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• Giant Bicycle Recalls Two Models; Forks Can Break Causing Fall Hazard
  January 18th, 2012
  

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using [...]

• Bicycle Helmets Recalled by Triple Eight Distribution Due to Risk of Head Injury
  January 7th, 2012
  

  Bicycle helmets for children and youth Units: About 30,400 Importer: Triple Eight Distribution, Inc., of Port Washington, N.Y. Hazard: Product testing demonstrated that these helmets do not comply with CPSC [...]

• Cyclist -vs- Antelope, Antelope Wins
  October 11th, 2011
  

• Bicycle Friendly Universities Revolutionize Campus Bicycling Culture
  October 8th, 2011
  

  Six New Universities are Honored Washington, D.C. – October 10, 2011 – The League of American Bicyclists is announcing six new Bicycle Friendly Universities (BFU) today at the Association for [...]

• Bicycle Shifting Mind Control
  October 5th, 2011
  

• Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
  September 22nd, 2011
  

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using [...]

• USA To Host The 2015 World Road Championships
  September 21st, 2011
  

  RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept 21, 2011 – The International Cycling Union (UCI) selected Richmond, Virginia, as host of the 2015 road cycling world championships on Wednesday, the first US site for [...]

• Weehoo Recalls Bike Trailers Due to Fall and Crash Hazards
  September 13th, 2011
  

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using [...]

• Luke Rowe Joins Team Sky For 2012 Cycling Season
  September 5th, 2011
  

  Team Sky have underlined their commitment to developing young British talent by signing Luke Rowe as a neo-pro for the 2012 season. Twenty one-year-old Rowe is one of cycling’s brightest [...]

• India Approves Pakistani Cyclists To Race
  September 5th, 2011
  

  LAHORE, Pakistan, Sept 5, 2011 (AFP) – India has given Pakistani cyclists clearance to participate in an international race, a Pakistani cycling official said Monday, leading to hopes other sporting [...]

• Sprinting For 19th Is A Hard Habit To Break
  September 3rd, 2011
  

  So I am not known for my Cavendish like finishing sprint, in fact I am not known for much more than a pack finish. But this season I have changed [...]

• Product Review: Finish Line Gear Floss
  September 3rd, 2011
  

  Written by: VeloGuy Okay, we know the name “Gear Floss” sounds a little strange to our trained and highly tuned cycling ear. But trust us when we say the name [...]

• The Art Of Climbing – Part I
  September 3rd, 2011
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling) With the Tour of Spain mountain stage upon us I figured this would be a good time to go over some tips [...]

• RIDLEY and LAZER sign new LOTTO Team
  September 2nd, 2011
  

  Belgian brands combine to support Belgian super team! Ridley Bikes, Lazer Sport and 4ZA Components are proud to announce their new WorldTour signing of the Belgian Lotto team. For Ridley [...]

• How To Be A Good New Rider
  August 20th, 2011
  

  Hey there, been a while. Hope y’all are having a good summer. I sure am. Seemingly every week has featured a mini-vacation and I’ve been lucky enough to be able [...]

• Tour of Spain Stages
  August 19th, 2011
  

  Stages in the Tour of Spain which starts on Saturday with a 13.5km team time trial: 1st stage (Aug 20): Benidorm – Benidorm (team time trial 13.5 km) 2nd stage [...]

• USA Pro Cycling Challenge To Air On NBC and Versus
  August 17th, 2011
  

  Inaugural Race will Feature Top Three Finishers from 2011 Tour de France VERSUS will Air an In-depth Pre-Show Prior to Every Stage NEW YORK (August 16, 2011) — The NBC [...]

• Mosquera Missing From Vacansoleil Vuelta Line-up
  August 16th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Aug 16, 2011 (AFP) – Dutch outfit Vacansoleil will line-up in this year’s Tour of Spain without last year’s runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera. The 35-year-old Spaniard took second place while [...]

• End Of The Road For Cycling Giants At HTC-Highroad
  August 4th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Aug 4, 2011 (AFP) – Cycling giants HTC-Highroad have announced their trailblazing days in the professional peloton are over after owner Bob Stapleton failed to land a new title [...]

• Oldest Olympic Champion Pavesi Dies At 100 years
  August 4th, 2011
  

  BUENOS AIRES, Aug 3, 2011 (AFP) – Italy’s former Olympic cycling champion Attilio Pavesi has died aged 100 in a retirement home in Buenos Aires, his family announced on Wednesday. [...]

• Dahon Initiates Authentic Hologram System to Battle Counterfeit Products
  July 29th, 2011
  

  Leader in folding bikes combats illegal products from infiltrating markets through security seal Duarte, California, July 29, 2011—Dahon, the world leader in folding bicycles, is introducing an authentic hologram program [...]

• Cranky Mechanic – The Perfect Post
  July 9th, 2011
  

  The Cranky Mechanic “The Perfect Post”. By Uncle Chad I always hear the phrase “we are truly in the information age”. Every year that statement multiplies exponentially. It used to [...]

• Route Details Revealed for Six-Day Tour of Utah Professional Bicycle Race
  July 2nd, 2011
  

  New Uphill Prologue and Saturday Circuit Race Highlight “America’s Toughest Stage RaceTM” This August SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (June 28, 2011) – All 409 miles of climbs, descents, twists, and [...]

• Los Angeles River Ride – Why It Matters
  July 2nd, 2011
  

  When I was telling my cycling buddies that Bicycle.net was going to be riding and reporting about the Los Angeles River Ride I kept getting the same question over and [...]

• Wattbike Trainer and Pro Bike Now Available in the U.S. for Cycling Enthusiasts and Endurance Athletes
  June 25th, 2011
  

  Wattbike releases the only factory calibrated static bike for fitness that accurately measures power (Watts) and delivers performance data for the recreational cyclist to the Olympian San Jose, CA & [...]

• Basso Gets Nod To Lead Liquigas Assault on Tour de France
  June 25th, 2011
  

  PARIS, June 24, 2011 (AFP) – Italian veteran Ivan Basso, 33, will lead the Liquigas team in this year’s Tour de France, which begins on July 2, his team confirmed [...]

• America’s Top Cities for Bike Commuting
  June 24th, 2011
  

  A nationwide analysis shows that towns where people bike to work are richer, fitter, and more successful in many other ways Riding a bike through a city, David Byrne wrote [...]

• Quality Bicycle Products Recalls Civia Bicycle Racks Due to Fall Hazard
  June 9th, 2011
  

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using [...]

• The Art of Climbing – Part II
  June 8th, 2011
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling Team) In Climbing Part I we discussed the tactics of sprinting as the Queen of the chess board analogy. Great climbing can [...]

• I Need Your Help To Recover A Stolen Bike!
  June 7th, 2011
  

  Nothing makes me more angry than when I have to hear about someone getting their prized steed stolen, except when it happens to one of my teammates. The other day [...]

• Can One Bike Do it All?
  June 4th, 2011
  

  Written by: VeloGuy (info@bicycle.net) LIEBO Bicycles Inc. – The Kitchunsync That was the question presented to me when I test road the KITCHUNSYNC, from LIEBO Bicycles, Inc. I have seen [...]

• True Words Of Wisdom
  June 4th, 2011
  

• TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship
  June 1st, 2011
  

  FUJI IS OFFICIAL BICYCLE OF TD BANK PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP Fuji Sponsorship Includes Honor for Top U23 Female Pro & Support of Gearing Up Philadelphia (May 31, 2011) – [...]

• Willy Go – The Trip
  April 23rd, 2011
  

  CLICK WILLY GO IMAGE TO READ IN A LARGER FORMAT. We bring you another WILLY GO comic titled “The Trip” Go ahead, it is okay to smile. Click The Image [...]

• Taiwan Bike Exports Rise 20 PCT to US$1.5 Billion, Average Selling Price Up 2 PCT in 2010
  March 23rd, 2011
  

  Stylish Electric Bikes, Foldable Bikes and Carbon Fiber Technology Seen Helping Drive Future Growth among New Awareness of Cycling Around the World TAIPEI, TAIWAN, March 23, 2011 – Exports of [...]

• Milan-San Remo – The User Manual
  March 19th, 2011
  

  MILAN (Italy), March 18, 2011 – Here is the user manual to the 102nd edition of the Milan-San Remo race: The route: 298 km. Starting at 09:20 (local). Arrival at16:50. [...]

• Sugar Overload – Part 2
  March 19th, 2011
  

  Written by: Lea Crosetti, RD (BariAthletes.com) IF you did not read “Sugar Overload – Part 1 yet – CLICK HERE -first The actual molecule of sugar (glucose) is needed for [...]

• Paris-Nice Fact Sheet
  March 5th, 2011
  

  The course: eight stages Houdan (Yvelines) to Nice. With a individual time trial (stage 5). And no summit finish. Total distance of about 1307 km. Stages: March 6: 1st stage [...]

• A Sunday In Hell…..
  March 5th, 2011
  

• Product Review – Tune Bug Shake
  February 26th, 2011
  

  The “Tune Bug” is too cool. Crank you tunes without the worry of being unable to hear the road traffic noise. I must admit, I find riding my bike with [...]

• Get Off The Road
  February 26th, 2011
  

  All I heard was “get off the road, you stupid, road hogging, gay, retard”, as another fat SUV driving slob came within a few inches of my left shoulder as [...]

• Sugar Overload: Part 1
  February 26th, 2011
  

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• REI Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
  February 22nd, 2011
  

  U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2011 Release #11-140 Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 426-4840 CPSC Recall Hotline: [...]

• Felt Bicycles Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
  February 22nd, 2011
  

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using [...]

• A Fat Guy’s Rules for Cyclocross
  February 12th, 2011
  

  As someone who barely squeaked into the Top 40 in the overall standings of the SoCal Cross Prestige Series Single Speed B category, I am now staring down the barrel [...]

• HTC-HighRoad Hits 400 Wins Since 2008
  February 6th, 2011
  

  HTC-Highroad’s win at the 2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar puts the team’s combined victory total at 400 since our beginning in 2008. Over the last three years, our men have [...]

• The Night Was Cold
  February 5th, 2011
  

  Just as the weather can’t get any worse, so starts the racing season. For the Pros that is. Why the rest of California wants to start at the same time, [...]

• Cyclist Kit Karzen Announces Kit Karzen Foundation
  January 4th, 2011
  

  Los Angeles, California – Cyclist Kit Karzen has just announced the launch of the Kit Karzen Foundation. The Kit Karzen Foundation seeks to enrich the lives of kids and teens [...]

• Product Review – VeloWipes
  January 1st, 2011
  

  “Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner piece of mind” Robert M. Pirsig The above quote is from Zen [...]

• Be Your Own Coach 2011
  January 1st, 2011
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (Wonderful Pistachios Professional Cycling Team) Since most of you have been or will soon be taking some time away from the bike after a long, grueling [...]

• So You Think You Want To Be Pro
  December 25th, 2010
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (Owner/Director-Wonderful Pistachios Professional Cycling Team) So you want to be a pro. You’ve logged the miles, you’ve done the training, and you’ve read every Toolbox article [...]

• Cannondale and GT Named Official Bike Sponsors for Highland Mountain Bike Park
  December 17th, 2010
  

  Visitors to Enjoy More Benefits from the Brands and the Park in 2011 and 2012 Bethel, CT, December 16, 2010 —Snow may be falling in parts of the US, but [...]

• Luxembourg Pro Cycling Well Covered With Craft
  December 6th, 2010
  

  The Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project will be well covered by Craft in 2011 and onwards. With the staff and rider roster already finalized, attention begins to turn towards the additional [...]

• Meyer Wins Australian Cyclist Of The Year Award
  December 5th, 2010
  

  ADELAIDE – Cameron Meyer was awarded the Hubert ‘Oppy’ Opperman medal when he was named the 2010 Australian Cyclist of the Year at a gala ceremony in Melbourne late Sunday. [...]

• Simplicity
  December 4th, 2010
  

  Wheels and cranks are in full motion here in Geneva, Switzerland. Right before I departed for “Euroland”, NBC released a report stating the top two places to live in the [...]

• ROTOR Bike Components Official Supplier of SAUR-SOJASUN Team
  November 26th, 2010
  

  ROTOR Bike Components is proud to announce it has become an official supplier of the Continental SAUR SOJASUN Team for 2011, with a selection of its innovative components: Q-Ring oval [...]

• Gluten Free Athletes
  November 20th, 2010
  

  Written by: Lea Crosetti The gluten-free diet seems to have become the next best thing. More and more people are turning to gluten-free foods despite not having gluten allergies or [...]

• Clara Hughes, Inspired by Longo’s London Dream
  November 19th, 2010
  

  BERLIN – Canada’s Clara Hughes, a multiple speed skater Olympic medalist, has the ambition at 38 years old to participate in cycling events at the 2012 Olympics in London. “Jeannie [...]

• Tour Down Under To Start 2011 UCI WorldTour
  November 17th, 2010
  

  SYDNEY – Australia’s Tour Down Under will be the first race on the new UCI WorldTour next year, organizers said on Thursday. World cycling’s governing body UCI has combined the [...]

• Giant Recalls Anthem X 29er Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
  November 13th, 2010
  

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using [...]

• Book Review – “Roadie” by Jamie Smith
  November 6th, 2010
  

  Hello my name is VeloGuy and I am a roadie. Admit it, your a “Roadie” too! I had the pleasure of meeting Jamie Smith, the author of the book “Roadie [...]

• Tour de France 2011 Summit Finishes
  November 6th, 2010
  

  Tour de France – The main difficulties (BOX) PARIS, October 19, 2010 (AFP) – Tour de France 2011 has four summit finishes, two in the Pyrenees and two in the [...]

• Strength, Leg Speed and Power
  November 6th, 2010
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (LiquidCycling.com) Strength, Leg Speed and Power. What are they and how do they interact? How do we train them, why and when? When I start with [...]

• What’s In Santa’s Bag For Your Favorite Cyclist?
  October 29th, 2010
  

  Sure to grace bathrooms, kibos, and porta-potties everywhere Hardcover, soft cover, or e-book, starting at $4.95.  Get yours now at Authorhouse (best prices here!) or  Amazon Between The Sheets You’ll [...]

• Danger At Cross
  October 21st, 2010
  

  Okay, so I admit it. “Danger” is a team mate of mine, and I wanted to give him a little face time.

• The Complete Rest Phase
  October 16th, 2010
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (LiquidFitness.com) The World Championships were held a few weekends ago and the weather in Los Angeles has miraculously dropped almost 40 degrees in the space of [...]

• Product Recall – Revl Carbon Road Bicycle Brakes
  October 14th, 2010
  

  The Hive Announces Recall to Repair Revl Carbon Road Bicycle Brakes Due to Fall Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named [...]

• New Meaning To A Track Stand
  September 25th, 2010
  

• Product Review: Clean Bottle
  September 25th, 2010
  

  So when is a bicycle water bottle no longer a bicycle water bottle? That was the question we were asking ourselves at Bicycle.net when we first got a hold of [...]

• A Tri To The Track
  September 18th, 2010
  

  The other day I let a friend of mine convince me to race a sprint triathlon on the same day I was going to attempt to revive my track career [...]

• ASEA Story with Bicycle.net
  September 18th, 2010
  

  Check out this video of Jonathan Tessler of Bicycle.net For more info CLICK HERE

• Willy Go – Customize
  September 18th, 2010
  

• You’ve met Greg. Now meet Craig.
  September 4th, 2010
  

  A while back, when I wrote about Greg Gable, my first bike shop crazy, it was always my goal to do a follow up piece on the fellow who is [...]

• Crankworx Whistler – Mike Montgomery’s Slopestyle Run
  September 4th, 2010
  

• The Training Series – Climbing Part 2
  September 4th, 2010
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (Liquid Cycling) As we’ve seen in France during July, time trials and the climbing are the two primary triggers for stage racing success, with Contador signaling [...]

• Willy Go – Confusion
  September 4th, 2010
  

• Cleat Placement – A How To
  August 21st, 2010
  

  Written by: Aram (Predator Cycling) We have been getting a lot of questions on cleat placement so we thought it would be a good idea to answer them. It is [...]

• The Cody Chronicles – Tour of Utah Stage 4
  August 21st, 2010
  

  Taylor Phinney rode 9.2 miles (14.8km) in 16min 36secs at an average speed of 33.2mph (53.5kph). Levi Leipheimer wore his bib shorts over his jersey (more aero) as he didn’t [...]

• Polls: Do You Think The Fixie Craze Is Here To Stay?
  August 20th, 2010
  

  Do You Think The Fixie Craze Is Here To Stay?online survey

• Cadel Evans Changes Pre-Worlds Schedule
  August 12th, 2010
  

  Recovery from an elbow broken in a crash during the Tour de France is forcing Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team to alter his schedule leading up to defense [...]

• HorseGate – Holy Crap
  August 2nd, 2010
  

• The Future Of Our Sport
  July 31st, 2010
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry If you have been out on your bike in these past few weeks you will have noticed a strange creature in the side of the road, [...]

• London Cafes Take The Heat Out Of Cycling
  July 24th, 2010
  

  LONDON – It might be the inspiration of the Tour de France, the traffic or the unexpectedly hot weather, but London has gone cycle crazy this summer — and biking [...]

• What Do Andy Schleck and Janet Jackson Have In Common?
  July 22nd, 2010
  

  Why is a year of sleeping calmly forecast for Alberto, while Andy looks to be tossing and turning? Still missing from the discussion of the now played-out controversy over whether [...]

• Stage 16 – You Call Yourself a Sprinter? The Irony of Tour de France Sprinters
  July 21st, 2010
  

  “Hey man, you a sprinter or a climber?” “Oh yeah, dude, I’m totally a sprinter. I got these huge hulking sprinter muscles that are just too big to haul over [...]

• Stage 15 – It’s All About Celebrating All the Small Victories In Between
  July 19th, 2010
  

  “You don’t have rooms??” “You have not reserved hotel?” “You have no where to stay?? IN THE PYRENEES?????” In many accents, said in many different ways, I was told not [...]

• Stage 15: Inside the VIP Village
  July 19th, 2010
  

  Two weeks into the Tour de France, and today was the first day I’d indulged the fruits of the VIP Village. Full of food, snacks, news, chill areas and places [...]

• Stage 14: In With The Crazies
  July 19th, 2010
  

  It’s easy to criticize a bike race and it’s players from afar – he should have done this, he should have done that, how could he X, Y, and Z, [...]

• Stage 13 – Through the Valleys of Hell, to the Meadows of Sun(flowers)
  July 19th, 2010
  

  The bounty is always sweeter when you’ve had to go through hell to get it. This is one of the reasons Le Tour is the revered bike race it is [...]

• The Concept of Power Part IV
  July 17th, 2010
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (Liquid Cycling) In this fourth and final installment of “The Concept of Power” series, we will apply all the elements discussed so far towards using an [...]

• 2010 Redline Conquest Cyclocross Bicycles and Framesets Recalled
  July 13th, 2010
  

  Seattle Bike Supply Recalls Bicycles and Framesets Due to Fall Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a [...]

• How to Give a Good Speech and Stay Classy When You’ve Had a Bad, Bad Day
  July 11th, 2010
  

  Today, Stage 8 of Le Tour de France (Station des Rousses to Morzine-Avioriaz) was a rough day for Lance Armstrong – a couple of crashes and lost time. I admired [...]

• Stage 6 – Tour Style – Podium Shoes
  July 10th, 2010
  

  I appreciate teams who take the time and care to seek quality podium shoes. Nothing ruins a podium picture than seeing your flippy floppy toes after they’ve been squished unmercifully [...]

• I Still Don’t Speak French, But I Know You Speak English
  July 9th, 2010
  

  Today was a day of liberation, of pushing through mental and physical crashes to live another day, to pick yourself up and start fresh all over again. And again and [...]

• Stage 2, 7 Tips to Get Your Party Started, Tour de France Style
  July 9th, 2010
  

  The Tour de France sure knows how to throw a party. Featuring over 160 colorful and decorated vehicles, representing over 33 different brands, the press caravan is a 20 kilometer, [...]

• Stage 0, Stage 1: Attitude IS Everything
  July 5th, 2010
  

  The Race Inside Who wants to run around like a chicken with their head cut off in a country where you don’t speak the language, having no concrete details organized, [...]

• Farrar Takes Aim At British Fast Man Cavendish
  July 3rd, 2010
  

  Written by: Justin Davis ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – American Tyler Farrar is primed to upset British rival Mark Cavendish’s plan to dominate the bunch sprints on the Tour de France this [...]

• Armstrong Predicts ‘Carnage’ On Stage Three
  July 1st, 2010
  

  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, July 1, 2010 – Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong has warned of impending “carnage” during the cobblestone-riddled stage three of the Tour de France. Tuesday’s 213km stage from Wanze [...]

