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Archive: March 2009
Tuesday, March 31st
Former Ronde Winner Rolf Sorensen

At Roubaix it’s a marathon but the strongest wins, in the Ronde the strength is not enough, you must have the skills

Three Days of De Panne Stage 2 start times posted:  Live video starts earlier tomorrow

UCI releases new eyewear regs, impacting Lance Armstrong sponsorship - Millions could be on the line for riders like Lance Armstrong

LPR wins opening TTT at the Settimana Lombarda, Settimana Ciclista Lombarda: Stage 1 - results & report

Video: The Last Km of KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde Stage/Day 1

Pozzato Seizes the Moment, KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde: Stage 1 - results, report & photos, Driedaagse de Panne Stage 1 LIVE, Three Days of De Panne LIVE - Three Days of De Panne live television coverage (and live video streaming) is scheduled to begin at 14:25 CET (8:25am U.S. Eastern)

Video: Travel to "Hell" - Riding the Cobbles of Roubaix

The world's best cyclists make their annual visit to Hell on April 12

Trofeo Edil C: results

Forze GPS by PacificHealth Laboratories

Ronde van Vlaanderen, April 5: Preview, Start list, Map, Past winners, Photos

Cavendish back on the road at De Panne

Milan-San Remo winner has Ghent-Wevelgem in his sights

Broken Collarbone, No Kit No Problem for RAAM’s Franz Preihs

Franz Preihs is an individualist who races to an alternative drummer

Women's UCI World Cup Trofeo Binda - Cittiglio
 - Vos Victorious! Marrianne Vos and Emma Johansson evade capture in the Women's first World Cup shattering the peloton on a cold and rainy race of attrition

Rebecca Rusch's partner in South Africa, Matthew Weatherley-White, says some riders find the event a little too epic

Podium at Sea Otter, keep your Crankbrothers wheels

Unique demo program with Cobalt or Iodine option

NYT: The Bicycle Thieves Among Us

A locked beach cruiser on North Seventh Street in Williamsburg was missing its unsecured parts — seat and rear wheel. Almost certainly, these were stolen

Roof for popular bike path

Commuters dry all year round

Calvin & Hobbes in “Weirdness”

See any weirdness yet?

Race Reports (Janel Holcomb)
Race Reports (Robert Carr)
Race Reports (Chris Daggs)
Race Reports (Zack Simkover)
Race Reports (Josh Zlotlow)
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Special Edition Cycling News - 4/1/09: Édition Avril Imbécile - ASO in velodrome dilemma for Roubaix, Brailsford punishes Brits for poor track showing, Armstrong perfects aero position with more surgery, 'Special' training camp for Rock Racing, Stiamo Mentendo arrives to shake up staid world of cycling, 'Cross to add tandem class, UCI adopts new formats for MTB World Cup, Cyclingnews technical editor launches carbon componentry company

BSNYC: Cape Fear - Cycling Fashion's Reign of Terror Continues

Tactics Talk: How to Win a Bike Race in Belgium

GB Top Boss Dave Brailsford

Living the Dream: Podium, Bench, Podium

As a Jelly Belly newbie, Phil Gaimon doesn't always get to compete at larger races

Road News and Results - March 31, 2009 - LPR won the team time trail at the Settimanna Lombarda, Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) took the first stage of the Three Days of De Panne


Latest Cycling News - Posthuma to defend De Panne, Saxo Bank bets on Kroon for Ronde, Ballan supports teammates in Paris-Roubaix, Kohl's and Rasmussen's former manager arrested, Giro reveals Roman time trial details, Wegmann goes too early in Brabantse Pijl, Di Luca defends in Settimana Lombarda

The Roundup: Climb Mt. Washington - Newton's Revenge is an alternative to the Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb in August; registration is open now. Plus, news about Bontrager and SRAM

Road Bike Action News March 31, 2009 - Kohl and Rasmussen’s Former Manager Arrested, Cancellara To Race Flanders, Redlands Ends With Big Win For Colavita/Sutter Home

USA Cycling National Racing Calendar Standings

After securing the overall lead following the stage two circuit, Jeff Louder held off Bissell's Tom Zirbel to secure the overall victory at the Redlands Bicycle Classic by just five seconds. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg used the race's bonus sprints to gain the last second needed to edge out Nürnberger-Shoair's Amber Neben by one second and claim the overall victory

Doping Digest: Kohl's Ex-manager Confesses, Kohl's former manager arrested on drug charge

MTB News & Racing Round-up

Kabush and Gould continue winning ways in Fontana, Bulls capture Cape Epic, Gutierrez keeps on winning, Fullana & Mantecon successful in Cordoba, One downhill world champ in & one out for opening World Cup, Trek's teams boast seven wins and counting, Dahle Flesjaa becomes a mom, Terra Australis turning into three-way tussle, Dirt Sweat & Gears

Ask RC: For a larger rider what frame material is best?

Aluminum and carbon are the best choice for frame materials?

Driedaagse De Panne: Practice Makes Perfect

Proposal worries cyclists - State Rep. Randy Baum­gardner has angered some cycling groups with an effort to curtail riders’ ability to ride two abreast on state highways

GP Miguel Indurain Offers Hilly Alternative to the Cobbled Cycling Monuments

The 11th edition of the GP Miguel Indurain arrives this coming Saturday, April 4, and for those one day specialists adapted more to the climbs than the flats, the GP is an ideal preparation race for the upcoming Wallonnian classics

Canada Road offers miles of paved perfection for road cyclists - Cañada Road runs along Interstate 280 between San Mateo and Woodside just south of San Francisco



Lawrence to host Independence Day bicycle competition
 - Race could inject $600K into local economy
Pevenage: 'There wasn't just one Fuentes'

What a Week for American Cycling 

There is not question that Lance Armstrong is a force to be reckoned with. Whether it’s on the bicycle, in front of congress, raising money to fight cancer Lance has a dominating affect throughout all his endeavors.  The level of the people around him improves in anything he participates in

Paris cycle hire scheme extended to suburbs

A Velib station opens in a Paris suburb

Tech news: Huang launches CC:, Stiamo Mentendo hits UK & more

@lancearmstrong: top sprinter?

Santa Rosa becoming bicycle boomtown

Rand Libberton, owner of the new Aria Velo in Santa Rosa, measures the angle of the knee during a bike fitting for masters division cyclist Briant Smith of Santa Rosa

Phinney stands tall among track giants

Lennard Zinn tech Q&A: Would @lancearmstrong use shifters like this?

Kohl Admits Doping Multiple Times, Bernhard Kohl admits to blood doping and taking CERA, faces possible prison sentence in Austria

Kohl at Tuesday's news conference

Ivan Basso diary: Sanremo and Armstrong

A recovering Fabian Cancellara will start the Tour of Flanders, but will likely ride in a team support role

Pro Shop - Preventing Overtraining with Proper Recovery

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Hangin' out

Can we hang this one by the rear wheel?

SBS Moves to Get Inventory Back from Joe’s

Storm Rips Kansas, Farther East Escapes

Hincapie: ‘I’m feeling better than ever’


Spring is Hincapie's favorite time of year

VDZ Partners with Eurobike

League of American Bicyclists' Awards - Bike shops of the year

3-foot hearing in Washington state; stalled in Iowa and Ohio

What bicycling record will you set this summer?

Straitline launch Bear Bell

Canadian riders: Be prepared for new 1 April law

DC ponders setting aside $1.5 million for a pedestrian and bicycle safety fund

Bike trade tweeps - "Bike folks" who use Twitter: updated almost every day
Classified - bikes and accessories for sale
Tips and Safety - what to watch out for
Archive - missed something? It may be in the archive
Health and Fitness - also training information
Monday, March 30th
The Bakers Rack: a Conversation With Jens Voigt

Dolmans Heuvelland Classic - Women

Hoban On Flanders: A Man’s Race

Merckx riding the ‘high line’ over the cobbles

Times Are Tough: Green Michelin Mud Tires’ Value Falls with Stock Market

MTB - Coupe de France XC - St. Raphael: Elite, U23, Junior & Cadet women, Masters & Tandems - results, Elite, U23, Junior, Cadet & Open men - results

MTB - Kamptal-Klassik-Trophy, Langelois: results

MTB - Medalla Light Ultimate Dirt Challenge: results

MTB - Friendship Race: results

Louder, Teutenberg secure final Redlands titles, Redlands Bicycle Classic: Stage 3 - results, report & photos

Ina Teutenbeg (Columbia-High Road) and Amber Neben (Nurnberger-Shoair) at the start of the final stage

Columbia-High Road’s Teutenberg and BMC’s Louder win overall in Redlands, Redlands Classic Stage Race: Men's Stage 3 and Final GC results, Redlands Classic Stage Race: Women's Stage 3 and Final GC results

Scott Nydam Interview Part 3: Rules of the Road, Favorite Things, and the Difference Between Euros and Americans

In part three of our interview with BMC rider Scott Nydam, we explore the rules of the sport of cycling, a few of Scott's favorites in the world of cycling, crazy occurrences while racing, the difference between being an American rider versus a European, and his predictions for some if the biggest races of 2009

Tour de Normandie: Stage 7 - results, Stage 6 - results, Stage 5 - results,
Volta Ciclistica Internacional de Gravataí: Stage 4 - results

Kabush and Gould win Pro XCT 1 at Fontana , Kabush, Gould win first US Pro XCT event

Next up: Sea Otter in April

Kabush remains undefeated at Fontana, while Gould three-peats,
MTB - US ProXCT #1: Cross country - results & photosCat 2/3 XC - results

2009 Fontana ProXCT: Adam Craig

Updated UCI MTB Rankings - Pendrel Leading

MTB - Superprestigio Massi - Cordoba: results

MTB - Cape Epic: Stage 7 - results & photos

Subday's Track Cycling World Championships Results, Australia tops medals at track worlds

Brits have work to do to recover top spot



Race Reports (Janel Holcomb)
Race Reports (Robert Carr)
Race Reports (Chris Daggs)
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Arnaud Papillon: Hit and Run

Pro bike: Daniele Nardello's Fuji SL1

Sixteen-year veteran Daniele Nardello (Fuji-Servetto) will cap off his decorated career in the coming days with runs at some of cycling's hardest one-day races: De Panne, Ronde van Vlaanderen and Gent-Wevelgem

First Edition Cycling News - Strong sentiments for Silence-Lotto, Quick Step strongest, but not certainties, Sánchez weighs in on Armstrong-Contador situation, Vos better than expected, Bannan pleased, cautious after track success, Louder please with career highlight in Redlands, Teutenberg takes single second win in Redlands, Sunweb extends 'cross deal, Young Canadian rider in hit and run

Road News and Results - March 30, 2009

Bontrager Race X Lite Aero TT - Say Hello to the World's Fastest Tire!

Your Weekend Race Video Digest

Chris Jones’ Diary - Redlands Wrapup

With three laps to go, I crashed at the base of the climb but managed to get back on

Video: Race to Roubaix - A Look Back at 2008's Fantastic Finish

Preview: Former Ronde Winner Rolf Sorensen

Cervélo launches éRide test ride program

Test what the pros ride

Columbia-High Road Dominates Criterium International Final Time Trial

Tour of Flanders highlights a full week ahead

Belgian champion Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) scored an impressive win at Flanders last year

Latest Cycling News - Ronde van Vlaanderen: Flanders' World Championships, Steegmans out of Ronde, Gilbert gets his groove on, Armstrong back on a bike, GP Plouay in danger without TV, Augé: French races hard to win, Cooke still out after virus break, Broken bone for Wrolich, Woman in critical condition after race accident

Flying lap from the Flying Scotsman at BikeRadar Live

Graeme Obree to take on Procycling Hot Laps

NYT: A Brooklyn Bike Race Worthy of James Dean - A soft drizzle fell on Saturday night, the stones felt something new — a clandestine bicycle race

Sturdy Girl Cycling: Eliminate the fear and embrace the power of the bike

Bulldog Statue, 25th and Pennsylvania Avenues

Fit Chick: I Hate Baby Carrots

College students research charity bicycle rides

German Trade Shows Headed for Slugfest

Louis Garneau Exo-Nerve Helmet

By using In-Mold construction technology, Luis Garneau was able to create the Exo-Nerve with an exoskeleton that provides extra support and protection without adding weight

Garmin Moves to IBD Strategy - Garmin is launching something at Interbike this year that is “cool even by our standards.”

BLC To Tackle Federal Funding

Team Saxo Bank Changes to SRAM
Monday Euro News, Monday's British news round-up

SlideShow: Kevin Sireau's spectacular sprint crash

Sireau's compatriot Gregory Bauge somehow managed to stay upright despite his back wheel skidding round to the side

Zinn learns how the Hazel Park Cycle Center became the world's leading bike tool maker

Road Bike Action News March 30, 2009

Roman Chrono For Giro, Lance Comeback Calculus, Brozini New World Champ

33rd KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, Bel (2.HC)
March 31-April 2: Preview


Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) is the defendign champion

BSNYC: Accessorize to Live, Live to Accessorize: Stuff, and Where to Put It

Video: New Klunkerz trailer

UCI - Women Road World Cup : Marianne Vos wins the first round, Track World Championships : Youth in power !

They’re called Taylor Phinney, Cameron Meyer, Eilzabeth Armistead, Josephine Tomic, Morgan Keisky, Leigh Howard, Grégory Baugé

World Champ Michael Morkov

Saxo Bank makes the switch
 
Saxo Bank's Specialized rigs

Andy Schleck diary: Time to reflect for 'Dancin' Andy'

Now just 23 years of age, Andy Schleck made a name for himself during the 2007 Giro d'Italia when he won the best young rider classification. The Luxembourger continued to impress in 2008, when he took the same jersey at the Tour de France while helping his squad to win the teams and general classification

Look: Garmin Oregon

Both 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 scale maps can be bought and downloaded via a microSD card

Champs crowned at Redlands Bike Classic, Cyclists complete most competitive Classic

Area residents catch a water bottle thrown to them from a cyclist Sunday during the Men's Stage 3 Criterium at the Redlands Classic in downtown Redlands

Lightest 29er tire?

Geax introduces Barro Race cross-country UST

Bike trade tweeps - "Bike folks" who use Twitter: updated almost every day
Classified - bikes and accessories for sale
Tips and Safety - what to watch out for
Archive - missed something? It may be in the archive
Health and Fitness - also training information
Sunday, March 29th
Voigt wins Critérium International for fifth time , Critérium International: Stage 3 - results, report & photos , Critérium International 2009 Live Dashboard

Critérium International '09 - Stage 3: Voigt's fifth-place ride was all he needed

Sánchez wins in Spain , GP Llodio: results & report  , 60th GP Llodio

Geslin wins Brabantse Pijl , 49th Brabantse Pijl: results & report , Live coverage De Brabantse Pijl and the 2009 Criterium International

Voigt, Pate vie for Critérium International title , Critérium International: Stage 2 - Brief results & report

Critérium International '09 - Stage 2: A big win for Voigt... but is it enough?

Guo wins gold for China, Australia top table , France's Bauge takes sprint crown , UCI Track Cycling World Championships: Session 9 - results, report & photos

UCI Track Cycling World Championships: Session 8 - report

Volta Ciclistica Internacional de Gravataí: Stage 3 - results, Stage 2 - results, Stage 1 -  results



Race Reports (Janel Holcomb)
Race Reports (Robert Carr)
Race Reports (Chris Daggs)
Race Reports (Zack Simkover)
Race Reports (Josh Zlotlow)
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Ina-Yoko Tuetenberg Wins Redlands Despite Two Crashes

Track World Championships: Weekend Wrap-Up - The women’s sprint comp turned out to be one of the most exciting ever seen at Worlds level

Road Bike Action News March 29, 2009

Steegmans Out Of Tour Of Flanders, Sanchez Takes First Win Of Season, Pendleton Gold Shines As British Rivals Dominate Worlds, Women’s World Cup Kicks Off

Video: Critérium International 2009 Stage 2 Race Highlights, Video: Critérium International 2009 Stage 1 Race Highlights

Redlands Bicycle Classic: Stage 2 - results, reports & photos, Redlands Crit: BMC's Jackson Stewart and Columbia's Ina Yoko Teutenberg win at Redlands , Redlands Bicycle Classic: Stage 2 - women's results, reports & photos

2009 Redlands Bicycle Classic, stage 2: A view of the men's race from ahigh

Trofeo Binda Cittiglio: results , Vos wins World Cup opener; Armstrong 3rd , Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio: Women's World Cup

Paths of King Nikola: Stage 4 - results

Steve Donaldson: A Warning To Us All

Fontana kicks off new Pro XC Tour , MTB - US ProXCT #1: Four X - results, Super D - results & full report

The Bulls team takes top overall honors at South Africa's Absa Cape Epic stage race

Absa Cape Epic '09 - Stage 7: Brandon Stewart and Max Knox of DCM Chrome finish second

Redlands: Jeff Louder wins, Bissell's Zirbel is 2nd, Fly V Ben Bay is 3rd on GC

First Edition Cycling News - Geslin nails Brabantse sprint, Cunego preparations pay off, Voigt equals Poulidor with fifth win, Via De Panne to De Ronde, Howard tops off Australia's medal haul, New Zealand sets new world championship medal mark, Renev fractures collarbone

Cycling round-up: The Musette

RAGBRAI kick-off set for Tuesday

RAGBRAI will have it's kick-off party on Tuesday, March 31st, in Ottumwa

Fontana US Pro XC Tour #1: Kabush wins, Pendrel 2nd

Milano-Sanremo Memories - Cipo To Cav: Don't Cry, Fly

French Coup de Grace in Flèche Brabançonne / Brabantse Pijl

The Brabant Arrow: LIVE

Brabantse Pijl... Fleche Brabanconne...

As track worlds wrap up, Connie Carpenter says track racing seems bigger and more diverse than ever , Connie Carpenter offers a primer on the Omnium in time for Sunday's world championship in that event

'Pippo' Pozzato marks 2009's first win on eve of Flanders


Selle Italia - Troy Lee Designs saddles

Selle Italia — Troy Lee Designs saddles - The Phobia design

Tour de Fat hits the road in 2009
 - New Belgium Brewery's rollicking Tour de Fat bicycle festival hits the road again to 11 western cities this summer and fall

Bike trade tweeps - "Bike folks" who use Twitter: updated almost every day
Classified - bikes and accessories for sale
Tips and Safety - what to watch out for
Archive - missed something? It may be in the archive
Health and Fitness - also training information
Saturday, March 28th
Redlands Bicycle Classic - Day 2 Results , Ina-Yoko Tuetenberg Wins a Second Stage of Redlands Classic - Redlands Classic Crit Men's Results-1.Jackson Stewart (BMC), 2.Andrew Pinfold (Ouch), 3.Brent Bookwalter (BMC), Louder (BMC) stays in yellow

Tomic grabs women's omnium gold , Day four summary: Sensational Pendleton digs deep

Wiping the floor with the opposition is impressive, but the way Victoria Pendleton won her fourth sprint world title in five years demonstrated the depth of determination that exists in the British Cycling squad

Pendleton wins her fourth world sprint title , Denmark takes Madison gold , UCI Track Cycling World Championships: Session 7 - results
Victoria Pendleton won her fourth world sprint title, but she was made to work hard for it by Dutch rider Willy Kanis.

Casper sprints to win at Critérium International , Critérium International: Stage 1 - results

Critérium International '09 - Stage 1: Casper nails it

Pozzato wins Harelbeke , 52nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen: results , 52nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen: Live coverage now on , E3 Prijs Vlaanderen live , English translation ticker , E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Live Coverage

Italy's Filippo Pozzato of the Katusha team won the 2009 Prijs Vlaanderen in Belgium ahead of Belgium's Tom Boonen and Kazakhstan's Maxim Iglinskiy

Cunego takes Coppi e Bartali , Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali: Stage 5 - results , Settimana Coppi & Bartali - Stage 5 ,  Coppi e Bartali 2009 Live Dashboard

Redlands Bicycle Classic: Stage 1 - results, reports & photos , Louder, Teutenberg win stage 1 at Redlands

2009 Redlands Bicycle Classic, stage 1: The men's start

Paths of King Nikola: Stage 3 - results

Yates wins Le Race for 2nd time

Former world junior champion Jeremy Yates won his second Le Race title in impressive fashion this morning

Race Reports (Janel Holcomb)
Race Reports (Robert Carr)
Race Reports (Chris Daggs)
Race Reports (Zack Simkover)
Race Reports (Josh Zlotlow)
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Cadel Evans Wins a Sprint! Settimana Coppi e Bartali

Cadel Evans won a sprint. Has this ever happened before? Evans says no. "I believe in truth that this is the first time I have won a race in a sprint," he said after the stage

Euro Tech Report: The Bikes Of Milano-Sanremo 2009

The pro peloton - what’s cool, fresh and fast

Armstrong back on the bike - Three days after surgery to fix his broken right collarbone, Armstrong posted a photo of himself training on his Twitter feed Saturday afternoon

Pressure Drop: Pozzato Comes Through for Katusha at E3 Scheldeprijs

After a very slow start to the 2009 cycling season, Katusha's expensive off-season signing Filippo Pozzato finally broke through for his new team, taking the victory at the E3 Scheldeprijs race, the opening race of the Belgian cobbled-classics season

Road Bike Action Classics Overview

It's Classics Time Again!

Tour of Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen - In One Week

Road Bike Action News March 28, 2009

Nardello Retires, Evans Takes First Win For Silence-Lotto, ASO Announces Teams For Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and Flèche Wallonne, Jan Ullrich To Rock Racing In 2010

Weekend Live race coverage - The 2009 Critérium International is this weekend, a stage for the sprinters is on Saturday.  The semi-classics E3 Prijs Vlaanderen and De Brabantse Pijl are on Saturday and Sunday

UCI Track Cycling World Championships: Session 6 - resultsTrack cycling world championships: Saturday's coverage

UCI America Tour: three races provide plenty of animation

Absa Cape Epic - Stage 6 Report - Sydor Team 7th Win  - Trek-Brentjens Score

Jamie Driscoll - Rocking and Racing?

