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Dear Monique,Many thanks for all of the nutrition advice recently posted in yourweb column. I had a couple of follow-up questions that I hoped you couldhelp me with. What should my basic caloric intake be on the days that Ido not train or ride, and what should comprise the majority of these calories?I am currently at 145 lb. and want to maintain this weight.Jed H.Dear Jed,Your questions bring up the important consideration of nutritionalrecovery on rest or very light training days. On rest days most enduranceathletes are concerned about not overeating, and adjusting to a drop incalorie

Bettini celebrates his last - and the last - UCI World Cup

It's not every day that the President shows up for your bike show. Butas a measure of how important the bicycle industry has become to the economicengine of Taiwan, PresidentChen Shui-bian took a break from his saber-rattling with mainland Chinaover the issue of Taiwan's independence to deliver the keynote speech atthe opening of the 18th annual Taipei International Cycle Show, March 4- 7. With an impressive contingent of gat-packing bodyguards discreetly protecting his flanks for the ribbon-cutting, President Chen proclaimed himself a card-carrying member of the bicycle fan club.

Team CSC boss Bjarne Riis took personal satisfaction in Bobby Julich’s dramatic victory in Paris-Nice. After all, it was the 1996 Tour de France winner who helped resurrect Julich’s fortunes by bringing him into the iconoclastic Danish team for the 2004 season. Julich was quick to praise Riis for his revival. When asked before the start of Sunday’s stage how he could explain his winning ways, Julich gave a precise answer. “One thing and that’s Bjarne Riis,” said Julich, who became the first American to the Race to the Sun. “Bjarne has a gift. He takes chances on people. We all believe in

Rabobanks's Oscar Freire won the overall title at Tirreno-Adriatico as the week-long event ended in Civitanova, Italy, on Tuesday. Freire was well-placed in the middle of the field at the end of a race won by Fassa Bortolo’s Alessandro Petacchi who, like Freire, has won three stages in this, the second event in the new UCI Pro Tour. "I did not take part in the sprint, but I am particularly pleased because, apart from winning the race, I won three stages," Freire said. "I didn't expect I would do as well as that." Earning 50 points for the overall title and one point for each of

For triathletes, Profile offers the TriStryke saddle, which in additionto a huge center vent and titanium rails boasts notches underneath at thefront and rear to make racking your bike easier in the transition area.At 275 grams, the TriStryke is available now.PZ ComponentsPZ Components is the new name for Pazzazz, a moniker that never caughton for reasons we'll let others decide. But the attractions of PZ's partsare undebatable: nice design, great features, and attractive pricing. PZ's focus in recent years has been on composite technology, and this year thecompany is offering

President Chen opens the show. Hey, what's a little sovereignty dispute with China when you can ride bikes instead?

Argon 18's bike fit system uses a full-size bike with articulated joints

The Aero RPT bonds an aluminum front end to a carbon rear

Bear Bone cassettes from Ken Bikes are lightweight wonders.

ControlTech's new aerobar has the working name Air Razor.

ControlTech's new aluminum bar is hydroformed with flats on top to fit the palms.

Deda's Aeroblack is a flat aero bar that accepts a new extension (not shown) dubbed Fast Black.

Underside of the Aeroblack shows thoughtful cable routing.

The Deda Campione is a classic road bar in full carbon.

Easton's AeroForce and DeltaForce are a lightweight combination.

Easton's EC70 bar and stem are inexpensive ways to go carbon.

CSC at Paris-Nice: Not too bad.

FSA's new RD 460 wheels take disc brakes and are designed for cyclo-cross

TriGel Aero saddle is faired underneath to aid aerodynamics

The aluminum spokes broaden from hub to rim, for better aerodynamics

The one-piece seat tube/seat mast for the T-Mobile bikes cuts weight, but won't make it into Giant's general production bikes this year.

Millennium 4Ever is a comfortable aluminum bar with a stylish white carbon stem clamp

ITM's Nivola is a bare-bones, full-racing carbon aerobar

Millennium 4Ever is a comfortable aluminum bar with a stylish white carbon stem clamp

ITM's Nivola is a bare-bones, full-racing carbon aerobar

The rear vents in the Limar 950 are designed to keep you cool.

Profile has designed new carbon extensions for the T2 Wing aerobar, but we screwed up the photos; the aluminum extensions shown are the T2+ models.

Tristryke has notches underneath, front and rear, to aid racking the bike in the transition area.

PZ has created a full line of components in white carbon; stems, bars and seatposts are also available.

The Dura-Ace tubeless rim is externally reinforced at every spoke

The Dura-Ace tubeless wheel hub appears to be the same as that on the current wheel.

Selcof's new Premium Flat bar and stem come in black or white carbon.

The secret to the Selle Italia Signo's ride revealed.

PZ has created a full line of components in white carbon; stems, bars and seatposts are also available.

Tristryke triathlon saddle has notches underneath, front and rear, to aid racking the bike in the transition area.

