Competition Is Bad For Motivation
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Our readers pipe up about rescuing track races, the proper pressure for ’cross clinchers and Contador's decision to stick with Astana.
Tech editor Zack Vestal takes on the cold in a Nalini jacket and Cirello bib tights.
The 2010 team will include 26 riders from 16 nations.
Nocentini and Roche continue with Ag2r La Mondiale, as the team adds youth with seven new riders.
The new VeloNews.com. It all began with a brain storming session last winter.
VeloNews Editor at large John Wilcockson makes the case for keeping a proven draw by disposing of an event with little public interest — the team sprint.
Lance flatted out of his own Mellow Johnny's Classic race on Sunday and became a spectator. Check out what he was watching in the Singletrack.com slideshow.
Facing a ban after a positive test for EPO, Gabriele Bosisio pleads his innocence at a hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee.
Former Liquigas rider Gianni Da Ros gets a double-decade ban in a doping probe that snared amateur racers, physios, gym staff and traders.
JHK, Irmiger win at Lance's place
Jeremy Horgan Kobelski and Heather Irminger win the first Mellow Johnny's Classic
In a new weekly column, "Out of Dish," Singletrack.com will scour the nether-regions of cyberspace for cycling-related material and then disgorge, plop and present it right on your doorstep. And it won't (hardly) ever be in a burning paper bag.
Peter and Martin Velits stand out from the crowd in many ways. They're Slovakia's first two professionals at ProTour level, they're twins, and they're both very gifted bike riders who've signed with Columbia-HTC for 2010.
Five custom frame builders and one wheel builder are presenting a special Minneapolis section at the 2010 NAHBS show.
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Amy Dombroski and Tim Johnson double up in the final weekend of the 2009 North American Cyclocross Trophy series.
World road champion Cadel Evans is named the 2009 Australian Cyclist of the Year for the third time.
Round four of the 2009 Superprestige series was in Hamme-Zogge, Belgium.
The fourth round of the 2009 Superprestige cyclocross series is November 22 in Hamme-Zogge, Belgium.
Niels Albert struggles as Zdenek Stybar outfights Sven Nys for the win in Hamme-Zogge.
Tim Johnson (Cannondale-cyclocrossworld.com) leads a team sweep and Amy Dombroski (SRAM-Primus Mootry) takes the women's race.
Getting through cycling's 'transition season.'
Johnson and Dombroski double up on Long Island
The Kazakh government has stepped in with a $22 million cash infusion to keep the Astana team afloat for at least another year.
Frank Overton lays out what it takes to step it up a notch: planning and ... more hours on the bike.
Details of the 2010 version of the Vuelta a España are slowly leaking out through the Spanish media.
Paul Swift answers a reader question about what pedal system is best for bow-legged riders.
How can bike fit fix a 'dropping hip'?
Should base training consist of only long, easy miles?
The mountain bike park at Northstar-at-Tahoe resort will host the Race for Tara Llanes 4 on Oct. 2-3, 2010.
Cyclist Christian Pfannberger has received a lifetime ban from sport for repeated doping offenses, the Austrian national anti-doping agency announced.
Anna Meares scored her second and third gold medals at the World Cup track event in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday.
Steady rain — road-closing, trail-soaking, river-swelling rain — kept anyone from getting an early taste of the singletrack at Lance Armstrong's Juan Pelota Ranch on Friday.
Johnson, Elliott lead NACT series heading into final weekend.
The mountain bike park at Northstar-at-Tahoe resort will host the Race for Tara 4 on Oct. 2-3, 2010.
Size matters when it comes to tires: Many sizes that have the same, or almost the same, designation are actually completely different sizes.
Joaquim Rodríguez might never get a ticket to the Tour de France riding for a Spanish team, so he's moving to Katusha.
In choosing its bikes for the next three years, Quick Step team will be going back to its Belgian roots, signing a new sponsorship deal with Merckx cycles.
USA Cycling held its second annual race promoter summit at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs Nov. 13-15.
An untried Australian team pursuit combination beat arch-rival Great Britain in the Melbourne World Cup round on Friday.
VeloNews' Matt Pacocha picks out three solid choices for a broad spectrum of conditions.
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The Univest Grand Prix is a large circuit race founded in 1998.
The Tour of Missouri continues to draw top ProTour talent, including Mark Cavendish, Franco Pellizotti and Jens Voigt.
Fan of the individual pursuit are circulating an online petition to urge the UCI to keep the event in the Olympics.
The Tour de New York began in 2004 as the Rochester Twilight Criterium.
Tour de Beauce is Canada's biggest stage race.
For many years this race — known to many simply as "Philly" — hosted the U.S. professional road race championships. That title moved to Greenville, but the race through downtown Philadelphia and up the iconic Manayunk Wall remains a classic.
The Amgen Tour of California is hands-down the biggest stage race in the United States. For 2010, it moves from its traditional mid-February slot to mid-May.
The Air Force Cycling Classic will be held in Arlington, Virginia.
The Tour of the Battenkill made a splash on the U.S. pro scene in 2009, with BMC's Scott Nydam taking the win over miles of dirt roads.
Whitmore's Landscaping Super Cross Cup in Southampton, New York is the series finale for the North American Cyclocross Trophy. Past winners at the venue include Erwin Vervecken, Tim Johnson and Ryan Trebon.
Tábor hosts the world championships of cyclocross in 2010.
USA Cycling hosts the national cyclocross championships for amateurs and professionals alike in Bend, Oregon.
The ’cross-crazy town of Portland hosts the closing weekend of the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross.
Hoogerheide is the final round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup.
The Roubaix World Cup is the eighth round of the 2009-2010 ’cross series.
Held the day after Christmas, Heusden-Zolder in Belgium is the seventh round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup.
Kalmthout, Belgium, is the sixth round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup.
Igorre, Spain is the fifth round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup.
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Collegiate categories added to the 19-mile mountain bike cross-country race during Sea Otter on April 17.
The new and well-financed Sky team has signed two more riders.
Davide Rebellin promises to fight to clear his name of charges that he doped to win the silver medal at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
After months of wrangling, it looks like Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will stay with Astana for another year.
The UCI Track World Cup is being held in Melbourne Australia from November 19th to 21st.
Complete results from days 1-3 of the Melbourne track World Cup competition.
Through some magic manipulation of cosmic economic forces, Stan's NoTubes sells its innovative wheels at blue-collar prices.
Olympic silver medalist Anna Meares headlined a winning night for Australia at the Melbourne World Cup round on Thursday.
Question: "I recently read about the UCI’s decision to strip Davide Rebellin of the silver medal he 'won' at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing because he tested positive for CERA. As my kid would say, 'big whoop.'"
Readers chime in on Olympic plans, tarnished silver and apologies.
Liquigas adds nine to its roster
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Dueck placed fifth at Crankworx, Colorado and second at Goat Style in Creston, BC, in 2009.
Retired Pic will co-direct Colavita-Baci women's team
With help from Lance Armstrong, Jeff Castelaz brings home his trek across the U.S. to raise awareness of children’s cancer
Lance Armstrong floated the idea of a mountain bike race on his ranch on Sept. 22, 2009. The race, coming this weekend, was sold out in a matter of days.
Prolouge to event will be on Vancouver's North Shore with the finale of the seven-day adventure at Whistler.
After season-long success at Team Type 1, NRC Champion Alison Powers moves to ValueAct Capital.