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The 2010 Tour Down Under race routes have been unveiled today at the official launch of the UCI ProTour event.
Transport Minister Patrick Conlon announced that the route will return to the Clare Valley after a six year absence.
“Stage 1 of the 2010 Tour Down Under will set off from Clare, the first time the event [...]

Westminster, Mass. – U.S. national time trial champion Alison Powers of Team Type 1 won the Courtyard by Marriott Fitchburg/South Street Time Trial to open the 50th edition of the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Thursday.
Racing through foggy and damp conditions on an unseasonably cool New England day, Powers averaged more than 27 mph on the 8.8-mile [...]

Westminster, Mass. – U.S. national time trial champion Alison Powers of Team Type 1 won the Courtyard by Marriott Fitchburg/South Street Time Trial to open the 50th edition of the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Thursday.
Racing through foggy and damp conditions on an unseasonably cool New England day, Powers averaged more than 27 mph on the 8.8-mile [...]

Alison Powers adds a second jersey while TIBCO takes the team lead
Minneapolis – July 2, 2009 – Women’s Prestige Cycling Series leader Alison Powers (Team Type 1) added the Sprinter’s jersey to her collection, but her hold on that jersey is tenuous. Rebecca Much (Webcor Builders) is still in the Best Young Riders jersey. [...]

Written by: Colin Batchelor
I’ve a friend who many years ago became father to a baby girl, when asked how he felt, in a cycling context of course, his reply was ‘Great, imagine the disappointment if I’d had a son and he never won the Tour de France!’
Now days everyone wants’ to be a cyclist and [...]

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That’s right, Lance is smiling himself silly these days contemplating an opportunity to one-up the skinny spaniard by shifting fields of play at the last moment.  Instead of a little intra-familial cycling showdown at the Tour next month, Lance is challenging Alberto to belly up to the table and clasp hands.
Bookmakers in [...]

Written by: VeloGuy
Over the last year or so it would have been hard to avoid hearing about the technology of compression recovery clothing. There is certainly no shortage of manufactures that are putting out good quality product that works really well for the post ride recovery. So when Bicycle.net spoke with the company SKINS [...]

Let’s get this out there from the get go – These Are Not Your Standard Nursery Wipes – they have very little in common with the wipes you use on a baby’s bottom.
What makes them different is that they are designed with the outdoor athlete in mind. They are the ultimate wet wipes. They [...]

A quick video by our very own Cynthia Lou of the unbeatable Rashaan Bahati. He has now 3peated the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix. This guy is not only a super star crit raer but one hell of a nice guy.
Congrats Rashaan!!!!!!!!!

Exciting St. Paul Downtown Crit, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Women’s Callup and Start
Video was taken by our very own Cynthia Lou - The Scoop With Lou

Duffy & Partners Creates Brand Identity for Twin Cities Bike Share Program
Nice Ride Minnesota will be among the first of its kind in the country
MINNEAPOLIS, (June 16, 2009) — Duffy & Partners, the internationally recognized branding and design firm, along with Bike Walk Twin Cities, today announce one of the first bike share programs in [...]

June 12, 2009
Bike race Team Type 1 and 2 have set a national precedent for raising diabetes awareness while just outside Philadelphia, a team is riding to raise awareness of a disease that took the young wife of one of its own.
“We have a mission this year to raise awareness of brain tumors and the [...]

It’s been a long, cold winter here in middle America, our windy days coming with a particular “bite” that makes cycling outdoors a sport for the bold or the sick-of-mind, but not for you or me.  We own the basements and gyms and YMCAs that provide the chance for a good comfortable workout, provided one [...]

There are few teams lucky enough to have a former Olympic Champion and Tour
de France alumnus as their doctor. For Eric Heiden, it certainly seems
nothing succeeds like success.
After winning five Olympic gold medals for speed skating in 1980, Heiden
moved on to try his hand at professional cycling. He and Jim Ochowicz
helped form the [...]

I’ve spent the entire season riding more & faster than ever before and, according to my handy-dandy Garmin 705 calorie-counter and multi-tool, I’ve burned off enough energy to shed one or two of me this season.  But I’m still here, trust me.  
In fact, all year my weight has remained in the same 175 +/-5 [...]

By Neil Leventhal
They said it couldn’t be done, but it looks like Camelbak may have accomplished what has long been considered impossible, “building a better mouse trap”. I have to admit that when I first received the Camelbak Podium bottle for review I was skeptical, but after the first ride I was hooked. [...]