop. To get your pair of brand new Zeal Optics sunglasses as worn by some of the best professional skiers, windsurfers, kayakers, and triathletes just go to you nearest Zeal Optics retailer, try on a pair of Zeal Sunglasses, snap a digital photo of yourself wearing them in the store with your phone or digital camera, and email us that photo to (teamatraceathlete.com).

A tweet and a hat

Today we reached a fun milestone. Everymantri now has 100 people following us on Twitter. Lancer Armstrong we are not, but never-the-less we're happy to have our readers engaged in this fun and new way to communicate.

To celebrate we're giving away Two Olympic USA  Beijing Hats as modeled here by young Tommmy.

We'll give one to one of the first 100 people to follow Everymantri on Twitter,  and we'll give one away to somebody new who follows us on twitter as of this moment.

He even out ran the motorcycles escorts

In one of the most surreal moments in marathon racing the winner of Sunday's Fort Lauderdale A1A Marathon had to wait around the finish for a half hour before race organizers realized he had crossed the line and won the race.

Men's winner Antonio Sousa of Lisbon, Portugal, 38-year-old physical education teacher managed to blow past the lead motorcycle escorts and finish before race officials realized the men's winner was in.

FINA set to put breaks on super fast & super buoyant swimsuits

A grand total of 108 new world swim records were set in 2008.

There's little disagreement in the swimming community that these new records were set (to a large extent) with the aid of new swimsuit technology.

Now FINA, the international governing body of swimming, is about to put new rules in place that will strictly curtail use, materials, and buoyancy of the new swimsuits.

In other words the new suits may be on the way out.

So what is an Xterra anyway?

So what's up with this race called the Xterra?

Is it a car or is it a race? In fact, it is both. Check out Melanie McQuaid above as they explains the finer details of Xterra racing.

Leipheimer wins AToC for third consecutive year

After nine challenging and epic days of cycling through more than 750-miles of scenic California roads, and a thrilling fight to the finish, Levi Leipheimer (USA) of Astana was crowned champion of the 2009 Amgen Tour of California, solidifying a three-peat for the California resident.

Armstrong finished seventh in the AToC.

The healthiest executives in Colorado are...

Denver, CO -- The International Center for Performance & Health (ICPH), a premier Denver-based center for executive leadership and health revealed to over 150 attendees at the Colorado's Healthiest ExecutiveTM  Awards the names of winners. The awards breakfast was held on Thursday, February 19, 2009 at the Infinity Park Event Center in Glendale CO.

"We are delighted," states CEO of the ICPH, Dr. Andrea Wieland, "to announce the winners of the first annual Colorado's Healthiest Awards winners, the runner ups, the Healthy Team award and the Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.

How many riders does it take to set a new indoor bike record?

412 cyclists---that's the new world record for the largest amount of people to ride an indoor cycling bike.

Employees at a British gym chain ( Esporta Health Clubs) broke the World record at their annual conference in Gloucestershire.

Leipheimer retains AToC leader jersey going into last stage

Fans in Pasadena came out in droves to witness the finish to Stage 7 of the 2009 Amgen Tour of California, which included five, five-mile laps on a very demanding circuit through the area surrounding the Rose Bowl.

Armstrong lives up to his last name & K.O.s the Liveclean Devil

This crazy confrontation has been years in the making.

While Lance Armstrong is focused on making a comeback to professional cycling, some fans and even some journalist are intent on proving that his phenomenal success in winning seven Tour de France races was due in part to doping.

New York police officer who tackled cyclist is indicted

The police officer who was show knocking a cyclist from his bike has been indicted by a grand jury.

You may recall this video (see below) that was widely distributed by youtube.com

In the video, Christopher Long (pictured here) was taking part in a monthly ride, called Critical Mass, that often draws hundreds of riders. He is seen being knocked from his bike by New York city police officer Patrick Pogan.

Levi riding high wins stage 6 of the AToC

Fans lined up ten deep in some places along the 15-mile individual time trial route in Solvang to welcome world-class cyclists from 17 professional teams for the critical Stage 6 individual time trial of the 2009 Amgen Tour of California. 

After completing the longest day of the race yesterday, the riders were faced with a course that was dominated by Levi Leipheimer (USA) of Astana for the third consecutive year.