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Armstrong to race Nevada City Classic
Lance Armstrong will continue his preparations for the Tour de France by racing in the Nevada City Classic on Sunday, the seven-time Tour de France champion has announced. Armstrong said he and Astana teammates Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner will compete in the 49th edition of the Nevada City Classic, which is run on a a 1.7km circuit in the historic mining town nestled in the northern California mountains.
Masters track nats shifted from Indianapolis to Colorado
The 2009 USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships have been relocated from Indianapolis to the 7-Eleven Velodrome in Colorado Springs. The event, slated for August 18-23, was moved “due to financial and logistical considerations beyond our control,” USA Cycling announced on its website. Colorado Velodrome Association spokesman Pat McDonough said his organization was “thrilled” to be hosting masters nationals. "As North America's fastest velodrome, we are excited for the opportunity to see many new world records broken here,” he said.
Hamilton accepts 8-year ban
Former Rock Racing rider Tyler Hamilton has accepted an eight-year suspension from sport after a positive doping test earlier this year, his second violation since 2004. Hamilton could have faced a lifetime ban due to his 2004 suspension for homologous blood doping, a violation first noted by anti-doping officials at that year’s Olympic Games.
Tech Feature: World Bicycle Project Zambia Bike
The strongest, most durable bike at the ShoAir Pro XCT mountain bike race in Colorado Springs this past weekend wasn’t a full-suspension, cross-country racing rig, or even an all-mountain trail bike. It was a 45-pound, coaster-braked singlespeed, equipped with riser bars, a rear rack, fenders and is capable of carrying a 100-kilogram cargo load. But it’s not a bike you’ll ever see in your local bike shop.
Columbia Sportswear partners with Tour of Missouri
PRESS RELEASE
Officials with the 2009 Tour of Missouri and Columbia Sportswear Company announced today that Columbia will be the official sportswear partner for the third annual elite professional cycling road race. Under the sponsorship, Columbia will outfit staff, VIPs, local volunteers and all VERSUS, Website and on-site announcers with industry-leading Columbia outdoor apparel that protects against rain, cold and even the sun's harmful UV rays.Technical FAQ: Feedback on ‘pulsating’ tubular tires
Why does my tubular tire thump near the valve stem? - Feedback
Technical FAQ: Vintage time trial equipment
What are the rules for a 'Cannibal' time trial?
Van Garderen tops at Circuito Montañes
Tejay Van Garderen (Rabobank) finished with the bunch on Tuesday to take the overall victory in the Circuito Montañes in northern Spain. Vicente Grau Jorda (Camargo-Ferroatlantica-Floortex) won the 152km seventh stage from Potes to Santander in a bunch sprint ahead of Van Garderen’s teammate Boy Van Poppel, with Jorge Martín Montenegro (Andalucía-Cajasur) third. But Van Garderen crossed safely in 39th place to claim the final leader’s jersey by 35 seconds over Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Orbea). Sergio Pardilla Bellón (Carmiooro-A Style) finished third overall at 1:01.
Breschel takes stage 4 at Swiss tour
Matti Breschel (Saxo Bank) triumphed in the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Tuesday. The Dane held off Astana's Maxim Iglinsky by a whisker to take his third victory of the year in the 195km ride from Biasca to Staefa. Tadej Valjavec (Ag2r-La Mondiale) finished third in the nine-man sprint to take the leader's jersey from Saxo's Fabian Cancellara, who crossed 1:03 down on the escapees. Cancellara had led the race since winning the opening time trial.
CAS: Vino’ stays sidelined until July 24
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed Tuesday that disgraced Kazakh cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov must serve out a two-year doping ban until late July. In a statement the court said it had set aside the one-year suspension handed down by Kazakhstan's cycling federation in December 2007, following an arbitration request. It decided instead that Vinokourov's period of ineligibility, which was applicable after he and his Astana team were expelled from the 2007 Tour de France for blood doping, should run for two years under international cycling rules.
Technical FAQ: ‘Pulsating’ tubular tires
Why does my tubular tire thump near the valve stem? I have ridden them several times and I have noticed a significant pulsation whenever I coast at 20-28 mph. I don't notice it when I am pedaling although it is probably there.
Racing This Week: Riding into July
The Tour de Suisse takes center stage this week as the “other” grand tour enters its decisive stages in the mountains. Going into Tuesday’s fourth stage, Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) is stubbornly hanging onto the leader’s jersey he earned with victory in the opening prologue and shows no signs of letting go. A string of upcoming mountain stages will put Cancellara to the test. There’s a clutch of other races later this week, with events in Slovenia, France and Holland while women’s racing continues with the Grande Boucle Féminine in France.
German doping investigation snares four doctors
A doping investigation initially targeting two University doctors has now snared four more, albeit on lesser charges, according to German public prosecutor Wolfgang Maier on Monday. Maier confirmed a report, to appear Tuesday in the Badischer Zeitung newspaper, which claimed four other doctors have been actively investigated in the case. Maier did not reveal names but told the SID agency they faced lesser charges to those of Lothar Heinrich and Andreas Schmid, both of whom were sacked two years ago for helping administer doping substances.