Cult Cross 2009 Wrap-up: Team Tactics and Spring Blue Skies

MS cyclist stops in Cedar City - Riding from Los Angeles to New York, host of "The Amazing Race" Phil Keoghan is stopping in Cedar City, on Thursday, as part of his "Phil Rides Across America" tour in support of cycling for health, wellness a greener America and to raise awareness and funds for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Bicycle movies for blizzards

Fuji-Servetto’s Hilton Clarke

Hilton Clarke has been one of the most consistent and winningest riders, as you North Americans say, on the US scene of late, including triumphs at the Redlands Criterium last year and the USPRO Criterium in 2006



First Edition Cycling News - Pozzato marks 2009's first win on eve of Flanders, Boonen brushes off Sanremo for Northern Classics, Hincapie skips De Panne for Flanders/Roubaix, Nardello ends career: "emotions are high", Louder training for Paris-Roubaix, Untimely mechanicals eliminate Landis from Redlands, Columbia-Highroad women ready for World Cup opener, Management change for Katusha

First look - Campagnolo Athena 11 Speed

Assuming Athena will be the “entry” level into 11 speed for the upcoming season, though this has not been confirmed

2009 Trofeo Binda announces teams

The Coach(ed) Corner: The importance of being humbled

Rider Returns from Saturday Ride Weighing More than When He Left

I started riding to lose weight, but I’m just getting fatter

Chris Jones’ Diary - Redlands Bicycle Classic Day 2

Bronze consolation for pursuiters - The New Zealand men's pursuit team is getting used to the color bronze but it is gold they crave

Britain, France strong in men's sprint qualifying

Track World's 4: Britain falls flat again

Despite coming to the five-day competition looking to lay foundations for the London Olympics in 2012, Britain - the track kings of Beijing with seven golds from 10 finals - were left rueing what could have been

Columbia-High Raod Women Prepare for First World Cup Event of 2009 Season

The Veloist brings social media to the wheeled set

Bike trade tweeps - "Bike folks" who use Twitter: updated almost every day
Classified - bikes and accessories for sale
Tips and Safety - what to watch out for
Archive - missed something? It may be in the archive
Health and Fitness - also training information
Friday, March 27th
Columbia-High Road’s Teutenberg wins stage; BMC’s Louder takes the stage and the lead after day 2 of the Redlands Bicycle Classic , Kori Seehafer’s Diary - Redlands Bicycle Classic Day 2 , 2009 Redlands Classic Stage One Circuit Race Sets Tone for a Weekend of Tough Competition

Milram Ready for Classics Weekend , Liquigas - looking to the Northern Classics

Track World's 4: Britain falls flat again

Phinney Wins Silver Medal in Kilometer Time Trial at UCI Track World Championships , Phinney sets new national record with silver in kilo

After winning the pursuit Thursday, Taylor Phinney added a silver medal in the kilometer time trial to the U.S.' medal count while setting a new American record

Tour de Normandie: Stage 4 - results

Gran Prix du Portugal: Stage 1 - results

Video: Castilla y León - Levi and Alberto Go 1-2 , Vuelta a Castilla y León: Stage 5 - results & report , Leipheimer wins Castilla, as Zabriskie is third and Valverde wins finale , Vuelta a Castilla y León - Stage 5

Leipheimer and Contador celebrate their one-two finish at the 2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León

Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y León 2009 Live Dashboard
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Vuelta a Castilla y León LIVE - Stage 5 , Earliest live video: 3:30 PM CET (7:30:00 AM PDT) , Vuelta a Castilla y León Stage Five Live

Metlushenko takes sprint at Coppi e Bartali, Cunego holds lead  , Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali: Stage 4 - results , Settimana Coppi & Bartali - Stage 4

Coppi e Bartali 2009 Live Dashboard

Vlaamse Wielerweek-end

Tomorrow's E3 Prijs Vlaanderen is the king of the warmup races, running as it does over four of the Tour of Flanders' cobbled climbs, from the middle of that race

Nimke beats Chris Hoy's kilo record to take gold , Gutsy Armitstead picks herself up after crash to get silver medal ,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships: Session 5 - results

UCI Track Cycling World Championships: Session 4 - results

Track cycling world championships: Friday's live coverage

Popular bicycle race returning to downtown Reno

Nathaniel Deibler leads John Hunt up a climb during the Tour de Nez Northstar Village Circuit Mens Pro Race at Northstar at Tahoe Resort in Truckee

MTB - Cape Epic: Stage 6 - report

MTB - Gran Premio Massi: results

Kori Seehafer’s Diary - Redlands Prologue edition

The Belgian Cobbled-Classics: Only the Hard Survive

Now is the time of the cycling season for the world's toughest riders to show the rest of us what it means to really race your bike

Race Reports (Janel Holcomb)
Race Reports (Robert Carr)
Race Reports (Chris Daggs)
Race Reports (Zack Simkover)
Race Reports (Josh Zlotlow)
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Absa Cape Epic 2009: Stage 5

The Bulls Team of Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm maintain their overall leader position in the Men's

Amazing Race host stops in Victorville as he bikes across America

First Edition Cycling News - Leipheimer takes second season win, Germany adds another gold in Poland, 25 teams for Liège-Bastogne-Liège, la Flèche Wallonne, Jens Voigt: "Not someone who chases records", Haussler, the favourite, Nardello to retire, Rojas with mixed feelings, Sastre tuning up for Giro, Castilla y León claims another collarbone, Track World Cup returns to Manchester

Road Bike Action News March 27, 2009

American Team Wins In Italy, Saxo Bank On SRAM Red, Valverde Wins Another

Winn leaves BC for Pinarello - To work as directeur sportif for the CandiTV-Pinarello team

Race Preview: Criterium International aka The Jens! Invite , Critérium International, March 28-29: Preview & Start list

Jens Voigt seeks a record-tying fifth Critérium International victory


Zack Vestal tries Specialized's Super Phat Bar Gel handlebar tape and padding

Friday's British news round-up

Latest Cycling News - "Day-by-day" recovery for Armstrong, Leipheimer defends lead in Spain, Cunego: the best is yet to come, Evans on form, Chavanel out of Brabantse Pijl, Day wants Redlands win, Neben outlines season targets, Kopp blames it on a drink, Nardello hangs up the bike, Austria's medal toasted with OJ, Japanese cycling season kicks off, Barloworld special guests at University

After winning the gold in the 4K pursuit Thursday, Taylor Phinney prepares for the 1K time trial Friday

Quick spin: Joel Smith, Tomac owner

Sneaking a peek at the new Tomac Carbide SL

Putting the “World” in World Tour - In its 7th year running, the TLBF will be held northwest of the Philippine capital of Manila at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone

BH Speedrom

The Speedrom feels and performs above its price range and would be on our short list for bikes under $3000

Sibex Sports Titanium Disc Rotors

Sitting In: What Lies Past Nuss

BH Opens New Plant

The model that caught most of the attendees’ attention was the G4 Ultralight. This is claimed to be the lightest mass-produced bicycle in the world as it weighs just 5.4 kilograms (11.9 pounds)


Pacing the Rollers - Normalized power starts to deviate from actual power as the climbing power goes up

Long Beach Grand Prix

Professional cyclists raced down Ocean Boulevard in 2007 in the final stage of the Amgen Tour of California. Some of those racers return this Saturday

Jens Voigt: "Not someone who chases records"

After a relatively quiet night at home with his wife and five children, Saxo Bank veteran Jens Voigt arrived in France on Friday to attempt a fifth career victory in the Critérium International, which begins Saturday in Monthois

Road News and Results: March 27, 2009

BSNYC Friday Non-Quiz!

Return to Roubaix

European correspondent James Startt has been invited to ride the cobbles with Quickstep before the start of Paris-Roubaix

Swobo's Baxter and Crosby urban bikes

More urban tech from San Francisco

No charges in death of bicycle framebuilder in Chattanooga

Nardello retiring after classics

Teams named for Liège, Flèche

The Saxo Bank team switches from Shimano to SRAM Red

Saxo goes Red: A team bike

Cycling attractive for sponsors

Columbia’s Rolf Aldag Opens Up

Post-Op Interview with Lance

Women in men's cycling: The feminine touch

Tifosi Pavé Sunglasses

The Pavé is one of the most popular models in the Tifosi line and features an open frame design with injected aluminum temples

Eat To Compete: Risotto Milanese-San Remo

Letters: Praise for Phinney, Leipheimer and Barry and the risks of predictions

Tech news: 3T introducing UCI-legal aero bars & more

Crankworx 2009 Event Lineup Set

Edge Composites Adds Two

Custom Cycle Launches 'Top Shelf'

ARS POS Software Integrates with QBP

Bike trade tweeps - "Bike folks" who use Twitter: updated almost every day
Classified - bikes and accessories for sale
Tips and Safety - what to watch out for
Archive - missed something? It may be in the archive
Health and Fitness - also training information
Thursday, March 26th
Redlands Bicycle Classic: Prologue - results , Chris Jones’ Diary - Redlands Prologue

Video: Castilla y León - A New Winner, Same Leaders

Race roundup: Spain and Italy

American Levi Leipheimer maintains his overall lead of the Vuelta Castilla y Leon in Spain Thursday

Castilla y Leon Stage 4 Video
, Cobo wins, Leipheimer defends lead , Vuelta a Castilla y León: Stage 4 - results & report , 2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León: Stage 4 Results

Juan José Cobo (Fuji-Servetto) attacked with just under 2km to go to win Thursday’s 145.4km “queen stage” over two first-category climbs at the 24th Vuelta a Castilla y León

Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y León 2009 Live Dashboard , Vuelta a Castilla y León LIVE - Stage 4 , Vuelta a Castilla y León Stage Four.... Live and Uncensored

Today there are two cat 1 climbs, one midway and the other at the end. Both feature tougher grades than what we saw yesterday

Make It A Double: Cunego Wins Again! , Damiano Cunego wins his second stage at the Coppi e Bartali, and takes over the lead , Settimana Coppi & Bartali - Stage 3 , Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali: Stage 3 - results, report & photos , 2009 Settimana Internazionale Coppi & Bartali - Stage 3 Results

52nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen: Preview

Trofeo Binda Cittiglio: Preview

49th Brabantse Pijl: Preview

Quick Step the team to beat

G.P. Waregem - U23
 
Cole House of the USA National Development Team won in the G.P. Waregem, the U23 Spring classic put on by the same organization that hosts the Dwars Door Vlaaderen

UCI Track Cycling World Championships: Session 3 - results

Phinney rides for gold in men's pursuit , UCI Track Cycling World Championships: Session 2 -  results , Track cycling world championships: Thursday's live coverage , The CW hub: Track cycling world championships 2009

Krupeckaite sets new 500 metres World Record!

Brits fail to repeat Olympic success at track world champs , Brit's hunt for track gold

At least so far, the velodrome in Pruszkow hasn't turned into a gold mine for the British team

Paths of King Nikola: Stage 2 - results

Impe impe impe impe...impe!

Women’s Prestige Cycling Series Kicks Off at Redlands , Women’s Prestige Cycling Series Kicks Off This Week

Kelly Benefit Strategies: Triple Threat to RedlandsLandis, Sutherland Set to Lead OUCH Presented by Maxxis into Redlands

Have you had problems with cycling.tv?: A poll

Race Reports (Janel Holcomb)
Race Reports (Robert Carr)
Race Reports (Chris Daggs)
Race Reports (Zack Simkover)
Race Reports (Josh Zlotlow)
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WSJ: Lance's Plan for France - Off the Bike - Seeking to Overhaul Cycling, Armstrong Played a Part in Talks to Buy the Tour

The Gossip Page

The Best Pre-Race Foods

Bikemagic/Garmin Guide to GPS Part 5: Basic features

Britain win their first gold in Poland

Great Britain secured their first gold of the world track championships Pruszkow, Poland, as they defended their women's team sprint title

First Edition Cycling News - Phinney a new American force on the track, Cunego doubles in Coppi e Bartali, Fuji-Servetto scores first win, More gold for Australia, Cavendish a marked man in Pruszkow, World Cup to open in rainy Italy, Britain claims first gold, Belgian Classics get rolling with E3 Prijs, Ullrich to be advisor for Rock Racing?, Women's Prestige series kicks off

Amber Neben wins the women's prologue at Redlands

Armstrong gets a lucky break

BSNYC: Anti-Veloism: Weird, Creepy Bike Hate

Phinney Crowned World Champion , Track World's: Taylor Phinney grabs gold pursuit

Brit women win team pursuit; Aussies grab women's team sprint

Phinney sets new U.S. pursuit record, will race for world title

Taylor Phinney broke the national record in qualifying for the gold-medal final of the men's indiviudal pursuit at the 2009 UCI Track World Championships in Poland

Road News and Results - March 26, 2009 , Thursday Euro News

Latest Cycling News - Brabantse Pijl: Quick Step the team to beat, Haussler looking forward to Ronde, American takes U23 GP Waregem, French team sprint back on top, Milram riders in crash, Kelly Benefit Strategies for Redlands, New US track team announced, Kopp positive for cocaine

Woman's Cycling Magazine

Dahon Folding Bike Championship of the Universe

Who's the fastest foldie pilot?

Serial number busts up bicycle theft ring

Tommasini Selling Direct to Build Demand

Cycling Author’s Copyright Case Moves Forward

Giant Promotes for Director of Sales

Blue Sponsoring Chicago Triathlon

Area cyclists chomping for chances this weekend

John Lilly, left, and Chance Jones will take part in this weekend's Gainesville Omnium cycling race

Only One Day Left for Spring Classics Fantasy Tour - Sponsored by Specialized

In the Bike Lane: Just Say Yes

Taipei Cycle 09: Timing Talk Stopped, More Visitors

Despite the late timing of the show, most exhibitors were satisfied with their business at the show

Giant Founder To Cycle Beijing - Shanghai

Messe Munich Explains Reasons for Bike Expo

Rider Gives In, Has Chainring Mark Tattooed on Right Calf

Martin Chenowyth has been a member of the Slocum Valley Wheelmen for nine years, and in that time, “I can’t count how many times I’ve come back from a ride with a friggin’ chainring mark on my leg

Road Bike Action News March 26, 2009

Critérium International: The Mini Tour de France, Last Season for Agritubel, Butterfly Criterium Returns, McQuaid Elected to Olympic Assocation

Scotts Valley woman to compete in track cycling world championships - She is the only woman competing for the United States

Il Spettatore di Spoltore - ASO left Team LPR off the invite list for the Ardennes classics La Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege

The new kid on the block – the Land Rover-ORBEA benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation team

There’s a new  kid on the block at the start of the Redlands Bicycle Classic. A new UCI Continental team, the Land Rover-ORBEA benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation is a  young cycling development team based out of Portland, Oregon with a message

Tour de Nez returns with five days of racing action

After yesterday's setback at the Cape Epic, Sauser and Stander win stage 5 and up a spot to third. , MTB - Cape Epic: Stage 5 - report

Video: How To Eat Like a Winner - Garmin's "Secret" Food

So, what's their secret? It just might be something in the food the team is eating everyday

Cyclists face daily injustice on Staten Island Ferry

Meet cycling enthusiast Jason Babcock - I make my own frames under the name Shuksan Cycles, so I'm a tad partial. I love riding single speed 29-inch mountain bikes

American development team member Cole House wins Belgium's G.P. Waregem

The USA Cycling National Development Team's Cole House of Oneida, Wisconsin, won the 130km G.P. Waregem in Belgium Wednesday. Cole also is a member of the U23 BMC team

First race of new US cross country series March 29

More than 80 of the continent's top riders, including Olympian Adam Craig, are set to contest the first Pro XCT event at Fontana this weekend. (USA Cycling)

MTB News & Racing Round-up - Sauser, Stander dealt Epic blow, Bulls pop into Epic lead, Olympic champion to race Pietermaritzburg MTB World Cup, UCI closes team registration, numbers down slightly, Plaxton joins Sho-Air/Specialized, Former 4X rider Llanes aiming for Ironman success, First US PRO XCT - Kabush undefeated in Fontana, Iron Horse sale negotiations still underway, Olympian takes Oceania cross country title, BMXer claims Oceania men's downhill win, Meet Vouilloz at Glentress Demo Day

Just Reid race team on Iron Horse for 2009

Commuter bikes: Balancing roads, personality

Tech: Made In Gaerne , On test: Gaerne Carbon G.Myst

Gearne have given their top-end road shoe a major facelift, carrying over the old G.Air Carbon's full-length carbon sole plate - one of the stiffest we've ever sampled - but now mating it to a new upper to create the Carbon G.Myst

Book Review - "The Race"

Bike trade tweeps - "Bike folks" who use Twitter: updated almost every day
Classified - bikes and accessories for sale
Tips and Safety - what to watch out for
Archive - missed something? It may be in the archive
Health and Fitness - also training information
Wednesday, March 25th
Tour de Normandie: Stage 3 - results

Cape Epic: Stage 4 , Absa Cape Epic 2009: Stage 3 , MTB - Cape Epic: Stage 5 - results

The Songo.info team of South African Burry Stander and Swiss rider Christoph Sauser continued their winning streak by again taking top honrs in Stage 3 of this year's Absa Cape Epic presented by adidas

Paths of King Nikola: Stage 1 - results

GP Waregem: results

Pro XCT kicks off at Fontana

More than 80 of the continent's top riders, including Olympian Adam Craig, are set to contest the first Pro XCT event at Fontana this weekend

Vuelta a Castilla y León: Stage 3 - results , Valverde nails the stage, Leipheimer keeps the lead , Vuelta a Castilla y León - Stage 3 , Valverde wins third stage in Castilla, Leipheimer leads

Levi Leipheimer finished with the first group; the American comfortably maintained the overall leader's jersey, with Contador 16 seconds down and Dave Zabriskie trailing his own compatriot by 22"

Dwars door Vlaanderen: results , Quick Step in control in Belgium , Van Impe takes Belgian semi-classic , Quick Step's Kevin Van Impe wins the Belgian semi-classic, the 64th Dwars door Vlaanderen

2009 Dwars door Vlaanderen: Kevin Van Impe celebrates his win

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali: Stage 2 - results , Cunego takes stage, Visconti leads at Coppi e Bartali

GP Waregem: results

Houvenaghel qualifies in track cycling pursuit , Track Worlds: Men's Points Race , Pendleton, Houvenhagel miss golds , UCI Track Cycling World Championships: Day 1 - results

Olympic champion Pendleton had to settle for bronze after Simona Krupeckaite (pictured) won the women's 500 metre time trial in a world-record time of 33.296 seconds

MTB - US ProXCT #1 March 28-29: preview

No velodrome? No problem for O'Loughlin

Irish cyclist David O' Loughlin, shown practicing for the Beijing Olympics at the Laoshan Velodrome last year

Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y León 2009 Live Dashboard , Vuelta a Castilla y León Stage Three.... Live , Vuelta a Castilla y León  - Stage 3

Coppi e Bartali 2009 Live Dashboard

64th Dwars Door Vlaanderen - Live Coverage , Dwars door Vlaanderen... LIVE

Tour de Normandie: Stage 2 - results

American Cole House wins Grand Prix Waregem , House and National Development Team win at G.P. Waregem

The USA Cycling National Development Team's Cole House (Oneida, Wis.) won the single day G.P. Waregem in Belgium on March 25

MTB - Cape Epic: Stage 4 - results  ,  Stage 3 - results & report  ,  Cape Epic: Stage 3  - The Songo.info team of South African Burry Stander and Swiss rider Christoph Sauser continued their winning streak by again taking top honours in Stage 3 of this year’s Absa Cape Epic

2009 Track Worlds Preview , Track cycling world championships 2009 , Track worlds: new look British team in Poland , Track cycling world championships: Wednesday's live coverage

Spring Classics Fantasy Tour - Sponsored by Specialized

First Place prize: Specialized Tarmac Elite Bicycle or Roubaix Elite Bicycle

CX Off-Season Happenings, March 25, 2009 - Neils Albert’s Manager Christophe Roodhooft is summoned to court over drug charges

Interview: Bissell’s Omer Kem - part 3

Yates faces strongest field in his defence of Le Race

Race Reports (Janel Holcomb)
Race Reports (Robert Carr)
Race Reports (Chris Daggs)
Race Reports (Zack Simkover)
Race Reports (Josh Zlotlow)
Back to the top

Chris Jones’ Diary - Redlands Preview , The Redlands Bicycle Classic & Google maps , Kori Seehafer’s Diary - Redlands Bicycle Classic Preview

Kori Seehafer is one of eight members of the Team Type 1 women’s professional team

First Edition Cycling News - Van Impe gets his chance at Dwars door Vlaanderen, Armstrong's collarbone surgery successful, Lithuanian shatters Meares' 500m world record, Shanks wins first world title in women's pursuit, Rock Racing ready to defend Redlands title, VAC ready for Women's Prestige Cycling Series kick off, McQuaid elected to ASOIF council, Hondo signed by PSK Whirlpool-Author, Olympic champion to race Pietermaritzburg MTB World Cup

Today's Winners - Results from Dwars door Vlaanderen, Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, Stage 3, and Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Stage 2

Road Bike Action News March 25, 2009

Armstrong Recovering From Surgery, Track Worlds Preview: Phinney Aims For Pursuit Gold, Track Worlds: Day One Roundup, Team Type 1 Women Debut At Redlands

Riding Out the Pain , Armstrong recovering after surgery , Armstrong gets plate, 12 screws in collarbone

Krupeckaite sets record in 500m time trial , Krupeckaite sets cycling time trial world record

Fi’zi:k ups its fat tyre support

The company has been supporting professional mountain bike teams since its start in 1996, the first and longest running partnership having been with the successful Volvo-Cannondale team

Road News and Results - March 25, 2009 , Wednesday's British news round-up , Ex-coach jailed in EPO probe

Press release : Pat McQuaid elected to ASOIF Council and designated Vice-President

ISD's Ian Stannard

While Astana make all the headlines in Castilla y Leon, up at the Coppi e Bartali it's ISD who have taken charge with a clear, 17 second win in the TTT

Preview: Vlaamse Wieler Week - The biggest two weeks of racing on the Belgian cycling calendar are just about to kick off

Jens Voigt: The Chuck Norris of Cycling

Over his 13 seasons as a professional cyclist, Jens Voigt has had many memorable moments

Latest Cycling News - Injury won't derail Armstrong's Tour plans, Sánchez as super-domestique, Cofidis unlikely to defend Dwars title, No Flèche and Liège for LPR, Eeckhout is Mr. Dwars, Davis and Quick Step extend UCI leads, Agritubel quits cycling, Da Ros is free, Sutherland aims for Redlands win, Team Type 1 women's squad debuts at Redlands, Vienna blood bank investigation closed, Austrian cyclist out of jail, Work for the world's leading cycling website

Armstrong to have surgery Wednesday, still hopes to do the Giro , Despite injury, Armstrong says Giro 'very doable' , Clavicle Fracture More Serious Than Originally Thought, Surgery On Wednesday

Quick Look: Orbea Aletta Dama

If your time has come to join the growing masses of multi-sport athletes, Orbea is offering the women-specific Aletta Dama

Retailers Band Together, Form Association

Dumonde Bio-Green G-10 Chain Lubricant

New from Dumonde Tech, G10 Bio-Green, a 100 percent plant-based and biodegradable chain lube made entirely from plant, vegetable, or seed oil

Gruppo Bici N.A. to Distribute Italian Mags

Bicycling Mag Debuting Two New Columns


Bend named nation's 'top mountain biking town'

May issue of Mountain Bike Action hasn't hit stands, but Bend gets early word it grabbed top honor

2009 Bicycle Leadership Conference (BLC) to Have New Feature

Sea Otter Golf Event is Set

Last day at the Allied Box Factory
Connie Carpenter reports on Day 1 at track worlds, where it was the World vs. Britain  - and the world won , Track cycling world championships: Wednesday's coverage

2009 UCI Track Worlds: Carpenter with son Taylor and Taylor's coach, Neal Henderson, in Poland Wednesday

Interview: Marco Pinotti of Team Columbia HighRoad

He  is the current, and three time, Italian National Time Trial Champion, and has worn the Maglia Rosa of the Giro d’Italia (2007)

New SRAM Tech Videos Online

BSNYC: Cult Following: Harbingers of the Apocalypse

Cobbles Power Poll... Updated!

