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Best not eat too much, Iban, or that jersey will get a little snug

And why shouldn't they be smiling? Sevilla and Hamilton are second and third overall

In early 2004 the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Food and Nutrition Boardreleased Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for water and sodium (potassium,chloride, and sulfate recommendations were also included in this report).You may have heard about these dietary guidelines for Americans and Canadians,which are designed for the average adult who may be sedentary or mildlyactive, not for triathletes and cyclist who training regularly, often formore than two hours per session. In establishing the guidelines, the expertpanel reviewed the scientific literature for quality of the research andthe

Back in 1999 at the Dauphiné Libéré, on a sun-filled June afternoon of 80-degree weather, Jonathan Vaughters raced up the Giant of Provence, Mont Ventoux, faster than anyone in history. His record time for the 21.6km between the tree-shaded village of Bedoin and the bare, exposed 6263-foot summit was 56:50, an average speed of 22.8 kph. It was a record that the now-retired Colorado climber expected to be beaten on Thursday, when the weather was almost identical to that of five years ago. There were several factors that backed up Vaughters’s prediction. First, bicycle technology and training

After giving way to the World Cup for two weeks, the NORBA National Series is back this weekend with stop No. 4 in Snowshoe, West Virginia. After three rounds of diverse event schedules that included stage-race formats for cross-country riders, and downhill mania and dual slalom for the gravity gang, this will be first time this year all four of the standard events — cross-country, short track, downhill and mountain cross — will be contested. Competition in West Virginia begins Thursday with the marathon, while Saturday sees mountain cross and cross-country. Racing concludes Sunday with the

On a day that began in disarray for the pro men’s field and ended in disasterfor a handful of pro women, Gina Grain (Victory Brewing) and Dave McCook(McGuire Pro Cycling) took chaotic field sprints to win the second stageof the Nature Valley Grand Prix in Virginia, Minnesota. With high winds blowing across Northern Minnesota for the Iron Rangeroad race, both the women’s and men’s fields found it difficult to escapethe safety of the peloton, culminating in the pair of field sprints after80-plus miles of racing. (The women raced 84.79 miles, while the men raced83.) Both finishes could be

Watching the Giro or catching some of the action from Wachovia week, did you happen to notice “Fast” Freddie Rodriguez’s choice of pedals? While his team is officially sponsored by Look pedals, keen eyes may have spotted the fact that the newly recrowned USPRO National Champion was riding a pair of Crank Brothers Triple Ti Egg Beaters. We asked the folks at Crank Brothers about that one and marketing director Christina Orlandella said Rodriguez has been using the pedal for most of the year. “He’s been riding the Egg Beaters for the last four months and in that time he's won three big

Looks like the UCI has stirred up quite a hornet’s nest with its latest “proposed solution” to the woes of international mountain-bike racing. Faced with a shrinking World Cup series and an even-tougher sponsorship climate, the high priests in Switzerland are floating the idea of getting rid of the World Cup in favor of 16-20 events that would compose a slate similar to the Pro Tour that’s set to go into effect in 2005. According to sources with knowledge of the proposal, the events would include some of the successful World Cups, such as Mont-Ste-Anne, Houffalize and Fort William, along

Dear readers,In this week’s column I pass the ball to the other attorney slaving away at the bicyclelaw.com offices, Brian Driscoll. Dear Bob,I am an avid cyclist in New York City, and I like to commute by bicycle. The building in which I work does not allow full-sized bicycles in the lobby or elevators (I purchased a foldable bicycle). However, I am curious about the legality of banning cycles in this building. Bryan in NYC Bryan,Even though a policy disallowing bicycles in the lobby or elevators of a building is morally reprehensible, it does not run afoul of any laws that we can think

Dunlap is back in the USA -- but not for long.

Bishop switched gears and returned from Europe.

McCartney takes second... or first... or...well, he's up there, that's for sure.

Sage advice pays off.

Hamilton has a strong ride

Armstrong: Just lulling the competition into complacency?

