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You'd have to be close to legally blind to have missed the photographic splendor with which andychasteen has been gracing YourCycling.com.

Another year, another Tour de France shrouded and marred by a doping scandal. Instead of discussing the winner of the race, people are focused on who took what, who got caught taking it, and how the sport will continue catching the perpetrators of this drug plague.

This week's Spenco Post of the Week comes all the way from the tour.

The Tour de Fat, that is.

While "the Tour" rages on in the mountains of France, sucking the attention of everyone in the cycling world and beyond, it's easy to forget that there are hundreds of other starting guns firing off all over the place, including our own back yards.

Mondays: what a drag. For many, Monday signifies an end to that all-too-brief stint of freedom called "the weekend"; a return to the mundane and unclipped; not riding. But for one lucky YourCycler...the dawn of Monday brings with it the glory of "The First Day I Became The Owner of a Brand New Set of Spenco Gloves!"

Each week, YourCycling.com rewards the best posting to the site -- a photo, video or story -- with a prize. (Have a gander at some recent winners.) So far we've been giving away DVDs, books, Whitey's Crash and Burn Kits, and t-shirts...but now you'll have a whole new reason to start posting your tushes off.

Our latest Post of the Week winner went the extra mile to pick up the prize.

Even after the preparation, strategizing, and teamwork, it still all comes down to the final sprint. The dash for the line. The only thing that determines whether you'll get there before the guy next to you or not is one thing, and one thing only: guts.

In bike racing, it's a simple concept: the fastest rider wins. Right?

Wrong.