I Did Something!

Phil Gaimon, 23, began cycling only five years ago after vowing to give up laziness and computer games

The Bulls take charge,  despite a mid-race dislocated shoulder,  as Sauser's team is penalized for taking assistance

Video: Chris Horner - Wednesday's Best Day, Worst Day
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For Astana's Chris Horner, his best days came during two world championship events...and his worst memories are all tied to the Tour de France


Redlands Bicycle Classic announces men’s & women’s teams and rosters , The Redlands Classic, a Classic American Bicycle Race , Redlands cycling shops are ready to provide biking necessities

KarbonEye: 20-Years Research, Carbon, ImpactX Revolutionize Sports Eyewear

Made with pure carbon fiber, Kynetium, and ImpactX" lens material

Fitness: Fuelling by numbers

Froome: Mental prepation is key

3T introducing UCI-legal aero bars

"We’re pulling out all the stops to get them into production, so quite soon teams should be able to specify a made-for-purpose aerobar that’s fully UCI-legal."

On test: Boardman Team Carbon

This is one high-class rig. Exceptionally light and incredibly quick, it performs like a bike costing hundreds more

The Explainer - Them there's fightin' words

Limited Edition Diamondback Sortie Black

New from Diamondback is the five-inch travel, 26.5-pound Sortie Black trail bike

Lapierre unveil team edition DH 920

First look at Saab Salomon squad's downhill bike

UK cycling boosted by Cavendish’s Milan-San Remo win

Sweetest Thing Capri

A pro triathlete founded SkirtSports and still runs the business. They offer a wide selection of clothing for running, cycling and swimming, as well as off-the-bike activities

U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame narrows search to two cities

Bike trade tweeps - "Bike folks" who use Twitter: updated almost every day
Classified - bikes and accessories for sale
Tips and Safety - what to watch out for
Archive - missed something? It may be in the archive
Health and Fitness - also training information
Tuesday, March 24th
Tour de Normandie: Stage 1 -  results

Video: Llevi and  Alberto's rides , Vuelta a Castilla y León - Stage 2 , Vuelta a Castilla y León: Stage 2 - results

American Levi Leipheimer took his Tour of California-winning form to Spain and demolished the competition in the stage two time trial in Palencia

Vuelta a Castilla y León LIVE - Stage 2 , Vuelta a Castile y Leon Stage Two... Live! , Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y León 2009 Live Dashboard

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali: Stage 1b - results Stage 1a -  results, report & photos , Settimana Coppi & Bartali - Stage 1A , Bike Racing In Italy: Settimana Coppi e Bartali

The Team Katusha sprinter dominated affairs in the opening half-stage of the 2009 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, a trip of 81.2 km. around the seaside resort Riccione

Redlands Bicycle Classic celebrates 25th year with largest field ever

San Dimas Stage Race - Women

No classics for Farrar this year

Farrar came into the 2009 spring campaign in good form

UCI Track Cycling World Championships March 25-29: Preview, Schedule

Alison Shanks could be the big surprise of the women's pursuit

Taylor Phinney ready to shine in Poland

American track specialist Taylor Phinney will lead a four-strong US team at the World Track Championships in Pruszkow, Poland this week. The 18-year-old Olympian will compete in the Individual Pursuit, Kilometre Time Trial, and Omnium

Nydam knows Lance's injury all too well

Nydam has broken his left collarbone four times

Video: Lance On Spanish TV - "The Problem Is Just Pain" ,
Giro organizers holding out hope for Armstrong , Giro can shine without Armstrong - federation

Anna Meares: A fresh approach , Britain looks to keep momentum at track worldsBritain arrives at track worlds without key riders

Robin Williams recovering from heart surgery

Actor, comedian and avid cyclist okay

BMX and MTB Included in 2010 Alberta Summer Games

Collarbone injuries are common for cyclists, Austin doctors agree

Back in the US, Back in the US, Back in the USA – Scapin Bikes Returns

Sweet Steel From Scapin -- SL907

The Techno guru takes your questions

Cyclists  to churn over county hills in Twin Bing Race

Race Reports (Janel Holcomb)
Race Reports (Robert Carr)
Race Reports (Chris Daggs)
Race Reports (Zack Simkover)
Race Reports (Josh Zlotlow)
Back to the top

First Edition Cycling News - Longer recovery possible for Armstrong, Bruyneel: Giro still possible for Armstrong, Basso wants Armstrong back for Giro, Astana takes one, two in Spain, ISD wins Bartali time trial, claims lead, Track time table changes get women's support, Meares hopes for 500 TT's Olympic return, Hovelijnck still critical, Terpstra given Dwars Door Vlaanderen leadership, Vogels happy with Fly V's take off

Belgian Beer

This week's special, currently chilling in the fridge, is Kasteel

After a hard-fought stage 3 victory, Sauser and Stander maintain their lead in the Absa Cape Epic

Pan Am MTB Championships Full XC Results , Van Dine wins downhill and U.S. takes four XC medals at Pan Ams

Sam Schultz and Jeremy Horban-Kobelski grabbed silver and bronze in the men's cross country race at the Pan American Continental Mountain Bike Championships

Jailed Austrian cyclist released, fired by team

Leipheimer smashes the opposition in Spain , Leipheimer wins time trial at Castilla Leon , Levi Leipheimer defeats teammate Contador to win the Castilla y Leon time trial
The Astana rider set a time of 33-17 for the course, with last year's winner Alberto Contador 0-18 down, whilst Leipheimer also snatched the race leader's red jersey

Straight Toward Flanders

Tomorrow Vlaamse Wielerweek kicks off a week of great Flemish races with Dwars door Vlaanderen, a/k/a straight across Flanders, a hopelessly meandering course

NYT Spokes: Before Hitting the Road on Two Wheels

Registration for Tour of Utah now open

Media coverage of Cavendish's San Remo win 'pitiful' says Armstrong , Blazin' Saddles: Cav and Cipo

Any fears that Mark Cavendish was still a sprinter with a Cip on his shoulder were allayed with his tearful embrace of The Lion King after winning the 100th Milan-San Remo

Toolbox: Putting Failure in its Place , The First Race: Do Your Best Or Die Trying!

Michael Barry's diary - The road to San Remo

Women's 13th Trofeo Costa Etrusca Internazionale

The Women's pro peloton opened the season for three days of racing in Italy as the top teams tested each other legs on the hilly parcours. Cervélo TestTeam took two stages with Columbia/Highroad dominating on the summit of Castellina Marittima

Latest Cycling News - Contador laments loss of Armstrong, Armstrong back on the bike soon?, Eisel amazed by Cavendish's Sanremo win, Belgian teams for Dwars door Vlaanderen, A daughter for Hushovd, Cannavò remembered on Giro's maglia bianca, Casagrande mountain biker

Interview: The Talented Miss Carla Swart - Interview with Lees McRae College's multi talented USA Collegiate Champion in Track, Mtn. Bike, Cyclocross and Track... and  "Alien of Extraordinary Ability"

Formula One experts use car technology to build bike

The carbon fiber bike is part of an exhibition at London’s Science  Museum where F1 technology has been applied to 20 everyday objects

Cyclists hit the streets of Tuscaloosa

Pack a blanket or some lawn chairs and head to downtown Tuscaloosa on Saturday or to Lake Lurleen State Park on Sunday and witness present and future stars of the cycling world who will race by you at speeds nearing 40 miles per hour

Sideshow: Bad times for cycling celebs

Velocity Nation and The Prospect Before Us

Bike safely, with a strategy

Cycling News Roundup - 23 March 2009
Road Bike Action News March 24, 2009

Peloton Injury Round-Up, Zomegnan Hopes for Armstrong Miracle, Cavendish Third in World Rankings, Kerschbaum Released

Austrian cyclist Kerschbaum released from custody in doping case

Road News and Results - March 24, 2009

BSNYC: Ambiguity: Mixed Messages and Style Overlap

Zack Vestal takes a look at 'Rad' Ross Schnell's 2009 Trek Remedy

Ross' Remedy: Ross Schnell in Fruita, Colorado is ready to ride into 2009 with Trek, Oakley, Pearl Izumi, and Crankbrothers

Special Edition Track Cycling News - Phinney ready to shine in Poland, Head boy Staff leads UK class, Polished performances a premium in Pruszkow, Cavendish stays on track, Reade returns to the oval, O'Shea out with chicken pox, Irish team denied pursuit slot, French roll out untested pursuit team, Spain holds on to 'Llaneras effect'

On The Prowl: Milano

Press Conmference  , Armstrong will have surgery Wednesday , Astana says Armstrong will be in Tour de Framce , Armstrong Injury: Trek, SRAM Weight In

Team Cervelo's custom build
How to create a top-level pro team in three months

Former Iron Horse Employees Start Anew

Worksman Cycles Adjusts Business Model

A conversation with Columbia-High Road’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and Kim Anderson

Columbia-High Road team members (l-r): Kim Anderson, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Alex Wrubleski, Emilia Fahlin and Mara Abbott

Women's cycle chic arrives in Topshop

Women’s National Road Development Team Camp Report

Looking for Sea Otter Submissions

New Manitou Dorado arrives in UK



If you buy a Dorado it comes in a sturdy plastic flight case that also contains both tall and short upper crowns, a shock pump and setup and tuning instructions on DVD

Sugoi release sub-100g cycling jacket

The Helium is made from a woven polyester shell fabric and is said to be "exceptionally" wind and water resistant. To save weight, the designers went as far as replacing pit zips with tiny vents

Cyclo-tourist pushing on in spite of killer bees and thieves

Nature Valley Pro Ride Rolls Out This Weekend

Milan-San Remo Diary: George Hincapie

George Hincapie, the most well-known American cyclist not named Lance, is the veteran leader of the Columbia-Highroad pro team

IMBA Helps Clubs Attain Government Spending Funding

Greensboro Named Finalist For Cycling Hall Of Fame

Bike trade tweeps - "Bike folks" who use Twitter: updated almost every day
Classified - bikes and accessories for sale
Tips and Safety - what to watch out for
Archive - missed something? It may be in the archive
Health and Fitness - also training information
Monday, March 23rd
Bikemagic/Garmin Guide to GPS: Part 4 Finding a signal and getting a fix

Fit Chick: Crying Out Loud

Pacific Health Labs Launches Forze GPS: The First Appetite Management Tool For Athletes

Stander and Sauser win first three stages in South Africa

2009 Cape Epic, stage 2: Sauser and Stander win another stage and maintain control of the overall lead

Tour de Normandie: Prologue - results , Chedhomme speeds to win in Normandie prologue

Tour de Normandie March 23-29: Preview

23rd Vuelta a Castilla y León - Stage 1 Team Comments - Astana Lance Armstrong Interview, Caisse d'Epargne - Alejandro Valverde, Cervélo TestTeam - D.S. Alex Sans Vega

Contador in the Clear?

Sobrino takes Castilla y León opener , Vuelta a Castilla y León: Stage 1 - results , Vuelta a Castilla y León - Stage 1

Joaquin Sobrino Martinez clinched the coveted stage victory. David Vitoria wrapped up Rock Racing's excellent performance with a second place finish, while all J.J. Rojas could get was quite a disappointing third place result

Video , Armstrong breaks collarbone in Castilla y Leon crash , Will have surgery , Armstrong crashes out of Castilla y León
Lance Armstrong crashed hard in Monday’s opening stage of the Castilla y León and first indications appear that he seriously injured his shoulder and might have broken his right collarbone

La Bernaudeau Juniors: results

GP San Giuseppe:  results

Castilla y León Stage One Post Race: Lance Hurt , Vuelta a Castilla y León LIVE - Stage 1 , Vuelta a Castile y Leon Stage One... Live! , Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y León 2009 Live Dashboard

San Dimas Stage Race: Stage 3 - results , San Dimas Stage Race: Stage 3 and Final GC , Day, Teutenberg win San Dimas

Ronde d'Aix: results & photos


La Roue Tourangelle: results

A view of the Cape

Absa Cape Epic Stage 1: The dusty road to Villiersdorp

Argentina National Championships: Road race - results & photos , Time trial - results

200 compete in bruising Coyote Classic Mountain Bike Race

MTB - Pan American Continental Championships: Cross country - results

Why Cavendish beats Hoy as Britain's best cyclist , Cavendish in the frame for scratch race world title bid

Old World MTB Championships 2009

Cool Cargo Bikes at Seattle Bike Expo

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Cycling News Roundup - 23 March 2009

First Edition Cycling News - Calamity in Castilla y León opener, Sastre unscathed in hectic start, Coppi e Bartali begins with quality field, O'Grady recovering, visited by Hushovd, Head boy Staff leads UK class, New French pursuit squad, Medvedev calls for greater controls

On test: De Rosa King 3

Out on the road, the King 3 lives up to its royal moniker. Through blind technical sections it really shows its mettle, with an uncanny ability to make you feel like the bike's a part of you, an extension of your limbs, especially when clicking the bars into a turn or braking hard into a corner

'Dweeby,' yes, 'obnoxious,' a few, but cyclists need that buffer

Cycling has a new star - It hasn’t taken Myers, a sophomore at Pacific Union College in Angwin, long at all to land on the scene as a highly regarded rider

Road Bike Action News, March 23, 2009

After Bernie Kohl, Another Doping Disgrace In Austria, Milne Takes King Of Mountains For Team Type 1, San Francisco Twilight Criterium Seeking Sponsors

Austrian coach in doping arrest

Former Austrian nordic skiing coach Walter Mayer, who was involved in the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics doping scandal, has been arrested in connection with new doping allegations relating to a cyclist

BSNYC: The Pinch Test: Indignities of Spring


San Francisco Criterium Series issues appeal for sponsors , San Francisco Twilight Criterium Seeks Sponsorship

Deer wins confrontation with bicycling TV celebrity

Ask RC: I very seldom get out of the 39-tooth chainring. Should I be using the big chainring more?

Any time you will be down-shifting or up-shifting more than two cogs, you should be using the front derailleur, not the rear

Latest Cycling News - Cavendish keeps on track for road wins, Farrar Classics schedule in doubt, Menchov welcomes opportunity to compare form, Armstrong talks Giro, Twitter and Tour, Armstrong considers shortened Giro d'Italia, Hamilton out of Castilla y León, Bike Pure reaches milestone in membership, Work for the world's leading cycling website

Pendleton sets sights on all four sprinting world titles
Victoria Pendleton Sky+HD team track October 30 2008
Victoria Pendleton is set to aim for a clean sweep of the sprinting titles at the World Track Championships this week

Crank Brothers headsets go downhill

Opium for the descending masses

Cycling celebration kicks `Month of Wheels' in gear

Van Dine wins downhill and U.S. takes four XC medals at Pan Ams

Former USA Cycling National Development Team member Sam Schultz earned silver in the pro men’s cross country race at the Pan American Continental Championships

Redlands Bicycle Classic March 26-29: preview & preliminary start list

Women's Wielertrofee Vlaanderen #2: De Pinte

Alex Greenfield

Vets to cycle through Cleburne, Alvarado

Monday Euro News

UCI Men's Road Rankings Updated


UCI Press release : Publication of the new UCI World Ranking , Cavendish sprints to third place in UCI World Rankings , Ireland’s track cycling elite back at World Cycling Center

Schedule: Major races this week in Spain, Belgium and Italy

Monday's British news round-up

How To Make Custom Cycling Clothes - A Visit To Vermarc
The Vermarc clothing company, founded in 1977 by legendary Belgian racer Frans Verbeek, prides itself on making the most sought-after clothing in cycling

Trek Furloughs 300 Employees

NY's Bloomberg: No Bikes on Subway

23rd Vuelta a Castilla y León - Preview , Armstrong to Face Tour Champions

Trials & Trails with Kenny Belaey

Hans Rey reports from Hawaii

Austria clamps down on sports doping

Lance Armstrong: Talking Giro, Twitter and Tour

Kenny set to make jump to global recognition

SanRemo Roadside: The Ale Report

Ritchey WCS Streem Saddle V2

Designed in Switzerland, with the challenge of designing a saddle that was comfortable while climbing and descending

Italian Brand Scapin Now in U.S.

Road News and Results - March 23, 2009

Catching Up—March 16th through March 22nd

Cycling News Roundup - 22 March 2009

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March 22nd
Team Type 1's Milne Dons Mountains Jersey at San Dimas

Shawn Milne won three of the four King of the Mountain sprints during Saturday’s 84-mile (135 km) San Dimas Hospital Road Race to move into the lead in that classification

Women's Cholet-Pays De Loire: results & photos

MTB - Pan American Continental Championships: Downhill - results

100th Milan-Sanremo - What the Papers Had to Say

Cholet-Pays De Loire: results & report , 32nd Cholet-Pays de Loire

GP Costa Etrusca-Giro dei comuni Castellina: results &  report  , Columbia-High Road Scores in Cost Etrusca as Linda Villumsen Powers to Win

MTB - Cape Epic: Stage 2 - results & report

Ina Teutenberg Wins in San Dimas, Mara Abbott Maintains Overall Lead

San Dimas Stage Race: Stage 2 results , San Dimas Stage Race: Stage 2 results , Fifth Place in Stage 2 Moves Beyer Up to 8th Overall in San Dimas

Jelly Belly's Phil Gaimon held off a charging field at the San Dimas Hospital Road Race at Bonelli Park

Ronde van het Groene Hart: results & report , Video: Eneco Ronde van het Groene Hart LIVE

The Eneco Campina Ronde van het Groene Hart (The Netherlands), or "Tour of the Green Heart," is today.  Live coverage (text and video) is announced on the official site

Ronde van het Groene Hart

GP Costa Etrusca-Giro dei comuni Montescudaio-Riparbella: results

Cam Evans Interview

OUCH Canadian Making Strides with an Eye on Europe

San Dimas Stage Race: Stage 1 - results

MTB - Oceania Continental Championships: Downhill -  results, report & photos

MTB - Oceania Continental Championships: Cross-country - results, report & photos , McConnell wins Oceania MTB title

Beijing Olympian, Dan McConnell, dominated the field in the Oceania Mountain Bike Championships in Thredbo to take the title

Rogers, Daniels Claim National BMX Titles in Texas

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Starting Monday:  Vuelta a Castilla y León LIVE (to March 27) - Armstrong, Contador, Leipheimer et al

Manager Niels Albert admits that he bought drugs

Road Bike Action News March 22, 2009

O'Grady Out Of Classics, Contador Downplays Armstrong Meeting, Armstrong’s Sanremo, Haedo Gets First European Win Of the Season, Milne Climbs To KOM Jersey

Scott Nydam Interview Part Two: Competing Alongside Armstrong, BMC Growing Pains, the Nydam Ethos, and the Influence of His Fans

In part 1 of our three part interview, Scott Nydam spoke about bridging the gap to Europe, what it's like to train with Levi, and how he balances patience with ambition. In part two, Scott discusses competing against Lance Armstrong, the progression of the BMC cycling team, his approach to the sport of cycling, and some friendly advice to his fans across the world

Breaking! A Bike Race Breaks Out In The Middle Of A Soap Opera! The Castile y Leon Preview!

This race around Castile and Leon easily transcends professional bike racing because of one rider. You know who I'm talking about. A true superstar of the sport, this rider is thought by some to be the best rider competing today

Pendrel & Batty Win at Pan Ams

USA Cycling - 2009 Bill Woodul Mechanics Clinic

MSR: So How'd Those Team Tactics Work Out?

Want to own a (small part of a) cycling team?