• Two-year Doping Ban For Thomas Frei
  June 30th, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 27, 2010 – Swiss rider Thomas Frei has been handed a two-year ban after testing positive for the banned EPO in March, the Swiss Olympic committee announced on [...]

• Team Saxo Bank Tour de France Preview
  June 30th, 2010
  

  On Saturday 3rd of July, the 97th edition of the Tour de France kicks off with an 8.9 kilometer long prologue in the streets of Rotterdam, Holland. But the first [...]

• High Road Sports and Skype Join Forces
  June 30th, 2010
  

  Luxembourg & San Luis Obispo, California, USA, June 29, 2010 – Skype and California-based High Road Sports, Inc., the owner of Team HTC-Columbia men’s and women’s professional cycling teams, announces [...]

• The Pistachio Diet – Part II
  June 26th, 2010
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz Due to popular demand stemming from last month’s Pistachio Diet article, I have decided to write a follow up piece with specific dietary recommendations for cyclists [...]

• Team Garmin-Transitions: Meal on Wheels
  June 26th, 2010
  

  Alyssa Morahan, Team Garmin-Transitions soigneur and masseuse, takes you behind the scenes in the Feed Zone to show you what it takes to provide a team of world-class cyclists with [...]

• Product Review: ASEA
  June 26th, 2010
  

  How would you like to increase your cycling performance while at the same time improve your general health? And when we say increase your performance, we mean really big gains. [...]

• The New Bridge featuring Willy Go
  June 26th, 2010
  

• Velocomp Announces the iBike Dash
  June 23rd, 2010
  

  Completely Reinventing the Cycling Computer Boca Raton, FL (June 23, 2010) – Velocomp LLP, makers of the iBike® line of power meters, today announced the iBike DashTM. The iBike Dash [...]

• The Pistachio Diet
  June 19th, 2010
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (Liquid Cycling) Pistachios are only one part of this diet but I chose the name because pistachios have in them all of the major components of [...]

• Product Review: BMC Pro Machine SLC01
  June 19th, 2010
  

  A Race Bike With An Impressive Pedigree How can you go wrong with race bike of choice for the current World Champion Cadel Evans? Well, at Bicycle.net we believe that [...]

• The Anatomy Of A Bike Race
  June 19th, 2010
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (Liquid Cycling) Part 1 Bike racing is, perhaps, the most dynamic sport in existence. It’s a team sport but, unlike most team sports, there are no [...]

• UCI – Tour de France Bikes To Be Scanned For Motors
  June 18th, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 18, 2010 – Bikes used at the Tour de France will be scanned to make sure they do not contain illegal motors, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced [...]

• Hungarian Claims Speedy Hidden Electric Motor
  June 15th, 2010
  

  GENEVA, June 15, 2010 – A Hungarian engineer who claims to have developed an electric motor that can be hidden in a bicycle frame says it can propel a cyclist [...]

• The Concept of Power – Part III
  June 12th, 2010
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (Liquid Cycling) Here’s something the power meter industry doesn’t want you to know. You can measure power output without a power meter. Ok, it’s not really [...]

• Cancellara: “The Engine I Have Is In My Body”
  June 12th, 2010
  

  Fabian Cancellara on Friday has again denied, on the eve of the Tour of Switzerland, the rumors that accuse him of having used a bicycle with a motor at his [...]

• A Story So True Only One Name Was Changed
  June 11th, 2010
  

  Dear Diary- Today was one of the more “interesting” days at the shop. Just when you think things can’t get any weirder, weird goes to a whole new level. Remember, [...]

• Team Type 1 and Team Type 2 To Compete in Race Across America
  June 10th, 2010
  

  Atlanta — Team Type 1, the US-based bicycle racing organization focused on diabetes awareness, is sending two teams to compete in the eight-man relay category of Race Across America (RAAM). [...]

• Get On Your Bike – Sky Ride Is Back
  June 5th, 2010
  

  Sky and British Cycling, today announce the return of Sky Ride – the free family-oriented mass participation cycling events in 10 cities and smaller local rides taking place across the [...]

• Menchov Spearheads Rabobank’s Tour Challenge
  June 5th, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 4, 2010 – Russian rider Denis Menchov, competing in his tenth Tour de France, will spearhead his Rabobank team’s challenge in this year’s race which gets underway in [...]

• Landis and Lemond – BFF
  June 1st, 2010
  

  Hey Floyd Landis, good news! Now that you and Greg Lemond are BFF (best friends forever) you get to go on his “Armstrong Stalking Tour”. Just think of all those [...]

• Cancellara Dismisses ‘Motorized Bike’ Claims
  June 1st, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 1, 2010 – Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara on Tuesday rubbished claims that he used a ‘motorized’ bike when winning this season’s Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix classic. [...]

• The Concept of Power
  May 29th, 2010
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz (LiquidCycling.com) Part I Have you heard the saying in cycling that any training program, even a bad one is better than no program at all? Sounds [...]

• Michael Rogers Leads Pro Tour After California
  May 27th, 2010
  

  The USA Cycling Professional Tour continued, May 16-23, with the AMGEN Tour of California. After eight days of racing on more than 800 miles of California roads, Australian Michael Rogers [...]

• Stage 6: “I Just Spent 7 Hours of My Life With You”
  May 25th, 2010
  

  True mate ship involves the group hug. Seven hours and many adventures later (but of course! – this is a bike race), the crew of Fly V Australia Team Car [...]

• A Legal Take on Getting Doored
  May 25th, 2010
  

  Car doors can be lethal weapons if you’re a bicyclist riding in the door zone. It’s a wise cyclist—not a cynical one—who assumes that a person behind the wheel of [...]

• Aussie Rogers Captures Tour of California
  May 23rd, 2010
  

  : THOUSAND OAKS, California, May 23, 2010 (AFP) – Aussie Michael Rogers won the Tour of California Sunday, edging runner-up David Zabriskie and upstaging three-time defending champ Levi Leipheimer, who [...]

• Stage 4, San Jose to Modesto – Rollin’ in the Party Car
  May 19th, 2010
  

  The Tour of California caravan party starts with techno music and loud announcements of the whereabouts of the peloton and an explanation of the blinking lights careening down the street. [...]

• Have You Ever Watched A Bike Race And?
  May 13th, 2010
  

  Have you ever watched a bike race and, when it’s over, thought, well there goes two hours of my life that I’ll never see again? Bike racing can be the [...]

• “Cranked” with Kit Karzen
  May 8th, 2010
  

  This is the Life Hey guys, welcome to my blog here at the one and only Bicycle.net! You’ll find a good amount of my banter here as I make my [...]

• A Message for Lance
  April 12th, 2010
  

  A Message for Lance. (You know who I’m talking about. As if there’s another Lance.) For whatever unexplainable reason, the most common call to any bike shop is one that [...]

• Round-The-World Cyclist Eyes Everest Summit
  April 10th, 2010
  

  by Subel Bhandari KATHMANDU, April 8, 2010 (AFP) – Round-the-world cyclist Pushkar Shah has traveled to some of the most hostile places on the planet, sleeping rough and enduring robbery [...]

• The Cranky Mechanic – Package This!
  April 5th, 2010
  

  By Uncle Chad Man, I tell you, ya can’t do nuthin’ for under a hundred bucks anymore. Cell phone, cable TV, parking ticket in LA, skewers for my super-duper Campy [...]

• Early Season Shake-Down
  April 4th, 2010
  

  Saturday morning was fine time for a killing. It being early April, in much of the country riding and racing is still hit-and-miss.  You get a beautiful day, but it [...]

• Fly V’s Day Repeats Redlands Classic Prologue Win
  March 25th, 2010
  

  Redlands, Calif. – Ben Day said he put pressure on himself to successfully repeat his victory in the prologue of the 26th annual Redlands Bicycle Classic. But the Fly V [...]

• Redlands Bicycle Classic Legends Award
  March 23rd, 2010
  

  Honoring A Cycling Legend: Ron Kiefel of Team 7-Eleven Fame is Honored as This Years’ ‘Legend Award’ Recipient at the 2010 Redlands Bicycle Classic Powered by Loma Linda PossAbilities presented [...]

• Eight Americans Aim For Rainbow Jersey At The 2010 UCI Track World Championships
  March 23rd, 2010
  

  Copenhagen, Denmark (March 23, 2010) – An eight-member United States squad including a pair of current and former world champions will compete in 14 events at the 2010 UCI Track [...]

• Hey, Ladies Only
  March 20th, 2010
  

  Ok, for all the ladies out there, I am going to talk about female stuff. So guys, now is your chance to ditch this blog and go read “Cranky Mechanic.” [...]

• Team Bahati Pro Cycling Launch With A Cause
  March 20th, 2010
  

  Written by:Cynthia Lou In true soul and unified community spirit, the Bahati Foundation launched its Pro Cycling Team to the open arms of nearly 1,000 fans in a unique blend [...]

• Milan-San Remo 2010 Preview
  March 20th, 2010
  

  Milan-Sanremo – the 101st edition The journey: 298 miles. Departure at 09:20 (Local). Arrival at 16.50. Passage to Turchino (532 m) before the halfway (142 km). Then, mania (Km 204 [...]

• March Poll Question
  March 15th, 2010
  

  Do you think that professional cycling has seen the worst of the doping scandals?surveys

• Luis Leon Sanchez Leads World Rankings
  March 15th, 2010
  

  PARIS, March 15, 2010 (AFP) – Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez has taken the lead in world rankings issued Monday by the International Cycling Union (UCI) following his third Paris-Nice. Luis [...]

• 1990
  March 13th, 2010
  

  By Lanolin (RitteRacing.com) I just grudgingly renewed my subscription to a cycling video website (not gonna say which one because they’ve F’ed me in the A every year for the [...]

• Google Bring Maps To Cyclists
  March 10th, 2010
  

  It’s long been one of Google Map’s most requested features, and now it’s here. Recreational cyclists and bike commuters alike can plot cycle-friendly routes, find trails, and avoid snarling traffic [...]

• Redlands Cycling Classic Brings Some Twighlight To Racing
  March 5th, 2010
  

  Speeding into the night: The 2010 Redlands Bicycle Classic Brings Twilight Racing To Downtown Redlands Redlands, Calif. – March 5, 2010 —As anticipation builds for the first National Racing Calendar [...]

• New Performance Nutrition To Sponsor Fly V Australia Pro Cycling Team
  March 4th, 2010
  

  Los Angeles, CA – March 3, 2010 – New Performance Nutrition, the makers of ultra pure pharmaceutical grade vitamins, supplements, 100% natural energy bars, whey and endurance powders is proud [...]

• Women’s Prestige Cycling Series Announces 2010 Events
  February 15th, 2010
  

  Minneapolis – The 2010 edition of the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series will feature four national-caliber stage races that promise to showcase the country’s top female cycling talent. The four events [...]

• White Lightning Introduces New Crystal Grease
  February 15th, 2010
  

  Bay Shore, New York—White Lightning’s new grease is so clean it had to be called “Crystal™.” Crystal Grease is totally non-toxic, non-staining, odorless, flavorless, biodegradable and of course, crystal clear. [...]

• Saddle Height – Low or High Is The Question
  February 6th, 2010
  

  We will be running a series of articles addressing the issues that are involved in getting a proper bike fit. to do this we recruited Aram Goganian of Predator Cycles [...]

• A Focus On Team BMC Pro Cycling
  February 6th, 2010
  

  So when was the last time you got to ride with two world road champions, and one US road champion at the same time? Well, for me this dream come [...]

• 2010 Redlands Bicycle Classic
  February 5th, 2010
  

  A Proven Formula Continues With A Boost – The 2010 Redlands Bicycle Classic Powered By PossAbilities And Presented By The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Has A Presenting Sponsor [...]

• Ikeman Cycling Launches Yahoo! Cycling Team
  January 30th, 2010
  

  New racing team kicks off in Northern California to foster growth of the cycling community Menlo Park, Calif., January 30, 2010– Ikeman Cycling, LLC., today announced its partnership with Yahoo! [...]

• Tour of Poland To Visit Auschwitz
  January 28th, 2010
  

  A key stage of this August’s Tour of Poland is set to start from the site of Nazi German concentration camp Auschwitz to pay respect to the victims of the [...]

• Adageo Energy Pro Cycling Team Sells Jerseys to Benefit Haiti Relief Effort
  January 26th, 2010
  

  Los Angeles (January 25, 2010) – The Adageo Energy Pro Cycling Team is contributing to relief efforts in Haiti by donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of [...]

• Ritte Bosberg Photo Shoot Caught On Video
  January 25th, 2010
  

  One of our riders flew over from Flanders to participate in a Bosberg photoshoot. We got a hot model and everything, so we took a little video. If you want [...]

• Armstrong Hits The Beers Down Under
  January 24th, 2010
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 24, 2010 (AFP) – A relaxed Lance Armstrong swigged beer with his new team-mates on Sunday after a successful hit-out at the Tour Down Under, their first [...]

• Clean, Green Cycling Emerges From Doping Era
  January 23rd, 2010
  

  by Talek Harris ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 23, 2010 (AFP) – Tough anti-doping measures, exciting new teams and a growing support base of amateur riders are helping cycling shed its drug-spoiled [...]

• Caisse d’Epargne To Pull Funding in 2011
  January 22nd, 2010
  

  PARIS, Jan 22, 2010 (AFP) – The bank that sponsors and lends its name to the Caisse d’Epargne cycling team, which has Spaniard Alejandro Valverde on its books, will pull [...]

• An Aggressive Armstrong Attack, Another Greipel Win
  January 22nd, 2010
  

  by Talek Harris ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 22, 2010 (AFP) – An audacious Lance Armstrong attack failed to break Andre Greipel’s stranglehold on the Tour Down Under on Friday as the [...]

• Beijing World Cup results
  January 22nd, 2010
  

  Results from the first day of the track cycling World Cup here on Friday: Men Team sprint 1. China (Cheng Chang, Zhang Lei, Zhang Miao) 44.237 2. Team Jayco (AUS [...]

• Tour Down Under Stage One Results
  January 19th, 2010
  

  Results from stage one of the Tour Down Under, over 141 kilometres (88 miles) from Clare to Tanunda, on Tuesday: Stage 1 1. Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia 3hr 15min 30sec, [...]

• Thousands Join Armstrong’s ‘Twitter Ride’
  January 16th, 2010
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 16, 2010 (AFP) – Some 5,000 amateur cyclists joined Lance Armstrong on Saturday for an impromptu ride announced on Twitter, causing chaotic scenes. The seven-time Tour de [...]

• George Hincapie Re-signs With Northwave
  January 16th, 2010
  

  George Hincapie re-signs a two year contract to remain sponsored and support Northwave shoes. Northwave, the innovative Italian company, has partnered with George Hincapie to sponsor and supply him with [...]

• New Title Sponsor At Team Planet Energy
  January 16th, 2010
  

  SpiderTech Becomes The Title Sponsor of Canada’s Planet Energy Pro Cycling Team After a successful collaboration last season, which culminated in a victory in the final stage of the Tour [...]

• Fränk Schleck – Cyclist, Brother and Father
  January 16th, 2010
  

  Blood is thicker than water and everyone who sporadically has been following Team Saxo Bank’s activities on the European roads knows that Andy and Frank Schleck are each others biggest [...]

• Munich Six Days Race Axed
  January 16th, 2010
  

  PARIS, 15 jan 2010 (AFP) – Munich’s six days cycling event is set to be scrapped due to the lack of crowds despite the event’s 46-year history, organizers admitted Friday. [...]

• Armstrong Opens His Tour de France Bid Down Under
  January 15th, 2010
  

  by Talek Harris ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 15, 2010 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong will launch a second attempt at an age-defying Tour de France comeback win when he headlines next week’s [...]

• Crash With Cat Leaves Kessler In Induced Coma
  January 15th, 2010
  

  On Friday German cyclist Matthias Kessler was put into an induced coma in a hospital in the Spanish island of Majorca. He was admitted to the hospital after suffering a [...]

• Cannondale Strengthens US Mountain Bike Race Presence
  January 15th, 2010
  

  Cannondale Strengthens US Mountain Bike Race Presence by Expanding Cannondale Factory Racing Team Bethel, Conn. – January 15, 2010 – Cannondale Bicycles announced today that it will expand its Cannondale [...]

• Team Garmin-Transitions Announces Roster for Tour Down Under
  January 13th, 2010
  

  Team line-up features four Australian riders including Cameron Meyer, newly crowned national time trial champion; Jack Bobridge to ride his first pro race January 13, 2010 – Boulder, CO – [...]

• BMC Racing Team Awarded UCI Wild Card For 2010
  January 12th, 2010
  

  The BMC Racing Team learned Monday it has been granted Wild Card status for the 2010 season by the International Cycling Union (UCI). The decision by the UCI’s license committee [...]

• Team Holowesko Partners U-23 Unveils Roster
  January 11th, 2010
  

  Reigning national U23 team poised for a big year in 2010 January 11, 2010 – Boulder, CO – Team Holowesko Partners, the under-23 development squad for Team Garmin-Transitions, both owned [...]

• Product Review: Scott CR1 Pro 2010
  December 16th, 2009
  

  The Scott CR1 Pro first came to the cycling marketplace in 2004 and it was an instant success. It was one of the stiffest frames ever made while still being [...]

• Jamis/Sutter Home Announce 2010 Roster
  December 13th, 2009
  

  Jamis/Sutter Home Men’s Cycling Team presented by Colavita Announces Sponsor Roster for 2010 #1 Men’s Team to Ride Jamis Xenith SL State-of-the-Art Frames Northvale, NJ (December 10, 2009) — The [...]

• Dream Of Owning A Bicycle Racing Team
  October 10th, 2009
  

  We all dream, every night we close our eyes and dream the dreams of cyclists. No not those involving your favourite rider, massage oil, and a beautiful woman, although if [...]

• What Were You Thinking?
  October 10th, 2009
  

  Last weekend I went for a long training ride into the Santa Monica Mountains to not only get in some good hill climb miles, but escape the dirtiness of Los [...]

• Comeback Cyclist Chad Gerlach Living On The Streets Again
  October 10th, 2009
  

  He raced like the wind – then came 5 years on the streets By Blair Anthony Robertson @ Sacramento Bee Published Sunday, Feb. 08, 2009 To the regulars on the [...]

• Olympic Track Cycling Set For Overhaul
  September 26th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis MENDRISIO, Switzerland, Sept 26, 2009 (AFP) – Female track cyclists could be among the biggest winners at the London Olympics after it emerged Saturday that world cycling [...]

• Malaysian Cyclist Suspended After Anabolic Steroid Positive
  September 7th, 2009
  

  KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7, 2009 (AFP) – A promising Malaysian cyclist was slapped with a two-year suspension after testing positive for anabolic steroids, reports said Monday. Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi, 23, [...]

• Sean Maher – Riding Out The Recession
  September 5th, 2009
  

  British graduate Sean Maher is set to travel unaided through West Africa to escape the world wide recession and raise $20,000 for charity. He tells bicyle.net why: In November this [...]

• World Championships
  August 29th, 2009
  

  The first race of the whole trip was the time trial. I was the 5th rider off out of 35. The Ukrainian winner of the TT World Championship started in [...]

• Movie Review: Bicycle Dreams – The Race Across America
  August 15th, 2009
  

  A FILM BY STEPHEN AUERBACH Bicycle Dreams is a film that captures the incredible physical demands that the most grueling sporting event in the world delivers by the truck load. [...]

• Performance – The Song
  August 11th, 2009
  

  This is one very funny song. It is done as a rap with a anti-fixie take.

• Tour de l’Ain Cycling Results
  August 11th, 2009
  

  Results from the third stage of the Tour de l’Ain on Monday, an 8.6km ride at Saint-Genis-Pouilly: Stage 1. Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ/Team Kazakhstan) 8.6 km in 9min 50sec, 2. Michiel [...]

• The Power Of The Mind And Cycling Success
  August 8th, 2009
  

  Endings often turn out to be beginnings. For instance, waking up in the hospital after stage two of the 2004 Redlands Classic with no memory of how I got there [...]

• The Real Cost Of Doping
  August 4th, 2009
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry – Bike Pure This is the REAL cost of doping. Mikel Astarloza cheated his way to stage 16 victory in this years Tour de France, but [...]

• State Championships Done-Nationals StillTo Go
  July 25th, 2009
  

  Written by: Lauren Jacobsen So the State Bicycle Championships went well. Won my Individual 500TT as well as the Team Sprint with my partner Louise. This is the first year [...]

• The Scandalised Professional Cyclist
  June 20th, 2009
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry The scandalized professional cyclist, the doper, the cheat, is still a bike rider. He started out as a kid, loving the speed and friendship that only [...]

