The 2012 Tour of Oman runs from February 14-19. Do not expect live video feeds for this race but videos after each stage.

The Tour of Oman starts tomorrow. You might have seen images from Qatar but just because pro cycling continues in the Gulf region, don’t think this race is the same. Instead the Tour of Oman is very different, whether it is the landscapes, the country, the people or the vicious summit finish on Stage 5.

Cycling expert and former world number one believes Australian could repeat.

“Jan Ullrich missed his last chance to win back even a little of his credibility, because he failed to come clean."  -  Dagmar Freitag CyclingNews

Jonathan Page may live in Europe and race almost exclusively there (except when he’s home to snag a bronze medal at Nationals, that is), but he’s still a US racer at heart. He’s also the only US racer to take a podium spot at Worlds, though this year his race at the World Championships didn’t go quite as smoothly.

There's a sheer simplicity to the manner in which Jon Tiernan-Locke claimed overall victory in the Tour of the Mediterranean on Sunday. Lying third overall behind two sprinters, he just waited for the final climb of the race, then blasted away at the foot of it.

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Florida-based Crankinstein creates some scary jerseys, with designs ranging from Frankenstein’s monster to Dracula and beyond.  Along with stock items, they’ll help you create custom designs.  All jerseys are a Trim Club Cut for a slim fit (though not as tight-fitting as race cut).

Nys takes GP Stad Eeklo, Pauwels bests Van der Haar at GP Heuts.

Betsy Andreu. in 2006, and her husband Frankie provided sworn testimony that Armstrong told physicians in their presence in 1996 that he has used EPO (erythropoietin), growth hormone, steroids and testosterone.

In the priority list of life-as-cyclist, an S&S bike occupies slot number 2, right after the standard road bike, and well ahead of CX bike and miles ahead of a TT bike. Nothing is as sweet as screwing the airlines.

As well as the decision to rule on Saxo Bank’s future in the top level, last Friday’s UCI press release announced a new race, the Tour of Hangzhou. This five day stage race will take place in October after the Tour of Beijing.

Schleck, Cancellara and Klöden in action for RadioShack.

A full complement of sprinters line up on Tuesday for the Tour of Oman, but while Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda) is among their number, the American admitted that at this point of the season his mindset is that of a classics rider rather than a pure fastman.

Don't let bike maintenance be forgot, and never brought to mind. This year, vow to...

From afar, the Tour of Qatar looks like a curious early season sideshow ball-buster staged in some far off desert - a windy one at that. Over the last week, PEZ has gotten the unique opportunity to peer inside the race courtesy RTS Racing's Lee Rodgers.

How cool is this? A tiny self-contained dynamo light in development.

The Daily Distraction.

My conception of blogging was that it was so personal as to be codified and—worse—without insight. The lack of universality in experience made cycling blogs pointless, at least to me. It would be a few more months before I’d run across BSNYC and Fat Cyclist.

Seven-time TDF champ comes second in debut Ironman 70.3 - and then 'snubs' winner, claims NZ press.

The German cycling federation has banned former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich from competing in any amater or public races.

Saxo Bank have shown their support for Alberto Contador by using the Spaniard to promote their online banking services in an advert that appeared in Sunday’s edition of L’Equipe. The full-page ad featured Contador on the verge of taking a stage win with a huge smile on his face and framing the Saxo Bank name on his jersey. The slogan across the image reads: “Opportunities often present themselves in times of crisis.”

Fourteen events on a calendar of some 200 days of racing is nothing much. You could ignore them at little peril,

Newly promoted WorldTour race hopes to capitalise on the iconic climb discarded by the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

Ritchey launched their first 29in mountain bike tyre last year and now they've followed it up, not with more 29er tyres or rims but with a whole 29in-wheeled bike.

Virgin Australia confirms that a financial settlement has been reached.