Competitors, worried by the upcoming tough engagements, pedalled slowly through most of Wednesday's leg, a flat course from Meda to Vicenza.
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Much to the delight of the host country fans, a Thai cyclist pedalled to the first gold as the Southeast Asia Games began in earnest Sunday.
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As he pedalled hard up the steep hill near the town, he passed a group of stragglers from the first group who were pushing their machines.
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Aides to the mayor, and spokesmen for the companies themselves, quickly back-pedalled, saying that employers had agreed only to consider the Swingline workers in their plans.
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However, the dispute still isn't settled, and former President Ferdinand Marcos used to press the claim aggressively although the Ramos administration has soft-pedalled the issue.
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Police are searching for two thieves who stole half a million dollars of jewellery from a shop, and then hopped on getaway bicycles and pedalled off to make their escape.
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"It can either be pedalled manually or operated by battery, " he said, adding the bicycle comes in different models for the men and the women.
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Martin and his team broke the British and Commonwealth motor-paced cycling record, when he pedalled at a speed of 112.94 mph behind a modified racing truck.
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The assailant apparently strapped explosives to his body and pedalled into the checkpoint, at the main intersection on Gaza's north-south highway, veering toward an Israeli jeep.
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When Dan Buettner pedalled through Central America, he strapped a satellite dish to his bike, connected to schools via the Internet and persuaded children to join him in the jungle.