Did mullets come back while we weren't looking?

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

The new X.0 features a carbon-reinforced cage.

X.0 trigger shifters have carbon covers and adjustable bar clamps

Markus Storck with his new creation for Tange. (Please hold the Millennium Falcon toilet seat jokes.)

Fassa Bortolo’s Alessandro Petacchi took his second stage victory of this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico on Monday, winning the sixth stage of the race, a 164km circuit near Civitanova. Rabobank’s Oscar Freire held on to the leader’s jersey finishing second to Petacchi, just ahead of Australian Robbie McEwen. Freire started from a long way out with veteran sprinter Mario Cipollini in his slipstream, but he was not able to match the speed of Petacchi. Petacchi, who has amassed stage victories in each of the three-week “grand tours” – the Giro d’ Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España –

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Post column was a cheap shotVeloIt really is unfortunate that an ultra-conservative tabloid like theNew York Post has attacked Lance Armstrong's personal life whilecriticizing his tepid endorsement of Paris for the 2012 Olympics.As a New Yorker I also endorse any other country besides

A couple of hours before hearing that Bobby Julich had won this year’s Paris Nice, I happened to be sifting through my unorganized collection of VeloNews back issues. I stumbled on a rare find: the 1999 official Tour de France guide –a handy reader for the American cycling fan. The 82-page glossy mag’ came complete the usual guide guts –stage maps, tons of photos of now-dated bikes and gear, a ton of photos of Marco Pantani, and mini-profiles of the Americans who would ride the Tour, including now-retired big guns Frankie Andreu, Kevin Livingston, and Jonathan Vaughters (note, Vaughters was

Bobby Julich held off a flurry of vicious attacks from Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) and Constantino Zaballa’s entire Saunier Duval team in Sunday’s final stage of Paris-Nice, taking the overall title to the very first event in the UCI’s new ProTour calendar. But it almost didn’t happen that way. Indeed, Julich believed that the worst was behind him as he rolled to the crest of the day’s final climb, the Col d’Eze, just 16km from the day’s finish in Nice. Just a descent and a flat ride to the finish stood between him and certain victory in Paris-Nice when he suffered an unexpected

QuickStep’s Servais Knaven claimed the fifth stage of the week-long Tirreno-Adriatico stage race in style in Saltara, Italy, on Sunday. Spain's reigning world road race champion Oscar Freire of the Rabobank team retained the overall lead ahead of Tuesday's final stage, having won the three previous stages. The 34-year-old Knaven, the 2001 winner of Paris-Roubaix, claimed his first victory of the season after seeing his brave attack 25km into the 170km race, which started and ended in Saltara, come to fruition. The Dutchman was soon joined by four riders and together they went on

The introduction of major reforms in cycling by the International CyclingUnion (UCI) has led to the creation of a new Pro Tour series, the firstrace of which, the Paris-Nice, ended on Sunday.Now coupled with major stage races, the series will also replace boththe 10-race World Cup - which included many one-day classics such as theMilan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix - and the UCI world rankings. Instead,the Pro Tour's 27 races, which will include the Tours of Italy, Franceand Spain, will reward the riders with the most points with a Pro Tourleader's jersey.The Tour de France, being the

An arbitration decision in the blood-doping case of U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Tyler Hamilton is still on hold, according to the cyclist himself. Hamilton wrote on his website that while the hearing itself has ended, arbitrators are still considering the evidence given at the proceedings in Colorado, where the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency argued its case and Hamilton offered his defense. "Normally a case closes when the hearing ends," Hamilton wrote. "However, my case was fairly complicated, given the amount of testimony provided. So, for a number of reasons, it is still

Julich had a close call, but Paris-Nice turned out to be a great ride for the American.

CSC was dominant again this year, taking the overall, the points and the team titles.

Valverde was aggressive all day.

Gustov and Moncoutié

Voigt gets to work...

Contador and Vinokourov were swept up at the finish.

Bobby Julich (Team CSC) advanced one day closer to the most important victory of his career after safely negotiating Saturday’s potentially dangerous 184km, six-climb stage into Cannes. Big Dutchman Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) took an impressive solo victory after dropping the remnants of the winning break on the day’s final climb at the Col du Tanneron with 20km to go. Julich, meanwhile, rode inside the protective cocoon of Bjarne Riis’s big red machine and enjoyed a relatively easy sunny ride through France’s stunning Var region. Jens Voigt muscled up the Cat. 2 Tanneron to reel in some

Bobby Julich was beaming in the yellow jersey at Saturday morning’s sign-in protocol before the start of the penultimate stage at Paris-Nice. The sun was shining, and with Julich holding a 19-second lead over Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) and 20 seconds on Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears), things were looking very bright indeed. “My legs are feeling good. I think if the weather stays good, I will be able to keep the jersey to Nice,” Julich said. “Today’s stage is more challenging than what happens on Sunday. I know the roads perfectly there, so I am confident.” There was some talk

World road champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) claimed his third victory in as many days on Saturday, winning the fourth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico in Servigliano, Italy. Germany's Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) finished second in the 160km stage, with Italian Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) in third. "I didn't go out to win this stage especially," said Freire. "I wasn't even that well positioned for the final sprint. I had to make a special effort to get back to the front." Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo), winner of stage 1, found the going tough once more on Saturday.

