EuroBike, Day 2: More goodies from Friedrichshafen
EuroBike, Day 2: More goodies from Friedrichshafen
EuroBike, Day 2: More goodies from Friedrichshafen
EuroBike, Day 2: More goodies from Friedrichshafen
EuroBike, Day 2: More goodies from Friedrichshafen
EuroBike, Day 2: More goodies from Friedrichshafen
EuroBike, Day 2: More goodies from Friedrichshafen
EuroBike, Day 2: More goodies from Friedrichshafen
EuroBike, Day 2: More goodies from Friedrichshafen
Perras took the prologue hillclimb . . .
. . . but McCormack nearly got him when he blew in the final meters
Italian star Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) and Spanish rider Carlos Golbano (Paternina-Costa de Almería) won’t be starting the Vuelta a España on Saturday after UCI blood tests conducted Wednesday evening revealed the pair “unfit” to start. The 189 starting riders in the Vuelta, which starts Saturday with a team time trial in León in northern Spain, were given blood screening to test levels of hemotacrit, hemoglobin and reticulocytes. While not considered a positive doping test, inconsistent indicators can suggest, but not prove, the use of EPO, Nesp or other banned blood boosters. Vuelta
We are now in the hotel in Léon sitting and waiting for the Vuelta España to begin on Saturday. We arrived in Leon last night, as we had to be at the hotel three days prior to the start for the medical testing-which is essentially a blood test. This year the Vuelta starts out with several flat to rolling stages as we race across the middle of Spain towards the Mediterranean and the coastal town of Valencia. Valencia will host the first of three individual time trials, one being up to the peak of Sierra Nevada, the other being the final stage in Madrid. Today we rode our time trial bikes
Dear Bob,I am curious what you think of the recent Toronto court decision thatthe City of Toronto owed cyclists a duty of care to maintain a safe cyclingenvironment.N.D.Colorado Dear Bob,The main highway in our area is scheduled for repaving. This will closeone side of the divided including both shoulders for a ten-mile stretchover a six-month period. The section is used by hard-core commuters andis a popular ride for those who want to get out of town for the weekend.What are the contractor’s obligations to accommodate bicycle traffic? Whatare my rights when a “bike lane closed sign is
USA Cycling announced its automatic nominationsto represent the U.S. at the upcoming UCI Road World Championships in Verona,Italy, September 27 - October 4.The thirteen riders named Thursdayhave until September 6 to either accept or decline their nominations.Receiving nominations to the team basedon their participation in the 2004 Olympic Games are George Hincapie, TylerHamilton, Bobby Julich, Levi Leipheimer, and Jason McCartney. Joining thefive Olympians in receiving automatic nominations are six-time Tour deFrance winner, Lance Armstrong, USPRO Champion, Fred Rodriguez and top-rankedrider
The Eurobike show, held annually in Friedrichshafen, Germany, has become the traditional kick-off to the new-bike season since its somewhat tentative start as a mainly mountain-bike event back in 1991. These days, the mountain bikes are overwhelmed by the flood of road machines that compete for space in the show's handsome 10 main halls. But no matter what's on display, Eurobike's early place on the calendar — September 2-5 this year — means that extra importance is accorded each intro. Have a good show here and you can relax on the ride as the show carnival bumps along to ANCMA Milan and
Is he aiming for another?
Casagrande at last year's Tour of Switzerland
Julien Absalon's gold medal bike was among host of celeb' rides in Friedrichshafen,
EuroBike: By the sea, by the beautiful sea
EuroBike: By the sea, by the beautiful sea
EuroBike: By the sea, by the beautiful sea
EuroBike: By the sea, by the beautiful sea
EuroBike: By the sea, by the beautiful sea
EuroBike: By the sea, by the beautiful sea
EuroBike: By the sea, by the beautiful sea
EuroBike: By the sea, by the beautiful sea
EuroBike: By the sea, by the beautiful sea
EuroBike: By the sea, by the beautiful sea
EuroBike: By the sea, by the beautiful sea
Stefano Zanini (Quick Step) team has won the 128-mile opening stageof the Tour of Britain in Manchester city centre. The Italian out-sprintedKevin Van Impe of Belgium and Alejandro Borrajo of Argentina. British national champion Roger Hammond, of Oxford, finished sixthin the same time as Zanini. By winning the first stage Zanini pulled onthe race leader's jersey which he will wear during tomorrow's stage fromLeeds to Sheffield over 107 miles.Navigators are thereThe Navigators will be racing this week in the revival of the BritishTour that began Wednesday and concludes with a circuit course in
The Colombian government and its national Olympic committee announced plans to appeal the disqualification of track cyclist Maria Luisa Calle Williams after she tested positive for a stimulant following the women’s points race. Calle Williams was stripped of her bronze medal in the event after testing positive for the stimulant Heptaminol. The bronze medal was then awarded to American Erin Mirabella, the only U.S. podium spot in an Olympic track event this year. Colombia earned just one other medal in the games, a bronze won by Mabel Mosquera in the 53kg category of women's weightlifting.