Gutierrez: Last day in yellow

Look at those pedals

The new Quattro

Air Boxxer - just don't tell anyone

The V10

Dede gets a test ride

Sundt

McCook settles in for the ride

Racing begins Wednesday, June 9, at Minnesota’s Nature Valley GrandPrix, a five-day stage race that serves as the primary component of theGreat River Energy Bicycle Festival, a weeklong celebration of cyclingcomplete with live music shows, stunt riders and a traveling tech expo.Coming off the Wachovia Cycling Week, riders from many top domesticmen’s teams are expected, including Chris Horner of Webcor Builders, 2002NVGP winner John Lieswyn of Health Net-Maxxis, Eric Wohlberg of SierraNevada, Tim Larkin of Ofoto-Lombardi Sports, Robbie Ventura of U.S. Postal-BerryFloor, Marty Nothstein and

Davis Phinney may well qualify as a cycling legend. These days, though, the man who has won more bike races than any other American is facing the toughest challenge of his life: Living with early-onset Parkinson’s disease. Each May, during the final week of the Giro d’Italia, I have the pleasure of working to put on a bike camp in northern Italy with Phinney and his wife, 1984 Olympic Gold medalist Connie Carpenter. The two have been hosting bike camps in the U.S. and in Europe for many years, but now the physical difficulty ramps up steeply each year as his disease progresses. Phinney,

Joseba Beloki has admitted he is facing an uphill battle to be 100-percent ready for this year's Tour de France, where American Lance Armstrong will saddle up for an attempt at a record sixth yellow jersey. The 30-year-old Spaniard has had a nightmare season so far after missing the remainder of 2003 because of the crash during last year's Tour when he was being chased by Armstrong on the 16th stage to Gap. The Spaniard, who has finished three times on the Tour podium and would normally be a challenger to the U.S. Postal team's seemingly unstoppable leader, has since switched teams although

AG2R Prevoyance’s Nicolas Portal won the third stage of the Dauphiné Libéré on Wednesday, a 180-kilometer race from 180 km from St Etienne to Aubenas. Portal jumped out early with a small pack of rivals on the hilly route, crossing the finish line in 4:41:42. Estonia's Janek Tombak of Cofidis was second, and Euskaltel rider Iker Flores of Spain finished third. Both finished 51 seconds after Portal. Five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, teammate Floyd Landis and fellow Americans Levi Leipheimer and Tyler Hamilton finished in a group of 18, which finished 1:49 after the leader.

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com, appearing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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.Davis has a friend in FolsomEditor:Thanks so much for that article on Davis Phinney. It was well written and meaningful. Keep up the good work. A lot of us are concerned about Davis and it is good to know he can still ride. Let him know he has

The Wachovia Classic in Philadelphia, now in its 20th year, has become a regular summertime event. Like the T-Mobile Grand Prix in San Francisco, it is one of the most prestigious one-day races in America and hosts some of the best racers in the world. What makes it most special for the racers is the fans. Hundreds of thousands of fans line the course, cheering and partying. There are a couple of grandiose block parties on the Manayunk Wall and at the start/finish line. The energy is incredible – it pushes us up the hill. The women’s race had its biggest field ever, with 190 starters,

Each season I look forward to going back to Philadelphia for the Wachovia races. I like the city, the races are the best in North America, and the crowds are incredible. This year the trip to Philly was my first to America since the start of the year. I have been watching the results in America from overseas but have yet to race against all the new stars of the U.S. peloton. Lining up for the start in Lancaster was a bit strange as there were all sorts of new jerseys and new faces on the line. The race in Philly almost always unfolds in the same manner. A breakaway, sometimes quite a large

Under sunny skies on an afternoon that had seen rain in Minneapolis earlierin the day, Canadian Lyne Bessette took the opening time trial of the NatureValley Grand Prix, held along the Mesabi Trail in Virginia, Minnesota. The Quark rider posted a time of 11:23.90 (28.5 mph) over the narrow,rolling and often falsely-flat 5.4-mile pedestrian/bike path, 2.16 secondsfaster than RONA’s Katrina Grove, whose early time of 11:26.06 had heldup for most of the afternoon. After a hard-luck performance at the Liberty Classic in Philadelphia,where Bessette had multiple mechanicals followed by a crash

Some good days, some bad.

