This July, a New York City police officer and a cyclist had an altercation of some sort. The cop claimed the man had been weaving in and out of traffic and tried to hit him with his bike, and arrested him for assault, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. The man said the cop had shoved him off his bike for no reason. Replica Tag Heuer waf1424.bb0814 Aquaracer Quartz Watch Fortunately for the cyclist, Christopher Long, a bystander captured it all on camera phone. The video, which ended up on YouTube (naturally), showed the officer, Patrick Pogan, pushing Long off his bike as long attempted to get out of the way. All charges were dropped against Long today; Pogan has been stripped of his badge and put on desk duty.Is bike rage spreading? Is YouTube Big Brother in reverse? --Emily Matchar
Vuelta riders take a break today, along with a 300-mile transfer from Toledo to Barbastro, in the foothills of the looming Pyrenees. The race remains wide open, after a week in gold for Daniele Bennati following Liquigass surprising team time Replica Tag Heuer wac1216.ba0852 Formula Ladies' Watch trial win in stage 1. Levi Leipheimer of Astana took the overall lead with a victory on stage 5, the first of two individual time trials. But he relinquished the leaders jersey yesterday to French TT champion Sylvain Chavanel, who picked up enough time bonuses to push ahead by 10 seconds.
After six stages, heres how things look:1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.35.352 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.103 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse dEpargne 0.264 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.575 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.376 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 1.42Highlights to catch streaming on cyclingfans: Sundays finish up an HC, 17.1-km monster to Replica Tag Heuer waf1417.ba0812 Aquaracer Quartz Watch Andorra; Mondays three first- plus one second-category run through the Pyrenees; and Tuesdays 200-km romp over four categorized climbs, just in case anyone still had any legs left.--Matthew Fishbane The Top 5 Takeaways From The GOP Convention Personal Stories: The last night was a reminder that John McCains survival story is the stuff of legend.