Kapiti Cycle Challenge lives up to its name

Glen Owen (in black) leads a bunch up Paekakariki Hill

100th Milano-Sanremo: Confirmation For Cavendish, Delusion For Haussler

SanRemo Roadside: The Ed Report

The Rabobank Giants, lovely and that electronic Shimano gets neater every year

A Day at the Bike Summit

Lobbying at all, especially at the highest level of American government, is not something I ever thought I’d be involved in

AfricaBikes on dirt paths in Africa and paved streets in US


First Edition Cycling News - Contador's Castillian date with Armstrong, Valverde's racing equation, O'Grady's Classics season over, Successive Cervélo wins in Tuscany, Gutiérrez shoots for Castilla y León, mloop beats the big guns in Groene Hart

Mark Cavendish praised as cycling's 'new champion'

Pro bike: Matt Wilson's Team Type 1 Orbea Ordu

Team Type 1 rider Matt Wilson's Orbea Ordu is certainly one of the more distinctive time trial rigs on the circuit, eschewing smooth fluid curves for harder creases and sharper edges that are more reminiscent of a certain warbird than most other aero bikes

Cervelo Diet - Ultimate Mods for the Ultimate Bike - Part 5 - One year later, 13 pounds 13 ounces

Annoying ‘Jack Rabbit' Rider Found Beaten with Own Frame Pump

“Everyone knows that on Sundays, we ride mellow, but there’s no stopping Nesmith”

O’Grady to miss classics after Milan-San Remo crash , O'Grady will miss Classics , O'Grady Injury Update

Getting The Most From Your Macro-Nutraints

Depending upon when you were born or when you started paying attention you may have preconceived ideas about macro-nutrients

Contador: Castilla not a test for Tour

OUCH P/B Maxxis to Attend Tour of the Battenkill

Pedro's send tools to Zambia with World Bike Relief

Partnership will help keep volunteers' bikes rolling

Armstong to take on Contador, Sastre in Spain

Tara Llanes aiming for Ironman success
Tara Llanes has set her sights on winning a gruelling Ironman challenge despite the spinal injuries that ended her successful mountain bike racing career

Road News and Results - Weekend Edition

Bionicon opens test center

Take one of their unique adjustable geometry bikes for a test ride

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March 21st
Team Fly V's Ben Day and Columbia's Mara Abbott win San Dimas Stage Race prologue

2009 San Dimas Stage Race, Prologue: It was Ben Day's day

Cavendish: 'I wanted to prove I am a great rider'

MSR DIARY: George Hincapie

Cavendish Wins Milano-Sanremo , Canvendish wins San Remo , 100th Milano-Sanremo: results  ,  Video of finish

More Champers For Manxman Cav In Sanremo

Milan-San Remo Live Video, Map, Profile, Teams, Results, Photos

Milan-San Remo - Milan-San Remo live webcast on cycling.tv (North America) begins at 9:30am U.S. Eastern.  Live coverage on RAI begins at 14:50 CET (9:50am U.S. Eastern).  Live coverage on Eurosport is scheduled to begin at 15:50 CET (10:50am U.S. Eastern).  Live video streaming on rtpa.es (Spain, geo-restricted?) should begin at 15:00 CET (10am U.S. Eastern)

100th Milano-Sanremo March 21: live coverage

Living the Dream: He's Back

Phil Gaimon, 23, began cycling only five years ago after vowing to give up laziness and computer games. Within four months, he'd upgraded to Cat 2. Since then, he has continued to turn heads at races across the country

GP Costa Etrusca 2009 - Stage 1 Results

Tampa Enjoys A Day At Races

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First Edition Cycling News - Sanremo: Cavendish came and conquered, Haussler jumps Sanremo sprint, Cramps take Boonen out of Sanremo contention, Armstrong makes Euro return, German scientists develop test to detect genetic doping, Redlands Bicycle Classic ready to go, Scharping re-elected as head of German federation, Austrian team dismissed Kerschbaum

Road Bike Action News March 21, 2009

Farrar Out With Possible Broken Collarbone, Astana Announces Team For Castilla y León, Niels Albert’s Manager Admits To Purchasing Drugs

Milano-Sanremo: Young and fearless

Analysis: Cavendish on his way to becoming one of the greats

Milano-San Remo ’09: Fabulous Photo Finish! , Cavendish wins Milan-San Remo , Milano Sanremo Post-Race

The Finish After 300km (186 miles) and 6 hours, 42 minutes of Racing

Britain's Cavendish wins Milan-San Remo Classic

Armstrong puts in long day at San Remo

Graves win opens Oceania MTB titles

The 2009 UCI Oceania Mountain Bike Championships in Thredbo has begun with with four cross opening the hostilities

Pete McCaffery Struck by Pick-Up

Britain's formula for track success

At 35, Staff (pictured, left, with Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny) is one of the elder statesmen of the British team and achieved his dream of winning gold at Beijing in the team sprint last August

Milano-Sanremo'09: The Latest From The Startline

Art & Science of Interval Training seminar

Farrar crashes out of San Remo

Milan-San Remo '09: Farrar is out with a broken collarbone

Down down down and Twitter

GP Costa Etrusca 2009 - Stage 1 Results , Pooley wins GP Costa Etruschi
The Cervélo rider beat America's Kristin Armstrong, Marianne Vos of Holland and Sweden's Susanne Ljungskog by 19 seconds

Team Sho-Air / Specialized Signs Max Plaxton

The Sho-Air / Specialized cross-country team has just announced the latest addition to its 2009 team. The ‘06 U23 MTB Worlds bronze medalist, Max Plaxton, will don the team’s colors for 2009 and beyond

Powerhouse additions to MonaVie-Cannondale squad

The MonaVie-Cannondale Cycling Team have announced 4 new signings, and say they will be focussing on "epic racing around the world" in 2009

MTB - Cape Epic: Stage 1 - results & report  ,  Cape Epic: Prologue results, Sydor in Lead

Bikes For Kids Utah To Give Away 1,000 Bikes

Handing out bicycle advocacy "stimulus" money

Prep pedaling popularity climbs

Naked riders brave the cold in Brighton
A group of cyclists shed their clothes and rode through Brighton to publicise the World Naked Bike Ride. They pedalled along the Madeira Drive seafront road wearing nothing but woolly hats, gloves and scarves

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March 20th
GP Costa Etrusca-GP Comuni Rosignano Marittimo - Livorno: results

Mara Abbot of Columbia-High Road Takes Win at San Dimas and Team Puts Four Riders in Top Ten Overall

Penny Farthing vs. Safety Bike: Wot Doth Thou Portend?

The appearance of a newfangled "safety bicycle" in Wumbler Square last Saturday afternoon caused quite a stir.  Several nearby penny-farthing riders took notable offense

Fly V Australia / Successful Living gearing up for San Dimas & Redlands

Road Bike Action News March 20, 2009

Can Cavendish Win?, Armstrong Returns Milano-Sanremo, Professional Rider Arrested In Austria, Minneapolis: The Land Of A Thousand Bikes

Classic Loire Atlantique: results

MTB - Oceania Continental Championships: 4X - results, report & photospreview

Pendleton looks beyond cycling

Pendleton, 28, achieved what most would regard as a lifetime's dream in Beijing when she won gold in the sprint at the Laoshan Velodrome. Added to six world titles and a Commonwealth Games gold, it confirmed her as the greatest sprint cyclist of her generation

BMC gets invitation to Paris-Roubaix

Sprint specialists favored for Milan-San Remo

Yesterday & Today: Ernesto Colnago Remembers Milano-Sanremo

Dancelli 'Solo Al Commando' on the Poggio Climb: Milano-Sanremo 1970

Vuelta a Castilla y León, March 23-27: preview & start list

Cavendish talks about his San Remo chances
Mark Cavendish (Columbia) rides Milan-San Remo for the first time on Saturday.

CW analysis: Who will win Milan-San Remo?

Milan-San Remo Diary: George Hincapie

Preview: 100th Milan-San Remo

Oscar Freire delays return to racing after California crash

Freire went down in the same stage 4 crash as Kim Kirchen

Twenty-seven Graduate From USA Cycling's Annual Bill Woodul Race Mechanics Clinic

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Road News and Results - March 20, 2009

Unboxing / Building the Superfly Singlespeed

BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz!

What's the most likely explanation for this setup?

First Edition Cycling News - King Armstrong holds court, Sauser confirmed for MTB World Cup opener, Austrian cyclist arrested for dealing in doping products, Bäckstedt presents his team, Lampre-NGC & CSF Group-Navigare for Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Lastras off for two weeks, New Zealand mountain bikers aim high at Oceanias, Ireland gets RAAM-like event

German lab develops test for gene doping - Gene doping, the practice of using genetic engineering to artificially enhance athletic performance, is seen as the next major drugs threat to sport as doping becomes more sophisticated

Austrian cyclist arrested over doping trade

Taipei Cycle Show 2009: New Bling - The show is for major and minor bike makers to shop for components that will come out either months or years from now, meet with makers of said stuff, and then work on deals

MTB News & Racing Round-up - Zakelj overcomes serious accident to return to racing, Hopefuls support Dalby World Cup bid, Countdown to Cape Epic, Sauser's Epic cause, Preview the Oceanias, Chilean favorites have high hopes for Pan Am Championships at home, Team Jamis opening season at Pan Ams, MonaVie-Cannondale adds four, Sho-Air signs Plaxton, DS-Rennsport team continues, Team Torq Diary, New Terra Australis, US Cup adds fun rides

Seeking San Remo: The Duel To Via Roma

From Moser to Cancellara, a selection of photos from Graham Watson from Milan-San Remo

Columbia DS Brian Holm

Brian Holm put his time into the bike. That's for sure

Friday's British news round-up

Latest Cycling News - Boonen's dream in Sanremo, Mending time for Millar, Saxo Bank still confident, Sanremo's key points, Sanremo sticks with new finale, Valverde: Don't compare Sánchez to Induráin, Basso: Back in the Italian action, Food supplement maker to sue Keisse, Teams announced for Bayern Rundfahrt, Women's World Cup with 24 teams

It's mending time for Millar

Asian Cycling Confederation Congress: Hee Wook Cho re-elected

Scott Nydam Interview Part One: Personal Progression, Training with Levi, and Pushing a River 
Scott Nydam, although only a professional cyclist for three seasons, has fast become one of the top American domestic bike racers

GT's golden bike missing, Continental, Sidi & more

Find 104 recreational bicycle rides in California here

Video: Pan Am MTB Championships: Athletes arrive in Chile

Bike trade is missing the big picture, says Strida designer - The bike trade is marketing to just a small part of the potential market for its product

Invest in bikes and reap the rewards, says Cycling England

Ritchey Design Kicks Off “The Ritchey Diet” Dealer Promotion

Scapin Bikes Are Back in the USA Through the Distribution of Global Trail Cycling Imports

One of the most prestigious Italian brands, renown for its niche production of top of the range steel and carbon/steel frames, is now approaching the US Market through the distribution of Global Trail Cycling Imports
Kirk Carlsen – A Rising Star on the Horizon

The gravity-defying bike ride

Showers Pass Mountain Elite

The Mountain Elite by Showers Pass is a heavy duty cycling jacket that is fit for the worst riding conditions

“Vélo World” now also available on the UCI website

Video: Armstrong Press Conference  ,  SanRemo Primer: Lance Meets The Press

Armstrong Wins Record 44th Tour de France on Eve of 100th Birthday

Armstrong To Meet With Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi Before Giro , Milano-Sanremo: Lance Armstrong press conference , Lure of history draws Armstrong to Italy , Armstrong to smooth things out with Contador

Armstrong meets the press in Milan

Cancellara: 'I am not a machine'

Cancellara has suffered through a tough start to his 2009 campaign

Ivan Basso - Back in the thick of the Italian action

RIP, pass-along rate

Lapierre X-Lite 400 FDJ

Despite success with the previous X-Lite frame series, Lapierre took feedback from the Francaise des Jeux team and went back to the drawing board to completely redesign the X-Lite series for 2009

Bike Industry Primed for Stardom

Ryders Hires New Brand Specialist

Bikes Belong Awards Five Grants

A-Team Gathers in Taipei

The new chairman Michael Tseng expressed a positive mood by presenting the 2008 sales figures of the participating Taiwanese members and foreign sponsor members

Bikes for Kids Utah to Give Away Bikes

Rotor Bike Components Updates Site

Keeping You Safe, One Recall at a Time
 - Was the recall of 1,300 top-notch Cannondale bikes for missing spoke protectors a case of good government gone bad? Joe Lindsey weighs in

Top 5 cycling images on Google Street View

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March 19th
Road News and Results - March 19, 2009 - Teams continue to evolve for Milan-San Remo, Alejandro Valverde will line up again Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador at Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, Niels Albert’s manager heading to court, Iljo Keisse will likely be sued, David Wiens will go back to Leadville and more…

Milano-Sanremo: From Turchino to Poggio

It hardly seems right to begin a description of a bike race through Italy with a course profile. How soul-less, how monochromatic. It hardly does justice to the beauty and emotion of Italian racing. And Milano-Sanremo, as it wends its way down the coast is truly a beautiful race worthy of its title, La Classicissima

MSR: What do the stars say?

Milan-San Remo: Can Cavendish get over the Poggio?

Ryders Eyewear Treviso Photocromic/Polarized

The Treviso Photocromic/Polarized sunglass by Ryders Eyewear has a lightweight and comfortable fit

MTB - Cape Epic: Preview

MTB - Pan American Continental Championships: Preview

SanRemo Retro: An Englishman Podiums

Milano-Sanremo: Glory on the via roma

Tom Simpson's victory at Milano-Sanremo was the first by an English-speaking rider in 1964

Top Rides: The Finale Of Milano-Sanremo

MSR Week: Video Madness

Wiens to defend Leadville 100 title against Armstrong

Floyd Landis possible as well

Milano-Sanremo: The Aussie force

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Sprint specialists favored for Milan-San Remo

First Edition Cycling News - Basso scouts Giro's stage to Vesuvius, Barloworld hopeful for Milan-Sanremo, Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni eyes 18th win, Glory on the via Roma, AFLD gives Armstrong a hair cut, Former Paris-Roubaix winner Knaven to lead Milram in the Netherlands, Countdown to Cape Epic, Oregon advocates push for legalizing rolling stops

Video: "I Do Worry About Him" - Concern for Steven Cozza

OUCH's Cam Evans back to defend title at San Dimas

USA Cycling BMX Nationals to crown 52 champions in Texas

2008 U.S. Olympians Kyle Bennett, Donny Robinson and Mike Day highlight the elite men's field at Saturday's USA Cycling BMX National Championships in Texas

Thursday Euro News

Cyling News Roundup - 19 March 2009

Latest Cycling News - Armstrong ready for Tour?, Astana strongest Tour de France team, Cavendish the Sanremo man for Columbia-Highroad, Aussie intervention in la Classicisima, Teams announce MSR line-ups, Cavendish's switch to the track, Schleck crashes in training, Milram to the front, Early-season appetiser on offer in Castilla, Skil-Shimano ready for its first Tour de France, Introducing the Cyclingnews Forum

GT golden bike goes 'missing'
Have you seen this bike? GT has reported one of its specially finished Zaskar bikes missing and is offering a US$3000 reward for its return

Lake CX140 shoe

Torq Team - Going fast short & long

Jo Wall and Katherine O'Shea

Road Bike Action News March 19, 2009

Tour Favorites to Square off in Spain, Fränk Schleck Injured in Training, Sanchez Also Out of MSR, Freire Faces Longer Recovery, Evans to Defend at San Dimas

BSNYC: This Also Just In: Celebrity Citing!

Wrenched and Ridden: TRP R960 dual pivot brakes

TRP R960 brakes: The brakes are light, built with forged and machined 6061 aluminum

Henk Vogels talks about his new team, the North American peloton, and life as a director

Crash sidelines Fränk Schleck , Schleck to miss Milan-San Remo after injury , Schleck crashes in training, out of Milan-San Remo

Schleck crashes on training ride, needs stitches
Saxo Bank woes continue as Frank Schleck gashes chin

Carmichael Training Systems Sand Creek Series

Bankrupt Iron Horse Owes $5 million

Hermes Chang Appointed Ideal President

Chang is the second son of Pen-Tsao Chang, Ideal founder and chairman


Oregon Considers Bike Registration Bill

SRAM Fund to Help Launch IMBA Europe

Rider Favors Italian Amateur Squad Kit He Picked Up On Vacation

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March 18th
Milano-Sanremo Week: Video of The 2008 Finish

Belgian cyclist Hovelijnck critical after crash

Continental Mountain Bike Championship Teams Arrive in Chile

2009 Redlands Bicycle Classic - Teams Anounced

With more than 200 men and nearly 150 women, the 2009 edition of the Redlands Bicycle Classic is sure to scorch the streets when it gets underway on Thursday March 26th

Nokere Koerse: results & report  ,  Today's results from Nokere Koerse  ,  Nokere Koerse 2009 Results  ,  Heckuva Job Brownie  ,  Swift gets second in Belgian semi-Classic


100th Milano-Sanremo March 21: Preview , Milan-San Remo: Preliminary Start List and Past Winners , SanRemo Primer: Letter From A Tunnel

MSR Week: Can Tyler Do It?

For US fans, one of the more pleasant surprises in a while was the win by Garmin's Tyler Farrar in stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico last week. Farrar, all of 24 years old, outkicked Mark Cavendish at the line -- literally, coming around to the left of the World's Fastest Man, where it seemed nobody, even the RAI announcers, saw him coming

Mark Cavendish says he needs a few years before he can be competitive at Milan-San Remo

World champion Ballan out of Milan-San Remo with virus , Alessandro Ballan Forfeits the ClassicsCancellara opts out of Milan-San Remo

Milan-San Remo: Is it finally Boonen's turn?

Boonen has had plenty of finish-line celebrations, but not in San Remo

Cervelo's Jez Hunt

Cavendish gets go ahead from team to ride Worlds

MET Sine Thesis road helmet
According to Matteo Tenni, MET’s product manager, the goal of the Sine Thesis wasn’t simply to create an expensive lightweight helmet, but to “have a very ventilated helmet with very few points of contact between the head and the helmet”

Team H&R Block-KONA Announces 2009 Team

Spring Cyclocross: Colorado’s Cult Cross is Back - Race #1 Report and Photos

Chrome Warsaw

After 18 months of development, hundreds of miles of ride testing, and countless hours at the sewing machine; Chrome has introduced the new Warsaw

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First Edition Cycling News - Cancellara to skip Milano-Sanremo, No Ballan for MSR either, Ciolek leading Milram at La Classicissima, Irish team pursuit squad denied wildcard, Valverde joins stars for Vuelta a Castilla y León, Bruseghin does his homework, Marchante's arm healing, Selle Italia-Ghezzi for Trofeo Costa Etrusca, Pucinskaite to begin Italian racing season, Nys switches focus back to mountain biking, Teams for Redlands Bicycle Classic

BSNYC: Takin' It to the Streets: Things are Schluff All Over

Road Bike Action News March 18, 2009

Ballan Out Of Milano-Sanremo, Armstrong Talks Contador, Quick Step Has Options, Freire Also Out, Silence-Lotto Announces Milano-Sanremo Team

Video: Andreas Klöden - Wednesday's Best Day, Worst Day

Wednesday's British news round-up

KTM Bikes Lycan 3.0

Bontrager Aeolus 9.0

New from Bontrager, the high profile Aeolus 9.0, a 90mm-deep time trial wheelset. As with past Aeolus models, the 16 spokes are embedded within the rim for better aerodynamics

MTB News & Racing Round-up - Wiens to defend Leadville 100 title against Armstrong and possibly Landis, Nash cancels retirement plans, DCM Chrome team supports South African talent, Bromont World Cup facilities getting upgrade, Gutierrez defeats two Olympic champions in Italy, South African national titles awarded, Rysenko collects birthday victory while Engen wins again in Cyprus, Gunn-Rita diary, Motatapu Icebreaker win streak ends

The Curse of the Rainbow Jersey: Ballan Feels the Sting of the Multi-Colored Jersey in 2009

Alessandro Ballan, like many world champions before him, has had a tough time starting races, much less winning them, thus far in 2009

Armstrong's hair tested in new anti-doping effort , Armstrong 'surprised' by hair sample request, says AFLD

Latest Cycling News - Odds against Astana in the Classics?, Bennati heads Liquigas in Milano-Sanremo, Arroyo eyes general classifications, Caisse for Sanremo, Seeldraeyers - the little Cunego, Austria Tour race director confident, Brenes debuts in Europe, Ride with Frankie Andreu and Marcel Wüst, David McCall Cycling Foundation gets good support

Preview: La Primavera Turns 100!

Northwest Magic: Bikes From The Seattle Bike Expo

With The North American Handmade Bicycle Show's Move From Portland, Oregon, The Seattle Bike Expo Saw Increase In Attendance Of The Areas Best Custom Builders

Sierra Cascades Bicycle Route ready by winter 2009/2010

Times 'decapitate cyclists' article was most complained about of year

Sustrans tackles the ‘sex factor’


Dahon backs Taiwan Children’s Charity

Catching Up March 9th Through March 15th


Cycling News Roundup - 18 March 2009

Pro rider interviews: Svein Tuft, Jonathan Page, Julie Beveridge, Georgia Gould, Mara Abbott, Shelley Olds and more... 

National marathon and short track champ Jeremiah Bishop finds a home on the Monavie-Cannondale team

Bishop celebrates his surprise (to him) win at marathon nationals in Colorado last year

Road News and Results - March 18, 2009

Boulder-based Garmin-Slipstream cycling team set for Tour de France

The Wednesday Comment

Never mind that stop sign, just roll through

The Explainer: Looking beyond the downtube sticker
Perhaps Davis Phinney is contemplating the origin of his "Huffy"

Washington's 3-foot buffer bill for bicycles passes House

Low End Bicycle Sector Deteriorating
 
Specialized Tarmac Expert Compact

At US$3700, the Specialized Tarmac Expert Compact is US$6200 less expensive than the top-end S-Works Tarmac SL2 Di2 model yet still includes most of the flagship's high-tech features

Ma Ying-jeou praises bicycle industry at Taipei

Satmap launches on-line route tools

Cycling jerseys show off retro flair

These jerseys allow people to illustrate what they think is cool, it's wearable art

Management Change at Ideal Bike Corp

Pedro's, World Bicycle Relief Partner Up

Cannondale Recalls Some 2009 Road Bikes , The Roundup: Cannondale Issues 'Six' Recall - The elite line of Cannondale bikes did not meet federal safety standards

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March 17th
Road Bike Action News March 17, 2009

Landis Faces his Future, Davis Leads World Rankings, Head Injury for Hovelynck, Ricco's Ban Shortened, Wegmann Recovering

Angry, Frustrated Fans - "Your A#$ Should Be Back There!" - The video contains some pretty rough language. If you think you might be offended, to not click

Belgian cyclist fractures skull in crash - Cyclist Kurt Hovelijnck is in intensive care with a skull fracture after crashing during a training run

100th Milano-Sanremo, March 21: Preview, Map, Past winners

Gutierrez wins Italian Cup in Montichiari

Spanish rider Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez took first place at the after attacking the lead group half way through the race. He was closely followed by Frenchmen Julien Absalon and Miguel Martinez

Scarponi wins Tirreno-Adriatico , Cavendish wins final T-A stage as Scarponi wraps up the overall win , 44th Tirreno-Adriatico: Stage 7 - results

Tirreno-Adriatico LIVE  ,  Tirreno-Adriatico 2009 Live Dashboard - March 17 update: The seventh and final stage of this year's T-A is up next. Michele Scarponi has likely won the race (barring a mishap) with his fine stage 6 performance.  Earliest live video: 2:45pm CET (9:45am EDT, 6:45am PDT)

Latest Cycling News - Armstrong: "Contador is too nervous", Haussler ready for Milano-Sanremo, Boonen's and Armstrong's teams for Milano-Sanremo, Landis dreaming of Tour ride, British Worlds track team full surprises, Di Luca errors in Tirreno-Adriatico, Samuel Sánchez recuperating, Bertogliati joins Diquigiovanni, Introducing the Cyclingnews Forum

Blazin' Saddles: Clever Contador?

While everyone else watched the season's most important race so far thinking the Spaniard had blown it, BS was just thinking: 'Yikes, ol' Alberto is one clever hombre'

Tour de Murrieta (men) , BMC's Chad Beyer wins Tour de Murrieta

Keyesville Classic: Plaxton and Sneddon Crush the Competition!

