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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.”
Performing as a female athlete has its challenges to say the least. My pet rant is there is not enough gear manufactured specifically for women, but [...]
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- Team Bahati Pro Cycling Launch With A Cause
March 20th, 2010Written 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 of Hollywood VIP bling and cycling fanatics.
But it was not all about the pomp and circumstance.
“If you don’t cry [...] - March Poll Question
March 15th, 2010Do you think that professional cycling has seen the worst of the doping scandals?surveys
- Luis Leon Sanchez Leads World Rankings
March 15th, 2010PARIS, 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 Leon Sanchez, the second rank after the first race (the Tour Down Under), has dislodged the German Andre Greipel command.
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[...] - Google Bring Maps To Cyclists
March 10th, 2010It’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 with Google Maps’ Bicycle layer.
Maps’ bike-friendly, green-toned map can be accessed in a few ways: by choosing “Bicycle” from the drop-down box below your destination [...] - Redlands Cycling Classic Brings Some Twighlight To Racing
March 5th, 2010Speeding 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 event of the cycling season – the Redlands Bicycle Classic Organizing Committee is shaking up this years’ event. The Redlands Classic Criterium is known throughout the [...] - New Performance Nutrition To Sponsor Fly V Australia Pro Cycling Team
March 4th, 2010Los 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 to announce the sponsorship of the Fly V Australia Pro Cycling Team.
“Fly V Australia has put together a tremendous program with eyes on being the [...] - A Focus On Team BMC Pro Cycling
February 6th, 2010So 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 true happened on January 27th, 2010 at the Team BMC Pro Cycling training camp media day.
Bicycle.net was invited to the training camp [...] - Ikeman Cycling Launches Yahoo! Cycling Team
January 30th, 2010New 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! to form the Yahoo! Cycling Team. Based in Northern California, the team plans to race the majority of its season on the West Coast [...] - Tour of Poland To Visit Auschwitz
January 28th, 2010A 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 Holocaust, organizers have announced.
The sixth stage from Oswiecim to Bukowina on this summer’s race, which takes place from [...] - Clean, Green Cycling Emerges From Doping Era
January 23rd, 2010by 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 image and enter a more promising era.
The governing body’s doping crackdown has dramatically slowed the welter of damaging drug cases, [...] - Caisse d’Epargne To Pull Funding in 2011
January 22nd, 2010PARIS, 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 its funding at the end of 2010.
“There will be a Caisse d’Epargne team on the 2010 Tour de France [...] - Jamis/Sutter Home Announce 2010 Roster
December 13th, 2009Jamis/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 Jamis/Sutter Home Men’s Cycling Team presented by Colavita will be riding Xenith SL road and time trial frames from title sponsor Jamis Bicycles for the 2010 [...] - Kersten jumps to Cronulla victory
December 13th, 2009Fly V australia’s Ben Kersten has added the Cronulla International GP to his 2009 US PRO criterium championship victory.
In a demanding race characterised by aggressive riding and a wind swept course, Kersten rode a ‘smart’ race
covering a number of dangerous moves. Kersten was always tactically well placed in the peloton conserving
much needed strength for the [...] - USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships Invade Bend, Oregon
December 8th, 2009More than 1,600 competitors will invade Bend, Ore. to contest the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships this week
Bend, Ore. (Dec. 7, 2009) – The largest-ever USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships are set to go off Dec. 10-13 in the heart of Bend, Oregon’s Old Mill District. Over 1,600 unique riders will make over 2,000 starts [...] - Olympic Track Cycling Set For Overhaul
September 26th, 2009by 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 chiefs want “gender parity” at the 2012 Games.
Currently, there are 10 track cycling finals at the Olympics.
[...] - World Championships
August 29th, 2009The 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 front of me, which explained why I never actually saw her . I was sitting in 4th place for a while, but I ended [...]
- WADA Labs Corrupted By Disgraced Austrian, Claims Kohl
August 14th, 2009VIENNA, Aug 14, 2009 (AFP) – Disgraced Tour de France cyclist Bernard Kohl said Friday that scientists working in laboratories accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) were bribed by his former manager, the alleged head of a doping network.