Julich retains the overall lead going into Sunday's finale

Posthuma crosses with plenty of time to celebrate

Dessel leads the break

Voight muscles up the Tanneron in defense of Julich's jersey

On the run

Danielson and Rodriguez

Julich hopes to stand here one more time - on Sunday

CSC en garde

Finally, a real race to the sun

Posthuma time trials to the finish

After a couple of days of technical bobbles, VeloNews.com's LIVE COVERAGE of Paris-Nice is back in time for the decisive fifth stage of the Race to the Sun, a tough 172.5km ride from Rognes to the top of Mt. Faron. To follow the action as it happens, simply CLICK HERE and stay with us to the finish to see just how this tough Category 1 climb shakes up the overall standings at this opening event of the UCI ProTour.

Bobby Julich is a few hours away from realizing a career-long dream of taking the yellow jersey at Paris-Nice. Friday’s 172.5km fifth stage ends atop the twisting, 5.5km climb at Mont Faron, and Julich could grab the maillot jaune with a strong ride. “I would be lying if I wasn’t thinking of that. I know I have good legs,” said Julich who started the day 20 seconds back. “The steeper, punchier climbs aren’t really my forte, but it’s nice to have that 28 seconds to the other guys and that’s going to help out a lot.” The 33-year-old American moved into third overall after working himself

It was a showery day in much of western Europe on September 5, 1965. It was particularly wet in Spain’s Basque Country, where the men’s pro road race was being held at the UCI world championships on a 19km circuit at Lasarte, in the hills south of San Sebastian. A few hundred miles to the north, in another maritime region, Brittany, France, I was racing in a two-day stage race. That humid Sunday, our schedule was a time trial followed by the concluding circuit road race. The two protagonists in that amateur race were future French ace Cyrille Guimard and an English colleague on my French

World road champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) claimed his second victory in as many days after winning the third stage of Tirreno-Adriatico Friday. The 29-year-old Spanish sprinter had to dig deep after he struck a protruding railing in the final kilometer and had to fight his way out of the bunch before winning the sprint at the finish line. Frenchman Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) had launched a brave sprint for the finish with 500 meters to go in the 228km race from Tivoli to Torricella Sicura, but the unstoppable Freire caught the 1997 world road race champion, who eventually

Bobby Julich went to bed last night joking to Team CSC roommate Jens Voigt about their prospects of snagging the maillot jaune in Friday’s 172.5km climbing stage up Mont Faron at Paris-Nice. “I said, ‘If one of us doesn’t come home today with the yellow jersey, we’re both sleeping on the floor,’” said the 33-year-old Julich. They’ll both get a very good sleep thanks to Julich, who surged into the leader’s jersey after holding off late attacks by Spanish rivals Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) and Constantine Zaballa (Saunier Duval) on the upper reaches of Mont Faron. Julich started the

With the hint of spring in the air and the Buyer’s Guide long gone, I figured last week was the ideal time to follow up on an invitation to visit custom shoe builder D2 in Eagle, Colorado, about 20 miles east of Vail. Don Lamson and Dan Kurtanich (D2, get it?) have been working together the past three years to provide cyclists what they call “the finest cycling footwear money can buy.” You may recognize Lamson’s name. He has more than 20 years in the custom-shoe business, including time spent with Lampson Design and Doni. His business partner and old skiing buddy Kurtanich returned to

Matt DeCanio’s admission that he used testosterone and recombinant human erythropoietin (r-EPO) in 2003 brought him a two-year suspension, but thanks to a seven-month deferment he could return to racing in November of this year, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “In accordance with UCI rules, DeCanio’s two-year suspension began on June 12, 2004, the date of his admission,” the agency said in a press release. “He received a deferment of seven months of the two-year suspension, as permitted by the UCI rules in effect at the time, and is

Lance Armstrong could be forced to skip his first major one-day race of the season following his early departure from Paris-Nice due to a fever, according to his Discovery team boss, Johan Bruyneel. Bruyneel told Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure that Armstrong's participation in the April 3 Tour of Flanders was at least compromised. "Lance's program is sure to change. We will have to just wait and see when he is ready to compete again. His participation in the Tour of Flanders is compromised, but nothing is certain." Armstrong, 33, pulled out of Paris-Nice, the first race of the

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Slap at bracelet ‘fashionistas’ was uncharitableEditor:Katie Sanborn's characterization of people who wear the Livestrong bracelets as "fashionistas [who are] all twitterpated about Lance and Sheryl" (see Monday's Mailbag: “Losing OLN would be sad, but losing VN.com . . . “) is

Mr. Tom in the rainbow jersey