51st Paris-Troyes- report and results

Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board Named Presenting Sponsor of Midwest Cycling Series

A new, professionally-produced 10-day series featuring criterium multi-lap races and road races, the Tour of America’s Dairyland will pay out over $100,000 in cash prizes plus primes, or rider incentives, in its inaugural year to professional and amateur men and women athletes of multiple categories

Veteran Hurd wins Wally Gimber - Rob Hurd rolled back the years to take his fourth victory in the 50th anniversary Wally Gimber road race

Hutchinson launches lightweight, tubeless ready cross-country tire

Hutchinson have launched a superlight tubeless ready version of their Toro cross-country tire. It weighs in at 530g for the 26in version and 750g for 29ers

Crampton set to fill Hoy's team sprint spot
The triple Olympic champion misses his first World Track Championships since 1995 after crashing in the final of the Keirin at the Copenhagen World Cup last month

New South African team have sights set on podium

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Spring Classics: Bartoli holds court

Cobbles Alert: Nokere Koerse

The 64th edition of Nokere Koerse is on for tomorrow

Two US teams among 20 picked for Tour de France - The teams of US cyclists Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Christian Vande Velde, David Zabriskie and George Hincapie have all been chosen for the 2009 Tour de France, which starts July 4

Tech Updates: New from DT Swiss, Stan's NoTubes, SRM, and ROTOR

The lightweight FSA K-Force Light crankset available with the SRM power meter

Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team chooses Aerocat

The Louisville headquartered national elite road cycling team will be racing the company’s R505 high performance bicycle carbon fiber frameset

Why I'm Racing Bikes In Japan

Ricco has doping ban cut to 20 months

Lennard Zinn: tire sealant corrosion, disc brake spoking patterns, and more

A wheel corroded by tire sealant


Wild Heart Cycling offers self-supported bicycle tours

Cannondale Recalls Road Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard

The recall affects approximately 1,300 Taiwanese manufactured 2009 Six 5, Six 6, Six Carbon 5 and Six Carbon 6 Bicycles imported by Cannondale Bicycle Corp in Bethel Conneticut

Starnes Takes 3rd Overall at Madera Stage Race; While Brooke Miller Claims 19th in Men’s Crit

Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa - Just about ready to pop
 
One week remains before my due date and the tension is increasing daily. My belly is hard as a rock, and sometimes feels like it's going to explode

Toolbox: Individual Race Tactics - What if you don’t have a team? What if you are new to racing and still figuring out how to apex a corner? Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Fitness: Running on Empty

If you think glycogen is the stored form of carbohydrate we use to produce the energy required for cycling, you would be correct. However, glycogen does a lot more than just that. Scientists have discovered a crucial second function that directly affects endurance performance and could revolutionise the way we endurance train

Lance Armstrong turns to the east for Milan-San Remo , Armstrong offers to teach Contador how to relax , Armstrong takes swipe at Contador

Spring means an opportunity to bike and save

Seems like it takes a century: 100-mile bike ride raises funds for heart patients

UW lecturer killed in auto-bicycle collision
First Edition Cycling News - Cavendish fires warning shot at Sanremo rivals, Scarponi back in winners' circle, Cervélo reaction to Tour invite, Bartoli holds court on the Classics, Ricco remains optimistic, Davis still leads UCI rankings

Power Poll #2- Pre-MSR/Cobbles Edition!

Interview: Oscar Pereiro

President presides over opening of 2009 Taipei Cycle Show
The 2009 Taipei International Cycle Show opened Tuesday at the Nangang Exhibition Hall of the Taipei World Trade Center with a ceremony presided over by President Ma Ying-jeou

BSNYC: Misinformation: Simple Bikes Can Do Amazing Things

Road News and Results: March 17, 2009

Sidi lowers prices in US

Sidi shoes have had a price cut in the US despite the global economic downturn. Distributors Veltec Sports have told independent bike dealers to adjust their prices by 8 to 15 percent

The Tour de France announces its team selection for the '09 race , Fuji-Servetto left out of Tour de France  , Tour De France Teams Announced , Tour de France announces 20 teams – Fuji out

Fuji-Servetto is the incarnation of Saunier Duval, the 2008 team of Riccardo Riccò and Leonardo Piepoli. Both riders tested positive at the race last year for Erythropoietin (EPO) CERA

Tirreno Roadside: On Montelupone

Christoph Sauser and Specialized team to use Rotor Q-Rings  - The egg-shaped Q-Rings are said to offer easier climbing, faster acceleration and smoother pedalling, with reduced joint and tendon loads thanks to better muscle strain distribution

Ivan Basso's Liquigas Cannondale Slice Hi-Mod

The Cannondale Slice Hi-Mod is one of the newer time trial shapes in the ProTour having first seen action in competition less than two years ago at the 2007 Giro d'Italia

Deda Elementi: Tale Of The (New) Tape & Taipei, Too - Deda Elementi's new "Traforato" tape with special
perforated ribbon adds comfort and cooling to your handlebars!


Shimano forecasts sharp declines in '09

Electra Hires Local Marketing Agency

Bike Cooperative Launches Email Platform - The Bike Cooperative (TBC) has introduced a new email platform to its membership, allowing dealers to create their own customized emails and send them to their customers at an extremely low cost

JLT Online offers retailers ‘easy additional revenue’

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March 16th
Another Jersey Lost: After Paris-Nice Collapse, Kloden Gapped, Astana Loses Lead at Tirreno-Adriatico
First it was Alberto Contador at Paris-Nice. Now, at Tirreno-Adriatico, Andreas Kloden has been stripped of his leader's jersey after being attacked during the stage 6 uphill finish into Camerino

Landis considers return to Tour de France

Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 6 Video  ,  Link du Jour - Check out his Youtube page -- he/she has been in the habit of posting same-day video of the closing stages of every race this year

Tyler Farrar: Man or Myth?

Judging from the photos, no-one was more surprised than a certain mister Cavendish

Racing This Week: Milan-San Remo highlights the action

MTB - Maxxis Cup International #1: results

MTB - Internazionali d'Italia - Trofeo Giorgio Senini:  results

MTB - Turkish Riviera MTB Cup #2: results  ,  MTB - Turkish Riviera MTB Cup #1: results

Tirreno-Adriatico: Stage 6: Civitanova Marche to Camerino, 235km/146mi  ,  Video: Italia Uno, Due, Tre at Tirreno - Klöden Close
Two Italians...Michele Scarponi and Stefano Garzelli...take first and second today at Italy's Tirreno-Adriatico stage race. But the story is the guys behind them

Michele Scarponi takes the lead at Tirreno-Adriatico as Klöden gets dropped  ,  Hincapie Moves Up in the Overall as Klöden Storms to Stage 5 Victory in Tirreno-Adriatico

Italians ambush Kloden at Tirreno-Adriatico  ,  44th Tirreno-Adriatico: Stage 6 - results  ,  Tirreno-Adriatico 2009 Live Dashboard  ,  Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 6...LIVE

Team Type 1's Jesse Anthony wins the climber's title at the Tour de Taiwan  ,  Team Type 1’s Jesse Anthony Is Taiwan’s Mountain King; Alison Powers Wins Again

Analysis: Astana snatch defeat from jaws of victory
If Friday's stage to La Montagne de Lure was wholly predictable, the weekend was anything but, as Alberto Contador ran out of fuel in the closing stages on Saturday, and then launched an audacious attack to recover a race that had looked to be in the bag 48 hours earlier

UK cycling round-up: Unlucky start for Premier Calendar

GB squad for track World Champs announced  ,  Hoy, Romero out of British cycling worlds team

Mark Cavendish to return to the boards  ,  Cavendish surprise in Worlds squad  ,  Cavendish named in British Track Worlds squad
Mark Cavendish is a surprise inclusion in Great Britain's squad for next week's World Track Championships in Poland

MTB - South African National Championships: Downhill results, report & photos

Stander secures his 7th national title  ,  Potgieter, Martin grab SA downhill titles  ,  Potgieter and Stander win South African mountain bike championships

BikeRadar Live: Magnus Backstedt confirmed


Backstedt, who lives in Wales with his wife and two daughters, announced his retirement from professional cycling on 6 February. He had spent 13 years as a pro, with the highpoint being his win at Paris-Roubaix in 2004

4th Annual MBAA Cup Race

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First Edition Cycling News - Saxo Bank, Contador preview Monaco time trial course, Scarponi takes Tirreno's Camerino stage, overall lead, Vaughters: Vande Velde is on track, Astana, Saxo Bank at odds over Nice tactics, Rojas to return in Sanremo, O'Shea battling illness ahead of worlds

Road Bike Action News March 16, 2009

Astana For Milano-Sanremo, Contador Still TDF Favorite, UK Team For Worlds

Road News and Results - March 16, 2009

VeloNews readers suggest we broaden our vocabulary, and critique victory salutes
 
Time to enroll in a sign language course, Mr. Contador?


Monday Euro News

Paris-Nice 2009: Recap with Brian Holm

Monday's British news round-up

Crank arm lengths for tri
Edward Zimmerman moderates proportionality based on factors such as the knee stress at the top of the stoke just when power is applied

Koppenberg Road Race opens the 2009 Tour of Colorado season

Ask RC: How does a rear derailleur work?

Rear derailleurs are pulled across the cassette cogs with the shift cable in one direction and returned by a stiff spring in the opposite way

Latest Cycling News - Klöden eyes Scarponi ahead of Tirreno's final testing day, Broken bones for Thomas, Scarponi backed Diquigiovanni for Tirreno's Camerino stage, Colom set on País Vasco after Paris-Nice win, Ballan focusing on Roubaix, Ceramica Flaminia's riders affected by intestinal virus, Broken collarbone for Amador

The first Tour of Colorado race will be held March 29th in Superior, Colorado!

Team Medscheme’s Arran Brown takes win in Cape Argus Tour
Team Medscheme’s Arran Brown battled gale force winds to take the win in this year's Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour

Rudy Project Launches the Slinger Helmet, Company’s Lightest Helmet  ,  On test: Rudy Project Slinger 

Rudy Project's new Slinger helmet boasts a pleasingly simple design that visually sets it apart from others in the bunch. That it comes in at just US$99 is a most welcome bonus

DH race trail opens in North East England

Blizzard Bike Club - Frozen John Roubaix

The start was a balmy -13, which was the warmest start so far in the three race series

UFOs, crop circles and bicycles

Rider Swears Aloud After Flatting - No charges were filed in the incident


Like to Watch Italian Races? Feeling Nervous Yet?

There is discussion about how Versus is refusing to show the Giro d'Italia this year, in response to what Paul Sherwen described as excessive fee demands by owners RCS

Cyclists ride to help club, selves  ,  Thinking About Biking to Work? What You Need to Know  ,  Bicycle laws could help motorists and cyclists alike

BSNYC: Turning It Out - The Bicycle Mating Rituals of Spring

Pedal Force TT2 Time Trial Bike First Impression

The TT2 is an aerodynamically sculpted, steep seated time trial/triathlon carbon weave frame with an equally slippery fork, teardrop seat tube and seat post

Fit Chick: Matters of the Heart

My dad had a heart attack last week

UCI World Calendar : Davis is still leading  ,  Allan Davis is Still Leads UCI World Cup Standings  ,  Press release : The UCI World Ranking is now available

Armstrong leads Astana at Milan-San Remo  ,  Chris Carmichael: Catch-up time is over

Time ATAC XS Absalon pedals
New from Time are the Julien Absalon signature ATAC XS mountain bike pedals. Even if you can't attack like Absalon, at least you can ride the same pedals

Analysis: the future of road racing - Cycling Weekly took an in-depth look at the problems facing organisers of races on Britain's roads in February, following the cancellation of the Archer Grand Prix and the Tour of Wessex

Cane Creek 110 IS Headset

Cane Creek claims that the 110 IS is so durable that it backs it with a 110-year warranty

Alessandro Ballan: Focusing for Roubaix

First pro win for Shimano Di2 at Paris Nice

First Look: Shimano Di2 demo bike

We've been given exclusive access to a Shimano demo bike fully equipped with the Japanese firm's ground-breaking Di2 electronic groupset

Fox Racing Shocks Sales Up in 2008

Taipei Cycle Poised for Big Turnout

Grumbling over Taipei Cycle’s timing and its isolated new venue can still be heard, but everyone who is anyone in the bicycle industry will come together there this week

Titus: Official Whiskey Off-Road Sponsor - The Whiskey Off-Road is an endurance mountain bike event based in the heart of downtown Prescott, Arizona, next to Whiskey Row

Gila bike race lands new corporate sponsor - “SRAM has been searching for a road cycling event to attach its name to for a few years,” said David Zimberoff, global marketing director for the SRAM Corp. “The Tour of the Gila represents the type of performance and passion that fits perfectly with our brand.”

Bikes Belong Awards Five REI/BFC Grants

Why You Need At Least Ten Bicycles, and The Types Of Bikes They Should Be

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March 15th
Paris-Troyes: results

Omloop van het Waasland: results & photos

Istrian Spring Trophy: Stage 3 -  results

Contador Conspiracy: Is Astana Deliberately Trying to Undermine Spanish Star's Tour de France Bid?
Was there more to the picture than Contador's eating mishap?

Why Not Just Eat? - Forgetting to eat. Seems too simple, too silly an error for a racer of Contador's stature. How could this have happened?

Video: Planet Armstrong I

Video: It's Alberto...Almost...at Paris-Nice  ,  Sanchez wraps up Paris Nice, Colom wins final stage

Sanchez wins 2009 Paris-Nice ,  Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez wins Paris-Nice  ,  67th Paris-Nice: Stage 8 - results  ,  67th Paris-Nice: Stage 8 - Live coverage
Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) has won the 2009 edition of Paris-Nice, denying fellow Spaniard Alberto Contador (Astana) the chance for victory in today's final stage

Tirreno-Adriatico: Klöden takes over  ,  44th Tirreno-Adriatico: Stage 5 - results  , Tirreno-Adriatico 2009 Live Dashboard  ,  Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 5 ITT Live Video
Kloeden, who won the race in 2007, set a time of 41 minutes 32 seconds for the demanding fifth stage between Loreto and Macerata

69th Giro del Mendrisiotto - Switzerland  ,  Giro del Mendrisiotto: results

MTB - Cyprus Sunshine Cup round four: results

MTB - South African National Championships: Cross-Country - results & photos  ,  preview

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Road Bike Action News March 15, 2009

Contador Goes Down Fighting, Sanchez To Start Milano-Sanremo, Steegmans Out, Cancellara In, Ballan Out Of Tirreno-Adriatico

First Edition Cycling News - Sanchez predicts Tour de France win is "impossible", Contador wins over French fans, No penalty for Chavanel, Quick Step takes two jerseys home from Nice, Monfort impressed by Paris-Nice level of racing, Kreuziger sidelined with tendonitis, Time trial propels winner into overall lead, Ballan withdraws from Tirreno-Adriatico, Rock Racing to make Iberian tour

USWCDP: The unkown

Anne Guzman spent some time cross-country skiing in the winter

Jong Vlaanderen’s Ken Devaere

Pedens a Victoria sports dynasty - Six-day races were highly popular in the 1920s and 1930s. For six days and six nights, two-man relay teams would cycle around a banked wooden track. The prize money would go to the pair that covered the greatest distance

Second Leapfrog race March 21 at Paupau

Safe cycling doesn't happen by accident

Safety reminders for cyclists and motorists

GB Academy team impresses in Italy
The Great Britain Under 23 Academy team took home their first trophy of the 2009 Italian season on Sunday with Luke Rowe finishing second in the Trofeo Antonio Rancilio near Milan
Thomas crashes out in Tirreno-Adriatico time trial
Thomas crashed on a right hand corner early in the time trial and went over the guardrail. His bike ended up in a tree and he went down a banking.  He was diagnosed with a broken nose and a micro fracture of the ischiopubic bone in the groin

UCI President on the World Track Champs velodrome - Pat McQuaid discusses the new velodrome that many of the invited teams have yet to see

Joe Friel Updates the Bestselling Training Book for Serious Cyclists

Retail Report: Space grows for Great Lakes Cycling & Fitness

Oscar Bustos works on a bike at the new Great Lakes Cycling & Fitness

World’s First Internally Geared Road Bike
Dynamic Bicycles, Inc. today introduced the Synergy, the world’s first internally geared drop bar road bike

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March 14th
Lance Armstrong: Natural Born Twitterer

Did Floyd Landis Get Shafted??? - If this article and its findings were published two years age, Floyd Landis would have remained the 2006 Tour de France champion because of testing variables that skew results

Paris-Nice Stage 7: Sanchez Topples Contador  ,  Astana boss rules out Contador's victory chances

Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez, riding for the Caisse d'Epargne team, won the seventh and penultimate stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race on Saturday to take the leader's yellow jersey from Alberto Contador

Sanchez takes over at Paris-Nice  ,  67th Paris-Nice: Stage 7 - results  ,  Live coverage 67th Paris-Nice: Stage 7

Rodriguez doubles on Montelupone; Hesjedal 7th  , 44th Tirreno-Adriatico: Stage 4 - results & report  ,  Tirreno-Adriatico 2009 Live Dashboard

Istrian Spring Trophy: Stage 2 - results

Tour of Taiwan: Stage 7 - results

Istrian Spring Trophy: Stage 1 - results

Ivan Basso's custom Cannondale auctioned for charity

Liquigas rider Ivan Basso's custom Cannondale SuperSix from the 2008 Japan Cup

SRAM releases its first 24-speed Trekking group

The light trekking group set utilises a two-lever system coupled with ergonomic design, which means riders only need to use their thumb for shifting, leaving the hand on the handlebar at all times

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First Edition Cycling News - Sánchez-Contador battle continues, Contador miscalculates, Rodríguez king of the wall, Prudhomme full of praise for aggressive riders, White pleased with Garmin's charge, Seeldrayers clings to maillot blanc, Vorarlbert-Corratec: small team with big hopes

One more day for Seattle International Bike Expo


Joaquim Rodriguez' Big Chance

Road Bike Action News March 14, 2009

Thirty-Six Teams Listed For Biological Passport, Amica Chips Out Of Roubaix, Greipel Back On The Bike

Georgia Cup Cycling riders ready despite rainy weather

Paris-Nice'09: Catching Up With Dan Fleeman

Tour of the Gila has high expectations

Feast Days of the Saints

Neil Shirley Interview Part 2: All-Time Favorites, Best and Worst Times, Penalties for Doping
In part 2 of our interview with Neil Shirley, we ask the Kelly Benefits rider about some of his favorite things in cycling, his best and worst moments on the bike, and what he would do with dopers if he was in charge

New Product Spotlight: Voodoo Cycles’ Nakisi - Fat Tire Crosser
Voodoo Cycles has a long history in the sport of cyclocross. Former national champions Tim Johnson and Marc Gullickson both raced Voodoos back in the day, with Gully winning a national championship in the Presidio on his Voodoo Limba

Police stop Bikeline Two Day
Helmetless cyclists must share blame - A judge has ruled that cyclists are partly to blame for their injuries if they fail to wear a helmet, even if the accident was not their fault

The Framebuilders Collective Launches Their Web Site

Bend cyclists mad about license, fee proposal

Video: Talk To - Brett Horton, About Cipo's Record-Breaking Bike
It looks pretty much like every other road bike. But ths history of this bike is what sets it apart. This is the bike that Mario Cipollini rode when he won his 42nd...and last...stage of the Giro d'Italia back in 2003

Quick spin: 'Yehuda Moon' cartoonist Rick Smith

36 squads signed up with UCI anti-doping profiling
One week after five ProTour teams made last-minute contributions to the International Cycling Union's biological passport program and thus got a green light to take part in Paris-Nice, the governing body has released a list of 36 teams now fully paid up to the anti-doping screening

The Cyclist's Training Bible

Continental GP4000 LTD White tire

25th Redlands Bicycle Classic - Christine Thorburn Honored

Within the community of professional cyclists live a few legends; Christine Thorburn is one of those legends. Thorburn’s dedication and self motivation represent the true essence of professional cycling; along with personal sacrifice and unrelenting determination Thorburn did everything right to leave an enduring impression on the sport

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March 13th
Cervélo TestTeam signs Emilie Aubry

Voeckler breaks collarbone in fall

Video: Race To Europe - Contador, Farrar Both Win Big
At Italy's Tirreno-Adriatico, Tyler Farrar beat the best...Mark Cavendish, Tom Boonen and Robbie McEwen...in the sprint to the line at Santa Croce sull'Arno

Video: Paris-Nice 2009 Stage 6 Final Kilometers  ,  Contador regains Paris-Nice lead in spectacular fashion

Contador charges off the front on "Ventoux's little sister" to take control of Paris-Nice  ,  67th Paris-Nice: Stage 6 - results , 67th Paris-Nice: Stage 6 - Live coverage

Rider Diary: Tony Martin

German rider Tony Martin, 23, has been hailed as the best rider his country has produced since Jan Ullrich. A strong time-trial rider and solid climber, he possesses the necessary keys to stage racing

Farrar: 'Biggest win of my career'  ,  Tyler Farrar Wins - And Gets Interviewed

Development Team alum Farrar wins stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico  ,  US cyclist Farrar defeats favorite in Italy  ,  Farrar beats Cavendish in Tirreno sprint

Garmin-Slipstream's Tyler Farrar surged past Columbia-High Road's Mark Cavendish to win stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy on Friday

Hincapie Hangs Out in Top Ten at Tirreno-Adriatico

Farrar outkicks Cav' at Tirreno-Adriatico , 44th Tirreno-Adriatico: Stage 3 - results & report , Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 3 LIVE , Tirreno-Adriatico 2009 Live Dashboard

Tour of Taiwan: Stage 6 - results & photos

CONI Pursues Alejandro Valverde, Verdict Due Soon

"Don" Alejandro Valverde must be feeling a bit like Tony Montana at the end of "Scar Face," as CONI (Italian anti-doping agency) continues to barrage him with allegations of doping

Istrian Spring Trophy: Prologue - results

Cycling The Basque Country & Pyrenees

Froome: Some like it hot

Living the life of a pro cyclist can be seen as some what glamorous but it certainly does have many challenges

Venter, Slingerland SA TT champs

Rob Hayles announces his retirement from track racing

BMC Proud to be Invited to 2009 Paris-Roubaix

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First Edition Cycling News - Contador keeps the fans at heart, Schleck targets P-N podium, Farrar surprises world's best sprinters, Amica Chips out of Paris-Roubaix, 36 teams sign on for blood passports, Broken clavicle for Voeckler, Teams for track worlds shaping up, Hayles left off British team, Cervélo adds one

MTB news and notes: Cape Epic, Bromont, Gravity Pro Tour and more

Charges filed against three men in burglary of Zabriskie  ,  Charges filed in Zabriskie home burglary

Road News and Results - March 13, 2009

Road Bike Action News Friday March 13, 2009

Contador Cruises Back To Paris-Nice Lead, Basso's Bike Auction For Cancer, Voeckler Breaks Collarbone

Aero ruling - the manufacturer's view

Latest Cycling News - Petacchi keeps watch on Cavendish, Armstrong previews another time trial, Roche wants to try again, Medical examinations for Gilbert, Greipel on the road again, Paris-Roubaix wildcards announced, Le Monde newspaper hit with fine over Puerto allegations, Tour of Missouri welcomes Armstrong's Astana team

Friday's British news round-up

BMC SLC01 PRO Machine

The Swiss brand BMC was seen under the legs of the powerful but trouble-plagued Phonak team. The last two years, BMC has been ridden by the inspirational Team BMC out of the U.S

Marking her 50th birthday with a 12,000 mile bicycle tour

Why aren't women riding more?