• Nature Valley Grand Prix Womens Crit Finish
  June 11th, 2009
  

  Stage 2, St. Paul Downtown Crit Results and Finish, Women’s Race. Nature Valley Grand Prix

• Ask Coach Meat
  June 2nd, 2009
  

  Q: When it comes to climbing, I am pathetic. What can I do to improve my climbing abilities? A: climbing…..well….let’s just say that i’m not exactly “vertically blessed” myself. climbing [...]

• Photographing The NOW Women’s Race Team
  May 30th, 2009
  

  If herding cats were an Olympic sport, this event would certainly have qualified for a medal. Here’s what took place. I was asked by our NOW women’s Team Captain, Louise, [...]

• Periodization For The Mind
  May 9th, 2009
  

  May 9th, 2009 Written by: Josh Horowitz “I would if I could’ is finished for you now. I would if I could has an ending for you now. From now [...]

• Alexandre Vinokourov Threatens Comeback
  May 8th, 2009
  

  Kazakhstan’s Alexandre Vinokourov has said he wants to launch a comeback later this year after competing a two-year suspension for a doping offense. “I do not want to end my [...]

• Schumacher’s Career Is Over, Says German Cycling Boss Scharping
  May 1st, 2009
  

  FRANKFURT, Germany, May 1, 2009 (AFP) – The career of German cyclist Stefan Schumacher, who tested positive for EPO Cera at both last year’s Tour de France and Olympic Games, [...]

• Former Austrian Nordic Coach Mayer Released From Custody
  May 1st, 2009
  

  VIENNA, April 30, 2009 (AFP) – Former Austrian nordic skiing coach Walter Mayer was released on Thursday after spending over a month in custody, on suspicion of dealing in doping [...]

• Schleck Cautious, But His Yellow Jersey Credentials Shining Through
  April 27th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis LIEGE, Belgium, April 27, 2009 (AFP) – The step up from winning one of the world’s toughest one-day bike races to reigning supreme on the Tour de [...]

• Simon Gerrans Credentials Shine Bright Liege
  April 27th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis ANS, Belgium, April 27, 2009 (AFP) – Australian Simon Gerrans’s potential in some of Europe’s tough spring classics moved up a notch Sunday with a promising sixth-placed [...]

• Coryn Rivera Racing Update
  April 26th, 2009
  

  Before I tell you the great news, I want to thank you for all of your help and support! I really wouldnt have been able to be where I am [...]

• Attack Only Option In Liege Says Andy Schleck
  April 25th, 2009
  

  LIEGE, Belgium, April 25, 2009 (AFP) – After a promising but futile bid last year, Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck knows he has only one chance of beating his big rivals in [...]

• Racing Crits-What’s Not To Love?
  April 25th, 2009
  

  Written by: Lauren Jacobsen I’ve been working out in peak and race phase of training. Still not up to full throttle yet for several months, but it is looking promising. [...]

• Robbie Hunter of Team Barloworld Wins The 3rd Stage of Giro del Trentino
  April 24th, 2009
  

  ROME, April 24, 2009 (AFP) – South Africa’s Robbie Hunter, riding for Barloworld, won Friday’s 160km third stage of the Giro del Trentino with Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia retaining the [...]

• Thor Hushovd Focus On Tour, Skipping The Giro
  April 23rd, 2009
  

  Norwegian sprinter Thor Hushovd will skip this year’s Giro d’Italia to concentrate fully on his bid for stage wins and possibly other successes at the Tour de France in July. [...]

• Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Serious Fall Hazard
  April 22nd, 2009
  

  NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2009 Release #09-197 Firm’s Recall Hotline: (877) 808-8154 [...]

• Frank Schleck Hits The Deck Hard At Amstel Gold Race
  April 19th, 2009
  

  The 2006 Amstel Gold Race winner Frank Schleck suffered a heavy fall during this year’s race on Sunday. The Luxemburg national champion – second last year – fell while only [...]

• Cunego Leads The Assault On Fiendish Dutch Classic
  April 18th, 2009
  

  MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, April 17, 2009 (AFP) – Defending champion Damiano Cunego is among the favourites going into Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race, the only spring classic which takes place in the [...]

• Roubaix Just Too Tough For History-Making Chinese Rider
  April 15th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis COMPIEGNE, France, April 15, 2009 (AFP) – China’s Jin Long made history for his country here on Sunday by competing in arguably the world’s toughest one-day classic [...]

• Standard or Compact, Now That Is A Question
  April 11th, 2009
  

  Written by: Nate Loyal When looking at new equipment for your bike do the gears ever come to mind? We have so many options out there from 11/23 to 12/27 [...]

• Women’s Prestige Cycling Series Releases Standings
  April 6th, 2009
  

  Redlands Bicycle Classic was first 2009 Series event Minneapolis – April 14, 2009 – The 2009 Women’s Prestige Cycling Series kicked off at the Redlands Bicycle Classic, the traditional Series [...]

• Cannondale Plans To Shift Manufacturing from Bedford, PA to Taiwan
  April 2nd, 2009
  

  Cycling Sports Group (formerly the Cannondale Sports Group) plans to consolidate all North American product development, marketing and business management functions for the four cycling brands Cannondale, Schwinn, GT and [...]

• Austria On A Clean-Up Mission After Doping Scandals
  March 31st, 2009
  

  by Philippe Schwab VIENNA, March 31, 2009 (AFP) – Austria, long seen as a doping paradise in Europe due to its lax legislation, is cleaning up its act with a [...]

• Lance Armstrong Back On Stationary Bike After Surgery FOr Broken Collarbone
  March 28th, 2009
  

  Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong climbed back onto a bicycle on Saturday for the first time since suffering a broken collarbone. Three days after an operation to repair [...]

• How To Coach A Cyclist
  March 28th, 2009
  

  Written by: Colin Batchelor One of the best decision I ever made about bike racing was to stop racing and start coaching. It was also one of the easiest. My [...]

• American Taylor Phinney To Meet Jack Bobridge In Men’s Pursuit Final
  March 26th, 2009
  

  American Taylor Phinney clocked the fastest time in qualifying for the men’s individual pursuit Thursday to set up a gold duel with Australian Jack Bobridge here at the world track [...]

• Nature Valley Pro Ride Rolls Out This Weekend
  March 25th, 2009
  

  Jefferson Cup Road Race in Charlottesville, Virginia, is first event of 2009 Series MINNEAPOLIS – March 24, 2009 – The enormously popular Jefferson Cup Road Race will be the first [...]

• Stupid Roller Tricks – Too Much Time On Your Hands?
  March 24th, 2009
  

  So for most of us, just being able to ride our rollers without smashing our face on the wall in front of us is a huge accomplishment. But this guy [...]

• Team Astana One and Two in Castilla y León
  March 24th, 2009
  

  Team Astana’s Levi Leipheimer and Alberto Contador finished first and second in the second stage of the Spanish stage race Vuelta a Castilla y León. Leipheimer took over the lead [...]

• Lance Armstrong Will Be Ready For The Tour de France Says Bruyneel
  March 24th, 2009
  

  Lance Armstrong will recover from a broken collarbone in time to bid for his eighth Tour de France title in July, and may even compete in the Giro d’Italia in [...]

• Former Austria Ski Coach Arrested In New Doping Case
  March 23rd, 2009
  

  VIENNA, March 23, 2009 (AFP) – Former Austrian nordic ski coach Walter Mayer, who was involved in the 2006 Turin Olympics doping scandal, has been arrested in connection with new [...]

• Team Type 1′s Milne Dons Mountains Jersey
  March 22nd, 2009
  

  San Dimas, Calif. – On the same day Team Type 1 lost half of its eight-rider squad to illness or injury, there was actually something for it to celebrate following [...]

• The Day I Came Out As A Cyclist
  March 21st, 2009
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry Today would be a difficult time in my young life. Today, I would finally, seek the courage to tell my father I wasn’t like other boys. [...]

• Andreas Klöden Wins Time Trial And Takes The Lead In Tirreno-Adriatico
  March 15th, 2009
  

  Team Astana’s Andreas Klöden took over the lead in the Italian stage race Tirreno-Adriatrico (March 11th-17th) after winning the 5th stage, an individual time trial from Loreto to Macerata. Klöden [...]

• Spain’s Sanchez Trumps Contador For Paris-Nice Title
  March 15th, 2009
  

  by Jean Montois NICE, France, March 15, 2009 (AFP) – Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez trumped compatriot Alberto Contador to win the 67th Paris-Nice cycling race after the eighth and final [...]

• Paris-Nice Race Results
  March 14th, 2009
  

  Results from the seventh and penultimate stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race here on Saturday: Seventh stage 1. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 28hr 05min 45sec 2. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) at [...]

• Tirreno-Adriatico Results
  March 14th, 2009
  

  Results from the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico over 171km from Foligno to Montelupone on Saturday: 1. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP) Caisse d’Epargne 4hr 08min 35sec, 2. Davide Rebellin (ITA) Diquigiovanni [...]

• Luis Leon Sanchez Takes Yellow Jersey From Contador At Paris-Nice
  March 14th, 2009
  

  FAYENCE, France, March 14, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez, riding for the Caisse d’Epargne team, won the seventh and penultimate stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race here on [...]

• Thirty-Six Teams Listed For The UCI Biological Passport Program
  March 14th, 2009
  

  PARIS, March 13, 2009 (AFP) – Thirty-six teams have been listed in the biological passport programme, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday, with all having paid their financial [...]

• Contador Back In Lead After Stage 6 Win At Paris-Nice (Results)
  March 13th, 2009
  

  MONTAGNE DE LURE, France, March 13, 2009 – Spain’s Alberto Contador, riding for the Astana team, won the sixth stage of Paris-Nice cycling race on Friday to take the leader’s [...]

• Brajkovic – Concussion in Tirreno-Adriatico
  March 13th, 2009
  

  Team Astana’s Jani Brajkovic crashed in the second stage of the Italian stage race Tirreno-Adriatico. The Slovenian rider landed on his head and suffers from a concussion. He was forced [...]

• Alessandro Petacchi Claims Tirreno-Adriatico Stage Two
  March 12th, 2009
  

  ROME, March 12, 2009 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi won the second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race over 177km from Volterra to Marina di Carrara on Thursday. The LPR [...]

• Jeremy Roy of Team FDJ Wins A Thrilling Stage 5 At Paris-Nice
  March 12th, 2009
  

  VALLON PONT D’ARC, France, March 12, 2009 – Jeremy Roy, riding for FDJ, won the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice race here on Thursday, a 204.0km ride from Annonay to [...]

• Christian Vande Velde Riding For Team Garmin Wins Paris-Nice Stage 4
  March 11th, 2009
  

  SAINT ETIENNE, France, March 11, 2009 (AFP) – American Christian Vande Velde, riding for Garmin, won the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice race here on Wednesday, a 173.5km ride from [...]

• Sylvain Chavanel of Quick Step Wins Paris-Nice 3rd Stage In The Rain
  March 10th, 2009
  

  Sylvain Chavanel of France won the third stage of the Paris-Nice race here on Tuesday and also grabbed the overall lead from Spain’s Alberto Contador. Chavanel, of Quick Step, saw [...]

• Anti-Doping Scientist Hails Blood Passport Impact
  March 10th, 2009
  

  LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 9, 2009 (AFP) – The scientist responsible for the implementation of cycling’s biological passport system says some sports are 10 years behind cycling when it comes to [...]

• UCI Makes Schumacher’s Ban International
  March 6th, 2009
  

  PARIS, March 6, 2009 (AFP) – German cyclist Stefan Schumacher was on Friday banned from racing anywhere in the world by the sport’s governing body, the UCI. Last month Schumacher [...]

• UCI and AFLD Reach AN Anti-Doping Collaboration
  March 6th, 2009
  

  The International Cycling Union (UCI) and the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) reached an agreement on Friday over drug-testing measures in the Paris-Nice stage race, which starts on Sunday. This new [...]

• Alessandro Ballan To Focus On Milan San Remo
  March 5th, 2009
  

  Ballan focussing on San Remo and northern classics ROME, March 5, 2009 (AFP) – World champion Alessandro Ballan said he would be focusing on the Milan-San Remo and northern classics [...]

• The Cranky Mechanic Presented by…..
  February 28th, 2009
  

  I don’t get it. A few years ago, some father who owns a big corporate company, gave his son-in-law a schnazzy upper level management job in charge of the making [...]

• So Can Your Kid By A Cycling Champion
  February 28th, 2009
  

  Parents, who’d have them? Sometimes I get asked by a parent if I can make their ‘little treasure’ a champion, I never know if this is a serious question. But [...]

• Armstrong Ahead Of Schedule In Tour de France Prep
  February 25th, 2009
  

  Lance Armstrong is ahead of schedule in comeback preparations for the Tour de France, but the seven-time winner of cycling’s greatest race as a lot of work to do before [...]

• BMC Invited By ASO To Criterium International
  February 24th, 2009
  

  Santa Rosa/Paris, 2009-02-20 BMC invited by ASO to race at Critérium International for 2nd year in a row For the second year running, the BMC Racing Team has earned an [...]

• Tour of California – Stage 5 In Car View
  February 19th, 2009
  

  Today Bicycle.net had the privelage to ride in a Tour of California media car. Props go out to John Livingston who was my driver today and did a perfect job. [...]

• Amgen Tour of California Stage 3
  February 18th, 2009
  

  Bicycle.net and Monde Productions have partnered up to bring you the very best video coverage of the 2009 Tour of California. This is our Prologue Preview of our Tour of [...]

• Spanish Court Fails To Block Valverde Doping Case
  February 18th, 2009
  

  ROME, Feb 18, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde’s appearance before the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) to face doping charges has been kept for Thursday after describing a Spanish [...]

• Hoy Arrives At Worlds In Great Fitness
  February 17th, 2009
  

  LONDON, Feb 17, 2009 (AFP) – British cycling hero Sir Chris Hoy has admitted he faces a race against time in oder to be fit for the World Championships in [...]

• Tour of California Stage 2 In-Car View Of KOM #1
  February 16th, 2009
  

  On Stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of Caliornia we had one of our reporters in the media car that was in the race caravan. He was able to grab [...]

• Brits Stay On Track In World Cup
  February 14th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Feb 14, 2009 (AFP) – Britain’s Olympic champion sprint team warmed up for next month’s world championships in Poland by claiming gold in the final of the World Cup [...]

• CONI Summons Alejandro Valverde On Doping Suspicions
  February 11th, 2009
  

  The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday summoned Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde to face charges of doping or attempting to dope in relation to the infamous ‘Operation Puerto’ affair. The [...]

• Mattia Gavazzi Wins 3rd Stage of Malaysia Tour of Langkawi
  February 11th, 2009
  

  KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11, 2009 (AFP) – Italian Mattia Gavazzi of team Diquigiovanni-Androni won the third stage of the Tour de Langkawi Wednesday which ended in the historic Malaysian port [...]

• Hutarovich Claims Big Reward on Tour of Mediterranean First Stage
  February 11th, 2009
  

  NARBONNE, France, Feb 11, 2009 (AFP) – Belarussian sprinter Yauheni Hutarovich of the Francaise des Jeux team claimed the opening stage win in the Tour of the Mediterranean here Wednesday. [...]

• Tour of Qatar Here To Stay States Eddy Merckx
  February 10th, 2009
  

  DOHA, Feb 10, 2009 (AFP) – The Tour of Qatar has won its place in the international cycling calendar and it could one day host a Tour de France stage, [...]

• No Giro For Tour de France Hyper-Focused Cadel Evans
  February 10th, 2009
  

  Star Australian cyclist Cadel Evans announced on Monday that he would not compete in the Giro d’Italia this season because he was determined to win the Tour de France in [...]

• The World Center Of Cycling Is?
  February 7th, 2009
  

  It’s not the Champs Elysee on the last Sunday in July. It’s not the last ‘k’ of the Poggio on the run in to San Remo or even the coffee [...]

• I Can Read Your Mind
  February 7th, 2009
  

  I can read you mind. Well OK, not all of it, maybe my powers only go so far as to be able to read the cycling related bits, but for [...]

• Team Columbia Successfull At Tour of Qatar, Now Heads To California
  February 6th, 2009
  

  Report filed by Team Columbia Mark Cavendish blasted to his second sprint victory in three days in the Tour of Qatar on Friday. The British sprinter easily outclassed German rivals [...]

• Tour of Qatar – Results Stage 6 and Overall
  February 6th, 2009
  

  Results from the sixth and final stage of the Tour of Qatar, held over 121km, here on Friday: 1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/Columbia) 2hr 36min 18sec, 2. Robert Förster (GER) s.t., [...]

• Boonen Wins A Subdued Tour of Qatar, Cavendish Takes The Final Stage
  February 6th, 2009
  

  DOHA, Feb 6, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian Tom Boonen won the Tour of Qatar here on Friday following Briton Mark Cavendish’s success in the sixth and final stage. This was [...]

• Cyclist Frederiek Nolf Dies In Sleep In Qatar
  February 5th, 2009
  

  DOHA, Feb 5, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cyclist Frederiek Nolf, competing in the Tour of Qatar, was found dead in his bedroom Thursday morning prior to stage five, one of [...]

• Diary of a Cat 5er, Part II — Winter In The Dungeon
  February 4th, 2009
  

  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, [...]

• Garmin Wins Stage 1 of Tour of Qatar, Wiggins In Leaders Jersey (Results)
  February 1st, 2009
  

  DOHA, Feb 1, 2009 (AFP) – The American cycling team Garmin won the first stage of the Tour of Qatar, a 6km time-trial contested by teams here on Sunday as [...]

• Exclusive Photo of Sergio Hernandez of Rock Racing
  January 31st, 2009
  

  On January 19th, 2009 Sergio Hernandez of Rock Racing was seen working on his bike and drinking a Coke in Palos Verdes, CA. One of our Bicycle.net readers and volunteer [...]

• Cycling Performance – Power, Torque, Strength, and Speed
  January 31st, 2009
  

  Written by: Josh Horowitz Once in a while, especially this time of year as I get excited about the upcoming racing season (even after almost 20 years of this!), I [...]

• Team Type 1 Training Camp
  January 31st, 2009
  

  This video was taken at the Team Type 1 training camp in Santa Ynez, CA. this is of Phil Southerland on the Figueroa Mountain decent. What makes this impressive is [...]

• Allan Davis of Quick Step Secures Tour Down Under Win
  January 24th, 2009
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 25, 2009 (AFP) – Quick Step sprinter Allan Davis secured overall victory in the Tour Down Under here Sunday after the final stage victory of Italian Francesco [...]

• Allan Davis Tightens His Grip On Lead At Tour Down Under
  January 24th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 24, 2009 (AFP) – Australian sprinter Allan Davis tightened his grip on the ochre leader’s jersey at the Tour Down Under after winning his [...]

• Armstrong Avoids Crash As Peloton Injuries Piling Up
  January 22nd, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 22, 2009 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong avoided a potential fall in Thursday’s third stage of the Tour Down Under that was marred by crashes, [...]

• Bouygues Telecom Squad For 2009 season
  January 22nd, 2009
  

  French professional cycling team Bouygues Telecom unveiled its 27-strong squad for the 2009 season on Thursday: Bouygues Telecom squad (FRA unless stated) Yukiya Arashiro (JPN), Julien Belgy, Giovanni Bernaudeau, Olivier [...]

• BISSELL’S Vennell Wins NZ National TT Championship
  January 15th, 2009
  

  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 14, 2009 – BISSELL Pro Cycling is proud to announce that team member Jeremy Vennell now reigns as the New Zealand National Time Trial Champion. Vennell [...]

• BMC Racing Team-Camp Diary With Cole House
  January 14th, 2009
  

  Santa Rosa, 2009-01-14 BMC Racing Team–Camp Diary: Today with Cole House – U23 BMC Team member This training camp is my first time riding with all the guys from BMC [...]

• Carla Ryan Wins Australian National Time Trial Championship
  January 12th, 2009
  

  We are pleased to announce that Carla Ryan (AUS) of Cervélo Test Team has won for the second year in a row the Australian National Time Trial Championships. Carla also [...]

• Team Type 1′s Wilson Fifth At Australian Road Championships
  January 11th, 2009
  

  Victoria, Australia – Team Type 1′s Matt Wilson finished fifth in Sunday’s Scody Australian Open National Road Championships, 20 seconds behind surprise winner Peter McDonald (Drapac Porsche Cycling). McDonald, a [...]

• Getting Coached
  November 29th, 2008
  

  Written by: Colin Batchelor http://onthebanking.blogspot.com Today’s training session, was just like that training what we used to do in the 80′s. Before power meters, before Speedos, before heart rate monitors [...]

• Bicycle Sales Growing Despite Global Economic Crisis
  November 19th, 2008
  

  THE HAGUE, Nov 19, 2008 (AFP) – At least one company is benefiting from the global economic crisis: Netherlands-based bicycle maker Accell said on Wednesday it expected higher than expected [...]

