"Sal Ruibal is a 51-year-old sportswriter for USA TODAY who has covered
the Tour de France six times and ridden most of the Tour's mountain
passes. He is an experienced mountain bike racer who finished fifth in
the Masters category at the 2002 World Championships of 24-Hour Solo
Mountain Biking."

That just goes to show that racing doesn't have jack shiite to do with
mountain biking. The President doesn't race, yet he whipped that
reporter's ass.

JD