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Clothesline Review: Specialized Pro SL and Pro RBX bibs

Editor’s note: The Clothesline is new column about clothing, shoes, helmets and other cycling accessories. Perhaps the most personal of gear choices, clothing testing is subjective. Two riders can try the same jersey or helmet and come back with completely different opinions. With that in mind, we will try to get at least two editors sampling a product for a few weeks before reporting back on the fit and features. We hope you find it helpful. If it’s true that no two fingerprints are the same, is it fair to say that no two, um, butts are the same?

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FSA focuses on compact mountain, Vision road line for 2010; road group still in the works

After finding great success with the compact road crank design it debuted in the 2002 Tour de France under Ivan Basso, FSA is pushing the concept to the mountain bike market. Carbon and alloy double-ring cranksets for off-road are among the new 2010 offerings from the company with headquarters in Italy, Washington and Taiwan. FSA is also expanding on the Vision line it acquired in 2004, positioning it as a road and triathlon brand with wheels, aerobars and more.

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The Explainer – Who decides what’s “safe?”

Dear Explainer, By now, we’ve all probably seen the crash that highlighted the final kilometer of this year’s Giro d’Italia. While I was actually hoping for Danilo Di Luca to pull off a miracle win, I am pleased that he didn’t do it by having race leader Denis Menchov crash and lose enough time to lose the Giro.

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A preview of the VeloNews July issue.

When American Taylor Phinney won the under-23 Paris-Roubaix on May 31, it made our decision to feature him on the cover of our July issue appear prophetic. It wasn’t, however, a tough decision to put Phinney on the cover. His elite world pursuit title in March saw the teenage phenom scratch the surface of his seemingly boundless potential.

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Gallery: The road to the ProTour

This spring VeloNews' Senior Writer Fred Dreier and photographer Casey B. Gibson spent a lot of time at the USA Cycling development program's center in Izegem, Belgium. The two hung out with the young riders at the Belgium house that is the program's heart, as the riders ate, trained, raced, and met with their coaches. Dreier's article, illustrated by Gibson's photos, appears in the July issue of VeloNews, which went on sale on newsstands this week. Today Gibson is sharing some of the photos that did not make it into the magazine.

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Road Racing

Plaxton and Gould maintain their series lead after Alabama event

Sprint finishes decided both the men’s and women’s professional events at Sunday’s Bump N’ Grind cross-country race, held at Oak Mountain state park in Pelham, Alabama. The event was the third round of the 2009 USA Cycling Pro Cross-country tour (ProXCT), and the second round of the Kenda Cup East. In the men’s race, Australian rider Sid Taberlay (Sho Air-Specialized) out kicked Coloradan Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Subaru-Gary Fisher). Luna teammates Georgia Gould and Catherine Pendrel went toe-to-toe in the women’s event, with Pendrel coming out on top.

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Haedo sprints up NRC standings

Colavita's Argentinean sprinter Sebastian Haedo has moved up from eighth to second on the latest National Racing Calendar individual rankings. Defending NRC champ Rory Sutherland (OUCH-Maxxis) remains in first place in the rankings, thanks to his win at the Joe Martin Stage Race and several stage wins and stage podiums this season.

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Cyclocross Racing

Katie Compton’s asthma lands her in hospital

Five-time U.S. cyclocross champion Katie Compton was hospitalized for an asthma attack on Sunday after racing Alabama’s Bump n’ Grind cross-country race, the third round of USA Cycling’s Pro Cross-country Tour (ProXCT). Compton, who was riding at the front of the race alongside Luna riders Catherine Pendrel and Georgia Gould, was forced to abandon on the third of four laps after suffering breathing problems. Paramedics hooked Compton to an oxygen flow and took her to a nearby hospital.

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Ghisallo: From Alfredo Binda to Alessandro Ballan, the world’s best cyclists have given jerseys to the museum.

Ghisallo: From Alfredo Binda to Alessandro Ballan, the world’s best (and mostly Italian) cyclists have given Tour, Olympic and world champion jerseys to the museum. Notable Italian names include Mario Cipollini, Ivan Basso and Gianni Bugno. But there are also tunics from Frenchman Bernard Hinault, Spainard Miguel Indurain, American Connie Carpenter and Ukranian Yaroslav Popovych.

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