By Chris Freud With apologies to the former President George W. Bush, is the Vail Time Trial “The Decider” when it comes to the USA Pro Challenge? The two times (2011 and 2013) the Pro Challenge has had the run up Vail Pass, the stage has determined the race’s winner, and Tejay van Garderen usually […]
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By Sebastian Foltz BRECKENRIDGE — Weather was the story again Friday for Stage 5 of the USA Pro Challenge as Aspen BMC rider Tejay Van Garderen was able to maintain his lead on the field in the general classification. Luxembourg’s Laurent Didier took the stage win with a late attack on Garmin-Sharp’s Ben King. King […]
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By scott miller VAIL — This may be the penultimate stage of the USA Pro Challenge cycling tour, but today is the Super Bowl for Tara Picklo. Picklo and her husband, Nate, own Yeti’s Grind, the coffee shop at Solaris Plaza in Vail Village, the start site for the Pro Challenge’s time trial up Vail […]
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By Edward Stoner VAIL — As Vail welcomes the USA Pro Challenge for the Stage 6 Time Trial Saturday, consider the following tips: Getting to Vail Use public transportation, carpool or ride a bike to Vail, as parking will be limited. ECO Transit has added a free express service to its regular schedule on race […]
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By Edward Stoner Affordable housing in Eagle County has been a challenge ever since the first lift opened in 1962. Back then, there the answer was a trailer park about where Potato Patch Club sits. I do recall one story about a guy in a Volkswagen van who lived in the parking lot where the […]
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By Edward Stoner Dear Joan, Can you please clarify when a person can or should use a “seller concession” for? When we bought our home, our Realtor had us ask for a seller concession of several thousand dollars since we did not have much cash for a down payment. Now that we are selling our […]
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By Edward Stoner EAGLE-VAIL — The Eagle-Vail Golf Club announced that it has opened the Willow Creek Par 3 Course to introduce the newest sport to hit the Vail Valley, footgolf, a combination of soccer and golf. Eagle-Vail is only the fifth golf course to introduce the sport in Colorado. According to the American Footgolf […]
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By John LaConte On the Hill Summer, brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute, brings you a video report about a different High Country adventure every weekday. Today’s activity: Mountain Biking down Vail Mountain’s Radio Flyer trail [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/104100911R
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By Chris Freud COLORADO SPRINGS — Battle Mountain boys cross-country is back. OK, the Huskies really didn’t go anywhere. They’ve been doing their thing the last few seasons, but there’s a tradition of winning when it comes to Battle Mountain running, and the guys have struggled the last few years. The Battle Mountain boys finish
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By Chris Freud GRAND JUNCTION — The best healing is just playing, and if you’re playing, hey, winning’s better than losing. Eagle Valley volleyball took care of Grand Junction Central, 25-11, 25-13, 25-23, to open 2014 in as fine a style as could be imagined. Without making a melodrama out of this, the Devils were […]
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