Austrian Stefan Matschiner, who managed the careers of several top [...] - Performance – The Song
August 11th, 2009This is one very funny song. It is done as a rap with a anti-fixie take.
- The Real Cost Of Doping
August 4th, 2009Written 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 they got him- So all OK? Nope! Because the weakness of one rider actions, deeply damages investment into all of our sport. Just like Shumacher’s [...] - State Championships Done-Nationals StillTo Go
July 25th, 2009Written 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 Louise is competing on the track and it has been a crash course for her with Antony Galvan, my coach, and I.
Let me see, how did [...] - Horillo Fears Injuries Could Force Retirement
June 24th, 2009PAMPLONA, Spain, June 24, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Pedro Horillo said after leaving hospital here on Wednesday he is uncertain whether he will be able to return to professional cycling after recovering from injuries suffered in a dramatic fall in this year’s Giro d’Italia.
“It would be tough to give [...] - The 7 Day Mental Detox
June 20th, 2009Written by: Josh Horowitz
The one week, best ride of your life, last minute training program.
It’s one week till the first race of the season (at least it is here in sunny Southern California) and your training has been good, but not great. You’ve missed some important workouts and you haven’t quite lost all that [...] - Bike Pure & 3T Join Forces And Promote Clean Cycling
June 14th, 2009Bike Pure, the positive cycling campaign group, got terrific reinforcement to it’s mission this week. The organization joined forces with one of the most progressive, innovative manufactures in the cycle industry 3T.
3T, although founded nearly 60 years ago hasn’t got stuck with tradition, but after a major program of investment to its technical R+D [...] - Ask Coach Meat
June 2nd, 2009Q: 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 is ALWAYS in need of work and attention, especially if you’ve got any kind of size to you. that being said, there are [...] - Former Austrian Nordic Coach Mayer Released From Custody
May 1st, 2009VIENNA, 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 substances, court sources said.
The 52-year-old was arrested on March 22, suspected of obtaining and providing illegal doping substances, including [...] - Thor Hushovd Focus On Tour, Skipping The Giro
April 23rd, 2009Norwegian 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.
Hushovd, a former Tour de France stage winner and winner of the race’s green jersey for the points competition, [...] - Frank Schleck Hits The Deck Hard At Amstel Gold Race
April 19th, 2009The 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 70 kilometers from the finish along with Australian rider Matthew Lloyd.
Both cyclists remained layed out on [...] - Mauro Finetto of CSF Group-Navigare
April 18th, 2009“This editorial was submitted by BikePure.org. At Bicycle.net we feel that it is important to get the voices of the cycling world be heard. If you have a comment on this topic please make sure to let Bicycle.net know, we just might post it here also”.
Mauro Finetto of the CSF Group – Navigare [...] - Roubaix Just Too Tough For History-Making Chinese Rider
April 15th, 2009by 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 bike race, the prestigious Paris-Roubaix.
Unfortunately for Jin, his pre-race fears of not being able to negotiate
the 27 sections of bone-shaking cobblestones peppered [...] - Women’s Prestige Cycling Series Releases Standings
April 6th, 2009Redlands 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 opener. Team Type 1 and Team TIBCO traded blows, each claiming the lead in two of the four competitions.
Consistency was the name of the [...] - Austria On A Clean-Up Mission After Doping Scandals
March 31st, 2009by 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 series of major arrests, including that on Monday of presumed big fish Stefan Matschiner.
Matschiner, 34, the former [...] - How To Coach A Cyclist
March 28th, 2009Written 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 thought process went like this ‘Oh shit I’m not fit enough to race over THAT’ followed swiftly by ‘It’s about time I helped someone else suffer [...] - Nature Valley Pro Ride Rolls Out This Weekend
March 25th, 2009Jefferson 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 race of the 2009 Nature Valley Pro Ride, a six-race program that offers elite amateur men and women the chance to win a trip to the [...] - Team Astana One and Two in Castilla y León
March 24th, 2009Team 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 after winning the individual time trial in and around Palencia. He finished the 28 kilometer course in 33:17 and was 16 seconds faster than [...]
- Former Austria Ski Coach Arrested In New Doping Case
March 23rd, 2009VIENNA, 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 doping allegations, Vienna prosecutors said Monday.
