Beijing, look out. The final spots have been filled on the U.S. Olympic road cycling team. Led by veteran George Hincapie (currently ripping his way around the French countryside in the Tour de France) the squad also features Tour de France contender Christian Vande Velde, plus Levi Leipheimer and time trial specialist David Zabriskie.

Kristin Armstrong stands to be the top female contender for the American team and a favorite among women riders in both the road race and the time trial competition.

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• The Road to Glory - How to Make the Olympic Road Cycling Team
  

Photo of Levi Leipheimer: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Chicago cyclist Dubi Kaufmann has an interesting project. He's the creator of BikeSalute.com, a website devoted to collecting photos of cyclists doing the "bike salute," i.e. posing with their bikes triumphantly over their heads, which to me is very reminiscent of images from Critical Mass.

His goal is to collect a thousand photos of people doing the bike salute, because as he says, "I want to document a certain look and sentiment. . . the primal/celebratory nature of the gesture."

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