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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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 & [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) – [...]
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 [...]
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 (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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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’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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 – 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 [...]
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 [...]
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Okay, so I admit it. “Danger” is a team mate of mine, and I wanted to give him a little face time.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Do You Think The Fixie Craze Is Here To Stay?online survey
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 [...]
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 – 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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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). [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
: 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 [...]
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, when it’s over, thought, well there goes two hours of my life that I’ll never see again? Bike racing can be the [...]
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. (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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.” [...]
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-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 [...]
Do you think that professional cycling has seen the worst of the doping scandals?surveys
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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! [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 by Expanding Cannondale Factory Racing Team Bethel, Conn. – January 15, 2010 – Cannondale Bicycles announced today that it will expand its Cannondale [...]
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 – [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
This is one very funny song. It is done as a rap with a anti-fixie take.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Stage 2, St. Paul Downtown Crit Results and Finish, Women’s Race. Nature Valley Grand Prix
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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’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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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., [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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? 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Sometimes The Labs Confirm What Our Noses Already Sensed… As the Tour headed into the Pyrenees in recent days we wrote that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 This course is short and intense, but also smooth, so solitary specialists should take the first spots, yet without creating any significant time lead. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
[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 [...]
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 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 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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 IN STAGE 3 (CAMP HILL TO BEDFORD) OF AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS® TOUR OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESENTED BY HIGHMARK HEALTHY HIGH 5® BEDFORD, Pa. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
[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 [...]
(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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
(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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, 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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
(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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
(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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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’ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. 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. 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 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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 – [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]