Traffic, 'helmet hair' and image problem blamed

Dynamic to launch 'world's first hub-geared racer'

Dynamic Bicycles claim they have developed the world's first internally-geared road bike

After a two-year hiatus, Litespeed's TT bike is back and looks sharper than ever

Kelly Bikes is Back In Biz

Chris Kelly has re-launched the Kelly bike brand that had been dormant since “forces beyond his control” led to the dissolution of the original LLC in 2007

Sitting In: Life's Big Questions

Wolf Mountain

The spectacle of Montelupone is similar to last week's Strade Bianche Eroica: a new cycling destination that nonetheless seem far larger than its own sporting history

Melt Your Extra Pounds With Music - New research shows that listening to upbeat music can help you burn an extra 40 calories per hour.

BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz!

US cop who attacked cycle protester leaves the force

A spokesman for New York Police Department (NYPD) said Officer Patrick Pogan was fired two weeks ago

Matt Pacocha takes a look at the Giant Anthem X Advanced SL

Press release : Publication of the list of teams included in the biological passport program   ,  The UCI Releases the List of Teams Included in the Biological Passport Program

Registration opens for Rocky Mountain Bicycle Show

PRO Stealth EVO Carbon Bar And Stem

The PRO Stealth EVO one-piece road stem and handlebar combination is designed to increase steering precision while still being lightweight and aerodynamic

Fixing backs and bottles

BikeRadar video of the week: Chris Smith's Corsair

Oakley Boosts Parent in Difficult Q4

Columbia’s ’09 SCOTT Team Bikes

Columbia-High Road have made the shift from the Giant bikes of last season to Scott, specifically the 2009 carbon-framed Addict SL model for the road, and Plasma for the time trials

Canadian Suppliers Shipping More Bikes

Lazer Helmets Establishes U.S. Office

John Telfer Joins Sparc Retail

Rapha Stowaway Jacket

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March 12th
BMC Racing racing Paris-Roubaix

The 2009 BMC Racing Team was invited to race the April 12 Paris-Roubaix classic

Road Bike Action News March 12, 2009

First for Roy; Voeckler Comes up Short, Concussion for Brajkovic, Missouri Field Takes Shape, Teams for Paris-Roubaix, Team Type 1 Counts Down to RAAM

The Montagne de Lure

The is THE summit finish in Paris-Nice. With the limestone, an arc of tarmac and the communications aerials on top, it looks a bit like Mont Ventoux, no?

Team Astana confirms it will race this year's Tour of Missouri

Results - Round One of the Kenda US Cup West

ABA Winternationals - Results and Standings

Teams Announced for Paris-Roubaix , 25 Teams to start in Paris-Roubaix

The ASO today announced the 25 teams, who will take the start of Paris-Roubaix on 12 April. Not surprisingly, the organizers chose to snub Fuji-Servetto yet again

Bike commuting into a governmental paradox

South Africa Road Championships: Time trials - results

Roy takes stage at Paris-Nice, Chavanel still in yellow , 67th Paris-Nice: Stage 5 -  results , Live coverage: 67th Paris-Nice Stage 5 , Paris-Nice Stage 5: Roy Roars To Victory

Jeremy Roy, riding for FDJ, won the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice race on Thursday, a 204.0km ride from Annonay to Vallon Pont d'Arc, crossing the line in 4hr 58min 47sec

Petacchi scores at Tirreno-Adriatico, El Fares keeps lead , 44th Tirreno-Adriatico: Stage 2 -  results ,  Tirreno-Adriatico 2009 Live Dashboard

Tour of Taiwan: Stage 5 - resulrs & photos

MTB - Israel Cup: results

Fuji-Servetto's Fredrik Kessiakoff

Back Pocket Previews '09: Silence! Lotto

Paris-Roubaix winner to ride Rutland Classic
The former Paris-Roubaix winner competes in the UK's only UCI-ranked international one-day event with his newly created Cyclesport.se/Magnus Maximus Coffee.com. team

Halfords to sponsor Premier Calendar

Seattle International Bike Expo is this weekend

Paris-Nice Stage Four Trip Report

Cycling News Roundup

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Interview: Anna Sanchis Chafer

First Edition Cycling News - Roy rules in France, Chavanel keeps hoping, Escape day two for Martin, Crashes mar Tirreno stage, Haussler on the hunt for green, Contador confident and calm, Reid Mumford: Have Ph.D., will travel, Stander and Speedy headline South African 'nats

Barloworld invited to Ronde van Vlaanderen

Scott USA takes over Swisspower title sponsorship

Nino Schurter (L) and teammate Florian Vogel on the podium at the recent Maremma Cup

Road News and Results - March 12, 2009

BSNYC: Adversity: When the Going Gets Tough, the Smart Get Naked

WD-40: Not Good For Your Chain

A true lubricant such as Park Tool synthetic blend chain lube or Pro Link chain lube is going to be what you want to use

Going Tubeless Part III - Okay, so you’ve gotten the primer on tubeless for cyclocross in Part I of our series, and learned how to convert a wheelset for tubeless in Part II, but are worried about the infamous “burp” or want to avoid the pitfalls of others

Hey, SXSW! - Here's what I'm doing this year...

Carlos Sastre: exclusive interview
Fame has the power to corrupt absolutely, but the Spaniard insists that he is the same person after his Tour de France win

MTB News & Racing Round-up - Pro mountain bikers train better in Tucson, Paulissen leading Cannondale Factory Team, Cyprus Sunshine Cup concluding in Voroklini, Huber & Zahnd teaming for Cape Epic, Scott-Swisspower kicks season off successfully, iXS European Downhill Series, Record may fall at Motatapu Icebreaker, Whiskey Off-Road adds concert, Mountain X-Bike series starts, Burn 24 hour changes, Team Ghost Scheiderbauer seeking young talent

Thursday Euro News

Latest Cycling News - Armstrong previews Giro's time trial, Vande Velde relishes solo win, Schleck surprises himself in Italy, Valverde ruling expected for next week, Cancellara slated for Milano-Sanremo, Ciolek goes green on a conflict-free Milram team, Backstedt confirmed for Rutland to Melton CiCLE Classic

Interview with Neil Shirley Part 1: Switching Teams, Making New Friends, and KBS Riders to Watch in 2009
Neil Shirley, with 8 years of experience as a professional cyclist, has signed with the Kelly Benefit Strategies team for 2009

Doping tests ignore ethnic difference, experts say - Steroid doping tests currently used in international sport are "not fit for purpose" because they ignore vital ethnic differences in hormone activity, Swiss researchers said on Thursday

Optibike 800 Li Electrifies Your Ride - Tired of pedaling up hills? Danny and Steven test-drive a $9K electric bicycle called the Optibike that actually helps you save calories

Thule builds convenience into new and redesigned racks

Morgan Patton Wins Regions Bank Race Weekend for Team Type 1

Off-Season Schedules Restricted for Non-Professionals

New Seattle Cyclocross Series Announced, Portland-Seattle Grail Battle Returns

No Charges Laid in Car-Bike Crash in Victoria
Paris-Nice - Gallopin: Contador is a rough diamond

The games I play - Howdy from Taipei
Interesting culture over here. Since exiting the race, it has been a game of dodge the scooters (LOTS of them,) breathe as little as possible (smog,) and do more, and more insulin...

Taipei Cycle Show and Corporate Social Responsibility

Video: How The Horton Collection Began - "Stalking Eddy"
Brett Horton maybe the most rabid collector of cycling memorabilia in America

Redlands Hosts 25 Years of World Class Bicycle Races

Former NDT standout Vande Velde wins stage 4 at Paris-Nice

Christian Vande Velde earned another major international American victory with his win in stage four of Paris-Nice

Canadian Specialty Bicycle Industry Ends 2008 with Strong Sales  - Outperforms U.S. Industry Significantly

How to Mess Up a New Bike in Three Easy Steps

Please don't ask me how I know these things

Cycling in the city

The Men of Steel make a return to racing , Men of Steel racing club going national

Training in Tucson: Following the sun

Sustrans launches ‘Bikebelles’

The Coach(ed) Corner: Finding the time

Wrenched and Ridden: Hutchinson RT1 tubeless carbon clincher wheels
A Hutchinson RT1 wheelset features carbon aero rims, tubeless compatibility, and ships with Fusion 2 tires

Chad Gerlach, Alberto Contador & Paul Kimmage

Dorel Beats Q4 Woes to Report Record Year

Bicycle Retailer Expands Dealer Tour to Two Cities
Bicycle Retailer & Industry News staff and returning sponsors Giant Bicycles and Pedro’s will get back on bikes to visit a dozen retailers in each location

Finish Line Offers Free Hang Tags

Electra Bicycle Recalls Some '09 Bikes

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March 11th
58th GP Pretola: results & photos

Rate the Race!

Road Bike Action News, March 11, 2009

Gianni Da Ros has been arrested in Italy

Beware of the new Vande Velde, says team manager

Vande Velde wins stage 4, Chavanel retains overall lead , 67th Paris-Nice: Stage 4 - results, report & photos , 67th Paris-Nice - Live coverage , Paris-Nice Stage 4... LIVE
2009 Paris-Nice, stage 4: Vande Velde gets the win

Paris-Nice Post-Stage

El Fares takes Tirreno-Adriatico opener , 44th Tirreno-Adriatico: Stage 1 - results & report

Julien El Farès (Cofidis), 23, wins over Vladimir Duma (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce) in stage one of the Tirreno-Adriatico

Tour of Taiwan: Stage 4 - results

Paris-Nice'09: Dan Fleeman Takes Us Inside

Scott USA Becomes the Title Sponsor of the Scott-Swisspower Mountain Bike Team

Matt Simmons wins first round of Caersws Cup downhill

Electra Bicycle Co. recalls bikes with front trays , Electra recalls bikes with front trays
Old-School in the Modern Day

Cyclists push for safer bike lanes in wake of attack

O'Fallon Grand Prix bike race could bring 400 people to town

Off-duty Tucson police officer killed in cycling accident

An off-duty Tucson police officer bicycling on the Southeast Side was fatally struck from behind by a pickup Tuesday afternoon

Tirreno-Adriatico 2009 Live Dashboard

Five Things to Know About Tirreno-Adriatico

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Road News and Results - March 11, 2009

Cyclists face "single file" charges in Canada crash

First Edition Cycling News - Vande Velde goes solo, Chavanel-Contador to duel for another day, Cervélo TestTeam holds onto green jersey hopes, Break triumphs at Tirreno-Adriatico, McEwen on course for Milan-San Remo, Del Nero's injured, Barloworld accepts Ronde van Vlaanderen invitation, Ster Elektrotoer scheduled finalized, Da Ros suspended, Alliance for Biking & Walking gives advocacy awards, Dartmoor Classic registration expanded

Video: Viatcheslav Ekimov - Wednesday's Best Day, Worst Day

The Wednesday Comment

The Explainer: Daily life in the peloton
We can guess that Jan Ullrich and Matthias Kessler were speaking German here, but what did they speak with everyone else?

Wiggins bails on P-N to attend funeral , Wiggins pulls out of Paris-Nice for family reasons

Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance: Name changes but focus remains
They started out as a bunch of bitter bikers who got no respect but just loved riding out in the woods

Latest Cycling News - Hesjedal leads Garmin's Tirreno charge, Cunego readies for Classics, Basso to race Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Steegmans won't ride Milano-Sanremo, Klöden checks form at Tirreno, Liquigas' Da Ros arrested for drug trafficking, Cooke to ride in Etrusca, Post Danmark Rundt presented, Veilleux breaks collarbone, European Cycling Union elects president, Garmin Felt tops South African junior podium, Team OUCH to Battenkill

Rider Diary: Ups and Downs

Belgian cyclist Maxime Monfort, 26, is an up-and-coming stage-race rider

Scott Sunderland Reaches For The SKY!

Cannondale announces riders for 2009 Factory Racing squad

Limited Edition White Continental GP4000

Using the same casing and construction as the GP4000 S, including Vectran puncture protection, Continental is releasing a limited number of GP4000 S tires in white

The Men of Steel Make a Return to Racing

Kenstone Metal Co. Announces Partnership With Kirk Pacenti
While most of the bicycle industry is moving toward carbon fiber, Kenstone says they, “Appreciate the classic beauty steel frames and greatly admire the work that goes into a custom lugged steel frame

Bjarne Riis: Learning from the past
Time Trial Success With Dr Allen Lim

Princeton Tec's "Got Lights On Bikes" Photo Contest
Princeton Tec's "Got Lights On Bikes" photo contest gives amateur photographers the opportunity to win a Lager singlespeed from SE Bikes or other cool bike gear

Cervelo Diet - Ultimate Mods for the Ultimate Bike Introduction , Cervelo Diet  - Part 2  ,  Cervelo Diet - Part 3

Wojciech Walkiewicz is new UEC President

Mechanical problem wrecks Cavendish's Tirreno chances
“I thought my chain had come off and Fabian Cancellara gave me a little push but then I couldn't get going,” Cavendish told Cycling Weekly at the finish of the stage with his fingers covered in oil after trying to resolve the problem himself

Levi kickstarts campaign to bring Tour back - Levi Leipheimer signs race memorabilia at Sizzling Tandoor Indian Restaurant in Santa Rosa Tuesday evening, answering questions and signing autographs for supporters

Armstrong stunned by tough Giro time trial

BSNYC Product Review: Bicycle Book Shootout!

Liquigas racer arrested in drug probe , Liquigas's Da Ros detained in doping probe

The Gossip Page

Shimano Dura-Ace 7900 group

Shimano touts its latest Dura-Ace 7900 group to be the culmination of everything it’s learned over the past 35 years but is it really the best Dura-Ace yet?

Wheel Fanatyk Wooden Wheels

Finding Reality By Rolling Back The Clock

Veltec Sports Reduces Sidi Retail Prices

Kenstone Metal Partners With Kirk Pacenti

Dynamic Bicycles Introduces the World’s First Internally Geared Road Bike
Dynamic has found a way to blend the lightweight performance of a road bike with the inherent simplicity of internal gearing

Pedro's Partners with 3point5

Canadian Specialty Bicycle Industry Ends 2008 with Strong Sales

Rocket Science Expands Sales Force

Spring Series Learn to Race Clinic - March 14

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March 10th
Sprinters gather for Tirreno-Adriatico showdown
The Italian Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper has described the weeklong stage race as a sprinter's world championships

Road Bike Action News March 10, 2009

Chavanel Leads Paris-Nice, Contador Misses Out, P-N Injury Report, McQuaid Pleased with AFLD Agreement, New Sponsor for Cooke

San-Remo or Bust: Pressure Builds for Pozzato, Gilbert, Breschel as Monuments Approach

With the first monument of cycling set to commence in 11 days time, there is a small group of high-profile riders that are still without their first win of the season

2009 Terreno-Adriatico - Fuji-Servetto Participation - CAS finds in favor of the Fuji-Servetto team to be allowed to participate in the "Race of Two Seas" but it is unclear if the team will be free to line up at the start tomorrow... A perplexing turn of events as the another controversial skirmish in the cycling wars of the past rears its head again

Cycling BC VP Road Update

Team Type 1’s Phil Southerland: Interview
Southerland Starts the Prologue in Sacramento at the AMGEN Tour of California

South Africa Road Championships: Road races - results

Astana remain confident , Astana confident Paris-Nice win within Contador's reach , Paris-Nice Stage 3: Post-Race

Spaniard Contador, arguably the world's top stage ra cer, was sixth overall in the standings, one minute and three seconds off the pace after Chavanel raced to victory in the 178-kilometre ride from Orval

Chavanel wins stage to take overall Paris-Nice lead , Quick Step's Sylvain Chavanel outsprints his breakaway companions to take stage 3 and the lead , 67th Paris-Nice: Stage 3 - results , 67th Paris-Nice: Stage 3 - Live coverage
2009 Paris-Nice, stage 3: Chavanel during stage 3

Tour of Taiwan: Stage 3 - results

California's two high school mountain bike leagues get their seasons underway , NorCal Racing League: Round One results
Action is fierce despite the rain in Fort Ord

Jock Wadley Memorial: results

Wiggins, Romero and Sir Chris all miss World Championships

Where Riders Tackle Potholes and Gravel , American riders create little hell for themselves

Elgin on world cycling stage

Cycling map a safety guide

Cycling event hits Winter Haven

Mountain biker competing in Chile Pan Ams

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Exclusive interview - Lindsay Myers - She currently races for the Sugar CRM team and will shortly leave the country to gallivant around France racing her bicycle with the US National Women’s Development Team

Panache! - Three days in and it’s turning out to be a retro Paris-Nice after all – wind, wet weather, and some real signs that that the French are actually in danger of taking a win

First Edition Cycling News - Chavanel: "I’m proud of myself", No-start rule not starting yet, Valverde could ride Castilla y León, Gilbert's different priorities, Anti-doping expert praises biological passport, Garmin supportive of Martin's withdrawal, Garzelli and co ready for Tirreno, SRAM takes over Gila title sponsorship

MTB News & Racing Round-up - Fullana repeats while Alvarez clinches win in Spain, Many slowed by flats at Maremma Cup, Olympians try unusual downhill in Netherlands, US Cup serving downhillers too, Gravity East expands dual slalom series, Massi downhillers start season, USAC Ultra-Endurance Calendar standings updated, WBR-Siren Bicycles adds Wallenfels & Harris, California high schools kick off season

Cycling Doping Update from Bike Pure

Veilleux Out with Broken Collarbone , Kelly Benefit's Canadian strongman, David Veilleux, breaks his collarbone at Texas training camp
Villeaux raced while injured from a crash at the 2008 Tour of Missouri

NYT: The Wild Bunch

Levi Leipheimer returns from sacrum injury, wins Norcal mountain bike race

Martin pulls out of Paris-Nice
“I'm not sure what it is, maybe some kind of viral infection but every muscle hurts in my body,” Martin told Cycling Weekly late on Tuesday morning. “I got up this morning and felt like death.”

Latest Cycling News - Bjarne Riis: Bearing the burden of truth, Armstrong back to diligent reconnaissance, Martin and Lowe ill, De Weert hopeful to continue Paris-Nice, Lövkvist ready for Tirreno, Ceramica Flaminia debuts at Tirreno-Adriatico, Neben eager for new season, Former mountain biker shines in Eroica, Mosquera and García lead Xacobeo Galicia

Emperor For a Week

WTB expanding tires and saddle program

French downhiller Fabian Barel giving input

Shimano reveals line-up for limited budgets

Latest ranges 'important to bikers looking for value for money performance groupsets'

Blazin' Saddles: The Racing Kangeroo

The 25-year-old has been one of the stand-out performers of the season, as encapsulated by his emphatic sprint victory in the second stage of Paris-Nice
SRAM becomes title sponsor of New Mexico's Tour of the Gila  - SRAM Tour of the Gila leader's jersey

As a Cyclist, Is Osteoperosis in Your Future?

Casting call for bike messenger for "Fair Game" feature film

Help Bicycle Projects Get Economic Recovery Funding - The League of American Bicyclists has created a handy web-form that you can use to tell your Governor to build bicycle and pedestrian facilities

Monique Ryan: The right nutrient mix is key to recovering from early season workouts

Video: Where is Mario Cipollini's Pink Skinsuit?
It is one of the indelible images of the sport...Mario Cipollini riding the prologue time trial of the 2005 Giro d'Italia, wearing an outlandish pink skinsuit, in the final race of his illustrious career at the Giro

BSNYC: Last Call for Identities - Fixed Gear Culture No Longer Accepting New Members

Cycling Injury Prevention: Sitting Disease

Bike Accessories Reviews: Prestaflator , New Product Spotlight: Prestaflator
The Prestflator is a presta valve tire inflator for precise tire inflation when using an air compressor

Toolbox: Bright Lights Big City

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn: CO2 tales and comments
Can this happen to you?

NAHBS: That's a wrap, folks - Final gallery from Indy

NAHBS On Tap-2: Hand Made Show '09

Bikeline Two-Day

Garneau Evolution Cycling Team Announced

Performance Cycles to handle Novatec Wheels
Swindon-based retailer takes on distribution role for wheel range

Planet Bike Taps Frehner as President

Joe’s Bankruptcy A 'Painful Impact'

Shedfire's Ragley unveiled , Brant Richards unveils pictures of new titanium frame

No name yet, but it’s quirky

Sea Otter Registration Keeps Growing

Yakima Names New Outside Rep Agency

Princeton Tec Photo Contest Here

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March 9th
Can Astana Sweep? A 1-2-3 at 2009 Tour de France Within Reach
 
Now that the 2009 cycling season is off and running, one thing has been made abundantly clear: The Astana Cycling team is the best stage racing team in the world, and all but unbeatable in any race they enter

Tour of Taiwan: Stage 2 - results

US Cup-Fontana Race News

Biological passport: 10 years beyond other sports - Cycling's anti-doping measures light years ahead, expert claims

Road Bike Action News, March 9, 2009

Paris-Nice: Always Nervous At The Start

Video: Paris-Nice 2009 Stage 2 Final Kilometer

MTB - Spa City Extreme: results

GP Lillers, Souvenir Bruno Comini: results

Trofeo Franco Balestra Memorial Metelli: results

67th Paris-Nice: Stage 2 - results & report , 67th Paris-Nice: Stage 2 - Live coverage , Haussler wins Paris-Nice stage, scare for Contador , Haussler wins stage 2, Contador leads P-N
Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) makes it look easy in stage 2 of the 2009 Paris-Nice

MTB - Cyprus Sunshine Cup #3 - results

MTB - Superprestigio Massi #2 - results

MTB - Maremma Cup: Day 2 - results

Bendigo International Madison: results & photos

Brooke Miller Sprints to Convincing Win at Menlo Park for Team Tibco , Video: National Champ Wins at Menlo Park - "Faster...Faster!"