The past six weeks have been a rollercoaster of emotions for the Tyler Hamilton. The bitter experience of abandoning the Tour de France for the first time of his career in July was quickly forgotten in the glow of his gold medal winning performance in the Olympic time trial race on Aug. 18. Rather than hit the party circuit, the 33-year-old New Englander went straight back to work to prepare for the Vuelta a España. Even before leaving for Athens, Hamilton was considering racing the season’s finale grand tour. Rather than throw away the remainder of the season, Hamilton decided to take a
My fellow VeloNews editor Neal Rogers and I just got back from the final round of the NORBA national points series down in Durango, Colorado. Since this was the final opportunity for many of the racers to score some very-needed points, many pulled out all the stops when it came to equipment choices. So, while Rogers was running willy-nilly from racer to racer getting quotes for his cross-country and short track race reports, I found myself sneaking around the start and finish lines scouring every inch of some of the fastest bikes in the business. Both the men and women showed up to Durango
Hamilton at the Tour
The loose gravel start of the short track required the front row to 'dig in' to avoid wheelspin. Looked just like the start of a 250 main moto
Hydration packs might not be the coolest pro accessory but the Hydrapak Air Scoop Team is the sleakest option available with its customizable outer flap
Shonny Vanlandingham turned her Vetta computer into this minature shrine to The Artist Formerly Known As Prince for little on-trail motivation
Adam Craig chose to run a stock '04 Giant singlespeed frameset ($500) and a 40x16 gear in the short track
Talk about keeping yourself occupied during your race....
Travis Brown also chose to race a single speed. His Trek 9.8 Elite hardtail came eqquiped with a wild assortment of parts including this Russian titanium Sibex fork (www.sibexsports.com)and 34x14 gearing
Both Craig and Brown ran Sibex titanium forks. Craig with the disc brake version and Brown with the canti version
Sibex Sports's Scott Mares showed his clean-looking Cossack cyclocross bike. At only $1200 for frame and fork, this Russian-made titanium rig seems like a steal
Brown found himself running the steep climb early on in the race after getting stuck behind slower riders, but later in the race could power up it in his monster gear
Legend Ned Overend chose to run the slightly heavier than a SID World Cup, but much stiffer and Motion Control equipped, '05 RockShox Reba
Maverick riders Abby Hippley and Ariel Lindsley were spotted riding Maverick American's new SC 32 race/ride fork. It features 125mm of travel and can be on-the-fly adjusted down to 80mm for climbing
Giant-Pearl Izumi rider Jared Rando was seen running the long-time ultra secretive Michelin 'System'. To date, no one outside of Michelin techs have seen was lurks inside this self-sealing, semi-tubeless downhill tire system
Held at pen-point Maxxis tire developer Chris Wyatt revealed the prototype tires on the Luna riders' bikes will be called 'ADVantage' and will offer higher volume and agressive tread patterns for loose terrain. Vanlandigham and Dunalp both rode them
Missy 'The Missile' put in a lightning-fast qualifying run, but some course tape delayed her arrival to the final run finish lin
The start list for the 2004 Vuelta a España has been released. The race is scheduled to begin with a 27km team time trial in León on Saturday, September 4 and finish in Madrid on the 26th. Changes in team rosters can be made through Friday. LIBERTY SEGUROS1. HERAS HERNANDEZ Roberto (Sp)2. NOZAL VEGA Isidro (Sp)3. ANDRLE René (Cz)4. CARUSO Giampaolo (I)5. GIL PEREZ Koldo (Sp)6. GONZALEZ DE GALDEANO ARANZABAL Igor (Sp)7. HRUSKA Jan (Cz)8. SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Marcos Antonio (Sp)9. VICIOSO ARCOS Angel (Sp) COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA. KELME11. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro (Sp)12. BLANCO David (Sp)13.