• Damiano Cunego Wins The 2008 Tour of Lombardy
  October 18th, 2008
  

  ROME, Oct 18, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Damiano Cunego won the Tour of Lombardy for the third time on Saturday after a daring solo breakaway with 15km remaining of the [...]

• Lance Armstrong Tickled Pink At Thought Of Racing Giro d’Italia
  October 14th, 2008
  

  ROME, Oct 13, 2008 (AFP) – Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong confirmed Monday he will race in next year’s Tour of Italy for the event’s centenary event. Speaking [...]

• Francisco Mancebo To Rock Racing?
  October 13th, 2008
  

  There are rumors all over Spain that Francisco Mancebo is going to be riding for Rock Racing in 2009. One website that we found even stated it was a done [...]

• Matthew Goss Won Stage 1 At Sun Tour After Attack From Stuart O’Grady
  October 13th, 2008
  

  On Sunday Matthew Goss won the preface in Herald Sun Tour and on Monday the young Australian followed up with another victory in the 130-kilometer first stage from Traralgon to [...]

• Gilbert Makes His Departure A Little Less Painful By Winning Paris-Tours race
  October 12th, 2008
  

  by Jean Montois TOURS, France, Oct 12, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian one-day specialist Philippe Gilbert handed his Francaise des Jeux team the ideal farewell gift by winning his maiden one-day [...]

• Rock “N” Roll Lubrications – The King Of Lubes
  October 11th, 2008
  

  Mark our words, Rock “N” Roll lube is the KING of all lubes. There is no question that Rock “N” Roll lube is the best lube on the market. It [...]

• Winter Training & Watching Your Weight
  October 7th, 2008
  

  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 [...]

• WORLD-CLASS BICYCLE RACING RETURNS TO GREENVILLE
  October 7th, 2008
  

  “FALL FOR GREENVILLE” WEEKEND, OCTOBER 11-12 Bon Secours St. Francis Health System Title Sponsor of the 24th Annual Greenville Cycling Classic. Greenville, SC—World-class bicycle racing will return to Greenville October [...]

• “Red Hot Chili Peppers” Bicycle Song
  October 3rd, 2008
  

  This is one of my favorite bands singing about one of my favorite things. Good music and bicycles can make any day a great day. Crank it up and enjoy.

• How To Enrage A Fixed Gear Riding Hipster
  September 30th, 2008
  

  Written by: Bike Shop Bobby Wanna know the absolute without a doubt best way to enrage a fixed gear riding hipster? Suggest that he actually ride his track bike on [...]

• Italian Cycling Legend Paolo Bettini Announces His Retirement After Title Defence
  September 27th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis VARESE, Italy, Sept 27, 2008 (AFP) – One of cycling’s modern day greats, Paolo Bettini of Italy, has confirmed he will retire after the final race of [...]

• Peace Between Tour de France and The UCI
  September 26th, 2008
  

  VARESE, Italy, Sept 26, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme has welcomed an end to a four-year long conflict with cycling’s world ruling body the UCI (International [...]

• New Era For Cycling Announced by UCI and Tour de France
  September 25th, 2008
  

  Cycling’s world governing body, the UCI, and Tour de France organizers heralded a new era in the sport on Thursday by announcing an end to their four years of conflict. [...]

• First Day of Expo is a Success for Interbike 2008, North America’s Largest Cycling Industry Event
  September 25th, 2008
  

  Continuing the business of cycling, retailers and manufacturers gather for the indoor portion of Interbike LAS VEGAS – September 25, 2008 – After wrapping up Outdoor Demo, a two-day hands-on [...]

• GREIPEL GRABS FOURTEENTH VICTORY OF SEASON WITH BUNCH SPRINT
  September 19th, 2008
  

  San Luis Obispo, CA, 19 September 2008 – German speedster Andre Greipel was first across the line in the Championships of Flanders one-day race on Friday – taking his 2008 [...]

• Erviti Edges Roche To Win 18th Stage of Tour of Spain
  September 18th, 2008
  

  Spain’s Imanol Erviti edged Ireland’s Nicholas Roche to win the 18th stage of the Tour of Spain Thursday, as his compatriot Alberto Contador kept his overall lead. Erviti of the [...]

• Bernhard Kohl Signs With Silence-Lotto For Three Years
  September 8th, 2008
  

  VIENNA, Sept 8, 2008 (AFP) – Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl, third in this year’s Tour de France, announced on Monday he has signed a three-year deal with the Silence-Lotto team. [...]

• Robbie McEwen Leads Australian Sweep In Hamburg
  September 7th, 2008
  

  HAMBURG, Germany, Sept 7, 2008 (AFP) – Robbie McEwen advanced Australia fair by winning the 213.7km Cyclassics ProTour event ahead of compatriots Mark Renshaw and Allan Davis as the green [...]

• Tour of Germany Results – Stage 8 and Final
  September 6th, 2008
  

  Results of the 34km eighth and final stage of the Tour of Germany in Bremen on Saturday: Stage 8 1. Tony Martin (GER) Columbia 39:50mins, 2. Bert Grabsch (GER) 40:24, [...]

• Nine One Hundreds Of A Second To Learn A Track Lesson
  September 6th, 2008
  

  Written by: Lauren Jacobsen (Or, the training was good, the prep for the race was good, the holder…not so good.) This was a target race for me this year: the [...]

• Whaddy He Say? Give It A Minute – It Is A Cycling Story!
  September 6th, 2008
  

  Whaddy he say? Written by: Myles Mc Cory In June 1941, Hitler opened a second front and attacked the Soviet Union. At first, the German forces made rapid progress and [...]

• Tour of Spain Heads Into Pyrenees For First Big Challenge
  September 6th, 2008
  

  by Pierre Ausseill MADRID, Sept 5, 2008 (AFP) – After a week that served as a warm-up, the Tour of Spain will on Saturday hold its first mountainous stage in [...]

• Greipel Wins Stage Four of Deutschland Tour, And Teutenberg Takes Holland Ladies Tour Opener
  September 2nd, 2008
  

  San Luis Obispo, CA, 2 September, 2008 – Stage four of the Tour of Germany on Tuesday saw Columbia fastman Andre Greipel outgun Australian Robbie McEwen and German Robert Forster [...]

• Disgraced Tour de France Rider Beltran Fails Second Drug Test
  September 2nd, 2008
  

  MADRID, Sept 2, 2008 (AFP) – The second sample provided by Spanish rider Manuel Beltran, who tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) during the Tour de France, has also tested positive [...]

• Rock Racing’s Hamilton Wins National Title In Photo Finish
  September 1st, 2008
  

  Greenville, S.C. — Rock Racing’s “Fast Freddie” Rodriguez predicted it. Tyler Hamilton made it happen. But ultimately it took a photo to decide it. Hamilton edged Blake Caldwell (Garmin-Chipotle presented [...]

• Tour of Spain First Stage Results
  August 30th, 2008
  

  GRANADA, Spain, Aug 30, 2008 (AFP) – Results of the first stage of the Tour of Spain, a 7.7km team time trial, here on Saturday: 1. Liquigas 8min 21sec, 2. [...]

• Czech World Record Holder Ondrej Sosenko Faces Ban After Positive Test
  August 29th, 2008
  

  PRAGUE, Aug 29, 2008 (AFP) – Czech cyclist Ondrej Sosenka, who holds the men’s one-hour world record, has tested positive and has been suspended, the CTK press agency reported on [...]

• Sastre Going for Another Big Result
  August 29th, 2008
  

  On Saturday August 30th we’ve reached this year’s final Grand Tour, Vuelta a España. The race kicks off in the Southern part of Spain – more specifically in Andalucía with [...]

• Ex-Team Gerolsteiner Gives Up Hope Of New Sponsor
  August 28th, 2008
  

  BERLIN, Aug 28, 2008 (AFP) – Cycling team Gerolsteiner have virtually ended all hope of finding a new sponsor and are set to sell off their assets at the end [...]

• Cadel Evans Signs Two-Year Extension With Silence-Lotto
  August 27th, 2008
  

  BRUSSELS, Aug 27, 2008 (AFP) – Top Australian cyclist Cadel Evans has signed up with his Silence team for a further two seasons, the Belgian outfit said on Wednesday. Evans [...]

• Team Type 1 Ready To Contest Irish Tour
  August 26th, 2008
  

  Dublin — Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon returns to the Tour of Ireland with a new squad this year, but the same attitude that earned his team a [...]

• Edvald Boasson of Team Columbia Wins Stage Six At The Eneco Tour
  August 26th, 2008
  

  San Luis Obispo, CA, 26 August 2008 – Team Columbia continued to dominate the results at the Eneco Tour ProTour race in Belgium on Tuesday, with Edvald Boasson Hagen using [...]

• Andreas Kloden of Astana To Compete At The Tour of Spain
  August 24th, 2008
  

  RENNES, France, Aug 24, 2008 (AFP) – German rider Andreas Kloden, who was twice runner-up in the Tour de France, will compete in the Tour of Spain from August 30 [...]

• Levi Leipheimer Wins Clásica a los Puertos. Alberto Contador Is Second
  August 24th, 2008
  

  Astana Cycling Team ready for the Tour of Spain. Levi Leipheimer was the best rider in the 31st Clásica Internacional a los Puertos de Guadarrama, a preparatory race for the [...]

• Julien Absalon Leaves Rivals With A Mountain To Climb
  August 23rd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 23, 2008 (AFP) – Frenchman Julien Absalon took his mountain bike status to new heights on Saturday when he became the first rider to defend [...]

• SnobCycles – Have You Seen One?
  August 23rd, 2008
  

  Written by: Tom Walsh Snobcycles, rhymes with popsicles and they’re almost as cold. You wouldn’t notice them unless you were riding a bicycle yourself. Have you seen them? You wave [...]

• Low Roof – Beware of Bikes On Roofs
  August 23rd, 2008
  

  Brain Fade Spectacular So I picked up my bike from Helen’s today powertap supposedly fixed. I get a friendly call from Paul on the way home and we decide to [...]

• USA Wins Three Medals In Olympic Debut Of BMX
  August 22nd, 2008
  

  Day, Robinson Claim Silver, Bronze in Men’s Event; Kintner Takes Bronze in Women’s Race Beijing, China (August 22, 2008)-The United States collected three more medals in the sport of cycling [...]

• Team Columbia’s Andre Grepiel Wins Stage 2 Of The Eneco Tour
  August 22nd, 2008
  

  San Luis Obispo, CA, 22 August 2008 – Team Columbia continued its long run of success in 2008, with Germany’s Andre Greipel winning stage two of the Eneco Tour on [...]

• Cervélo SA Recalls Bicycle Forks Due to Fall Hazard
  August 20th, 2008
  

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using [...]

• Wiggins Expects Tough Battle For British Team In Pursuit
  August 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 17, 2008 (AFP) – Two-time Olympic pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins expects a tough battle on Monday when he leads Britain out in a bid to [...]

• Ryan Bayley To Leave Track Cycling For A ‘Break’
  August 17th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 17, 2008 (AFP) – Former two-time Olympic champion Ryan Bayley of Australia prepared to leave the Beijing Games here Sunday with a huge question mark hanging over his [...]

• Rebecca Romero Races Into The Olympic History Books
  August 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Rebecca Romero is assured of writing a page in the Olympic history books after qualifying Saturday for the women’s individual [...]

• Britains Chris Hoy Crowned Olympic Keirin King
  August 16th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Chris Hoy claimed his second gold medal of the Beijing Olympics and third of his career when he powered his way unchallenged to [...]

• Wiggins Defends Olympic Pursuit Crown
  August 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) – Englishman Bradley Wiggins successfully defended his Olympic crown when he won the individual pursuit track cycling gold medal for Britain here [...]

• Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team Continues Search for Title Sponsor in 2009
  August 16th, 2008
  

  Bend, OR – As a follow up to the team’s announcement released May 2, 2008, when the team stated they were in search of a new Title sponsor for 2009, [...]

• Olympic Cycling Fans Struggled Against Great Wall At Cycling Venue
  August 14th, 2008
  

  by Robert J. Saiget JUYONGGUAN, China, Aug 14, 2008 (AFP) – While riders marvelled at the backdrop of the Great Wall for Olympic cycling events here, spectators said the structure [...]

• Tour of Utah Plays To Strengths Of Team Type 1
  August 13th, 2008
  

  Salt Lake City — Team Type 1 has been targeting the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah since the National Race Calendar (NRC) was unveiled. “It is certainly the most [...]

• Track Bike Technology To Be On Display At Laoshan Velodrome
  August 12th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 13, 2008 (AFP) – When the Olympic track cycling competition gets underway on Friday, the power and speed of the world’s biggest track stars won’t [...]

• Rock Racing Becomes Sponsor of USA Cycling Pro Championships in Greenville, S.C.
  August 12th, 2008
  

  Culver City, Calif. – Rock Racing is set to rock Greenville, S.C., as an official sponsor of the prestigious Greenville Hospital System USA Cycling Professional Championships on Aug. 30-31. As [...]

• Aussie Coach Hopeful Of TT Medal Chances For Evans and Rogers
  August 12th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 12, 2008 (AFP) – Australian duo Michael Rogers and Cadel Evans can win medals in the men’s time trial on Wednesday if they ride to their capabilities, their [...]

• World Cycling Chief Pat McQuaid Wants Support, Not Criticism
  August 11th, 2008
  

  World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has called for more support from the World Anti Doping Agency following comments by WADA president John Fahey which placed doubt on cycling’s future at [...]

• Belgian Van Arvermaet Wins Tour de l’Ain Second Stage
  August 11th, 2008
  

  FRANCE-HAUTEVILLE, France, Aug 11, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian Greg Van Avermaet of the Silence Lotto team won the second stage of the Tour de l’Ain cycle race on Monday. The [...]

• Racing Legs
  August 9th, 2008
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry (Freelance Writer) In what is frequently argued to be the hardest sport on the planet, an activity which requires exceptional mental strength to overcome immense physical [...]

• Japanese Cyclist To Wear Blockbuster Swimsuit In Beijing Olympics
  July 31st, 2008
  

  TOKYO, July 31, 2008 (AFP) – Japanese Olympic cyclist Tomohiro Nagatsuka plans to wear Speedo’s record-breaking LZR Racer swimwear beneath his track racing suit in his quest for a medal [...]

• NYPD Attack On Critical Mass Rider – Road Rage Again
  July 29th, 2008
  

  This video is of a NYPD officer aggressively pushing a cyclist off his bike at a NY Critical Mass ride. Hey what are your thoughts. Let us know.

• Schumacher Powers To Second TT Win
  July 26th, 2008
  

  SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND, France, July 26, 2008 (AFP) – Germany’s Stefan Schumacher claimed his second time trial victory from this year’s Tour de France when he dominated the 20th penultimate stage here [...]

• Tour’s Anti-Doping Chief Regrets Lack Of UCI Help
  July 26th, 2008
  

  PARIS, July 26, 2008 (AFP) – The chief of anti-doping operations at this year’s Tour de France has hit out at the International Cycling Union (UCI) over a lack of [...]

• Cars vs. Bicycles vs. Runners
  July 26th, 2008
  

  by Kim M. White POV Cyclist Legally we can be on the road and are supposed to be 1/3rd of the way into the lane. Many of us are commuting [...]

• British Cyclists Plans Beijing Medal Spree
  July 26th, 2008
  

  LONDON, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Great Britain’s cyclists are planning a gold medal spree at the Beijing Olympics. Defending Olympic champions Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy are the leading [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Extends Contract With CSC-Saxo Bank For 3 More Years
  July 25th, 2008
  

  Double world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland on Friday extended his contract with the CSC-Saxo Bank cycling team by another three years, until 2011. Cancellara, who will begin [...]

• Cadel Evans Tipped For Yellow Jersey Ahead Of TT Decider
  July 25th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis SAINT ETIENNE, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans has been tipped to overhaul his 1min 34sec deficit to Spanish rival Carlos Sastre ahead of their [...]

• Stage 18 Finishing Sprint Video by Versus
  July 24th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is brought to us by our friends at Versus Another Stage for Team Columbia By: Phil Liggett Boring to the eye, but great if your name is [...]

• Tour de France Stage 18 ReCap by Versus
  July 24th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is brought to us by our friends at Versus.com Sprint Lifts Burghardt By Bob Roll Panic on the streets of Bourg-d’Oisans today. First of all, the Little [...]

• Riis On A High As CSC Saxo Bank Dominate Tour de France
  July 23rd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis ALPE D’HUEZ, France, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – It couldn’t have been a better day on the Tour de France for the Danish CSC team. All they [...]

• Scott Bicycles To Step In And Save Saunier Duval Team
  July 23rd, 2008
  

  ALPE D’HUEZ, France, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – Bike manufacturers Scott, the second sponsor of the Saunier Duval team, announced on Wednesday they would step in and rescue the Spanish [...]

• Tour de France Alpe d’Huez Video by Versus
  July 23rd, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com This video gives some really good information on todays monster climb Alpe d’huez.

• Riccardo Ricco Caught By Secret Doping Molecule
  July 22nd, 2008
  

  SYDNEY, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – The world doping agency said Wednesday Italian rider Riccardo Ricco tested positive at the Tour de France after a secret molecule was planted in [...]

• Cadel Evans Holds His Own, But CSC Is Ready For The Yellow Jersey Battle
  July 22nd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis JAUSIERS, France, July 22, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France yellow jersey is set to be decided on the final alpine stage on Wednesday after a [...]

• John-Lee Augustyn Crashes Hard Over Side Of Tour Restefond Climb
  July 22nd, 2008
  

  JAUSIERS, France, July 22, 2008 (AFP) – South Africa’s John-Lee Augustyn admitted he was lucky to escape with his life after a spectacular crash during the 16th stage of the [...]

• Rock Racing’s Hamilton Wins Tour of Qinghai Lake
  July 21st, 2008
  

  Xining, China — Tyler Hamilton delivered Rock Racing its most prestigious victory to date Sunday when he captured the overall title at the Tour of Qinghai Lake in China. Hamilton [...]

• Brotherly Ambitions Lead To Yellow Jersey Dream Team
  July 21st, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis CUNEO, Italy, July 21, 2008 (AFP) – According to their father, CSC duo Frank and Andy Schleck rarely talk of the sport that has put them into [...]

• Frank Schleck Of CSC Saxo Bank Takes The Yellow Jersey As Gerrans Wins Stage 15
  July 20th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis PRATO NEVOSO, Italy, July 20, 2008 (AFP) – Luxembourg’s Frank Schleck took possession of the Tour de France yellow jersey from Cadel Evans here on Friday after [...]

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  July 20th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video of Simon Gerrans Stage 15 Win is brought to us by our friends at Versus.com Action-Packed Stage By Paul Sherwen What a day! I don’t really know [...]

• Oscar Pereiro Has Big Crash In The Alps And Suffers Shoulder Injury
  July 20th, 2008
  

  Spain’s 2006 champion Oscar Pereiro suffered shoulder injuries after crashing spectacularly out of the 15th stage of the Tour de France here on Sunday. According to a first official diagnosis [...]

• Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia Pulls Out Of Tour With Four, Count Them Four Stage Wins
  July 20th, 2008
  

  EMBRUN, France, July 20, 2008 (AFP) – Quadruple stage winner Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Tour de France prior to the 15th stage, the first of three days [...]

• Freire Getting Greener, With A Little Help From ‘Cav’
  July 19th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis DIGNES LES BAINS, France, July 19, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Oscar Freire should now have a better idea of whether he can keep the Tour de France [...]

• Cadel Evans Wakes Silence-Lotto With A Call To Arms
  July 19th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis DIGNES-LES-BAINS, France, July 19, 2008 (AFP) – The sponsor of Cadel Evans’ team on the Tour de France is known for products that allow noisy snorers to [...]

• Cadel Evans Is Recovering In Time For Alps
  July 19th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NIMES, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – For someone who finished the runner-up by just 23 seconds last year, it is understandable that Cadel Evans is taking [...]

• Basso Worth A Second Chance, Says Liquigas Chief
  July 18th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – Disgraced Italian cycling star Ivan Basso deserves a second chance of resurrecting his career, the Italian’s future manager at the [...]

• Cavendish Riding For Team Columbia Wins His Fourth Stage, Evans Still In Yellow
  July 18th, 2008
  

  Britain’s Mark Cavendish claimed his fourth victory on the Tour de France here Friday after dominating another bunch sprint at the end of the 182.5km 13th stage from Narbonne to [...]

• A Prognostication We Hoped We’d Be Wrong About
  July 18th, 2008
  

  A Prognostication We Hoped We’d Be Wrong About Sometimes The Labs Confirm What Our Noses Already Sensed… As the Tour headed into the Pyrenees in recent days we wrote that [...]

