BOULDER — There is still a big part of Juli Furtado that connects with Boulder and the University of Colorado.
It's no wonder.
Boulder is where she found a home after leaving her East Coast stomping grounds as a teenager. It is where she earned All-American honors as a skier for the Buffs, where she began a cycling career that catapulted her to the very pinnacle of the sport — and where she made the transition from "lost" teenager to freewheeling, take-the-world-by-the-handlebars and give-em-hell world champion.
Now, Furtado — who currently lives in Santa Cruz, Calif.