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The final men’s podium (left to right) Tyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home), Anthony Colby (Colavita-Sutter Home), Rory Sutherland (Health Net), Bernard Van Ulden (Jelly Belly), Edward King (Bissell) and Aaron Tuckerman (Jelly Belly)

At all levels of sport, mental fitness often sets athletes apart from competitors. On Thursday, June 5, 2008, Marvin Zauderer will speak on "The 5 Core Skills of Mentally Fit Athletes," and will present steps that all athletes can take to strengthen important mental skills. Whether you're a competitive athlete, recreational athlete, coach, or parent of an athlete, this presentation will give you tools that you can use. The talk, sponsored by Marin Cyclists (http://www.marincyclists.com/) and a benefit for the NorCal High School Mountain Bike League

Lingering snows in the high country have forced organizers to re-route a key stage of Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, but they promise the improvised route for stage 5 is just as challenging — maybe even more so. The six-day stage race gets underway Tuesday with a 1.7-mile prologue. The race is now in its sixth year and appears to be picking up steam: the 2008 edition boasts the strongest fields it has ever attracted.

Men's line-up

Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) survived to win a crash-laden 222km third stage at the Giro d’Italia on Monday that saw scores of riders hit the deck in a nervous, technical race around the flanks of Mt. Etna. While Europe’s most active volcano remained quiet, there was plenty of action on the road as wind and light rain thrashed the peloton in what was one of the few chances for sprinters in this climb-heavy edition of the Giro.

American cross-country mountain bike racer Adam Craig has his sights set on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. That means for the next few months he will be battling it out on the World Cup and National Mountain Bike Series with his fellow Americans for a slot on the U.S. team. In between races, Craig skis, kayaks and is the rally car co-driver for his Giant teammate Carl Decker. VeloNews.com is along for the ride. —Editor

Retail: $1895 (steel Exogrid) Sizes: Five standard plus custom Availability: August Web site: www.titusti.com Titus Cycles is introducing three new cyclocross frames this year, the company's first venture into the 'cross market. Two of the frames feature Titus' Exogrid tubing technology, in which two materials are fused together, with the heavier material thinned or cut away in a grid pattern in the middle of the tube, to reduce weight.

Flying lessons at Green Valley TT in Auburn Washington

Mens D1 first climb at Collegiate Road National Championships

Tour of St Louis, Forest park Crit

Tiny Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina, can finally say it owns the best collegiate road cycling team in the United States. After a series of near misses at collegiate cycling’s biggest race, the Bobcats finally grabbed the coveted Division I team omnium, squeaking by Fort Lewis College, 473-424. The Bobcats’ Andrew Talansky and Carla Swart also took home the Division I individual omnium titles — another first for the school of 900 students.

This team already had one pink bike, even before the race.

Jesse Bartholomew of CycleOps/PowerTap examines power and heart rate graphs from Slipstream’s time trial.

The DeRosa aero seatpost allows for lots of fore-aft adjustment.

LPR’s DeRosa’s all had straight Deda extensions.

The LPR teams was racing on new DeRosa prototype time trial bikes with a very deep aero seat tube and aggressive rear wheel cutout.

Felt labels the exit holes for the front and rear derailleur and rear brake cables to avoid confusion (Hooking your rear brake cable up to the derailleur would be no fun).

This single-position seatpost, seen on most Slipstream-Chipotle time trial bikes, is the old model from Felt’s B2 bike model.

Zabriskie’s stubby Fizik saddle is UCI legal and allows the rear part to be further forward while the nose is still behind the UCI-dictated 5cm back of the bottom bracket center. The two-position seatpost is Felt’s current production.

Millar likes his extensions very far apart, and he likes a double bend to them.

Millar’s bike is the full British paint job to go with his Goiburu-decorated wheels. As another national TT champion, Hesjedal’s has a similar Canadian paint job to match those of Millar and Zabriskie.

Slipstream-Chipotle mechanic Iñaki Goiburu made the wheel decals as a surprise for David Millar and David Zabriskie. He ran out of time to do Canadian ones for Ryder Hesjedal.

McGee uses the far-back adjustment on his Cervelo two-position seatpost.

Like many riders, McGee races with an SRM power meter built into his crank. SRM builds its units into Shimano, Campagnolo, SRAM, and Cannondale Hollowgram cranks.

McGee’s bar, which is identical to that of all of his teammates, demonstrates that CSC is one of the exceptions to the return to curved extensions. In a change from past seasons, where its riders had adjustability and varying positions, every CSC rider has a non-adjustable 3T aero bar with fixed, straight extensions.

CSC’s Bradley McGee’s Cervelo P3 Carbon bike is still the standard other TT bikes compare themselves to.

Gusev likes double-bend extensions. While a few years ago, most riders chose straight extensions, now fewer teams do.

Born on the 4th of July: Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev was born July 4, 1982, and he rode this Trek Equinox TTX with distinction in the TTT, after being yanked from his vacation by the sudden invitation to the Giro.