Mayer, who was arrested Sunday, is suspected of having provided a top Austrian [...] - Luis Leon Sanchez Takes Yellow Jersey From Contador At Paris-Nice
March 14th, 2009FAYENCE, 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 Saturday to take the leader’s yellow jersey.
Overnight leader Alberto Contador of the Astana team suffered over the final four [...] - Thirty-Six Teams Listed For The UCI Biological Passport Program
March 14th, 2009PARIS, 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 contribution.
“To be included in the programme for biological passports, the teams must fulfill two obligations – they must [...] - Contador Back In Lead After Stage 6 Win At Paris-Nice (Results)
March 13th, 2009MONTAGNE 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 yellow jersey with two day’s racing left.
Contador, winner of the 2007 Tour de France and last year’s Tour of [...] - Jeremy Roy of Team FDJ Wins A Thrilling Stage 5 At Paris-Nice
March 12th, 2009VALLON 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 Vallon Pont d’Arc, crossing the line in 4hr 58min 47sec.
Sylvain Chavanel of France, riding for Quickstep, retained the [...] - Christian Vande Velde Riding For Team Garmin Wins Paris-Nice Stage 4
March 11th, 2009SAINT 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 Vichy to Saint Etienne.
Sylvain Chavanel of France, riding for Quick Step, retained the overall lead.
Vande [...] - Sylvain Chavanel of Quick Step Wins Paris-Nice 3rd Stage In The Rain
March 10th, 2009Sylvain 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 off Spain’s Juan Antonio Flecha and a tilt for glory from the Rabobank team which began with them upping the [...] - Anti-Doping Scientist Hails Blood Passport Impact
March 10th, 2009LAUSANNE, 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 anti-doping procedures.
Dr Neil Robinson, who works at an anti-doping laboratory here, said on Monday that the deterrent effect of [...] - Amgen Tour Of California 2009 Prologue Podcast
February 15th, 2009Listen in as The FredCast and Bicycle.Net bring you a daily audio roundup of the Tour of California.
Today’s segment covers the Prologue, a short preliminary time trial that sets the stage and awards the leader jersey for Sunday – the first full day of racing on the Tour. - The World Center Of Cycling Is?
February 7th, 2009It’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 pot at Mellow Johnnies on a Friday night. The center of world cycling is not the velodrome at the UCI HQ in Switzerland, the Eddy [...]
- New Era For Cycling Announced by UCI and Tour de France
September 25th, 2008Cycling’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.
The end to the conflict also concerns organizers of the other two major tours, the Tour of Italy and [...] - Olympic Cycling Fans Struggled Against Great Wall At Cycling Venue
August 14th, 2008by 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 built to keep out invaders also prevented them from watching
races.
Road races on the weekend and Wednesday’s time trials were advertised as
“free non-ticketed [...] - Glen Chadwick’s Whirlwind Tour Of The 2008 Summer Olympics In Beijing China
August 8th, 2008Day1 –4th of August ,Fly Continental Airlines , CO 89 direct to Beijing from Newark (13hrs 25min) Touchdown on the 5th then basically doing all the technical stuff with regards to rooms, clothing packs and reading manuals
Day 2 – Training on the triathlon bike course for 3hours
Day3 – Training on the Road Race Course [...] - Saunier Duval Pulls Out Of Sponsoring Professional Cycling
July 23rd, 2008PARIS, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – Saunier Duval has pulled out of cycling blaming the drug scandal that engulfed its team at the Tour de France.
Saunier Duval acted after its Italian rider Riccardo Ricco failed a dope test on stage four, prompting the elite team to pull out of the race [...] - Ten Years Later, Festina Doping Affair Still Not Forgotten
July 3rd, 2008by 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.
But it will not go unnoticed that this year’s July 5-27 race comes 10 years after the Festina [...] - Rock Racing Announces Creation of Catastrophic Injury Fund
June 29th, 2008First-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 professional and elite amateur cyclists who suffer a catastrophic injury as a result of their participation in the competitive sport of cycling.
The first of its kind, [...] - TEACH YOUR CHILD TO RIDE IN ONE HOUR OR LESS!