Brooke Miller won another bike race. OK, she's the current national champion...she's supposed to win races, right? But Brooke would be the first one to admit that she didn't...and couldn't...do it alone


Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense Sign Claire Buchar

Seattle Bicycle Expo

On display, to name a few, will be a collection of vintage bicycles from the U.S., England, France, and Italy circa 1920-1990

Gear up for center s Ride to Read Bike Race in May

MedCentral plans 12-hour cycling event

Cycling is a way of life for Aarons VP

Ted King: Champing at the bit to get back out there

Cyclists Take Final Ride For David Meek

Rock Racing Celebrates On Multiple Fronts , Rock Racing gaining speed
Rock Racing maintained its positive momentum from the recent Tour of California, winning the Vuelta Mexico Telmex team classification while helping David Vitoria earn the King of the Mountains jersey and a third-place podium spot

OUCH-Maxxis' Andrew Pinfold wins the final stage of the Vuelta Mexico , Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Stage 8 Won by Pinfold

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More News and Cycling Information...
First Edition Cycling News - Australian sounds Paris-Nice warning, Evans impressed by Contador, readying for 2009 Tour, Pauriol out on painful day for Cofidis, Rider update after Paris-Nice crashes, Quick Step set for competitive Tirreno-Adriatico, Menchov exceeds expectations, Natural disaster can't stop Bendigo Madison, Longo-Ciprelli still firing

David Kemp's Fly V Australia Parlee TT - Few small builders are in as elite company as Parlee Cycles, whose name is virtually synonymous with some of the finest - and most highly sought - carbon fiber frames available thanks to their uncanny blend of performance and ride quality

It's Spring - Watch Out For Cyclists - And Response

Matt Pacocha attends the 2009 Giant mountain bike team presentation

Fit Chick: It's Martini Time

After spending close to 22 hours on the bike last week, and I'm feeling shaken and stirred like a martini

Monday Euro News

Grabinger, Holcomb win Tucson Bicycle Classic

UCI agrees to new French anti-doping collaboration - Rift healing between UCI and AFLD

Cycling into the Future: 15 Crazy Concept Bicycles

As a cyclist, sometimes you really wish it were easier to keep your bicycle with you throughout the day, through bus rides, at the store or at the office

Valverde to focus completely on Le Tour

Easton EC90 Bar Ends
Easton EC90 bar ends, new for 2009, are made of Easton composite carbon fiber and are ergonomically molded

The Top 25 Cyclists of the Modern Era

Readers like the Explainer and Rock Crawford's latest column

Monday's British news round-up

Latest Cycling News - Hesjedal proves strong again on Eroica gravel roads, Lövkvist claims first one-day race win with Eroica, Caccia on the hunt in Eroica, Ballan training after fever, Sánchez pleased with third in Paris-Nice's time trial, Cervélo poised for Paris-Nice road stages, Rabobank dominates Murcia with Menchov and Brown, LPR confronts Tirreno-Adriatico with Di Luca and Petacchi

Fabian Cancellara's Specialized S-Works Transition

Specialized intentionally made the Transition’s shape exceedingly narrow to provide as little frontal area as possible, starting first with the 1”-diameter fork steerer and narrow-yet-deep tube profiles that push the limits of the UCI technical rules

Phil Wood Co. 3.5 Track Limited gold hub

Ryder Kasprick on Cove Bikes

Descente Jetstream Jersey

Designed for hot weather, the Jetstream is constructed using Descente’s H2Zero fabric with vapor-channel technology

Win a Scott Spark 'Frischi Edition' bike

Magura Marta SL Magnesium disc brake
The Magura Marta SL hydraulic disc brake is now available in a magnesium model, which is about 20 grams lighter than the original SL model


Mom combines cycling with her hope for a diabetes cure

Going Tubeless in Cyclocross - Part II

Already have some nice clincher wheels and don’t want to throw down cash for another wheelset? Not a problem

Ending Operacion Puerto, Encore Andy, Kimmage & Armstrong

Bjarne Riis: Bearing the burden of truth

A lot has happened since Bjarne Riis' 1996 Tour de France victory

Mountain Bike National Ultra-Endurance Calendar Standings: March

Jelly Belly cyclists weather visit to Fairfield

Once the Jelly Belly cycling team arrived Tuesday in Fairfield, the eight riders went out for dinner at an all-you-can-eat restaurant

Planet Bike's new president comes full circle

Frehner led Cannondale Sports Group

Bikemagic/Garmin Guide to GPS - Part 3 Before your GPS gizmo can tell you anything useful, you'll need to set a few things up

Sitting In: The Day I Hung

Towards an urban cycling identity
.. fashion’s attraction to bicycles is another signal that urban cycling has arrived as a distinct lifestyle

Pennsylvania's Tour de 'Toona returns to a four-day format after scaling back to a one-day last year

Women in cycling still a minority
Females make up less than six per cent of the UK bike trade, according to BikeBiz’s exclusive jobs survey

The California-Nevada Climbing Championship - The undisputed, hardest 2-day USA Cycling Race & Ride!

BSNYC: Intimidation - Betraying Looks, Expressive Calves

Traffic-free Broadway good for NYC cyclists? - A pilot to make a section of New York's famous Broadway thoroughfare motor vehicle free appears to contain mixed blessings for cyclists

Tour return is iffy for San Diego

Levi Leipheimer won the Tour of California when it concluded in Escondido last month, but the cycling stage race may not be back in the county next year

Ivan Basso: Keeping in check for the Giro

Paris-Nice analysis: Contador the unstoppable?

Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico serve up the good

Eroica'09: Maaskant And Lloyd Take Us Inside

A look ahead: Ridley for 2010
Jochim Aerts has helped build an international brand in a short time

Catching Up March 2-March 8

Afan mountain bike Demo Day report

UK time trial round-up: Prebble wins East Surrey Hardriders

Top 20 rail-trails disclosed by Trails.com; John Wayne Pioneer Trail tops the list

Australian cyclist survives gruelling test
Yair Kellner and his bike in toastier times

Bike retailer sales up 1.7 per cent - ActSmart survey reveals the widening gulf between top and bottom performing retailers

High-End Bikes Stolen at Jenson USA

Snow Goes on at Downeast Open House

IMBA to Tweet at National Bike Summit

Jamis Adds Northern California Reps

Team Chain Reaction Cyles/Intense sign two new riders

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March 8th
Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Stage 8 - results

Porec Trophy: results

Women's Wielertrofee Vlaanderen #1: Tielt-Winge

Menchov wins Murcia , 29th Vuelta a Murcia: Stage 5 - results , Stage 5 / 29th Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia

Australian sprinter Graeme Brown (Rabobank) closed the 29th Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia as he opened it with a stage win over Kiwi speedster Greg "Hendy" Henderson (Columbia)

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen - Stage 3Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen: Stage 3 - results

Hoogerland wins West Flanders

Contador stuns specialists to win Paris-Nice time trial  , Time trial win not a message to Armstrong, says Contador

Paris-Nice Stage 1: Contador In Control

Alberto Contador Storms To Victory

67th Paris-Nice: Prologue - results , Spaniard Contador wins Paris-Nice first stage , Contador wins Paris-Nice opener

Paris-Nice Website - live coverage , 67th Paris-Nice: Prologue - Live coverage , 67th Paris-Nice: Stage 1 Live Coverage , Paris-Nice on cyclingfans.com

Paris Nice on Versus - Mar 8 and Mar 15 @ 5PM ET

Cape Argus Giro del Capo C:allenge - Day 4 , Cummings is king of the mountains in Cape Argus
Team Barloworld, the dominant team in this years' Cape Argos Giro Del Capo just missed out on a clean sweep in the four race series when Arran Brown (Medscheme) bested fellow South African Robbie Hunter at the finish of Race 4, today, Sunday

Grabinger, Holcomb lead Tucson Bicycle Classic - J.R. Grabinger (Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living) and Janel Holcomb (Webcor Builders) lead the 23rd annual Tucson Bicycle Classic going into stage 3, the Speedway/Anklam Circuit Race

29th Vuelta a Murcia - Stage Five - Rabobank wrap up the race with another superb performance

44th Tirreno-Adriatico March 11-17: Preview , Provisional start list , Map , Past winners

Tour of Taiwan: Stage 1 - Results & photos , Preview & start list

MTB - Maremma Cup: Day 1 - Results Preview

PPA Cape Argus Giro del Capo Challenge 1: Race 4 -  Results & report

Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Stage 7 , Karl Menzies Retains Sprint Points Lead, Landis Spends Stage Seven in the Break for OUCH , Vuelta Mexico Telmex - Stage 7 Full Results - Romas Scores

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Rescuers find biker lost in Alaska endurance race

First Edition Cycling News - Contador: "I'm not the best time trialist in the world", Wiggins devastated, Millar ambitious for Paris-Nice top-three, Martin shows the way for Renshaw and Monfort, From behind the barriers..., New Zealand names track world championships team, Ullrich to discuss doping in a book?, Paralympic stars to ride the Dragon

Felt AR Team Issue

Felt gave the AR every attribute of a ProTour road bike – speed, acceleration and nimble handling – and then carved it into a slippery profile to cheat the wind

Hincapie Roubaix Tight (no chamois)

Going Tubeless in Cyclocross - Part I

Kona Bikefest dates announced for 2009

The Kona Bristol Bikefest will feature a two-hour team/solo endurance race on Saturday 5 followed by a six-hour team/solo the following day

Italy May Offer 30% Tax Break on Electric Bicycles

Bike Guy Visits and Rides

Cycling for charity

See the Sights of Santa Ana by Bicycle

DiCaprio heads up celebrity cycling jaunt

Lance Calls On Artists To Fight Cancer

Nike, Lance Armstrong and 700 riders hit the streets of Los Angeles to launch "Stages" a global art exhibition to raise funds for the fight against cancer

Bobby Julich: From behind the barriers...

Highlighted: Brooke Miller
Playing volleyball in high school hardly seems like the “typical” start for a US National Champion cyclist.  Add a PhD in Evolutionary Biology, and you have the makings for a truly unique athlete

Rock Racing's Glen Chadwick

Glen Chadwick had a banner year in 2008 with quite a quiver of top placings and victories. For 2009, he moved across from Team Type 1 to the (in)famous Rock Racing squad

Video: Solvang's Impressive Presents for the Press

Interview with Burke Swindlehurst Part 2: All-Time Favorites, Getting into Cycling, and Biggest Pet Peeves

Lance's Milan-San Remo Race Bike

As part of Lance's plan to reach out to the global cancer community, both Livestrong and Nike have commissioned contemporary artists to take part in a global art exhibit called, "Stages"

Lance Armstrong is a show-stopper in Hollywood , Armstrong headed to Europe - Armstrong will ride in Italy's Malin-San Remo race on March 21 and three days later he will participate in the five-stage Vuelta a Castilla y Leon in Spain for the first time in his career

Malcolm far from ready to cycle off

Bike Pure celebrates it's 10,000th member

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March 7th
Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Stage 7 - results

48th Eddie Soens Memorial: results

Contador: Early Paris-Nice stages toughest

"The last three stages suit me perfectly but I will have to be very careful over the early ones since they are very treacherous"

Gran Premio Brissago Lago Maggiore: results

Napolitano wins in Belgium , Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen: Stage 2 - results & photos

Vlaamse Pijl-Harelbeke: results

Menchov takes over at Murcia , 29th Vuelta a Murcia: Stage 4 - results , 29th Vuelta a Murcia - Stage Four ,  Murcia: Queen Stage 4 LIVE Thread

Video: Monte Paschi Eroica final kilometers , Lovkvist Scores Big In Siena , Lövkvist wins Monte Paschi , 3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche - Eroica Toscana: results , 3rd Eroica Montepaschi
Monte Paschi 2009: Lövkvist gets the win

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen - Stage 1 & 2

Tour de PEI Returns for 2009

Paris-Nice 2009: Can Anyone Contain Contador? , Contador optimistic heading into Paris-Nice , Contador returns for Paris-Nice race

Clancy wins Eddie Soens

NZ Pursuit Team Break Record At RaboPlus Track Championships

L to R: Peter Latham, Jesse Sergent, Sam Bewley, Wes Gough

3 days, 3 victories for Barloworld

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First Edition Cycling News - Paris-Nice marks Contador's return to France, Tirreno-Adriatico kicks off Italy's grand races, Columbia-Highroad gives Monfort his chance in Paris-Nice, Schumacher reacts to suspension, Pevenage pays fine to settle charges, Merino breaks leg during Vuelta a Murcia, Vorarlberg-Corractec to Ronde van Vlaanderen, Arndt out with broken collarbone, Rais makes radio appearance, Gadret sidelined with knee injury, GWR launches team

Road Bike Action News March 7, 2009

Contador Looks To Make A Point At Paris-Nice, Phinney Targets World Triple, Evans Wins Stage Six Of Vuelta Mexico, Cooke To Ride Focus in 2009

RAAM veteran Jeff Oatley of Fairbanks wins the 350 mile Iditarod Invitational , Wilderness racer gets through Rainy Pass

Fly V Australia's Ben Day: Interview

Day has found a home for the 2009 season with the strong Fly V Australia squad

Legislators poke cyclists with tax proposal

15 Reasons why Valverde should be able to ride in peace

Commercial for Fiat Palio
Presentation DSB Bank - Nederland Bloeit 2009

The presentation of the Dutch DSB Bank - Nederland Bloeit team of captain Marianne Vos! Report & Photos

Nike and Lance Armstrong Launch a Global Art Exhibition

Teams slam UCI over fees

Top flight teams have criticised the UCI after being made to pay a contribution to their biological passport fees in full to avoid a ban for this weekend's Paris-Nice race

What's the Ultimate Workout Tool? - After four weeks, the  heart rate group increased its power by 5 percent, while the power meter group only improved by 3.5 percent

Virtual Directeur Sportif... By the Numbers

Chattanooga bicycle framebuilder killed by passing truck

Dignity, and the Lack Thereof

Hans Rey goes to Africa with his Wheels 4 Life charity

Demo day for the disabled at Dalby Forest

One Last NAHMBS Gallery

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March 6th
Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Evans Wins Stage 6 , Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Stage 6 - results & photos

Alle Strade Bianche!

Pausing briefly from my steady stream of worship for cycling's traditional races, it's actually kind of cool that the sport also continues adding new routes

MTB - Mountains to the Beach: Day 5 - results & report

Paris-Nice ‘66: A Legendary Clash

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen: Stage 1 - results

29th Vuelta a Murcia: Stage 3 - results & reportColumbia's Frantisek Rabon takes a surprise victory in Murcia's time trial, and takes the overall lead
Rabon is the Czech national time trial champion and showed why on Friday

Video: Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia LIVE - Stage 3 , Murcia- Race of Truth LIVE, Stage 3

Cape Argus Giro del Capo Challenge - Day 3

A Southwestern tradition, the Tucson Bicycle Classic gets under way this afternoon

Rock Racing's David Vitoria wins his second stage in Mexico, while Jackson Rodriguez displaces teammate Simoni atop the GC
2009 Vuelta Mexico, stage 5: Vitoria wins the stage ahead of Rodriguez

Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Stage 5 - results & photos , Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Stage 5 , Vuelta Mexico Telmex - Stage 5 Full Results – Vitoria Again

PPA Cape Argus Giro del Capo Challenge 1: Race 3 - results

Interview with Burke Swindlehurst Part 1: Bissell Veteran Looking for More in 2009

Fuji-Servetto barred from Paris-Nice

"The participation of the team Fuji-Servetto is allowed for Tirreno-Adriatico and Milan-San Remo but denied for Paris-Nice," CAS stated

2009 Tour of Missouri - Top Teams Confirmed , Tour of Missouri announces early team confirmations

Tough Times? Not at the Sea Otter Classic as Exposition Registrations Remain High For 2009

Wiggle backs Nicole Cooke's new Vision1 Racing squad

Cervelo Diet - Ultimate Mods for the Ultimate Bike Introduction

The performance is amazing; the frame somehow combines incredible stiffness yet still has a buttery smooth ride

MTB - New Zealand National Championships: Short track - results

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Press release: 2009 Season - The UCI President takes stock

Road Bike Action News March 6, 2009

Schumacher Banned, Ballan Out Of Montepaschi-Strade Bianche

First Edition Cycling News - All teams paid up for biological passport, UCI & AFLD to work together against doping, Rebellin in for Amstel Gold, New leader & repeat winner in Mexico, Roche motivated, but nervous, Indisposed Ballan may be out of Eroica, Second arrest made in Zabriskie burglary, Tour de PEI ready for third year, Sawtooth Cycle Challenge

Paris-Nice: The Preview

On Sunday begins the 64th edition of Paris-Nice, the Race to the Sun. The eight stage race begins in... No, not Paris

MTB News & Racing Round-up - Absalon making season debut in Banyoles, Osl delighted to team with role model, Costa Rica picks Pan Am roster, Evil Bikes & MS-Racing join forces, UCI registered teams for 2009, New Zealand's longest-running race draws 1300, Bryceland captures first pro victory, Pietermaritzburg to host Tipping Point premiere, Aussie nats to South Australia, Thomson memorial & St. Patty's Day Feast, Sawicki adopts a team, Ouchterlony proves he's recovered

National Development Team continues to defend BYR jersey in Mexico

Peter Stetina is currently the top American of any age on any squad in 14th place overall after five stages

2nd arrest in burglary of cyclist's home , Two suspects arrested in Zabriskie home burglary

Training with type 1 diabetic athletes has taught coach Rick Crawford about metabolism and life

West Flanders S1: Hoogerland gets first dibs

Bike for Africa Event on Toronto Islands May 30

Schumacher suspended for two years , German cyclist Schumacher gets 2-year doping ban , Schumacher ban made global

"Schumacher is now banned from activity from January 22, 2009 to January 21, 2011," UCI president Pat McQuaid said

Russia seeks to join cycling elite with Katusha's firepower

Katusha's Robbie McEwen winning a stage in the Tour of Mallorca. McEwen said the team is "sort of " Vladimir Putin's "baby."

Latest Cycling News - Bordonali reacts to Boonen, UCI confirms Schumacher suspension, Vandenbroucke serious about comeback, Cinelli team presentation, Nürnberger hopes to build on early successes, Fuji-Servetto out of Paris-Nice, Lutz looking for more, Cyclingnews' podcast, Tour of Missouri announces first teams, Boardman lends support to autism

Silca Super Pista Floor Pump

The Silca Super Pista pump is a classic that is looked upon as the industry standard

Romance brings bicycle tour to a close in Langtry, Texas

Italy to give ebikes a tax incentive?

Retail body slams rate cut

Gary Fisher rides over to Chevin Cycles

Single Speed Revolution Clothing Line
The Champ Has A New Ride

Chrissie Wellington is the fastest triathlete on the planet right now. Blessed with natural talent, an indefatigable spirit and fierce determination, she is easy to cheer for

Video: Lance Gives a Tour of Mellow Johnny's

Polemica Roundup

UCI and AFLD will cooperate at Paris-Nice

BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz!

Cycling News - Lefevere resolute on UCI "blackmail" ,

"I don't like this kind of blackmail from the UCI and Pat McQuaid. I don't accept blackmail from anyone, McQuaid, ASO, not even Osama bin Laden!"

Cycling News  - Start of five ProTour teams in Paris-Nice endangered , UCI tells top teams to pay up or miss Paris-Nice

Monte Paschi Eroica: Hesjedal likes the 'strade bianche'

Anatomy of a (Wine) Doping Scandal

Contador favorite in hilly Paris-Nice , The Big Preview: Paris-Nice

Video: HotChillee’s Alice Monger-Godfrey

This week, we’ve got an interview from South Africa with Alice Monger-Godfrey from the new HotChillee Challenge team

Cyclists oppose BNPP reopening

Retailers Hope DST Lights Up Registers

New Bike Friendly Businesses Picked

NAHBS: Steel still rules the floor

On show: Wrapping up for another year

A steady hand, a steady hand…

BLC Offering Special Sea Otter Discount

Alienation Hires West Coast Sales Rep

Brent Thomson Memorial Ride

Going Long Training Book for Ironman Triathlons

These 25 businesses are bicycle-friendly

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March 5th
Paris Nice 2009 latest news

The 67th Paris-Nice, March 8-15th, includes 8 stages and covers a total distance of 1,250 kilometres

MTB - Mountains to the Beach: Day 4 - results &  report

Ballan looking to cast a rainbow over Eroica

The Tour of Missouri releases a preliminary team list for 2009: Cervelo, Garmin, Liquigas and Columbia
Tour of Missouri: Vande Velde, here in the last stage of the 2008 event, expects to return in 2009

29th Vuelta a Murcia: Stage 2 - results , Henderson takes weather-shortened stage at Murcia , 29th Vuelta a Murcia - Stage Two Report , Vuelta a Murcia Stage 2 - Live

MTB - Mountains to the Beach: Day 3 - results & report

Rock Racing's David Vitoria wins Mexico's stage 4 as Simoni retains the overall lead

Froome wins on second day of Giro del Capo , Blog: Giro del Capo , Cape Argus Giro del Capo Challenge - Day 2
South Africa is going through a pretty severe heatwave and temperatures are about seven degrees up on normal

Dave Clarke takes early-season win in Tour of Cameroon

Le Samyn - Weylandt takes the spoils, as Quick Step continue their winning run, in Flanders

Driedaagse van West- March 6-8: preview & start list

3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche - March 7:  preview, Start list, Map, Past winners

PPA Cape Argus Giro del Capo Challenge 1: Race 2 - results

Watch Clay Porter’s new film trailer here - The Tipping Point follows 2008’s downhill World Cup series

Ask RC: Are there any advantages to road pedals over mountain bike pedals?

