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Hincapie and Pipp rolling along

Schmatz fell victim to an armadillo

Hincapie takes the win . . .

. . . . and the leader's jersey

When the Dura-Ace 7800 group was introduced for the 2004 season, it didn’t feature a hint of carbon fiber despite the fact that Campagnolo was offering ample amounts of the material throughout its flagship Record group. At the time Shimano relied on its ability to forge high quality aluminum at its Osaka factories. Four years later, carbon fiber is quite evident in Shimano's 2008 line. Four of Dura-Ace’s five wheel models feature carbon fiber rims, while a fifth uses scandium. The just released XTR Shadow rear derailleur sports a true carbon fiber pulley cage. And to put the icing on

Photo Gallery Below On a day when I pause every year to reflect on what the future may holdfor all of us, I think about the things that give me a little hope forthat future. One of those things is seeing kids on bikes. The future seems a lotbrighter to me if lots of kids are riding bikes, ensuring a healthier nextgeneration of adults treading more lightly on the earth with another toolto combat global warming and oil dependence. There are a number of great programs around the country that are successfulin creating passionate young bike riders, and I think all of them shouldbe encouraged. I

How ironic is it that on the rest day we wake up two hours earlier than on any other day during the entire race? Okay, okay, I know getting up at 7:30 is not that early at all. Shoot, a majority of the working people out there have already been to the gym and commuted to work by this time. But it is really early for us right now and keep in mind that this is Spain. Let's put it this way, one of our neighbors yelled at Leah yesterday for walking our dog before 9 in the morning! That's because when their dog hears our over-grown Weimaraner, he freaks out, starts barking and wakes

It seems like just yesterday that the Slipstream squad was hanging out in Julien, California, banging out some early season miles and planning the loooong year ahead. Somehow, it’s already September and I’m now at the Tour of Missouri and just about to wrap up another season; amazing how fast the year goes by. Not that I’m done quite yet. For one thing, I still have six days of racing here and then another six in October in Mexico, but with fall in the air the mood circulating the dining room is certainly that of eager anticipation of the coming off-season. Plans of vacations to come,

MGM Home Entertainment and VeloNews cordially invite you to a special screeningof THE FLYING SCOTSMAN, the remarkable, true story of cyclist GraemeObree.WHAT: A FREE screening for cycling fans of all ages of the inspirationaland true story of an unlikely cycling champion who battled the odds toreach the pinnacle of his sport in The Flying Scotsman, arriving on DVDSeptember 18 from MGM Home Entertainment. WHEN: Friday, September 14th, 20077:30 PM (Doors open at 7:00 PM)WHERE: Boulder Theater 2032 14th StreetBoulder, CO 80302(303) 786-7030ADMISSION:  Admission is FREE and will be granted on a

Cuban speedster Ivan Dominguez earned the first yellow jersey of the inaugural Tour of Missouri, blasting across the line at the end of stage 1 on a sun-splashed Tuesday in Kansas City. The Toyota United rider’s triumph came at the expense of Canadian Zach Bell (Symmetrics) and American Kyle Wamsley (Navigators) who were second and third respectively on the opening day of this six-stage, 600-mile race that will head west to east across the Show Me State before finishing on Sunday in St. Louis.

Shimano’s new FC-7800C crank, much like the prototypes seen at this year’s Tour.

The new crank relies on a tapered spline, like XTR and a threaded BB bearing adjustment.

A cut away of the crank displaying the hollow splineless arm.

The WH-7850-C50-TU 50mm carbon tubular wheel.

The WH-7850-C24-CL 50mm carbon clincher wheel.

The rear freehub is made from titanium and now nine- and 10-speed compatible.

The WH-7850-C24-TU low profile carbon tubular wheel.

The WH-7850-C50-TU low profile carbon tubular wheel.

A close up of the low-profile clincher.

And the high profile clincher.

The tubeless compatible, scandium rimmed, WH-7850-SL wheel.

When the weather is nice, you can always expect a lot of bike riders.

Some Freikers braving the snow.

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Something to believe in

The Freiker unit knows all...

Neither rain nor snow nor carrying skis stays this Freiker from her daily ride.

A Freiker of the week with his $10 and Green Gear after riding every day over the past week.

Guts of the Freikometer, including lead strips for shielding

Crest View Elementary bike rack and snow-covered Freikometer in January.

Press Release: Free Boulder screening of 'The Flying Scotsman'

Dominguez shows 'em how it's done.

The newly-crowned U.S. champ meets fans

The peloton takes a moment to remember the anniversary.

Big crowds at the start

Tobacco fields dot the countryside

BMC and Slipstream give chase

Fans you wouldn't usually see at the Tour de France.

How much is Denis Menchov dominating the 2007 Vuelta a España? If the amount of lipstick on his cheeks from receiving kisses from the podium girls is any indication, a lot. The 29-year-old Rabobank captain won the longest and hardest stage of this year’s Vuelta on a sunny and windy Monday high in Andorra to carry a solid lead of more than two minutes to compatriot Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d’Epargne) into Tuesday’s rest day. Just add up the quality podium time Menchov enjoyed: stage winner, race leader, mountain jersey and the combined jersey. That’s a lot of kisses.

The inaugural six-stage Tour of Missouri, the third and final of America’s three “grand tours,” kicks off Tuesday in Kansas City. The 600-mile course will travel a counter-clockwise route, ending on Sunday, September 16, in St. Louis. In between the state’s largest cities are stops in Clinton, Springfield, Branson, Lebanon, Columbia, Jefferson City, and St. Charles.

Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) began his bid to win the Tour of Britain in style with a powerful finish to take the first stage on Monday in Southampton. Cavendish, who held the yellow jersey after the prologue, stormed away in the sprint finish after good work by teammates Roger Hammond and Frantisek Rabon had given him an ideal platform. The 22-year-old from the Isle of Man blew away Steven Caethoven and Juan Jose Haedo in the final 200 meters to clinch his 10th stage win of the season. and take a 14-second lead over Russia's Nikolai Trusov. Holland's Piet Rooijakkers, who took the

Monday’s exciting stage at the Vuelta a España saw the return of polemica, a tried and true European journalistic tradition of a battle of words fought out in headlines. The “he said-she said” tug-of-wars used to fill the pages of European sports dailies until the dirty business of doping scandals took all the fun out of being a cycling journalist. Those glory days returned briefly Monday as exhausted and frustrated riders started to point fingers at one another at the finish of the frenetic 214km “queen stage” across the Spanish Pyrenees. The first salvo came from Team CSC’s Carlos

The race leader scores his first stage win this year

Tour of Missouri kicks off Tuesday

Sastre attacked both during and after the stage

Sastre and Menchov

Vande Velde made it into another escape

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Catalunya

Kroon and CSC at the front

Cunego and Guerini in the day's big break

Rabobank on defense

Piepoli has a dig

Menchov wins

Sastre thinks Menchov and Piepoli have aligned themselves against him

[nid:40410]Two years ago, Denis Menchov was declared victor of the Vuelta a España months after Roberto Heras tested positive for EPO and was eventually dethroned. The Rabobank rider never enjoyed his moment on the winner’s podium and remains bitter about the whole business. Flash forward to Sunday’s first of two decisive climbing stages across the Spanish Pyrénées, when the soft-spoken Russian followed the attacking Leonardo Piepoli to climb solidly into the leader’s jersey .

Australian Sam Hill and Frenchwoman Sabrina Jonnier successfully defended their world downhill titles on Sunday, each posting the fastest run down Fort William’s famously rocky, technical track. Hill squeaked by 2004-05 world champ Fabien Barel of France by a mere 0.84 second, while Jonnier enjoyed a wide 4.01-second advantage over Rachel Atherton of Great Britain. The famously damp Scottish Highlands served up plenty of rain and mist for the final day of the September 3-9 UCI world mountain-bike championships. The worst weather of the weeklong event pounded the Nevis range throughout the

Piepoli and Menchov both got something out of today's stage

Menchov: In yellow, but cautious

Piepoli is content to hunt stage wins

Overnight leader Devolder suffered a meltdown

Going up

Anton and Van Huffel in the escape

Menchov and Piepoli working to their mutual advantage

It was a bad day for Pereiro, who finally abandoned

The peloton

Nearly three minutes ahead of a confusion-laden finale, and after some 160 kilometers in the breakaway, Will Frischkorn (Slipstream-Chipotle) soloed to victory in the Univest Grand Prix in Souderton, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Frischkorn launched a perfect counter following teammate Tim Duggan’s probing attack with eight laps of the race’s 5-kilometer finishing circuit remaining. Duggan and Frischkorn accounted for half of a four-man break that entered the finishing loops together following a challenging 109-kilometer loop through the Montgomery County countryside. Together with Columbian

His image projected three stories high on a massive television screen, American Brian Lopes stood atop the podium Friday evening, arms raised in triumph, having just won the men’s four-cross world championship in Fort William, Scotland. Techno music deafened the 10,000-strong crowd gathered at the base of Fort William’s fast, winding track to watch the nighttime event take place under bright lights. A display of fireworks exploded overhead, and a smoke machine churned out thick clouds of white. The scene was a stark contrast to anything Lopes has seen in North America, where mountain-cross

Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) became stronger as the 52.2km individual time trial into Zaragoza unfolded to surge into the overall leader’s jersey Saturday at the Vuelta a España. His rivals are hoping that trend doesn’t continue going into a pair of decisive climbing stages in the Pyrénées, or this Vuelta might well be over.

Cycling's international governing body, the UCI, on Saturday upheld its earlier decision to exclude Spain’s Alejandro Valverde from the World Cycling Championships in Stuttgart at the end of the month. The announcement comes after the Spanish cycling federation openlydefied the UCI by registering Valverde for the championships. Valverde's participation at the event on September 25-30 had been up in the air because of growing suspicions over his alleged links to the Operación Puerto doping affair in Spain. Operación Puertoerupted in May 2006 after police raided the premises of

Frenchman Julien Absalon grabbed the 2007 world cross-country championship, and in doing so became the first man in the history of the discipline to win four elite world titles. The Swiss duo of Ralph Naf and Florian Vogel finished second and third, respectively. Absalon attacked a 10-man lead group containing rivals Jose Hermida (Spain) and Christoph Sauser (Switzerland) on the third long descent of the six-lap race and held his advantage to the end. “I had 15 seconds and decided I would try to go it alone and try to keep this jersey,” Absalon said. “That was the main goal of the season,

Wind. Friend, foe, annoyance and pain in the ass...literally. The last three days have been ridden in and around Zarragoza home of tumbleweed and wind. There isn't anything to stop the wind around here other than the occasional guard rail or rock. So everyone knows when they come in this area it is gonna be spectacular in some way, shape or form. So that is no doubt why the organizers always seem to map the race through this area, it certainly isn't because of the spectators. And of course it didn't disappoint. Spills, thrills and Zarragoza. It splits the field, causes tension

German TT champion Grabsch says he has world's in mind.

Devolder's third-place finish was the best of the GC contenders

Devolder takes over

Menchov expects a big fight for GC.

Backstedt rode an impressive race.

Evans finished in 11th at 2:20.

Gerolsteiner's Stefan Schumacher comes in sixth at 1:52

McCartney turned in a stellar performance for seventh, at 1:55.