• Ricco Positive A Blow For Italian Cycling, Says Stefano Zanatta
  July 18th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – Liquigas manager Stefano Zanatta has admitted the latest doping scandal to hit the Tour de France is also a major [...]

• Christian Prudhomme Cast Suspicious Eye At Saunier Duval Team
  July 17th, 2008
  

  NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme left the future of Saunier Duval in the balance after declaring he doubted the integrity of the [...]

• Cadel Evans Takes A Swipe At “Un-Tested” Sports
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans has called on cycling’s detractors to take a long hard look at what is being done in [...]

• Barloworld Can Stay For Now, Says Tour Official Patrice Clerc
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Top Tour de France official Patrice Clerc said Barloworld would remain in the race unless new evidence from a police [...]

• The Dopers and Cheats Won’t Stop Cavendish From Winning Stages
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish was forced to hold back his anger and frustration here at the Tour de France Thursday on [...]

• More Scandal For Tour de France As Ricco Tests Positive
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis LAVELANET, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France was rocked by a third positive doping scandal Thursday after Italian Riccardo Ricco tested positive for [...]

• Give Dopers and Cheats A Lifetime Ban, says Stuart O’Grady
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis LAVELANET, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Stuart O’Grady has called for dope cheats to be handed life bans following the latest scandal to hit the [...]

• Baden Cooke Abadons And Leaves Barloworld Down To Four Riders
  July 17th, 2008
  

  PUIVERT, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Baden Cooke became the fifth rider from the Barloworld team to pull out of the Tour de France here Thursday. Cooke got [...]

• Cadel Evans Mellow In Yellow As The Tour Catches Another Dope(r)
  July 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Cadel Evans spent a relaxing first day in the Tour de France yellow jersey on Wednesday as the peloton [...]

• Tour de France Stage 11 Finishing Sprint Video by Versus
  July 16th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com Arvesen Claims His Initial Stage Win By Bob Roll The mountains of the Tour always provide us with a spectacle [...]

• Tour de France Results – Stage 11, Overall, Classifications
  July 16th, 2008
  

  STAGE 11 1. Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR/CSC) 3h58min 13sec (average: 42,188 km/h) 2. Martin Elmiger (SUI/A2R) at 0:00. 3. Alessandro Ballan (ITA/LAM) 0:00. 4. Koos Moerenhout (NED/RAB) 0:02. 5. Alexander [...]

• Spanish Rider Moises Duenas of BarloWorld Tests Positive In Tour de France
  July 16th, 2008
  

  LANNEMEZAN, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – Spanish rider Moises Duenas of the Barloworld team has tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) during the Tour de France [...]

• Barloworld Loses Fourth Rider Felix Cardenas From Tour Roster
  July 16th, 2008
  

  FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – British-registered Tour de France team Barloworld lost their fourth rider from the race Wednesday after Colombian Felix Cardenas pulled out during the 11th [...]

• Kurt Arvesen of CSC Saxo Bank Wins Stage 11 As Cadel Evans Remains In Yellow Jersey
  July 16th, 2008
  

  FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Cadel Evans spent a relaxing first day in the Tour de France yellow jersey Wednesday as the peloton reeled from a second [...]

• Cavendish Looks To History-Making Tour Stage
  July 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – If team Columbia deliver their ‘train’ on time again for Britain’s Mark Cavendish, sprint rivals Oscar Freire and Robbie McEwen [...]

• Russian ‘Super-Team’ Looking To Shake Up Cycling
  July 15th, 2008
  

  PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – A Russian-financed cycling team is set to muscle its way into the professional peloton in 2009, with ambitious plans to radically transform the [...]

• Team CSC Prepares For Show Of Power In The Alps
  July 15th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – CSC have promised a repeat of the collective power which virtually eliminated Alejandro Valverde from yellow jersey contention once the [...]

• ‘End of the Pro Tour’ As Top Teams Ditch License
  July 15th, 2008
  

  PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – Seventeen of the world’s top cycling teams said on Tuesday they would not be seeking a Pro Tour license for 2009, according to [...]

• Cadel Evans of Silence Lotto Can Hold Off The Threat Of The Big Teams, Says Team Manager
  July 14th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis HAUTACAM, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – Silence-Lotto team manager Marc Sergeant believes Australia’s Cadel Evans has shown his rivals the tools that could land him an [...]

• Interview With Cadel Evans After Stage 10 by Versus
  July 14th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is supplied by our friends by Versus.com Evans Shows Mettle By Phil Liggett Every one in the compound where we work at the finish line each day [...]

• Tour de France Results – Stage 10, Overall, Classifications
  July 14th, 2008
  

  OVERALL 1. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 42h29min 09sec 2. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) at 0:01. 3. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GAR) 0:38. 4. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 0:46. 5. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 0:57. 6. [...]

• Astana Has A Successful Weekend – Yellow In Oregon, Podiums In Austria
  July 14th, 2008
  

  Successful Weekend: Yellow In Oregon, Podiums In Austria More than ten years after his first stage victories in the Cascade Cycling Classic (1996, 1997) Levi Leipheimer claimed the overall victory [...]

• Daniel Martin back In Ireland With Millar And Backstedt In Garmin-Chipotle Team
  July 14th, 2008
  

  Newly crowned Irish road race champion Daniel Martin is heading back to the Emerald Isle to ride in a strong Garmin-Chipotle team. Martin only made his professional debut in the [...]

• Russian Yuriy Trofimov Abandons The Tour
  July 14th, 2008
  

  HAUTACAM, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) – Russian race debutant Yuriy Trofimov became the latest victim of the Tour de France when he abandoned during the race’s 10th stage here [...]

• Tour de France Stage 9 Finish Video by Versus
  July 13th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net Stage 9 Finishing video supplied by our friends at Versus.com Ricco Took On Cold d’Aspin By Bob Roll The mountains of the Tour always provide us with a [...]

• Riccardo Ricco Loves Pantani, But Not The Doping Rumors
  July 13th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Riccardo Ricco has pleaded to be left alone following days of reports which claim he could be among several [...]

• Bjarne Riis Hoping For CSC Fireworks on Hautacam
  July 13th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) – CSC team manager Bjarne Riis is hoping Spanish team leader Carlos Sastre can give his fellow yellow jersey hopefuls a [...]

• Riccardo Ricco Rocks The Favorites As Evans Falls To A Crash
  July 13th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Riccardo Ricco recovered from a heavy crash on the race’s eighth stage to win the Tour de France ninth [...]

• Tour de France Stage 8 Finish Video by Versus
  July 12th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com The Isle of Man By Paul Sherwen Fifty years after the first British rider won a stage in the Tour [...]

• Tour de France Stage 8 Recap Video by Versus
  July 12th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net Tour de France Stage 8 Recap video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com Cavendish, Our Future By Phil Liggett It was not a very pleasant day to [...]

• Can Cadel Evans Pull Off A Feat Lance Never Faced? or, “Why Cadel Can’t Win This Year’s Tour”
  July 12th, 2008
  

  Watching the Tour thus far, it’s hard not to be impressed by Cadel Evans’ steady performance. That’s what people say when they think of him — steady, consistent, and strong. [...]

• Cavendish Wins Tour de France Stage 8, Kim Kirchen Still In Yellow
  July 12th, 2008
  

  TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – British sprint specialist Mark Cavendish of the Columbia team won the Tour de France eighth stage, a 172.5km ride from Figeac to here [...]

• Levi Leipheimer Gives Astana Its 25th Season Victory
  July 12th, 2008
  

  There are still two days to go, but Levi Leipheimer has taken an option on the final victory in the Cascade Cycling Classic. It is the 29th edition of America’s [...]

• Vino, Mayo and Moreni To Face Criminal Charges
  July 12th, 2008
  

  PAU, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – Former Astana team leader Alexandre Vinokourov is among three riders set to face criminal charges following the discovery of drugs at last year’s [...]

• Mark Cavendish Wins His Second Stage At The Tour de France
  July 12th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish wrote a notable page in the history of British cycling at the Tour de France when he [...]

• Tour de France President Patrice Clerc Calls For Calm After First Doping Case
  July 12th, 2008
  

  TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France president Patrice Clerc has backed the news of the first positive doping test at this year’s race, and said it [...]

• Sevilla Injured In Crash With Spectator
  July 12th, 2008
  

  Qinghai, China — Rock Racing’s Oscar Sevilla collided with a spectator who stepped into the road to take a photo of the finishing sprint Saturday at the Tour of Qinghai [...]

• Nature Valley Grand Prix – Playing the Role of a Sponge
  July 12th, 2008
  

  From June 11-15, I certainly was playing the role of a sponge. I learned sooo much and had sooo much fun with Kristin, her teammate Emma Rickards, Emma’s fellow aussie [...]

• Turbo Chicken Takes A Win
  July 12th, 2008
  

  Race: CBR Memorial Day Crit? Where: Long beach? What: Women’s Cat 4? Who: Turbo Chicken?Place: 1st? Today was a day for the NOW sprinters. Our own Turbo Chicken put the [...]

• Chris Hoy, The Flying Scotsman Has His Aims Of Triple Beijing Olympic Gold
  July 12th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – If there is one Olympian the British delegation will look to for gold medal glory in Beijing, it is sure to [...]

• Cadel Evans Keeps A Cool Head As Peloton Explodes
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – There’s a golden rule in cycling which is usually respected. When the yellow jersey wearer needs a loo stop, the [...]

• Tour de France Stage 7 Race Recap Video by Versus
  July 11th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net Stage 7 Recap Video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com Puy Mary Climb Was the Difference By Paul Sherwen Stage 7 would have been called a transitional [...]

• René Haselbacher Stage Winner in Tour of Austria
  July 11th, 2008
  

  Astana Cycling Team stays with its winning style. Austrian rider René Haselbacher won the 5th stage of the Tour of Austria from Wiener Neustadt to Bad Vöslau. He beat his [...]

• Luxemburgers Go To War Over Tour’s Yellow Jersey
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – The first skirmishes in the battle for the Tour de France yellow jersey left damage in their wake during the [...]

• Liquigas Team Now At Risk Of Tour Expulsion As Beltran Tests Positive
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – French police have taken Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, of the Liquigas team, away for questioning in the wake of the [...]

• Sanchez Wins Tour de France Seventh Stage, Kirchen Keeps Yellow Jersey
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez stepped out of the shadow of Caisse d’Epargne team-mate Alejandro Valverde to win a dramatic 7th [...]

• Tour Pace Too Fast For French Veteran Christophe Moreau of Agritubel
  July 11th, 2008
  

  AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – The second day of climbing on the Tour de France proved too much for former French champion Christophe Moreau, who abandoned during the [...]

• AFLD Shhots Down Doping Report At Tour de France
  July 11th, 2008
  

  AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – The agency charged with carrying out anti-doping controls at this year’s Tour de France has played down a report that 10 riders are [...]

• Sanchez Is The Leon King As He Wins Tour de France Stage 7
  July 11th, 2008
  

  AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – Spanish rider Luis Leon Sanchez of the Caisse d’Epargne team won a dramatic 7th stage of the Tour de France, a 159 kilometres [...]

• Tour de France Stage 7 Preview by Versus
  July 10th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is supplied by our friends over at Versus.com. Thanks Guys. Keep Up The Good Work. A short, but very nervy stage along the steep roads of the [...]

• Matt Wilson Of Team Type 1 Wins Cascade Stage For Injured Teammate
  July 10th, 2008
  

  Bend, Ore. – Team Type 1’s Matt Wilson made good on a pre-race promise to himself to win Thursday’s stage of the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic for teammate [...]

• Stage 6 Recap — And How To Bet Tomorrow’s Stage 7
  July 10th, 2008
  

  Dear God. We’re good, and we just keep getting better. I challenge the Versus crew to match our results so far in telling you each day what the next day’s [...]

• Cadel Evans Sits In Second As Kirchen Takes The Yellow
  July 10th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis SUPER-BESSE, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans kept his powder dry for the Tour de France’s first big Pyrenean battle this weekend with a solid [...]

• Beijing-Bound Botero Rocks Opening Stage Of Cascade Classic
  July 10th, 2008
  

  Bend, Ore. — Rock Racing’s Santiago Botero may have his sights set on next month’s Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, but his focus Wednesday was on winning in Bend, Ore. [...]

• Kirchen of Team Columbia In Yellow, As Ricco Wins Tour de France Stage 6
  July 10th, 2008
  

  SUPER-BESSE, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) – Team Columbia’s Kim Kirchen created his own piece of Tour de France history by becoming the first Luxemburger in nearly 50 years to [...]

• Cavendish Takes The Wind Out Of McEwen Sails
  July 9th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis CHATEAUROUX, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) – Robbie McEwen’s bid to add to his impressive haul of wins on the Tour de France was kicked into touch [...]

• Tour de France Stage 5 Recap by Versus
  July 9th, 2008
  

  This video on Bicycle.net is supplied by our friends at Versus.com Surprises Continue in Tour’s “New Era” By Bob Roll As the French were finally treated to a day of [...]

• Team Garmin-Chipotle and Team Columbia Heading To The Tour of Ireland
  July 9th, 2008
  

  Team Garmin-Chipotle heading for the Tour of Ireland and Team Columbia confirm team line up Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 is the latest top cycling team to sign up to race [...]

• Valverde Plays Down Extent Of Tour de France Crash Injuries
  July 9th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde played down the effects of a crash which came close to ending his yellow jersey bid during [...]

• Gert Steegmans Misses The Stage Win And The Boonen Touch
  July 9th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Quick Step sprinter Gert Steegmans admitted the absence of teammate Tom Boonen is adding to his woes on what he [...]

• Mark Cavendish Wins Tour de France Stage 5, Schumacher Retains Yellow Jersey
  July 9th, 2008
  

  CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish labelled himself the best sprinter in the world after claiming his first Tour de France victory on the race’s fifth [...]

• After The ‘Crocodile’, Adam Hansen of Team Columbia Making Impact At The Tour de France
  July 9th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – As far as Tour de France cyclists go, Adam Hansen would admit he sticks out from the bunch. But the [...]

• Valverde Suffers Crash But Continues At Tour de France
  July 9th, 2008
  

  CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Tour de France hopeful Alejandro Valverde, of Caisse d’Epargne, suffered a setback Wednesday when he fell during the 232km stage from Cholet [...]

• Soler Breaks Colombian Hearts At The Tour de France
  July 9th, 2008
  

  CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Colombia’s Mauricio Soler, who won the “King of the Mountains” title last year, was forced to pull out of the Tour de France [...]

• Kim Kirchen Has Thrown His Hat Into The Yellow Jersey Hunt
  July 9th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis CHOLET, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans and Alejandro Valverde would normally be happy to wait for the Pyrenees stages this weekend before launching part [...]

• David Millar Profile by Versus
  July 8th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is brought to you by our friends at Versus.com Time Trial Alters Leaderboard By Bob Roll The man of the hour during Stage 4 was German Stefan [...]

• Stefan Schumacher Post Race Interview by Versus
  July 8th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is brought to you by our friends at Versus.com Schumacher Remains in Top Form By Paul Sherwen This Tour has been unpredictable since the start and that [...]

• Stage 4 Recap by Versus
  July 8th, 2008
  

  Unexpected Result Rules Another Day By Phil Liggett Time trials are always exciting on television because the time checks create suspense. But this short test was a cracker and a [...]

• Timing Goes Awry For Swiss Time Trial Specialist Cancellara
  July 8th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis CHOLET, France, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara admitted to suffering an off day after he failed to deliver an anticipated stage victory on the [...]

• Speedy Schumacher Forced To Defend His Past Drug Bust, Say It Is Not So
  July 8th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis CHOLET, France, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – Germany’s Stefan Schumacher pulled on the Tour de France yellow jersey here Tuesday, and was then forced to defend himself [...]

• Cadel Evans Ahead Of Valverde, But Schmacher Takes The Yellow Jersey
  July 8th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis CHOLET, France, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans struck a first blow to Alejandro Valverde at the Tour de France here Tuesday after leaving his [...]

• Cadel Evans Taking A Guarded Approach To The Yellow Jersey
  July 8th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis CHOLET, France, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – He might be small in height, but the imposing figure of a Belgian police inspector with magic hands could play [...]

• Menchov Mishap Gives Evans A Nasty Reminder
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NANTES, France, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans was reminded of just what it takes to win, and lose, the Tour de France after a hectic [...]

• Time For A Fresh Start
  July 7th, 2008
  

• Video: Dumoulin Wins Stage 3 For All Of France
  July 7th, 2008
  

  The video is supplied to Bicycle.net by our friends at Versus.com No Ordinary Stage By Phil Liggett July 7, 2008 Roman Feillu. Remember the name. All of France will after [...]

• Tour de France Stage 4 Video – Crash In The Peleton
  July 7th, 2008
  

  This video was supplied to Bicycle.net by our friends at Versus.com Home Country Proud of Feillu Chaos Rules Stage 3 By Bob Roll July 7, 2008 Stage 3 in the [...]

• Tour de France Stage 4 Preview Video
  July 7th, 2008
  

  Tour de France Stage 4 Preview This course is short and intense, but also smooth, so solitary specialists should take the first spots, yet without creating any significant time lead. [...]

• H30 And Hincapie Form Strategic Partnership
  July 7th, 2008
  

  Greenville, SC—H3O Partners, a strategic marketing and branding firm has formed a strategic partnership with Hincapie Sportswear, a leading manufacturer and marketer of distinctive clothing for the performance cyclist. George [...]

• Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Wins Another Stage At The Giro d’Italia Femminile
  July 7th, 2008
  

  TEUTENBERG WINS ANOTHER STAGE AT THE GIRO Rosolina Mare, Italy, 7 July 2008 – Ina-Yoko Teutenberg took her second consecutive stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile today, defending the Maglia [...]

• Rabobank’s Dennis Menchov Yellow Jersey Dreams Get Serious Setback
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Russian Denis Menchov became the first victim of the Tour de France’s yellow jersey contenders here Monday when he got [...]

• French Sprinter Romain Feillu Wearing Yellow, As Cofidis Rider Dumoulin Wins Stage 3
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Frenchman Romain Feillu took the biggest accolade of his career Monday when a successful breakaway that foxed the sprinters’ teams [...]

• Team Garmin Counting On David Millar For Yellow Jersey Bid
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s David Millar is quietly building hopes of ending his eight-year wait to pull on the Tour de France yellow [...]

• Team CSC Saxo Bank Defiant As Carlos Sastre Fears Time Trial Test
  July 7th, 2008
  

  NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – The first big test of the Tour de France for the yellow jersey contenders may be putting the fear of God into Carlos [...]

• Tour de France Stage 3 Leaders Held Up By Union Demonstration
  July 7th, 2008
  

  NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France third stage was momentarily held up by demonstrators here on Monday. Race chief Christian Prudhomme was forced to stop [...]

• Alejandro Valverde Gives Up The Lead For Today, But Keeps Yellow At Hand
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Yellow jersey hopeful Alejandro Valverde gave up the Tour de France lead willingly on Tuesday, but admitted he had raced [...]

• Robbie McEwen Is A Little Off Target, As Renshaw Delivers For Hushovd
  July 6th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Robbie McEwen’s bid for a first stage win on this year’s Tour de France was postponed for another day [...]

• Team Type 1′s Ian MacGregor Wins Stage 2 At Fitchburg
  July 6th, 2008
  

  Fitchburg, Mass. — Ian MacGregor scored his first win of the season and Shawn Milne earned the points jersey as Team Type 1 figured prominently on Stage 2 of the [...]

• Stage 2 Recap with Bob Roll
  July 6th, 2008
  

  This video content is supplied to Bicycle.net by our friends at Versus.com Opportunity Missed By Phil Liggett July 6, 2008 I would describe this second day of the Tour as [...]

• Fabian Cancellara of CSC Saxo Bank Happy To Leave ‘Danger’ Stages Behind
  July 6th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 6, 2008 (AFP) – Fabian Cancellara is looking forward to a day of rest, in relative terms, when the Tour de France starts [...]

• Thor Hushovd Hammers To Win Stage 2, As Valverde Maintains Lead
  July 6th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 6, 2008 (AFP) – Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Credit Agricole claimed his sixth victory from the Tour de France after powering his way [...]

• Russian Tinkoff Team Signs Gert Steegmans To A two Year Deal
  July 6th, 2008
  

  Steegmans to ditch Quick Step for Tinkoff SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 6, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian sprinter Gert Steegmans, a former stage winner here at the Tour de France, will [...]

• Mauricio Soler of Barloworld To Start 2nd Stage With Injured Wrist
  July 6th, 2008
  

  AURAY, France, July 6, 2008 (AFP) – Colombia’s Tour de France ‘King of the Mountains’ Mauricio Soler will start the second stage here on Sunday despite injuring his wrist in [...]