May 22nd, 2008With No More Tears, No More Fears
First, a moment of gratuitous, self-indulgent bragging: I’m certainly not Superdad, but I tell myself I’ve got redeeming qualities. Like, I’m the parent kids come to when they need a splinter removed. I know how to do it with minimal pain. And I’m the one they come to when [...] - Amateur Racing Update From America’s Breadbasket
May 21st, 2008Okay, 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 e-e-e-ever.
In our case, it’s called Hellbender – but not for reasons you would think – and it proclaims it is BAR NONE the hardest [...] - Italy’s Eddy Mazzoleni ‘Oil for Drug’ Affair BAN – Two Years
April 8th, 2008ROME, April 8, 2008 (AFP) – Eddy Mazzoleni, third in last year’s Tour of Italy (Giro d’Italia), has been handed a two-year ban by the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) for his involvement in the “Oil for Drug” affair, the FCI said on Tuesday.
The FCI also banned 28-year-old former Ceramica [...] - UCI boss slams colluding ASO and French sports ministry
March 7th, 2008PARIS, March 7, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid on Friday
stoked the feud with race organisers Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO),
accusing them of colluding to form a private league with the backing of the
French sports ministry.
International Cycling Union (UCI) president McQuaid made his accusations in
a column in French daily Le Monde just two days [...] - BICYCLING LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Press Release
February 29th, 2008EVENTS FOR PATRICK BRADY
AUTHOR OF BICYCLING LOS ANGELES COUNTY
A GUIDE TO GREAT ROAD BIKE RIDES
In March, two Los Angeles area cycling shops will host Patrick Brady to sign copies of his recently released book, BICYCLING LOS ANGELES COUNTY:
• Cynergy Cycles in Santa Monica from 3-4pm on Sunday, March 9th
• [...] - Jackson Stewart out the Race with Hypothermia
February 21st, 2008Bryce Mead just dropped out of the Break.
VeloGuy is reporting that Jackson Stewart has just dropped out of the race and is being treated for Hypothermia. It’ll cost him his KOM jersey.
More when we have it.
Break is down to Riders: 16, 31, 57, 102 131 147 25 156 at mile 102
VeloGuy is riding [...] - Haedo a Hero, Cavendish Burns Out and Boonen Gets the Podium for Stage 2
February 19th, 2008What a fantastic end to an excellent race. The day was slowed down by about 25 minutes due to the rain but the finish was fast, wild and totally excellent. Coming into the final laps, yesterday’s winner JJ Haedo got a flat and should have been out of the race. His [...]
- Rock Racing Owner Michael Ball Sounds Off on Exclusion of Select Riders from Tour of California
February 16th, 2008Rock Racing team owner Michael Ball called a press conference at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto today to discuss, according to a team spokesman, “the Rock racing team for 2008, some of the anti-doping policies and integrity of Rock Racing, the changes needed in the sport today, specifically the need for a rider’s [...]
- Giro Takes The High Road – Team High Road invited to the Giro d’Italia
February 15th, 2008Palo Alto, Ca. – VeloGuy is in Palo Alto this week hanging out with some of the teams getting ready for the Tour of California this week. He’s learned from officials of Team High Road that they have been invited to participate this year in the Giro d’Italia and other events sponsored by [...]
- 2008 Tour of California: Better than Ever
February 14th, 2008As the 2008 Tour of California prepares to commence in Palo Alto on Sunday, an unprecedented field of talent will line up to contest the eight stage race. As in previous years, the field will be choc-full of talent, more so even than in the previous two editions of the race. In looking at the [...]
- Exclusive Photos: CSC at training camp in Southern California
February 14th, 2008Team CSC Stopping For Coffee At Training Camp by: Phil Polishook
Team CSC On the Road During Their Training Camp in SoCal by: Phil Polishook
Team CSC Riding Their Cervelo Steeds by: Phil Polishook
- Slipstream’s Steven Cozza Readies for 2008 Tour of California
February 11th, 2008Team Slipstream comes to the 2008 Tour of California needing a strong showing to solidify their invitation to European monuments such as the tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and dare we say it . . . the Tour de France. They’ll bring a strong contingent to the race this year, with new signings David Miller, Tom [...]
- High Road signs with ACE for anti-doping program
December 10th, 2007Team 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 Road manager Bob Stapleton called it “the most comprehensive program out there. It is what the team needs and what the sport needs.”
According to the [...]
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