The lighter weight and aerodynamic benefits of a one-sided road pedal like a Look or Shimano, combined with the smoother sole of a dedicated road shoe, will add a touch of speed to your game

Race coming to downtown Fond du Lac

In the Bike Lane: Car Crash

Get Off Your Ass

Crime prevention meeting for Seattle bike commuters

Pinfold Takes 3rd Out of Break in Rolling Stage 4 of Vuelta Mexico

More from the NAHBS

Framebuilders Collective Launched

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Cycling News Roundup 5 March 2009

Race Announcements Roundup - 5 March 2009

Cobbles Haiku Contest

OK, I have about a dozen posts in my brain

UCI Africa Tour moves to Egypt and Cameroon

First Edition Cycling News - Sprinters top shortened stage in Murcia, Dekker building toward Classics, UCI to announce Schumacher decision on Friday, Valverde wants the evidence, Gerlach giving new meaning to 'clean cycling', Kelly Benefit Strategies launches team, Frigo given suspended sentence, USA Cycling sends four to track worlds

Road Bike Action News March 5, 2009

Cancellara’s Milano-Sanremo In Doubt, Ballan Focusing On Sanremo, Astana Announces Paris-Nice Team, Vitoria Rocks Vuelta Mexico, New Lower Priced Litespeed

Tracking Lance Armstrong's toughest competition

Joe Friel updates the bestselling training book for serious cyclists
New in this fourth edition are updates on all the latest advances in cycling training including training with a power meter, smarter approaches to recovery and fatigue management, a new approach to strength training, and updates to body composition and nutrition

Thursday Euro News

Monte Paschi Eroica: EuroPeloton's Picks

Interview: Rick Boethling, Founder of Team Get Outdoors

Latest Cycling News - Boonen justifies exclusions from Milano-Sanremo, Silence-Lotto not panicking yet, Stage race for one-day specialists, De Waele back in action, Milram to Paris-Nice, Knees shoots for the Ardennes, Ventoso crashes in Friuli, TIBCO's Miller races Menlo Park on Sunday, GranFondo Gianni Bugno

Ted King: ‘Champing at the bit to get back out there’
King started the Tour of California, but a stage 3 crash has sidelined him for a few weeks

Nicole Cooke to ride Focus Bikes

RaboPlus National Track Championships 2009
 - Another New Zealand record has fallen at the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Championships with Southland's Eddie Dawkins smashing his previous 1000m Time Trial record in tonight's final in Invercargill

Douglas and Cory win in Hobart

Tasmania's Leigh Douglas caused an upset at the women’s downhill national series final in Hobart when she beat national champion Claire Whiteman of Canberra

Cycling route will bring wheel benefits

Biking Benton County

Twitter me this: Lance Armstrong No. 8 with a bullet on Twitter.com

2009 USA Cycling Pro Gravity Mountain Bike Tour Unveiled

Chad Gerlach: A new lease on love and life

Few cycling fans outside of the US will have ever heard of Chad Gerlach, and only a small percentage of the fans inside America would remember him

Phinney targets triple glory in Poland

Rider Profile: Get to Know Kevyn Ista of Agritubel

Family man Vande Velde targeting Tour podium

Video: The Woman Behind the Man - Talk To Stephanie Danielson

World road champ Alessandro Ballan says he's looking forward to Milan-San Remo and the Giro

BSNYC: Gold Standard: Cutting to the Chase

I often get up before dawn to ride my bicycle, and when I do I'm reluctant to turn on the lights because my helper monkey, Vito, gets very irritable if I wake him up before 10:30am

Ivan Dominguez is taking his new U.S. passport to Europe this season

Alessandro Ballan focusing on San Remo and northern classics  , Ballan to focus on San Remo, classics

The Photog's View: Chasing California

Contador expected to shine in Paris-Nice , Contador cautious ahead of Paris-Nice

Basso returns after knee injury
Basso, seen here before the Tour of California, says he has recovered from the knee injury that force him out the February race

Quick spin: Joe Parkin, ex-racer turned author - 'A Dog in a Hat' writer working on follow-up

British cyclist aims to break round-the-world record

Cannondale Chooses a European to Head Cannondale Sports Group North America , CSG Appoints McGuane as President
McGuane replaces Jeff Frehner, who left the company last August because intensive travel between his home in Madison, Wisconsin, and Cannondale's headquarters in Bethel, Connecticut


2009 Nature Valley Pro Ride Schedule Expands

BMC Names New CEO


Hayes, Muchachos Settle Lawsuits

Pacific Brands to Distribute Norco

Hawley Expands Account Team

Police arrest 1 in burglary of cyclist's home

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March 4th
Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Stage 4 - results , Vuelta Mexico Telmex - Stage 4 Results

Results Galore

Hunter takes first day at Giro Del Capo
The South African sprinter headed home a group of 12 riders who had reformed on the windy run-in to Wellington after a hectic finale up the climb of Bains Kloof Pass with 16km to go

2009 Women’s Prestige Cycling Series schedule released

Kenda Cup West MTB #1 - McQuaid 2nd

Race Report: Stage One 29th Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia , Brown pips Henderson in Vuelta a Murcia opener 29th Vuelta a Murcia: Stage 1 - results
Brown sprinted home to victory ahead of Kiwi speedster Greg "Hendy" Henderson and Spanish rider Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel)

Race Report: 31st Giro del Friuli , Lorenzetto's winning streak continues with victory at Giro del Friuli  , Giro del Friuli: results & full report

Weylandt overpowers break to win GP Samyn , Memorial Samyn: results

BPPA Cape Argus Giro del Capo Challenge 1: Race 1 - results and reportSchedule

Cancellara’s classics campaign in doubt , Cancellara crash puts Classics in doubt
Fabian Cancellara
A crash at his home in Switzerland has resulted in several days without training and because of the pain Cancellara has been forced to cancel his planned participation in the Vuelta a Murcia

67th Paris-Nice, March 8-15:  Provisional start list

Jake's Journal: Magnus works magic as mentor
Magnus is stepping down from the sport's highest level

2009 Dew Tour Has BMX-Only Stop in Chicago

Former Giro winner Gilberto Simoni leads the Vuelta Mexico after a stage 3 attack

29th Vuelta a Murcia, March 4-8: Preview

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First Edition Cycling News - Cancellara's progress derailed by crash, Cusin the new French name in pro cycling, Lorenzetto marks season's third victory, Milram youngsters ready for Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Contador to lead Astana at Paris-Nice, Ster Elektrotoer starting in Gemert, AG2R La Mondiale for Tirreno-Adriatico, Cappelle signs with Palmans-Cras, Women's Prestige Series adds two events

Froome: Ready to face Armstrong
In his latest blog for Eurosport-Yahoo!, Barloworld's British rider Chris Froome tells us how he has left Europe and how he is looking forward to seeing Lance Armstrong at the start line

Police recover items stolen from cyclist's home , Police name Zabriskie burglary suspect
Would you buy a used bike from this man? Leopold Jay Howard is the primary suspect in the burglary of David Zabriskie's home

MTB News & Racing Round-up - Fullana & Mantecon win muddy Spanish opener, Lechner & Fontana successful at first Maremma Cup, Lindgren sweeps at Afxentia, Norris continues winning streak, RoadCraft triumphs at inaugural New Zealand stage race, Taberlay plays team tactics, Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa diary, Bishop becomes a dad

Road Bike Action News March 4, 2009
Team Type 1 Announces Internal Anti-Doping Program, Haussler To Lead Cervelo At Paris-Nice, Six Weeks Out For De Jongh, Lawsuit Against Pevenage Terminated

The Wednesday Comment

Wednesday's International news round-up

Wednesday's British news round-up

BSNYC: Repentance - Back-Pedaling Under Duress
In Skagit Valley, Washinton, one rider has come upon an infernal farm that is giving away alpacas

The Explainer: Will the Puerto case ever end?

Latest Cycling News - Basso and Pellizotti co-captains for Giro, Dekker scouting out Milano-Sanremo, Ginanni to challenge in Sanremo, WADA ready to close doping loophole, Race motos to face suspension, Duggan never walking alone, Arroyo with Rudy Project glasses, Team Type 1 announces internal anti-doping testing program

Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show in the fall

NAHBS: Bamboo and snow bikes, steel cyclo-cross machine and more

Phil Wood offering limited edition track hubset
California manufacturer celebrating 38 years April 1

'Be in the moment,' Olympic cyclist tells valley group

Bicycle safety addressed during Florida Bike Month

Pump Pedals Instead Of Gasoline

Get on your bikes and ride

NAHMBS Cyclocross Gear - Gallery #3
Courage Bicycle Mfg Co. dropouts

Magnolia Miles on pace for second annual bike trek

Pedal push it to the limit

Former UBP Owner Lands at Kemco

Bike Summit Registration on Track

Handmade Builders Launch New Web Site

UK Bike Operator's Summer Bookings Up

Iceman Cometh registration by mail only - due March 7
Steel still rules the floor at NAHBS

The latest Innertube airs - This week saw an all-female affair on Cycling TV with Londres-Paris ride captain Rachel Przybylski and bicycle film maker Estelle Rogers joining Rebecca Charlton in the studio

Which Superhero Would You Ride With?

Too cold to ride? Not with the right cycling gear

Best Cycling Gear and Apparel for Less Than $100

Carb BOOM! Energy Chews
These nutrient-rich snacks are perfect for times when an energy gel is not enough and an energy bar is too hard to chew

Video: Mark Cavendish - Wednesday's Best Day, Worst Day

Lance Taps Into The Art World-Commissions Huge Mural In Los Angeles

Gunn-rita Dahle Flesjaa: Grand days at home
A pregnant Gunn Rita Dahle Flesjaa

John Wordin

Tim Duggan: Never walking alone

Stretching, knee brushing top tube, power pedaling problems

Test: Specialized Pro RD Shoes

Lynskey and Litespeed offer lower priced titanium frames
Tennessee titanium specialists respond to credit crunch

Racy Language: Tour Of California Edition

Schwinn Paramount 70th Anniversary
Paramount was once one of the brands to have and Schwinn hopes to capitalise on some of that storied heritage with a 70th anniversary edition of its elite nameplate

RaboPlus National Track Championships 2009 - Olympians Alison Shanks and Jesse Sergent have smashed the New Zealand men's and women's Individual Pursuit records at the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Champs in Invercargill

Continental Cycling Expidition Crosses South America

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March 3rd
Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Stage 3 - results & photos

Road Bike Action News March 3, 2009
Hoy Skips Track World's, Dessel out of Paris-Nice but AG2R is Ready, Armstrong to Milano-Sanremo, Knaven on the Mend, Blue to Sponsor Chicago Triathlon

First Edition Cycling News - Maximum attack for Murcia field, Injury forces Hoy from worlds, De Jongh's diagnosis: out for six weeks, Lapthorne returns to international racing, Ireland appoints Leigh as high performance director, Presenting sponsor for Marco Polo in del Capo, Giro del Capo gets last minute change, Task ahead for cycling in Africa

2009 Nature Valley Pro Ride Schedule Grows from Three to Six Events

Tactics Talk: Omloop het Nieuwsblad

How to lose a bike race, while trying really really really hard

67th Paris-Nice: Preview , Map , Past winners

U.S. Cup #1: Taberlay and Park win in San Dimas

Merco Cycling Classic 2009 - Women's Weekend of Doubles

Injury will keep Chris Hoy from world track championships , Hoy ruled out of world champs with hip injury , Hoy pulls out of World Championships
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy has withdrawn from the cycling World Championships this month because of injuries sustained in a high-speed crash

Quick Step's Steven de Jongh sidelined with muscle tear

Vuelta Mexico: Serramenti PVC's Jackson Rodriguez takes stage 2 as OUCH's James Pinfold is second , Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Jones Figures In Stage 2 Breakaway
Before the 126-mile (204 km) stage began, the 134 riders in the eight-day race endured a four-hour transfer by car to the start in De Huajuapan de León

Omloop HN and K-B-K coverage -- a formal apology from Cycling TV

Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse: Stage 3 - results

MTB - US Cup West #1: results

Preview: Vuelta a Murcia
Murcia is a region of Spain, Alejandro Valverde's home region in fact, and like every other region it hosts a stage race

MTB - Mountains to the Beach: Day 2 - results & report

Toolbox: Bike Race Anatomy

Brooks Factory Tour Part II
Our Man In England Competes His Tour Of British Saddle Maker Brooks

Latest Cycling News - French teams for Paris-Nice, Pinotti proud of Columbia's Almería dominance, Lampre to Paris-Nice for wins, Silence-Lotto looks to wake up riders, Barloworld targets Friuli and Eroica, Andy Schleck diary: Planes, training and underwear, CSF plays its cards Friuli, Rider's fiancée hit by police motorcycle

Pinfold gets over three KoMs, then climbs podium after 2nd in Vuelta Mexico Stage 2

Vuelta Mexico Telmex Stage 2: results

Merco Cycling Classic: Men's RR - results & reportWomen's RR - results & report

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Big name lineup for 190km Italian gravel road race - The Italian version of the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix the "Monte Paschi Strade Bianche, Eroica Toscana" March 7th, has a great line up this year  including Frank Shleck, Stuart O’Grady George Hincapie, Michael Rogers, Mark Cavendish and world road champion Alessandro Ballan

USA Cycling March Member News
USA Cycling's national headquarters will be relocating this month to a new, stand-alone building on the northwest portion of Colorado Springs

Team Type 1 Announces Internal Anti-Doping Testing Program

Fitchburg Longsjo Classic readies for 50th

Downhiller Josh Bryceland wins his first pro event
Teen takes Innerleithen Winter Series in Scotland March 1

BSNYC: The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Cakes and Cheese

Will Frischkorn: Classics season is upon us

Book review: bicycling for women

Outside magazine: Fun races in cool places

Video: Crazed Fans on Palomar - The View from the Mavic Moto

Mark Cavendish plays down Team Sky speculation

McEwen: 'I love winning, hate losing"
The Katusha Rocket: McEwen said his move to the Russian team has been motivating

Endless eye candy from Indianapolis…

Everything you ever wanted to know about CO2 (but never thought to ask)

Pinarello FP7 Carbon
The FP7 comes with an Onda carbon fork, Campagnolo Veloce 10S groupset, Continental Ultra Sport Pinarello tyres and finishing kit from Pinarello's in-house brand Most

North Carolina bike shop owner fights for life

Paligap unveils low-cost titanium road frame

U.S. Open of MTB Launches Online Registration

New tandem racing Web site launched

Red River Gorge Summer Cycling Series culminates with UCI junior stage race

NHABS: Single speeds were in the majority at Indy. Zack Vestal shares a few of his favorites

NAHMBS Cyclocross Gear - Gallery #2
Kirk Frameworks had one of the nicest lugged 'cross bikes at the show

Mars Hill College Cycling Team presentsbike film fundraiser Thursday night



Interview with Levi by Team Astana
It was announced this weekend that Levi suffered an injury in a Stage 3 crash of the Amgen Tour of California. We took a few minutes to chat with Levi and get caught up on his injury and what's going on in his life

Calling Steven Cozza? Garmin Pro Preps for Paris-Nice, Classics Season
The last time Garmin's Steven Cozza was spotted was at the recent Amgen Tour of California, where he was playing the domestique role for his team leaders Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie

Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador: cycling's twain shall soon meeet

Catherine Shenk heads into Alaska's Iditarod Trail Invitational with an adventure-packed resume
Iditarod: Shenk heads into the wilderness on Monday

Six Day Duo Holloway And Pearce

Car-free days returning to six Seattle streets

Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show set for Halloween weekend

Cyclists at osteoporosis risk

eBay auction for Sastre's yellow jersey

Saxo Bank confident ahead of Paris-Nice
Fränk Schleck, who won a stage at the Tour of California last month, will lead his team in Paris-Nice

Andy Schleck: Planes, trains and underwear

Wine with a cycling connection

Lance Armstrong sets schedule for Giro preparation

Blazin' Saddles: Cycling's Twitterati
Besides convincing his Silence-Lotto team to ditch Jaroslav Popovych, it seems the Australian's been rather busy in the off-season

Dahon Launches IBM/SAP Project

OR Summer Demo Returning to One Day

Rudy Project Kicks Off Sales Promotion

Gramicci Hires New VP of Sales

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March 2nd
First Edition Cycling News - Armstrong-Contador date in Castilla y León, Weight of expectation on Contador, Freire to return in Castilla y León, Keisse defends against two-year ban, Pellizotti to begin with 'al Friuli', ProTour squads for upcoming races, San Diego turns on 'Italian Style'

Barloworld announce Giro squad

Northwest Racing Preview
Northwest preview: More than 500 competed in OBRA’s season-opening Cherry Pie Road Race Feb. 15

Eload Supports Paris Ancaster

Race organizers are proud to welcome eload as its official sport drink of the 2009 Paris to Ancaster

Kelly Benjamin of Colavita/Sutter Home Women's Team Named Spokesperson for Sea Otter Road Events

BMC Sends Three to Merced for the Merco Cycling Classic

MTB - Sunshine Cup #2: Afxentia Stage Race: Stage 3 - resultsStage 2 - resultsStage 1 - resultsSchedule

MTB - Mountains to the Beach: Day 1 - results & report

MTB - Superprestigio Massi - Avilés: results

The Asturian town of Aviles opened the Spanish national mountain bike calendar with the first Superprestigio Massi event

Registration of 2009 UCI Mountain Bike Teams - The International Cycling Union (UCI) has registered 90 teams from three continents – America, Europe and Oceania and from 18 nations

Results: Vuelta Mexico , OUCH Presented by Maxxis carries AToC momentum into Vuelta Mexico

NZCT One Day International Cup

Vuelta Ciclistica Independencia Nacional: Stages 7, 8 and Final GC

Het Nieuwsblad diary: A weekend in Belgium

KBK'09: Kuurne Review

Chianti's gravel roads of Monte Paschi Eroica top race of week

CiCLE Classic returns to Rutland
Ciaran Power East Midlands International Cicle Classic 2008 Jonathan Kennedy
Britain's largest one-day race, the East Midlands International CiCLE Classic returns on Sunday April 26, and has already attracted considerable European interest

Track - Australian Madison Championships: results

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Interview: Arien Torsius

USA Cycling names four to world championship track squad
With recent world cup victories in both the individual pursuit and the kilometer time trial, Phinney looks to become the first U.S. men's world champion on the track since 1996

Cycling News Roundup - 2 March 2009

Monday's British news round-up

BSNYC: Hand Luggage: Bike Builders and Lady-Killers

Road Bike Action News March 2, 2009

Freire Forfeits Sanremo, Bruseghin Takes The Long View, Gran Fondo Colnago A Hit In San Diego

Kentucky to host UCI elite junior stage race in July

Bikemagic/Garmin Guide to GPS: Part 2 - The satellite network is arranged to cover the whole planet

Freire out of Milan-San Remo, Tirreno-Adriatico

Latest Cycling News - Pozzato down but not out, WADA president Fahey asks for Puerto evidence, Schumacher fights French anti-doping agency, On-form Rebellin misses out in Lugano, Sastre awarded Premio Castilla y León, Hunter leads Barloworld at the Giro del Capo

North American Handmade Bicycle Show winners

And the NAHBS winners are…

Best carbon bike' honors went to Independent Fabrications

Jack Taylor tribute bike wows NAHBS

Bits to Make Bikes: NAHBS Day 2

Indy Proves it's Handmade Worthy - Friday's attendance set a record, while overall attendance reached almost 6,500, which was just shy of Portland's record breaking attendance

Tim Flooks sells TF Tuned

Accell Group Profit Jumps 17 percent

Easton Bell’s Earnings Stay Steady in 2008

Shops May Begin to See Vouchers Soon

Paris-Nice 2009 Live Dashboard

Form and function

NAHBS, day 3: This touring bike by Joseph Ahearne cuts a classic profile

1st 2009 PdC Team Power Poll

Celebrate Who We Are, Not Who We Are Not: The Good Side of Pro Cycling  - There are some cycling fans (anonymous or not) out there that would like to see cycling grind to a halt due to problems with doping and cheating in the sport

New materials, traditional craftsmanship

NAHBS, day 2: Most of the Black Sheep bikes have curvy bar/stem combos for the lucky pilot

NAHBS On Tap: Hand Made Show 09’

Showstoppers from NAHBS

Getting Away With Something

Redline 2009 Conquest Pro Cyclocross Bike Review  - The Pro doesn’t cost an arm and a leg

Armstrong signs up for two more races , Armstrong Won't Race Flanders , Armstrong races with Contador for first time this month

Video - The Tour of California Podium Girls

You saw them at the start and finish of every stage. They were all over the TV coverage on Versus, and aside from Lance Armstrong, they were the most photographed people at the race

New Product Spotlight: Time Hi-Tense Wheels

NAHBS: And the winners are . . .

NAHBS 2009: Sam Wittingham created his own bike, down to wooden pedals with aluminum platforms, inlaid with mother of pearl

Niner Bikes Bio-Centric Bottom Bracket

Fit Chick: Why Race?

Were the AToC 'Runners' Disruptive to the Riders? Kjell Tells!

Big Hair Superfan, and others, defend the AToC runners

Mailbag: Superfan in full flight

No Flanders or Castilla y León for Armstrong

Project Pruitt: On the road again

The Thorminator

Reader's Digest Feature on Sam Whittingham

John Vande Velde to address Seattle cyclists at benefit auction

U.S. Cup Offers Contests and Contingencies for Amateurs - The U.S. Cup presented by Specialized announced some cool series contest and contingencies available for amateur racers competing in the 2009 Kenda Cup West and Kenda Cup East series events

Bicycling with a rolling surveillance system in Wisconsin

Giro podium first top goal for Sastre
Sastre has made the podium in the Tour and the Vuelta and now eyes the Giro.
Sastre has made the podium in the Tour and the Vuelta and now eyes the Giro

Swift shows form in Swiss races

Tour de France: Tracking the Tour contenders

Artist inspired by passion for cycling

Fans cheer Atwater teacher; Cycling Classic a hit - Elite/ Pro women racers take a sharp turn in front of Veteran's Park during one of their 40 laps during the Merco Credit Union Classic Saturday afternoon

Cyclist dies while training

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March 1st
Merco Cycling Classic: Men's criterium - results & reportWomen's criterium - results & report

Vuelta Mexico Telmex: Stage 1: results

Rutas de America: Stage 6 - results

Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 2009: Tommeke’s Revenge

Boonen wins KBK
Boonen wins in Kuurne
Boonen wins in Kuurne

62nd Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne: results

Boonen wins Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne

Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (top 10)

62nd Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne: Live Coverage , 62nd Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne - Live Coverage

Trofeo ZSSDI: results

Wellington Women's Race: results

Pauriol tops Rebellin in GP Lugano ,
GP di Lugano: results

Henderson wins in Spain , Clasica de Almeria: results

Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse: Stage 2 - results

Rutas de America: Stage 5b - results

MTB - Australian National Series #5: Downhill - results & photos4X - results & photos

MTB - New Zealand National Championships: Downhill - results & report4X - results & report

MTB - Maremma Cup: Kermesse - results & report

64th Omloop Het Niuewsblad: Jambon Report

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Paris-Nice 2009 Live Dashboard

Form and function

NAHBS, day 3: This touring bike by Joseph Ahearne cuts a classic profile

1st 2009 PdC Team Power Poll

Celebrate Who We Are, Not Who We Are Not: The Good Side of Pro Cycling  - There are some cycling fans (anonymous or not) out there that would like to see cycling grind to a halt due to problems with doping and cheating in the sport

New materials, traditional craftsmanship

NAHBS, day 2: Most of the Black Sheep bikes have curvy bar/stem combos for the lucky pilot

NAHBS On Tap: Hand Made Show 09’

Showstoppers from NAHBS
Road Bike Action News March 1, 2009

Silence-Lotto Comes Up Short Passport Cases To Be Announced Soon, Henderson Takes First Win In Spain

First Edition Cycling News - Cervélo TestTeam now a full team, Eisel loves Belgium, The Tour de France ladder, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne peloton honors Nolf, Barloworld announces Giro del Capo squad, Coach looks for world class performances at New Zealand track championships

Video: Levi's Broken Back: "Oh, this isn't good"

If you somehow got the idea that Levi Leipheimer isn't a tough guy...think again

Brooks Factory Tour Part I

Kelly Benefits Strategies: Making their own way

Salsa Recalls Many of the CroMoto Stems

CrowdRiders - Manage Your Own Pro Cycling Team

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