• Tour de France – Stage 2 Preview
  July 5th, 2008
  

  It’s Sprinters -vs- Punchers For Tour’s Second Stage BREST, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France sprinters are hoping to officially announce their race entry with a [...]

• Colombian Climber Soler From Team Barloworld Suffers Possible Wrist Fracture
  July 5th, 2008
  

  PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – Colombia’s Tour de France ‘King of the Mountains’ Mauricio Soler is a doubt for the rest of the race after a crash on [...]

• Kim Kirchen Was Beaten But Were Not, Says Bob Stapleton of Team Columbia
  July 5th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – Team Columbia manager Bob Stapleton is looking to Britain’s Mark Cavendish for a Tour de France stage victory after his [...]

• Tour de France Stage 1 Points Race Results
  July 5th, 2008
  

  Class standings from the 1st stage of the Tour de France, a 197.5km ride from Brest to Plumelec on Saturday: Points: 1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) 35 pts 2. Philippe Gilbert [...]

• Alejandro Valverde Strikes First Blow With A Stage 1 Tour de France Yellow Jersey
  July 5th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde drew first blood in his bid to win the Tour de France by pulling on the yellow [...]

• Cadel Evans’ Silence Lotto Teammate Yaroslav Popovych Survives Stage 1 Crash
  July 5th, 2008
  

  PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych, one of race favourite Cadel Evans’ key teammates for the mountain stages, crashed in the first stage of the Tour [...]

• Herve Duclos-Lassalle Of The Cofidis Team Was Forced Out Of The Tour de France After A Crash On The First Stage
  July 5th, 2008
  

  Frenchman’s Tour ends on first stage PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – Herve Duclos-Lassalle of the Cofidis team was forced out of the Tour de France after a crash [...]

• Manxman and Cavendish Sets Their Sights On Some Sprinters Glory
  July 5th, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – Top cycling commentator Phil Liggett may have been joking when he said the three legs on the Isle of Man flag would come [...]

• What They Are Saying Ahead Of The Tour de France
  July 4th, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – A selection of what they’re saying ahead of this year’s Tour de France, which begins here Saturday and ends on July 27: “If [...]

• David Millar Has Big Hopes for Tour de France Glory
  July 4th, 2008
  

  You Can Beat So Does Team Garmin by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – This time last year David Millar came back to the Tour de France [...]

• Robbie McEwen Sees Alejandro Valverde Striking First Blow
  July 4th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – In terms of team bonding, Aussie sprinter Robbie McEwen has done little to curry favor with team-mate Cadel Evans ahead [...]

• USA CYCLING ANNOUNCES 2008 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  Full Men’s Team, Women’s Automatic Nominees Named for Beijing Colorado Springs, Colo. (July 1, 2008)—USA Cycling announced today 21 of its 24 nominees to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, including [...]

• David Millar Has High Hopes For Tour de France Glory In 2008
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – This time last year David Millar came back to the Tour de France with the air of a debutant trying [...]

• Robbie Hunter Given Exception To Go And See His New Baby And Wife
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  New dad Hunter given special Tour treatment BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – South African cyclist Robert Hunter, who rides for Barloworld, has been given special permission by Tour [...]

• Yellow Jersey Contenders and Pretenders
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – Penpix of yellow jersey contenders and outsiders for the Tour de France, which starts here on Saturday: Cadel Evans (AUS) Evans has had [...]

• Yellow Jersey Within Reach Of Cadel Evans
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans will saddle up as the Tour de France favorite this Saturday with a chance of making history [...]

• Ten Years Later, Festina Doping Affair Still Not Forgotten
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France kicks off here Saturday for what organisers pray will be a scandal-free three weeks of racing. [...]

• Doping Expert Skeptical Over Actually Cathcing Cheats At Tour de France
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – Hopes of an entirely clean peloton contesting this year’s Tour de France should not be taken too seriously, if the [...]

• Tour de France – Miscellaneous Rules and Facts
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – Miscellaneous rules and facts ahead of the 95th edition of the Tour de France, which takes place July 5-27: Time out The time [...]

• Tour de France Teams And Their Goals For 2008
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – The 20 Tour de France teams and their ambitions for this year’s July 5-27 race: Agritubel (FRA) As one of the few non-Pro [...]

• Tour de France 2008 In Stage by Stage Detail
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  The 21 stages of this year’s July 5-27 Tour de France in detail: Stage 1: Brest to Plumelec (197.5km) One of the first innovations this year is the lack of [...]

• Team Cofidis To Opt Out Of UCI Pro Tour Series
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – France’s number one cycling team Cofidis announced Thursday it would opt out of cycling’s elite Pro Tour series next season. The Pro Tour [...]

• Tour de France Anti-Doping Facts
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – Details of doping controls prior to and during the 2008 Tour de France which begins here Saturday: Who carries out the controls? After [...]

• Judge Rules Team Rabobank Must Pay Rasmussen 1.1 Million
  July 2nd, 2008
  

  THE HAGUE, July 2, 2008 (AFP) – Dutch team Rabobank must pay Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen nearly 700,000 euros (1,1 million dollars) for the way it kicked him off its [...]

• Tour de France Is Wrong To Break Away From UCI, McQuaid Says
  July 2nd, 2008
  

  by Jean Montois PARIS, July 1, 2008 (AFP) – Top cycling official Pat McQuaid has expressed his wish for a trouble-free Tour de France but says that it was a [...]

• Manhattan Beach Grand Prix – The Making Of A Crash
  July 1st, 2008
  

  This photo sequence was taken at the 2008 Manhattan Beach Grand Prix Pro race. The fan favorite and local rider “Fast” Freddy Rodriquez of Rock Racing is taken out by [...]

• Denmark’s Michael Rasmussen Banned For Two Years
  July 1st, 2008
  

  PARIS, July 1, 2008 (AFP) – Denmark’s Michael Rasmussen, who was thrown out while leading the 2007 Tour de France for lying about his whereabouts, has been banned for two [...]

• Cadel Evans & Alejandro Valverde Lead Race For Absent Tour de France Yellow Jersey
  July 1st, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, June 27, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France is usually no stranger to controversy, and this year’s race could be no different in spite of [...]

• British Track Stars Eye The Lion’s Share of Cycling Gold At Beijing Olympics
  July 1st, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – With names like ‘Kamakazi’ and ‘Real McHoy’ competing in the Olympic cycling events, there’s no doubt the two-wheeled battle for gold [...]

• PUMA Presents The I-Cycle Film Series, Produced and Directed by Cinecycle
  June 30th, 2008
  

  Being a longtime supporter of and innovator in the bike community, PUMA® releases the I-Cycle Film Series, a collection of short films exploring bike culture and the people who influence [...]

• Tour de France 2008 Climbs – Nine Stages – Including Alpe-d’Huez
  June 30th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 27, 2008 (AFP) – The nine medium-to-high mountains stages featuring on this year’s 95th edition of the Tour de France which begins in Brest on July 5 and [...]

• Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d’Epargne To Be Helped By Former Tour de France Champion
  June 30th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Alejandro Valverde, one of the favourites for next month’s Tour de France, has the distinction of a former champion helping him in his [...]

• AG2R Tour de France Team Announced With Cyril Dessel Leading
  June 30th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – Frenchman Hubert Dupont and Christophe Riblon have taken the final two berths in the AG2R team to contest the Tour de France in July. [...]

• Bouygues Telecom Team Announced For 2008 Tour de France
  June 30th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – Russia’s Yuri Trofimov, who won a stage of the Dauphine Libere earlier this month, has been named in the Bouygues Telecom team to contest [...]

• Rock Racing’s Bahati Rules Manhattan Beach Again
  June 30th, 2008
  

  Manhattan Beach, Calif. — Rahsaan Bahati won his sixth race of the season in convincing fashion Sunday, scoring an impressive second straight victory at the 47th edition of the Chevron [...]

• Lampre Team For 2008 Tour de France Announced
  June 30th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – The Lampre team, which will support 2004 Tour of Italy champion and team leader Damiano Cunego in the Tour de France next month, was [...]

• French Champ Vogondy To Ride For Agritubel Team At Tour de France
  June 30th, 2008
  

  SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, France, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Newly-crowned French cycling champion Nicolas Vogondy will ride for Agritubel at next weekend’s Tour de France, alongside last-minute inclusions Freddy Bichot and David [...]

• Gilbert and Casar To Lead Francaise des Jeux Team At Tour de France
  June 30th, 2008
  

  SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, France, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – French outfit Francaise des Jeux on Sunday announced that Philippe Gilbert and Sandy Casar would lead its team, which includes three Tour novices, [...]

• Cofidis Chooses Four Tour de France Newcomers For Squad
  June 30th, 2008
  

  SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, France, June 28, 2008 (AFP) – French outfit Cofidis on Saturday announced that Sylvain Chavanel would lead its team, which includes four Tour novices, at next month’s Tour de [...]

• Rock Racing Announces Creation of Catastrophic Injury Fund
  June 29th, 2008
  

  First-Of-Its-Kind Fund To Benefit Professional Cyclists Culver City, Calif. — Rock Racing today announced the creation of the “Professional Cycling Catastrophic Injury Fund,” a charitable entity to raise money for [...]

• Jurgen Roelandts of Silence Lotto Wins Belgium Road Race Championship
  June 29th, 2008
  

  KNOKKE-HEIST, Belgium, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian Jurgen Roelandts, of the Silence team, was on Sunday crowned Belgium road race champion here, beating Sven Vanthourenhout and Nico Eeckhout in [...]

• Filippo Simeoni Wins Italian National Title
  June 29th, 2008
  

  ROME, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Veteran Filippo Simeoni, of the Flaminia-Bossini team, won the Italian national road race title at Bergamo on Sunday. The 36-year-old, who made a break [...]

• Schleck Brothers Behind Luxembourg Victory
  June 29th, 2008
  

  [29.06 18:50] After a strong effort by Andy Schleck, big brother Fränk Schleck on Sunday won the Luxembourg Road Race Championship for the third time in his career. “Andy was [...]

• Tour de France Challenger Alejandro Valverde Wins Spanish National Title
  June 29th, 2008
  

  MADRID, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Alejandro Valverde, one of the favourites for next month’s Tour de France with the Caisse d’Epargne team, won the Spanish road race national [...]

• Tomas Vaitkus of Astana Becomes Lithuania’s National Road Champion
  June 29th, 2008
  

  Tomas Vaitkus had two successful days in his homeland of Lithuania. After he took the silver medal in the time trial on Friday, he won the national title in the [...]

• Sérgio Paulinho of Astana New Time Trial Champion Portugal
  June 29th, 2008
  

  Sérgio Paulinho is the new time trial champion of Portugal. The only Portuguese Astana Cycling Team rider was the fastest rider on the 27.6 K long circuit in Paredes. Paulinho [...]

• Assan Bazayez of Astana Is Kazakhstan Road Race Champion
  June 29th, 2008
  

  For the third day in a row the Astana Cycling Team won a gold medal in the national championships. On Saturday, Assan Bazayev took the national road title in Kazakhstan. [...]

• Lars Boom Is Crowned The Dutch Road Race Champion
  June 29th, 2008
  

  OOTMARSUM, The Netherlands, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Lars Boom, of the Rabobank team, was on Sunday crowned Dutch road race champion after finishing two seconds ahead of teammate Koos [...]

• Fabian Wegmann Defends His German Road Race Title
  June 29th, 2008
  

  BERLIN, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Gerolsteiner rider Fabian Wegmann on Sunday successfully defended his German national road race title in a sprint finish ahead of veteran Erik Zabel.

• Sergey Ivanov Champion Of Russia, For The Fifth Time
  June 29th, 2008
  

  Only two of the 180 riders in the Russian championship were Astana Cycling Team riders but a Team rider won. Sergey Ivanov was the strongest rider in the Russian championship [...]

• Vladimir Gusev Time Trial Champion Russia
  June 28th, 2008
  

  For the second day in a row, Astana Cycling Team, takes a golden medal on the national championships time trial. Vladimir Gusev was the fastest rider on the difficult circuit [...]

• British Cycling Team Aiming For 2010 Tour Debut
  June 27th, 2008
  

  by Julian Guyer LONDON, June 27, 2008 (AFP) – The man behind the British cycling squad hotly tipped for multiple medal success at the Beijing Olympics has said he wants [...]

• Aussies Kelly and O’Grady Line Up For Record Fifth Olympics in Beijing
  June 27th, 2008
  

  SYDNEY, June 27, 2008 (AFP) – Track sprinter Shane Kelly and road squad rider Stuart O’Grady will race in a record fifth Olympics after being named in a 28-strong Australian [...]

• Veteran Rider Jeannie Longo Sets Her Sights On Olympic Selection
  June 27th, 2008
  

  SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, France, June 26, 2008 (AFP) – French cycling legend Jeannie Longo has all but clinched a place in the Beijing Olympics at the age of 49. The five-time world [...]

• Dramatic Sprint Finish Goes To American Jamie Driscoll of Fiordifrutta Cycling Team At Tour of Pennsylvania
  June 27th, 2008
  

  DRAMATIC SPRINT FINISH GOES TO AMERICAN JAMIE DRISCOLL IN STAGE 3 (CAMP HILL TO BEDFORD) OF AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS® TOUR OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESENTED BY HIGHMARK HEALTHY HIGH 5® BEDFORD, Pa. [...]

• Robot Riding A Bike
  June 26th, 2008
  

  Okay, so here is the big question. If they can get a robot to ride a bicycle, could they get my 7 year old to ride her bike with no [...]

• Andrey Mizurov Time Trial Champion Kazakhstan
  June 26th, 2008
  

  Astana Cycling Team took the complete podium of the national championships time trial (June 26th). The gold medal was won by Andrey Mizurov in his hometown of Karaganda. Team Astana’s [...]

• David Millar To Spearhead Team Garmin’s Tour de France Bid
  June 26th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 26, 2008 (AFP) – Former stage winner David Millar of Scotland will spearhead the Garmin (ex-Slipstream) team’s bid for glory on the July 5-27 Tour de France. Millar [...]

• Interbike International Bicycle Expo and OutDoor Demo to Remain in Las Vegas
  June 26th, 2008
  

  Host city research and industry feedback confirms Las Vegas is the best return on investment for exhibitors and attendees of North America’s largest cycling trade show SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. [...]

• Quick Step’s Devolder Will Go For Green In Boonen’s Absence
  June 26th, 2008
  

  Devolder for a first, but no Boonen for Quick Step PARIS, June 26, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian superstar Tom Boonen is the major absence from the Quick Step team’s Tour [...]

• Cancellara Swiss Champion Again
  June 25th, 2008
  

  [25.06 18:56] For the fifth year in a row and for the sixth time in the last seven years Fabian Cancellara won the Swiss time trial championship Wednesday. Cancellara has [...]

• High Road-Columbia Announce Tour de France Roster
  June 25th, 2008
  

  (June 25, 2008) Report filed by Team High Road Bonn, Germany, – High Road Sports has announced the riders that will start the 2008 Tour de France. The roster consists [...]

• Kim Kirchen Has His Eyes On Yellow As High Road Names Their Tour de France Team
  June 25th, 2008
  

  BONN, June 25, 2008 (AFP) – The High Road Sports on Wednesday named their team for the July 5-27 Tour de France with Luxembourger Kim Kirchen the rider who will [...]

• Contador Predicts Cadel Evans Is Tour Favorite For Tour de France
  June 24th, 2008
  

  MADRID, June 24, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of Spain has given cycling rival Cadel Evans a pre-race boost by predicting the Australian will win this [...]

• Dennis Menchov Headlines Rabobank Team For Tour de France (Tdf Roster)
  June 24th, 2008
  

  THE HAGUE, June 24, 2008 (AFP) – Russian Denis Menchov, one of the pre-race favorites, has been named as team leader for the nine-man Rabobank squad for the July 5-27 [...]

• Giro Runner Up Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval Gears Up For The Tour de France (with Roster)
  June 24th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 24, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Riccardo Ricco has been named in Saunier Duval’s nine-man Tour de France team for the July 5-27 race as a replacement for Spaniard [...]

• Tour de Nez Stage 3: Health Net’s Kilun Cleans Up
  June 23rd, 2008
  

  In what was an amazing day for bicycle racing in America, the third stage of the “Coolest Bike Race in America,” the Tour de Nez, unfolded in downtown Truckee. Conditions [...]

• Fothen and Schumacher Head Gerolsteiner Team For Tour de France
  June 23rd, 2008
  

  BERLIN, June 23, 2008 (AFP) – German duo Markus Fothen and Stefan Schumacher, together with Austria’s Bernhard Kohl, will head up the Gerolsteiner team for this year’s Tour de France [...]

• Absalon Happy To Share Out Pre-Olympic Pressure
  June 23rd, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 23, 2008 (AFP) – France’s reigning Olympic mountain bike champion Julien Absalon has admitted that losing his world title has relieved him of some of the pressure ahead [...]

• Winning Tour of Spain Better Than Olympic Medal – Says Alberto Contador
  June 23rd, 2008
  

  MADRID, June 23, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Alberto Contador, who is looking to win the Tour of Spain in September to add to victories in the Tour of Italy and [...]

• Pinotti Wins His Third National Time Trial Championships
  June 23rd, 2008
  

  High Road’s Marco Pinotti won the Italian national time trial championships for a third time in his career on Sunday. The 32-year-old stopped the clock for the 33 kilometer course [...]

• Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas Hits His Top Form To Win The Tour of Switzerland
  June 22nd, 2008
  

  by Benoit Petit BERNE, June 22, 2008 (AFP) – Czech rider Roman Kreuziger of the Liquigas team won the 72nd Tour of Switzerland here on Sunday, despite losing out to [...]

• Mark Cavendish Blasts To Stage Win In Ster Elektrotoer
  June 21st, 2008
  

  Germert, Holland, 21 June 2008 – Mark Cavendish scored a strong bunch sprint win in the Ster Elektrotoer race when he romped home in first place on the final stage. [...]

• Teutenberg Clinches Final Stage and Overall Win In Raboster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
  June 21st, 2008
  

  Renesse, Holland, 21 June 2008 – High Road’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won her second stage of RaboSter “Zeeuwsche Eilanden” today, again beating Holland’s Kirsten Wild in bunch sprint. Winning the first [...]

• Tour of Switzerland’s Stage 8 Won By Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas
  June 21st, 2008
  

  ALTORF, Switzerland, June 21, 2008 (AFP) – Czech rider Roman Kreuziger, of the Liquigas team, won the eighth stage of the Tour of Switzerland here on Saturday to seize the [...]

• Health Net’s Kilun Wins Criterium While Cooke And Collier Podium In Morning TT
  June 20th, 2008
  

  (June 20, 2008) Truckee, CA – Roman Kilun of the Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was the driving force at the front of a three-man break in [...]

• CSC’s Matti Breschel In Points Jersey at Ster Elektrotoer
  June 20th, 2008
  

  Matti Breschel in Point’s Jersey [20.06 16:37] Tom Boonen (Quick Step) took the victory in the third stage of Ster Elektrotoer and with a result just short of a podium [...]

• CSC’s Fabian Cancellara Powers To The Win At Tour of Switzerland Seventh Stage
  June 20th, 2008
  

  LYSS, Switzerland, June 20, 2008 (AFP) – Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara, of the CSC team, powered to victory at the seventh stage of the Tour of Switzerland here Friday, but Kim [...]

• Tour de Nez Stage One: Bissell’s Steven Howard Foils Candelario’s Solo Bid
  June 20th, 2008
  

  Under clear skies and breezy summer conditions in Reno, Nevada, seventy five top professional cyclists embarked on a five stage, four day journey, starting at the Grand Sierra Resort in [...]

• Rock Racing Joins Chevron as Manhattan Beach Grand Prix Presenting Sponsor
  June 19th, 2008
  

  CHEVRON MANHATTAN BEACH GRAND PRIX SET FOR JUNE 29 MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – June 18 – The 47th Annual Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix will be held on Sunday, June [...]

• Kim Kirchen Takes The High Road Keeping His Cool To Win Stage 6 In Switzerland
  June 19th, 2008
  

  VERBIER, Switzerland, June 19, 2008 (AFP) – Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen, riding for the High Road team, surged into the overall lead of the Tour of Switzerland after keeping his cool [...]

• Feeling Like Frazz
  June 19th, 2008
  

  How often do you feel like Frazz?

• Gerolsteiner’s Markus Fothen Powers To A Stage 5 Win In Switzerland
  June 18th, 2008
  

  CASLANO, Switzerland, June 18, 2008 (AFP) – Germany’s Markus Fothen, riding for the Gerolsteiner team, won the 189.7km fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Wednesday. Russian Serguei Ivanov [...]

