To my eyes, this instantly conjured a memory of Frodo hiding from the Black Riders of Mordor, and the hot hiss of their breath.
Riders of mini motorcycles, quad bikes and off-road bikes have to abide by a whole host of legal requirements which many parents may not be aware of.
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In April, Mr. Landis sent a series of emails to cycling officials claiming there had been widespread doping in the sport and accusing several other riders of doping, including Mr. Armstrong, his former teammate.
But Vinokourov - one of the most aggressive riders of the Tour - cheated the fast-finishers with a well-timed move 2km out to claim a memorable win and leapfrog Levi Leipheimer into fifth place overall.
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Riders of Mater's Junkyard Jamboree sit in a cart mounted to a baby tractor and the tractors square dance to seven songs sung by Mater himself. (A simple ride, but it got big smiles from the kids).
There's a rumor that they're even using the dogs or the pets of the riders' names instead of the riders themselves.
Entries for the races themselves have been oversubscribed with a record number of riders entering each of the main superbike races.
Madden is the grand champion of bus riders, the winner of the lifetime achievement award.
He also owns the Kolkata Knight Riders team of the lucrative Indian Premier League cricket tournament.
Other riders, of course, not involved are saying we are about to have the cleanest Tour de France in many, many years.
At the time, the Daily News said the authority was considering placing signs near turnstiles to make riders aware of the rule.
The team is not just about Zabel, Botero and Savoldelli and, in Americans Bobby Julich and Kevin Livingstone, they have two experienced riders capable of lasting the distance.
He also joins a long list of Tour riders to be found guilty of doping in recent years.
He has such a fine eye, and his travelling shots of horses and riders are a hint of what tremendous cowboy flicks he might have made, in a straighter age, but his films continue to be snared in a tangle of morality and style.
With a few gestures, he dispatches a group of riders to round up sheep from the other side of the valley.
The pack of riders, known as the peloton, take advantage of aerodynamics.
At the Thurlow Hunt - one of the oldest in Britain - dozens of riders set off as their dogs followed an artificial trail of fox scent.
Most of the riders aren't particularly fond of the track as they are a bit burnt out from it as they do so much of their winter testing here.
"When we put e-bikes in hilly areas of London I don't think we're going to have any shortage of riders... if anything, we're going to have a shortage of bikes, " says the mayor's cycling commissioner, Andrew Gilligan.
Ms. DICKSON: A group of freedom riders had come to town in August of 1961, and although Rob wasn't participating with them because he would not take a position of being passive when it came to resistance, he was supporting them, offering them housing, transportation.
The team, whose riders include former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich, had their licence overturned due to the non-payment of riders' wages.
This is aimed at reversing the drop in numbers of riders taking the test, which was caused by a move in 2009 to replace local centres with a smaller number of test "super-centres" where off-road manoeuvres could also be assessed.
The floats are creations of fantasy and satire, with costumed riders throwing bright strings of beads and toys down to the crowds.
Dr. Ferrari was convicted in 2004 by an Italian court of malpractice and sporting fraud for advising riders on the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Former teammate Frankie Andreu, one of several riders Armstrong cast aside on his ride to the top of the sport, said no one could provide a better blueprint for cleaning up the sport.
The pledges, which still must be adopted by the full MTA board, grew out of several incidents that enraged riders and drew the ire of officials.
Kotyan says he went to work investigating every aspect of the sport, in which horses and their riders perform a sort of equestrian ballet.
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"The decision was taken as it was felt that the best interests of the riders and spectators would be served by taking such a course of action, " said a Tour spokesman.
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Hungry farmers and riders eat plates of smoked lamb, potatoes, beetroot and canned peas.
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