Spanish president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero will bein León this weekend to officially kick off the 2004 Vuelta a España,which begins Saturday with a 27.7km team time trial. Teams are expected to begin arriving in the northern Spanish city byWednesday as many want to get a good look at the rolling time trial course.Stage favorites include Phonak, led by Olympic time trial champion TylerHamilton, Team CSC, Liberty Seguros and T-Mobile. Spanish riders top the list of favorites for the overall title (seestart list below), but there’s a growing number of foreign riders who couldspoil the
Dear Lennard,I read with interest your article "Wobble? Not!" in the September 20issue of VeloNews.Of special interest was your side bar on page 61 in which you discuss smallpads inserted in your shoes to relieve pedaling induced foot pain.I too suffer from what I describe as "hot foot" which becomes very problematicon longer rides. I use custom footbeds in my cycling shoes, but theyoffer little relief. I live in Denver - can you share more informationabout the pads that you use and where you got them?RayDear Ray,It is a small, foam metatarsal pad that lifts the metatarsal arch (atthe "ball
The Belgian Cycling League has recommended that retired star Johan Museeuw be banned from the sport for four years because of doping, the Belga news agency reported Tuesday. The LVB has also demanded a similar punishment of professional riders Jo Planckaert and Chris Peers, as well as mountain biker Filip Meirhaeghe. LVB, contacted by AFP, would neither confirm nor deny the news from the Belgium agency, which gave no source. The Belgian press claimed the homes of these cyclists had been searched and doping products found. The 38-year-old Museeuw is the record holder for cycling's World Cup
Vuelta profiles
American hope Tom Danielson won’t be making his grand tour debut in the Vuelta a España this weekend, after all. Danielson had hoped to take part in his first three-week tour, but was once again disappointed after Fassa Bortolo brass left him off the nine-man team. The 26-year-old Coloradan was told last week he wouldn’t be starting the Vuelta (September 4-26). The news comes as a blow to the promising racer who’s been making steady progress in his first year in Europe with expectations of starting at least one of the season’s major three-week tours for the silver train. “I’m completely
With the Olympics done I finally got around to emptying out the digicam from the last few days. Below you’ll find a sampling of sights from the men’s cross-country, the final night of track and field and scenes from the Closing Ceremonies and the main Olympic Complex.
GIRONA SPAIN It was a little bit sad to see them extinguishing the flame in the Olympic Stadium in Athens last night. My wife and I watched the closing ceremonies on television from Spain. It seemed like weeks since we had been in Athens. I have always been a fan of the Olympic Games, ever since I was a kid. It’s a little like watching the Tour de France in the summer time, I guess. You get into a routine of checking in every day and get sort of addicted to the drama of it all. I have always found myself watching the sports that seem to take a four-year hiatus from being covered, like
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and Museum is excited to announce the2004 INDUCTEES TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM.They are as follows;Matt Hebberd-PioneersPat Follet and Tom Spiegel-PromotionKurt Loheit-AdvocacyPaul Thomasberg-IndustryTheir biographies are listed below.They join fellow mountain bike legends who are all listed at mtnbikehalloffame.com.Plan to attend the 17th Annual Mountain Bike Hall of Fame InductionCeremony in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 7th, 2004 at 6:30 P.M. The ceremonyis held during the annual Interbike Trade Show which is located at theSand's Expo and
Hi Joe and Dirk,I recently had arthroscopic surgery on my left knee to repair my medialmeniscus and to have some plicaeremoved. The cause of the damage is not known, although I'm pretty sureI did it in the weight room during the winter. The pain I felt in my knee did not manifest itself until late March/earlyApril when my cycling training was ramping up and I started hitting biggerhills (6- to 8-percent grades). I'm a relatively new cyclist (this is mythird season) and I have aspirations of road racing. I'm 29 years old, 6 foot 2 inches and I weigh about 185 pounds, withrelatively low body
The Mail Bag 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.It's more than medalsEditors,Stephen Burke claims to be mystified by Stuart O'Grady's block in thefinal lap of the Olympic Madison race (see Burke’s letter “O'Grady blockedBrits in Madison” Friday’sMailbag). Well mate, it shouldn't be too hard to work that one out. Aa any Aussiewill
Under the innovative drive of title-sponsor Crank Brothers and the collaborativevision of both the organizers and the promoters, the 2004 U.S. Gran Prixof Cyclocross Series is poised for take-off. With cooperation from USACycling and the UCI, the landmark USGP of Cyclocross seeks to bolster thethriving regional U.S. cyclocross scene by incorporating six races intoa national series with USA Cycling automatic world championship selectiongoing to series overall winners."Our hope," according to Series Marketing Director Bruce Fina, "is tobring out the best of USA cyclocross-the top riders
Danielson showed his stuff on Mt. Evans
The men's 50-rider field...
...which only briefly contained Hesjedal.
Sauser, with broken chain in hand, was out early as well.
Absalon's winning ride.
Hermida got all choked up...
...talking about the crash that almost cost him a medal.
Crotia's No. 1 high jumper (she didn't win).
The Olympic flame above the stadium entrance.
A fountain in the Olympic Complex.
Haven and Tyler Hamilton and that souvenir they picked up in Athens
Not a bad day's haul: Dede gets silver, Tyler gold and Bobby grabs a bronze
Lots of interesting architecture in this place.
Olympic Complex walkway.
The Closing Ceremonies.
More from the Closing Ceremonies.
It's all over. Party time.