• Tony Martin of High Road Wins The Opening Prologue of Ster Elektrotoer
  June 18th, 2008
  

  MARTIN CLINCHES OPENING PROLOGUE OF STER ELEKTROTOER Netherlands, 17 June 2008 – Talented young German rider Tony Martin blasted to an unexpected but nonetheless welcome win in the six kilometer [...]

• Seeing Double At Tour Of Switzerland And Robbie McEwen
  June 17th, 2008
  

  DOMAT/EMS, Switzerland, June 17, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Robbie McEwen, of the Silence team, won a sprint finish in the 170km fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland here on [...]

• Toyota-United’s Justin England Wins 48th Annual Nevada City Classic
  June 17th, 2008
  

  Ivan Stevic secures 3rd place overall at the Nature Valley Grand Prix Bend, OR– Justin England makes late solo attack to claim his first win as a member of the [...]

• Giro Winner Alberto Contador Talks About The Beijing Olympics
  June 17th, 2008
  

  Giro winner Contador ready for Olympics MADRID, June 17, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s recently-crowned Tour of Italy champion Alberto Contador has said he wants to compete in the Beijing Olympics. [...]

• Top Australian Cyclist Nathan O’Neill Banned For Doping
  June 17th, 2008
  

  SYDNEY, June 17, 2008 (AFP) – Top Australian cyclist Nathan O’Neill has been banned from competition for 15 months for a doping violation, officials said Tuesday. The Commonwealth Games gold [...]

• Cadel Evans’ Tour de France Yellow Jersey Bid Puts McEwen In The Shadow
  June 16th, 2008
  

  Evans’ yellow jersey bid puts McEwen into the shade GOSSAU, Switzerland, June 17, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Robbie McEwen’s annual battle for the Tour de France green jersey has been [...]

• Robbie McEwen of Silence/Lotto Sprints To Win The Tour of Switzerland Third Stage win
  June 16th, 2008
  

  GOSSAU, Switzerland, June 16, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Robbie McEwen of the Silence team sprinted to victory under the rain in Monday’s 155km third stage of the Tour of Switzerland. [...]

• Astana Cycling Team Currently Number One In ProTour
  June 16th, 2008
  

  Levi Leipheimer held on to his 3th place on the final podium of the Dauphiné Libéré. The whole team performed well and defended with success its first place in the [...]

• Tom Boonen Set To Compete In Ster Elekotrotoer Race
  June 16th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 16, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen will compete for the first time since the revelation of his positive test for cocaine, when he takes part in [...]

• Columbia Sportswear Company and High Road Sports Announce New “Team Columbia” to Debut at 2008 Tour de France
  June 16th, 2008
  

  Team High Road Will Ride in the 2008 Tour de France as “Team Columbia” Under New Sponsorship Agreement Supporting Columbia Sportswear Company’s Outdoor Brand Leadership GENEVA, Switzerland and SAN LUIS [...]

• Rock Racing Rocks Harlem Classic With Bahati’s Runner-Up Finish
  June 15th, 2008
  

  Harlem, N.Y. — Rock Racing’s Rahsaan Bahati was edged at the line by Erik Barlevav (TIME Pro Cycling) in an exciting finish to the 35th annual Skyscraper Harlem Cycling Classic [...]

• Igor Anton Climbs Himself To Stage 2 Win At Tour of Switzerland
  June 15th, 2008
  

  FLUMSERBERG, Switzerland, June 15, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Igor Anton pulled on the leader’s yellow jersey after climbing to victory in Sunday’s second stage of the Tour of Switzerland to [...]

• Dauphine Libere Results – Final Stage and Overall
  June 15th, 2008
  

  Results from the seventh and final stage of the Dauphine Libere race held over 128km here Sunday: Final Stage 1. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/C.A) 3hr 17min 21sec, 2. Jurgen Van de [...]

• Alejandro Valverde of The Caisse d’Espargne Wins The 2008 Dauphine Libere
  June 15th, 2008
  

  GRENOBLE, France, June 15, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d’Epargne team won the Dauphine Libere cycling race here on Sunday after the seventh and final stage. [...]

• Dauphine Libere Results – Stage Six and Overall
  June 14th, 2008
  

  Results from the sixth and penultimate stage of the Dauphine Libere race held over 233km here Saturday: Stage Six 1. Chris-Anker Sorensen (DEN/CSC) 6hr 15min 53sec, 2. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/BTL) [...]

• Rabobanks Oscar Freire Wins The First Stage Of The Tour of Switzerland
  June 14th, 2008
  

  LANGNAU IM EMMENTAL, Switzerland, June 14, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Oscar Freire, riding for the Rabobank team, sprinted to victory in the first stage of the Tour of Switzerland here [...]

• Alejandro Valverde Soaks Up Cadel Evans Attack To Reinforce Lead
  June 14th, 2008
  

  by Jean Montois LA TOUSSUIRE, France, June 14, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde showed some of the composure that could prove crucial in July’s Tour de France as he [...]

• Tour of Switzerland Results – Stage One and Overall
  June 14th, 2008
  

  Results from the first stage of the Tour of Switzerland, held over 146km here Saturday: Stage One 1. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 3hr 42min 35sec, 2. Martin Elmiger (SUI/A2R), 3. Kim [...]

• ADSI and ASE Team-up to Fight Doping
  June 14th, 2008
  

  Dr. Don Catlin named Chief Science Officer of ADSI Los Angeles, California, June 9, 2008 – Anti-Doping Sciences Institute, Inc. (“ADSI”) and the Agency for Sports Ethics, LLC (“ASE”) have [...]

• High Road Kim Kirchen Aiming High In Switzerland
  June 14th, 2008
  

  San Luis Obispo, 13 June 2008 – Second in the Tour of Switzerland last year, High Road’s Kim Kirchen will be aiming for the overall again in the nine day [...]

• Dauphine Libere Results – Stage 5 and Overall
  June 13th, 2008
  

  Results from the fifth stage of the Dauphine Libere stage race here on Friday: 1. Yury Trofimov (RUS/BTL) 3hr 07min 46sec, 2. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) at 18sec, 3. Alejandro Valverde [...]

• UCI Officially Adopts Biological Passports Into Rulebook
  June 13th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 13, 2008 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Friday said the biological passport system to check cyclists’ blood-levels will be formally introduced into its anti-doping rulebook [...]

• Silence-Loto Boosts Cadel Evans Tour de France Yellow Jersey Bid
  June 13th, 2008
  

  MORZINE, France, June 13, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans’ bid to become the first Australian winner of the Tour de France’s yellow jersey has been given a boost, following his [...]

• Levi Leipheimer Loses Time As Youry Trofimov Wins The Dauphine Fifth Stage
  June 13th, 2008
  

  MORZINE, France, June 13, 2008 (AFP) – Former mountain bike specialist Youry Trofimov of the Bouyges Telecom team claimed a prestigious alpine victory on the fifth stage of the Dauphine [...]

• Dauphine Libere Favorites Are Kept At Bay As Cyril Dessel Rides To Stage 4 Win
  June 12th, 2008
  

  ANNEMASSE, France, June 12, 2008 (AFP) – Frenchman Cyril Dessel of the AG2R team won the fourth stage of the Dauphine Libere on Thursday, following an impressive solo attack on [...]

• World Cycling Chiefs Suspend French Federation
  June 12th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 12, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling chiefs on Thursday announced the suspension of the French cycling federation (FFC) for the remainder of 2008 for lacking “loyalty”. The decision [...]

• UCI Inks Pro Tour Race In Russia
  June 11th, 2008
  

  strong>UCI ink Pro Tour race for Sochi SAINT-PAUL-EN-JAREZ, France, June 11, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling’s ruling body offically announced Wednesday the creation of a UCI-backed race in Russia. It [...]

• Velociraptor Chews Script Kiddies Who Attacked Bicycle.net
  June 11th, 2008
  

  A few weeks ago, some script kiddies thought of me and this website as a “six foot turkey” that they could hack and use to steer traffic to a malware [...]

• Valverde Wins TT To Pull On The Dauphine’s Yellow Jersey
  June 11th, 2008
  

  SAINT-PAUL-EN-JAREZ, France, June 11, 2008 (AFP) – Spanish ace Alejandro Valverde pulled on the race leader’s yellow jersey here at the Dauphine Libere stage race after winning the third stage [...]

• Tom Boonen of Quick Step Out of Tour de France, Says Race Director
  June 11th, 2008
  

  SAINT-PAUL-EN-JAREZ, France, June 11, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France green jersey champion Tom Boonen has been barred from next month’s race in the wake of a positive test for [...]

• American Hincapie of High Road Wins Second Stage of Dauphine Libere
  June 10th, 2008
  

  VIENNE, France, June 10, 2008 (AFP) – American George Hincapie sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Dauphine Libere here on Tuesday but Thor Hushovd retained the overall [...]

• Dauphine Libere Results – Stage 2 and Overall
  June 10th, 2008
  

  Results in the second stage of the Dauphine Libere on Tuesday, a 184km ride from Bourg-Saint-Andeol to here: 2nd stage 1. George Hincapie (USA/THR), 4hr 32min 38sec. 2. Sebastien Chavanel [...]

• Linus Gerdemann of High Road Out Of Tour de France
  June 8th, 2008
  

  GERDEMANN REFOCUSES ON TOUR OF GERMANY San Luis Obispo, California, 7 June 2008 – 2007 Tour de France stage winner and yellow jersey holder Linus Gerdemann has been forced to [...]

• American Levi Leipheimer Of Astana Wins Dauphine Libere Prologue
  June 8th, 2008
  

  AVIGNON, France, June 8, 2008 (AFP) – American Levi Leipheimer won the opening prologue of the Dauphine Libere, which usually serves as an appetizer for the Tour de France, here [...]

• Astana Waters Down Levi Leipheimer’s Dauphine Victory Chances
  June 8th, 2008
  

  AVIGNON, France, June 7, 2008 (AFP) – Astana have watered down pre-race predictions that their team leader for the Dauphine Libere, Levi Leipheimer, will emerge triumphant after a week of [...]

• High Road On The Hunt For Stage Wins At Dauphine Libere
  June 7th, 2008
  

  San Luis Obispo, California, 7 June 2008 – High Road will take to the Dauphine Libere this weekend determined to snap up as many stage wins as possible. “We don’t [...]

• Tour of Gila: The Longest Race Report In The History Of The Team
  June 7th, 2008
  

  The following race report was emailed to me by one of my team mates. We have a team tradition that the team member that places the highest in the overall [...]

• Oscar Sevilla Rocks Reading With Solo Victory At Commerce Bank Reading Classic
  June 6th, 2008
  

  Reading, Penn. — Rock Racing scored its biggest victory of the season Thursday when Oscar Sevilla soloed to victory in the Commerce Bank Reading Classic. The Spaniard attacked a trio [...]

• Astana Cycling Team in Dauphiné Libéré
  June 6th, 2008
  

  Astana Cycling Team, with Team Director Alain Gallopin, comes with a strong team to the 60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré to defend its first place in the ProTour Team Classification. [...]

• Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Does It Again At The Triple Crown
  June 6th, 2008
  

  Reading, Pennsylvannia, 5 June 2008 – High Road’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg successfully defended her title as winner of the Commerce Bank Reading Classic in 2007 winning the second round of the [...]

• Philippe Gilbert Signs With Silence-Lotto Today
  June 5th, 2008
  

  Gilbert moves up a gear at Silence-Lotto BRUSSELS, June 5, 2008 (AFP) – One-day race specialist Philippe Gilbert will be looking to boost his victory chances after signing for Belgium’s [...]

• Alberto Contador States That He Considers Himself One Of The Greats
  June 4th, 2008
  

  MADRID, June 3, 2008 (AFP) – Recently-crowned Tour of Italy champion Alberto Contador said on Tuesday that he could be considered one of the greats of the sport. The 25-year-old [...]

• Karl Menzies of Health Net/Maxxis Second in Photo Finish in Commerce Bank Leigh Valley Classic
  June 4th, 2008
  

  (June 3, 2008) Allentown, PA – After a solid 3rd place Sunday in the CSC Invitational, Karl Menzies of the Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis noted that [...]

• “The Best Way To Thank Kazakhstan” Says The Maglia Rosa, Alberto Contador of Astana
  June 4th, 2008
  

  Three days after capturing the 91st Giro d’Italia title, Alberto Contador gets his deserved rest. The last days were well filled with celebrations. At a press meeting in Pinto, he [...]

• Ina-Yoko Teutenberg of High Road Wins In Allentown Against The Odds
  June 3rd, 2008
  

  Allentown, Pennsylvannia, 3 June 2008 – High Road’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg has won the first round of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown, which took place in Allentown, Pennsylvania today. Teutenberg went [...]

• Toyota-United Scoops up Six Wins in the Past Week in Preparation for Philly Week
  June 3rd, 2008
  

  Ivan Stevic and Hilton Clarke Score Four Wins at Tulsa Tough Omnium Series Dominique Rollin Wins Ricola Twilight Criterium, Places 2nd at CSC Invitational and 3rd at Kelly Cup Chris [...]

• Rock Racing Becomes Official Sponsor Of Commerce Bank Triple Crown Of Cycling
  June 3rd, 2008
  

  ‘Rock Racing Wall’ To Highlight Philadelphia International Championship On June 8 Culver City, Calif. — Rock Racing is going “all-in” for one of the most prestigious weeks of professional bicycle [...]

• UCI Fumes As Tour de Feance Is Put Under French Cycling Federation Jurisdiction
  June 3rd, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 3, 2008 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) have threatened sanctions against riders and teams competing in this year’s Tour de France after organizers announced Tuesday that [...]

• High Road Ends Giro d’Italia On A High
  June 1st, 2008
  

  Milan, Italy – 1 June 2008 – The High Road team ended the Giro d’Italia on a high on Sunday, taking a first and second double in the final time [...]

• Giro d’Italia Results – Stage 21 and Overall – Contador Wins It All
  June 1st, 2008
  

  ALBERTO CONTADOR OF ASTANA WINS THE 2008 GIRO D’ITALIA Results in the 21st and final stage of the Tour of Italy on Sunday, a 28.5km time trial from Cesano Maderno [...]

• Alberto Contador and Astana Leave No Doubts About Their Winning Ways
  June 1st, 2008
  

  MILAN, June 1, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Alberto Contador of Astana won the Tour of Italy on Sunday following the final stage, a 28.5km time trial won by Italian Marco [...]

• Planet Ultra KOM Century Challenge – One Riders Record Breaking Ride
  May 31st, 2008
  

  The 2008 Planet Ultra King of the Mountains Century Challenge was awesome! 3 days, 323 miles. And 30,800 ft. of climbing; what more could any cyclist ask for? From the [...]

• Gerald Ciolek Takes Second Win in Three Days in Germany
  May 30th, 2008
  

  (May 30, 2008) Race report filed by Team High Road Würzburg, Germany – High Road fastman Gerald Ciolek has used his fine turn of speed to see off the opposition [...]

• Vasil Kiryienka of Tinkoff Wins The Giro Stage 19, Contador Still Wearing Pink But Says Race Is Still Wide Open
  May 30th, 2008
  

  MONTE PORA, Italy, May 30, 2008 (AFP) – Belarussian Vasil Kiryienka, of the Tinkoff team, won the 19th stage of the Tour of Italy here on Friday following a long [...]

• Jens Voight Wins Stage 18 For CSC At Giro
  May 29th, 2008
  

  Evergreen Voigt wins maiden Tour of Italy stage VARESE, Italy, May 29, 2008 (AFP) – Veteran German rider Jens Voigt won his first ever stage in the Tour of Italy [...]

• Gerald Ciolek of High Road Clinches First Win Of Season On Home Soil
  May 29th, 2008
  

  San Luis Obispo, CA 28 May 2008 – Gerald Ciolek blasted past the opposition in the opening stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt on Wednesday for victory in a tough uphill [...]

• Team Milram States Igor Astarloa Might Be Canned After Team Blood Test At Giro
  May 29th, 2008
  

  VARESE, Italy, May 29, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s 2003 world road race champion Igor Astarloa, who retired from the Tour of Italy after just one stage following a blood test [...]

• David Veilleux of the Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medfast Wins First NRC Race in Front of Title Sponsor
  May 28th, 2008
  

  Report filed by Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling Minneapolis, Min., – Canadian David Veilleux of the Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast team showed the kind of sprinting yesterday that made him U23 [...]

• Giro d’Italia Race Results – Stage 17 and Overall
  May 28th, 2008
  

  Results from the Tour of Italy following Wednesday’s 17 stage, a 146km ride from Sondrio to here: Stage 17 1. Andre Greipel (GER) THR 3hr 27min 05sec, 2. Mark Cavendish [...]

• Andre Greipel of High Road Records His Maiden Major Stage Win At Stage 17 of The Giro
  May 28th, 2008
  

  by Jean Montois LOCARNO, Switzerland, May 28, 2008 (AFP) – Germany’s Tour Down Under winner Andre Greipel recorded his first ever stage win in a major Tour when he landed [...]

• Franco Pellizotti of Liquigas Wins Giro 16th TT Stage, Alberto Contador Still In Pink
  May 26th, 2008
  

  PLAN DE CORONES, Italy, May 26, 2008 (AFP) – Italian rider Franco Pellizotti of Liquigas won the 16th stage of the Tour of Italy, a 12.9km time trial here on [...]

• Alberto Contador of Asatana Is Now Wearing Pink Jersey While Sella Wins Two Stages In A Row
  May 25th, 2008
  

  PASSO FEDAIA, Italy, May 25, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Albert Contador of Astana took the overall lead in the Tour of Italy on Sunday after Italian Emanuele Sella of CSF [...]

• Giro d’Italia Results – Stage 15 and Overall
  May 25th, 2008
  

  Giro d’Italia results after Sunday’s 15th stage, a 154km ride from Arabba to Passo Fedaia: Stage 1. Emanuele Sella (ITA/CSF) 154km in 4hr 53min 24sec 2. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/CSF) at [...]

• Gustavo Cesar of Team Karpin Galicia Wins The 2008 Tour of Catalonia
  May 25th, 2008
  

  MADRID, May 25, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Gustavo Cesar, riding for the Karpin Galicia team, won the Tour of Catalonia after Sunday’s sixth and final stage was secured by Jose [...]

• Emanuele Sella Solo’s To Giro Stage Win, While Gabriele Bosisio Tries On Pink For First Time
  May 24th, 2008
  

  ALPE DE PAMPEAGO, Italy, May 24, 2008 (AFP) – Italian mountain specialist Emanuele Sella came home alone to win in the 14th stage of the Tour of Italy on the [...]

• Giro d’Italia Results – Stage 14 and Overall
  May 24th, 2008
  

  Results from the 193km 14th stage of the Tour of Italy from Verona to Alpe de Pampeago on Saturday: 1. Emanuele Sella (ITA/CSF) 5hr 37min 14sec, 2. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR/TCS) [...]

• Sylvain Chavanel of Cofidis Wins Fifth Stage, Remi Pauriol Keeps Leaders Jersey
  May 23rd, 2008
  

  MADRID, May 23, 2008 (AFP) – French rider Sylvain Chavanel, with the Cofidis team, won the Tour of Catalonia fifth stage, a 163.5km run from Asco to El Vendrell, on [...]

• Lucky 13 for Mark Cavendish Of High Road In Giro As Giovanni Visconti Keeps Pink Jersey
  May 23rd, 2008
  

  CITTADELLA, Italy, May 23, 2008 (AFP) – Briton Mark Cavendish, riding for the High Road team, won Friday’s 13th stage of the Tour of Italy with Italian Giovanni Visconti holding [...]

• Mt. Hood Crit Race – Great Camera Angle
  May 22nd, 2008
  

  This video was taken at the 2008 Mt. Hood crit. These guys are flying, and to think they get to this a few more times.

• Daniele Bennati Wins 12th Stage of Giro, Visconti Still In Pink
  May 22nd, 2008
  

  CARPI, Italy, May 22, 2008 (AFP) – Daniele Bennati edged Thursday’s 12th stage of the Tour of Italy by the width of a tire rim with fellow Italian Giovanni Visconti [...]

• Drunken German Cyclists Could Face Automobile Driving Ban
  May 22nd, 2008
  

  BERLIN, May 21, 2008 (AFP) – If you thought cycling home after the pub was a good idea, think again. A German court ruled Wednesday that inebriated cyclists could forfeit [...]

• Amateur Racing Update From America’s Breadbasket
  May 21st, 2008
  

  Okay, so this year it seems the common thread of logic, is that to attract good money-paying racers one has to claim they’ve got the GOD AWFUL HARDEST race course [...]

• Oscar Sevilla Delivers Rock Racing Another Win
  May 21st, 2008
  

  Manizales, Colombia — Oscar Sevilla had the fastest finish among a shattered peloton that was reduced to 12 riders Tuesday to win the ninth stage of the Vuelta a Colombia [...]

• Cyril Dessel Of AG2R Wins Third Stage Of The Tour of Catalonia
  May 21st, 2008
  

  MADRID, May 21, 2008 (AFP) – Frenchman Cyril Dessel, riding for AG2R, won the third stage of the Tour of Catalonia on Wednesday, a 191.9km ride from Banyoles to La [...]

• Giro d’Italia Stage 11 And OverAll Results
  May 21st, 2008
  

  Results in the 199km 11th stage of the Tour of Italy from Urbania to Cesena on Wednesday: 11th stage 1. Alessandro Bertolini (ITA/SDA) 5hr 44min 22sec, 2. Pablo Lastras (ESP/GCE) [...]

• Andreas Kloden Insists Still Beijing-Bound
  May 21st, 2008
  

  BERLIN, May 21, 2008 (AFP) – German rider Andreas Kloden of Astana on Wednesday insisted he was still intent on showing up at the Beijing Games despite previously intimating he [...]

• Alessandro Bertolini Wins 11th Stage Of The Giro, Leader Visconti Survives Crash To Keep Pink Jersey
  May 21st, 2008
  

  by Jean Montois CESENA, Italy, May 21, 2008 (AFP) – Alessandro Bertolini won Wednesday’s 11th stage of the Tour of Italy with fellow Italian Giovanni Visconti holding on to the [...]

• Rory Sutherland of Team HealthNet/Maxxis Sits Atop NRC Individual Standings
  May 20th, 2008
  

  Race report filed by Health Net, presented by Maxxis Oakland, CA – After consecutive overall stage race titles the past two weeks, Rory Sutherland of the Health Net Pro Cycling [...]

• Thor Hushovd of Credit Agricole Wins Second Stage of Tour of Catalonia (With Results)
  May 20th, 2008
  

  MADRID, May 19, 2008 (AFP) – Norway’s Thor Hushovd, riding for Credit Agricole, won Tuesday’s second stage of the Tour of Catalonia, a 167.8km ride from Riudellots de la Selva [...]

• Giro d’Italia Stage 10 and Overall Results
  May 20th, 2008
  

  Standings from the tenth stage of the Tour of Italy on Tuesday, a 39.4km individual time trial from Pesaro to here: Stage 1. Marzio Bruseghin (ITA/LAM), 39.4km in 56min 41sec [...]

• Marzio Bruseghin of Lampre Edges Out Alberto Contador To Take Stage 10 of Giro d’Italia
  May 20th, 2008
  

  URBINO, Italy, May 20, 2008 (AFP) – Italy’s Marzio Bruseghin, riding for the Lampre team, won the tenth stage of the Tou of Italy on Tuesday, a 39.4km individual time [...]

• Bikes for Kids Utah Recieves $40,000 Donation from
  May 19th, 2008
  

  Donation will help provide new bicycles for 1,000 underprivileged Utah children during May 31 Bikes for Kids Utah Event-making it possible for the schoolchildren to experience one of the joys [...]

• Thor Hushovd of Credit Agricole Wins Opening TT At Tour of Catalonia (With Results)
  May 19th, 2008
  

  MADRID, May 19, 2008 (AFP) – Norway’s Thor Hushovd, riding with Credit Agricole, won Monday’s opening stage of the Tour of Catalonia, a 3.7km individual time trial at Lloret de [...]

• Alberto Contador of Astana Vows To Continue At Giro Even With A Fractured Elbow
  May 19th, 2008
  

  URBINO, Italy, May 19, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alberto Contador, last year’s Tour de France winner, is suffering from a minor elbow fracture sustained during a crash during the ongoing [...]

• Team Type 1s Glen Chadwick Makes It 2-For-2 At Tour of Arkansas
  May 17th, 2008
  

  Mount Nebo State Park, Ark: Glen Chadwick of Team Type 1 won his second consecutive stage of the inaugural Tour of Arkansas Friday to retain his overall lead. Chadwick conquered [...]

• Pena Delivers Rock Racing Another Victory
  May 17th, 2008
  

  La Union, Colombia: Victor Hugo Pe?na scored Rock Racings second victory at the Vuelta a Colombia by attacking out of a 12-man breakaway three miles from the finish of a [...]

• Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval Wins The Eighth Stage Of The Giro d’Italia
  May 17th, 2008
  

  TIVOLI, Italy, May 17, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Riccardo Ricco, riding for the Saunier Duval team, won the eighth stage of the Tour of Italy here on Saturday, edging out [...]

• Rock Racing’s Oscar Sevilla Dons Green Jersey at Vuelta a Colombia
  May 16th, 2008
  

  La Dorada, Colombia — Rock Racing’s Oscar Sevilla was awarded for his consistency Thursday at the Vuelta a Colombia. The Spaniard pulled on the green jersey of points classification leader [...]

• Gabriele Bosisio of LPR Wins Stage 7 Of The Giro, Giovanni Retains The Pink Jersey
  May 16th, 2008
  

  PESCOCOSTANZO, Italy, May 16, 2008 (AFP) – Gabriele Bosisio of LPR won the seventh stage of the Tour of Italy here on Friday on a day when Giovanni Visconti retained [...]

• Matteo Priamo of CSF Wins Giro Sixth Stage, Giovanni Visconti of Quick Step In Pink Jersey
  May 15th, 2008
  

  PESCHICI, Italy, May 15, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Matteo Priamo, riding for the CSF team, broke away to win the sixth stage of the Tour of Italy here on Friday. [...]

• WHEN THE BARTER SYSTEM DOESN’T WORK THERE’S ALWAYS SUSAN B. ANTHONY
  May 14th, 2008
  

  For the longest time, I’ve thought the spectrum of bike riding folks who shop at our store had no end or beginning. Lately though, I’m convinced that I beat Stephen [...]

• Pavel Brutt of Tinkoff Wins Giro Stage 5, Pellizotti Keep Overall Leads
  May 14th, 2008
  

  CONTURSI TERME, Italy, May 14, 2008 (AFP) – Russian Pavel Brutt, riding for the Tinkoff team, won the fifth stage of the Tour of Italy here on Wednesday with Liquigas’ [...]

• Giro d’Italia Stage 5 & Overall Results
  May 14th, 2008
  

  Results from the 203km fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia from Belvedere Marittimo to Contursi Termo on Wednesday: 5th stage 1. Pavel Brutt (RUS) TCS 5hr 4min 42sec, 2. Johannes [...]

• Cavendish Wins His First Grand Tour Stage At The Giro
  May 13th, 2008
  

  Catanzaro-Lungomare, Italy, 13 May 2008 – Mark Cavendish and High Road both celebrated their first ever stage victory at the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday after the 21 year-old Briton used [...]

• Giro d’Italia Cycling Results Stage 4 and Overall
  May 13th, 2008
  

  Collated results from the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia, held over 181km between Pizzo Calabro and here on Tuesday: 1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/THR) 4hr 49min 09sec, 2. Robert Forster [...]

• Mark Cavendish Takes The High Road To Fourth Stage Win At Giro
  May 13th, 2008
  

  CATANZARO, Italy, May 13, 2008 (AFP) – British cyclist Mark Cavendish, riding for the High Road team, prevailed in a sprint for the fourth stage honors of the Tour of [...]

• Rock Racing Goes 1-2-3-4 In Vuelta a Colombia Opener
  May 12th, 2008
  

  Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia Rock Racing sent shockwaves through the field at the 58th Vuelta a Colombia by sweeping the top four places in Saturdays prologue. Rock Racings Santiago Botero won [...]

• David Zabriskie of Team Slipstream Crashes Out Of Giro After Second Stage Crash
  May 11th, 2008
  

  AGRIGENTE, Italy, May 11, 2008 (AFP) – American David Zabriskie of the Slipstream team was forced out of the Giro d’Italia after suffering a fractured lumbar vertebra in a crash [...]

• Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval Sprints To Giro’s Second Stage, Franco Pellizotti Dressed In Pink
  May 11th, 2008
  

  AGRIGENTO, Italy, May 11, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Riccardo Ricco of the Saunier Duval team threw down the gauntlet to his rivals for the Giro d’Italia’s pink jersey by sprinting [...]

• Andy Hampsten at 1988 Giro d’Italia
  May 10th, 2008
  

  In honor of Team Slipstream putting on the Pink Jersey at the Giro d’Italia for the 1st time since Andy Hampsten did in 1988 with Team 7-11.

• Alberto Contador of Astana Building Form As Slipstream Pull On Pink
  May 10th, 2008
  

  by Jean Montois PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alberto Contador admitted he will be looking to finetune his form in the coming weeks if he is to [...]

• IvanBasso Cannot Be A Role Model For Young Cyclists, Says David Millar
  May 10th, 2008
  

  PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) – Disgraced cyclist Ivan Basso should not be held up as a model for young riders, claimed Scottish rider David Millar on Saturday. Millar [...]

• Christian Vandevelde of Slipstream Is First American In 20 Years To Put On Giro’s Pink Jersey
  May 10th, 2008
  

  PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) – American Christian Vandevelde became the first American in 20 years to put on the Giro d’Italia’s pink jersey after leading his Slipstream team [...]

• Giro d’Italia Stages & Climbs
  May 10th, 2008
  

  PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) – The 21 stages of the 3430.4km long Giro d’Italia, which begins here Saturday: May 10: stage 1 Palermo, 23.6 km (team time trial) [...]

• Off-form Alberto Contador of Astana Still A Favorite At ‘Climbers’ Giro
  May 10th, 2008
  

  PALERMO, Italy, May 9, 2008 (AFP) – Climbers who can keep their time trial losses to a minimum will be among the top contenders for the pink jersey in the [...]

• Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team Makes Donation to Fallen Competitor Who Was Paralyzed at Tour of Gila
  May 9th, 2008
  

  Team Will Auction of Signed Team Jersey on eBay to Raise Additional Funds Bend, OR – The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team announced today that its riders and staff donated $5,000 [...]

• CSF Rider Maximiliano Richeze Out Of Giro After Positive Doping Test
  May 9th, 2008
  

  PALERMO, Italy, May 9, 2008 (AFP) – Argentinian Ariel Maximiliano Richeze, who rides for CSF, tested positive for doping last month and has been withdrawn from the Tour of Italy, [...]

• Bissell Pro Cycling Announces Roster For The Tour de Leelanau
  May 8th, 2008
  

  GRAND RAPIDS, MI., May 8, 2008 – BISSELL Pro Cycling (BPC) announces its seven-man roster for the 2008 Tour de Leelanau, which includes the 2007 defending champion, Garrett Peltonen. He [...]

• Colavita/Sutter Home Cycling Teams Are On Fire
  May 8th, 2008
  

  Colavita/Sutter Home Men’s Cycling Team presented by Cooking Light delivers another podium appearance with his hard-fought third place finish at New Mexico’s Tour of the Gila. A true team effort, [...]

• Stephane Auge of Cofidis Still Leads In Dunkirk As Thor Hushovd Beaten At Line
  May 8th, 2008
  

  SAINT-QUENTIN, France, May 8, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian Kenny De Haes of the Topsport team claimed victory in the third stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk race Thursday after [...]

• White House Contenders Discuss Smoke-Free USA With Lance Armstrong
  May 8th, 2008
  

  WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 (AFP) – Seven-time Tour de France winner and anti-cancer advocate Lance Armstrong said Thursday he has discussed banning smoking in public places across the United States [...]

• HOST CITIES ANNOUNCED FOR 2008 TOUR OF MISSOURI
  May 7th, 2008
  

  One day added, four new cities announced Jefferson City, Mo. (Jan. 30, 2008) – Twelve cities around the Show Me State have been selected as Start or Finish cities for [...]

• Tour of Missouri Champion George Hincapie of Team High Road Announces His Return
  May 7th, 2008
  

  American George Hincapie of team High Road will participate in the Tour of Missouri international cycling race, September 8-14, race organizers announced today. Hincapie, a Tour de France stage winner, [...]

• Spain’s Patxi Vila of Lampre Tests Positive For Banned Substance
  May 6th, 2008
  

  MADRID, May 6, 2008 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Patxi Vila of the Lampre team tested positive in March for testosterone and was dropped from the list of racers who were [...]

• CAS Suspends Alessandro Petacchi Until The End of August
  May 6th, 2008
  

  GENEVA, May 6, 2008 (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled Tuesday that Italian cycling sprint king Alessandro Petacchi will be ineligible to compete in competitions until [...]

• Veteran Olympic Hopeful Jeannie Longo Wins Climbers’ Trophy
  May 5th, 2008
  

  SANNOIS, France, May 4, 2008 (AFP) – Veteran French cyclist Jeannie Longo, who is hoping to qualify for the Beijing Olympics this summer, won the Trophee des Grimpeurs (Climbers’ Trophy) [...]

• Astana Cycling Team Announces Their Giro Roster
  May 4th, 2008
  

  One week prior to the start of the Giro d’Italia (May 10th-June 1st), the Astana Cycling Team has received an invitation to participate in the first Grand Tour of 2008. [...]

• Andreas Kloden of Astana Wins The Tour de Romandie
  May 4th, 2008
  

  LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 4, 2008 (AFP) – Astana’s Andreas Kloden won the Tour of Romandie title on Sunday after the final stage, a 154.2km ride from Le Bouveret to Lausanne. [...]

• Astana Gets Good News – The Invite To The Giro d’Italia Is Official
  May 4th, 2008
  

  ROME, May 4, 2008 (AFP) – Giro d’Italia organizers have performed a dramatic u-turn and invited the Kazakh-backed Astana cycling team to this year’s race, Italian daily La Gazzetta dello [...]

• Astana Set For Giro d’Italia Invite
  May 3rd, 2008
  

  This is excellent news for Astana. We at Bicycle.net would be thrilled to see Astana at the Giro. Anything that increases the level of competition is good for cycling. PARIS, [...]

• Alessandro Petacchi of Milram Out Of Giro With Bronchitis, Focus Is Now The Tour de France
  May 3rd, 2008
  

  BERLIN, May 3, 2008 (AFP) – Italian sprint specialist with the Milram team, Alessandro Petacchi, will miss the Tour of Italy with bronchitis, the German outfit said Saturday. “I’m very [...]

• United Pro Cycling Team will Seek Replacement Title Sponsor for 2009
  May 2nd, 2008
  

  Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Concludes Pro Cycling Team Title Sponsorship United Pro Cycling Team will Seek Replacement Title Sponsor for 2009 Los Angeles, CA – Team Owner, Sean Tucker, [...]

• Andreas Kloeden of Astana Wins Romandie TT To Take Race Lead
  May 2nd, 2008
  

  SION, Switzerland, May 2, 2008 (AFP) – Astana rider Andreas Kloeden took the overall lead of the Tour of Romandie after winning the third stage, a 18.8km time trial, here [...]

• Top Pro Rider Facing Doping Charge, Thanks To Blood Passport Program
  May 2nd, 2008
  

  PARIS, May 2, 2008 (AFP) – At least one top cyclist is to face doping charges after thousands of blood samples were analyzed as part of the International Cycling Union’s [...]

• Ivan Dominguez of Toyota United Goes Up In Lights In Time Square
  May 1st, 2008
  

  So the story goes like this. Sean Tucker, the owner of Toyota-United promises Ivan Dominguez that he would put his picture on the Times Square Billboard if he wins a [...]

• Robbie McEwen Bags Season’s First Win In Romandie
  May 1st, 2008
  

  FRIBOURG, Switzerland, May 1, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Robbie McEwen, of Silence Lotto, bagged his first win of the season by outsprinting the bunch on the second stage of the [...]

• Dutchman Karsten Kroon of CSC Claims Victory In Frankfurt
  May 1st, 2008
  

  FRANKFURT, Germany, May 1, 2008 (AFP) – Flying Dutchman Karsten Kroon, from the Danish cycling team CSC, has won the Frankfurt Grand Prix for the second time here on Thursday. [...]

• Kazakh Champion Maxim Iglinskiy of Astana Is Number One At Tour de Romandie
  April 30th, 2008
  

  Kazakh champion Maxim Iglinskiy won the first stage in the Tour de Romandie. Iglinskiy (27) was the fastest sprinter in the streets of Saignelégier. Iglinskiy, perfectly brought to the finish [...]

• France Toughens Anti-Doping Law Ahead Of The Tour de France
  April 30th, 2008
  

  PARIS, April 30, 2008 (AFP) – The French government on Wednesday moved to toughen anti-doping legislation ahead of this summer’s Tour de France. Members of Parliament adopted a new law [...]

• Mark Cavendish of High Road Flies In Romandie Prologue
  April 29th, 2008
  

  High Road fast man Mark Cavendish soared to a convincing victory in the opening prologue of the Tour of Romandie on Tuesday evening. The Manxman tore round the 1.9 kilometre [...]

• Marc Cavendish of High Road Wins Romandie Prologue
  April 29th, 2008
  

  GENEVA, April 29, 2008 (AFP) – British cyclist Mark Cavendish won the Tour of Romandie prologue, a 1.9km dash here Tuesday, ahead of Italian Daniele Bennati and Swiss rider Michael [...]

• Alejandro Valverde Gives Us A Glimpse of His Tour de France Yellow Jersey Potential
  April 28th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, April 29, 2008 (AFP) – Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde gave his future Tour de France rivals an early reminder of his explosive climbing talents by winning [...]

• High Road Banking On Kim Kirchen For Liege-Bastogne-Liege
  April 27th, 2008
  

  High Road will tackle Liege-Bastogne-Liege this Sunday with Fleche Wallonne winner Kim Kirchen as sole leader. “The team is 100 percent based around Kim.” says Valerio Piva, team sports director [...]

• Rock Racing To Donate $250,000 to Two Cancer Research Charities During Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T
  April 25th, 2008
  

  Atlanta, GA (April 25, 2008) – As part of the team’s commitment to supporting the 2008 Tour de Georgia presented by AT & T, Rock Racing is donating $250,000 to [...]

• SLIPSTREAM CHIPOTLE WINS FIRST-EVER TEAM TIME TRIAL AT 2008 TOUR DE GEORGIA PRESENTED BY AT&T
  April 24th, 2008
  

  Stage Four – Road Atlanta BRASELTON, Ga. (April 24, 2008) – American-based Slipstream Chipotle presented by H30 averaged over 29 miles per hour en route to winning the inaugural Team [...]

• Liege Beckons Cadel Evans Above, But The “Punchers” Are On Form
  April 24th, 2008
  

  PARIS, April 25, 2008 (AFP) – Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen may be a marked man after claiming victory in the Fleche-Wallonne classic which precedes the Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Sunday’s finale to cycling’s spring [...]

• Nadia- the 60 Year-Old Daughter I Never Knew I Had.
  February 29th, 2008
  

  Nadia- the 60 Year-Old Daughter I Never Knew I Had. Before Nadia could ride off into the sunset, she first had to walk into the shop. It was a morning [...]

• Spanning the Universe with Steve and Roger
  February 6th, 2008
  

  Spanning the Universe with Steve and Roger. For the longest time, I’ve thought the spectrum of bike riding folks who shop at our store had no end or beginning.  Lately [...]

• New Year’s Resolution To Nowhere
  January 21st, 2008
  

  New Year’s Resolution to go Nowhere. Hello there. My name’s Bobby. I work at a bike shop. Actually, I’ve worked in a few bike shops over the years. I didn’t [...]

• “SNUB THIS” BY UNCLE CHAD
  January 2nd, 2008
  

  “Snub This!” By Uncle Chad You’re basically saying “SNUB THIS” with every boutique item you buy. I just saw a rider who bought a saddle for a sale price of [...]

• Team 100 Gift Wrapping Event this Saturday at I. Martin Bicycles in Los Angeles
  December 14th, 2007
  

  One of the most common questions we get this time of year at the shop is “Do you gift wrap?” Up until now, the answer has been no. It’s not [...]

• The Tour of America Announces New Route for Its International Professional Bicycle Race
  December 14th, 2007
  

  Responding to feedback from racers, organizing bodies and the media, the new route is shorter and more consistent with professional road racing standards LUMBERTON, N.C. – Dec. 13, 2007 – [...]

• High Road signs with ACE for anti-doping program
  December 10th, 2007
  

  Team High Road’s anti-doping programme for 2008 will be run by the Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE), which also runs the program for the American Professional Continental Team Slipstream. High [...]

• Three Generations Riding with La Grange for meals on wheels
  December 10th, 2007
  

  The article below was written by Bob Rasner’s daughter. I found out about Eleanor from Bob, who is a member of the same bicycle club that I am. Bob put [...]

• In the what were they thinking category – We Introduce the Breakfast Tray
  November 30th, 2007
  

  Eating while driving is inadvisable and very dangerous, but at least you have a bunch of “car” between you and the thing you are about to run into. Not so [...]