Riding with Davis

Fausto Coppi's bike at the church of the Madonna del Ghisallo

Lake Como

'The hardest thing I've ever done...'

But he made it.

After the stage win at Bordeaux in the 1987 Tour

Gutierrez still in the lead

Hamilton finished with Armstrong and Gutierrez

Bessette gets a win after her tough weekend in Philly

A sportsbook.com rider takes one of the course's fast, narrow turns

Trying to keep things in control

Lara,Mari, Kim, Dede and Samantha in the front

Dede's diary: Philly was fun, if you overlook the crashes

Irishman Stephen Roche, the 1987 winner, Frenchman Marc Madiot, a modernand shrewd team manager, and cycling sage and former directeur sportifMichel Gros put the American and German champions through a litmus test. EXPERIENCE: A TIE “THEY BOTH HAVE WHAT IT TAKESTO WIN”“Armstrong is a true leader. He never panics and knows how to keep a jersey,” Gros says without hesitation. It’s true. While Marco Pantani took the yellow jersey from Ullrich in 1998, Armstrong, once atop the classification, has never yielded since his first win in 1999. According to Roche, “Armstrong’s experience stems from

Not wanting to disappoint his sponsor, Spanish rider José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluña took the overall lead in the Dauphiné Libéré on Tuesday after winning the second stage, a 181km ride from Bron to St. Etiene. Gutierrez delivered the for the Chief Executive Officer of Phonak Hearing Systems, his team's sponsor, who had warned he would be at the finish and “did not want to be disappointed.” Gutierrez, who will be 30 on June 18, came home seven seconds to the good of the peloton with his teammate Cyril Gussel of France in second and Australian Stuart O'Grady in third, while overnight leader

Tale of the tape - How Armstrong and Ullrich compare

Michel Gros - Former Festina and Jean Delatour director

Marc Madiot, fdjeux.com manager.

Stephen Roche, 1987 Tour winner.

Armstrong is relaxed

Guttierez takes the jersey

Dear Joe and Dirk,I am fairly new to the cycling world and compete in duathlons. I have an entry level Trek bike and would like to know what basic equipmentI should add to improve my time without spending a fortune. I was thinkingabout getting aero’ bars and clipless pedals. Is there anything else thatyou can recommend? I am still learning basic technique and ride two days per week, whilerunning the other days. My aerobic capacity is good, I just need to developmy skills and learn how to climb.Lisa Leggett Dear Lisa,Good question. I see you'd like to invest some money into new equipmentin

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com, appearing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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.Dear Editor:I found some of the opinions expressed in the June 4th Mail Bag regardingthe Gaggioli affair to be so misguided I felt compelled to respond. In the letter titled “SundtShould Get His Too”, Mr. Lechman wrote:“It takes two to tango;

Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) won the trench war in Monday’s 231km first stage of the 56th Dauphiné Libéré, taking a bunch sprint ahead of former teammate Stuart O’Grady (Cofidis) and Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com). Prologue winner Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) retained the overall lead on a sunny day dominated by a long solo break by Jimmy Casper (Cofidis). Casper took a page out of the Jacky Durand racing manual, attacking in the first four kilometers of the Dauphiné’s longest stage. The peloton was happy to let him ride away and at one point opened up an 18-minute gap. Once the bunch got a

Mayo: Still in yellow

Euskaltel gets to work

Armstrong tied with Hamilton at 0:01

Casper and Laurent

The earliest predictor came courtesy of the local weathermen. While it rained all day Saturday, the forecast for Sunday’s USPRO Championship in Philadelphia was for a cool but dry day. Just the kind of conditions that would make for a relatively easy trip during the 156-mile race held on a primarily flat circuit in the City of Brotherly Love. And while no one could have been feeling particularly fresh after this near-six-hour effort, 44 riders were still in play on the race’s long finishing stretch down Benjamin Franklin Parkway. That left both the race outcome and the U.S. national title in

Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the first round of the battle of theTour de France stars in Sunday’s prologue at the Dauphiné Libéré– but just barely. Mayo made up for being second in Saturday’s Classique des Alpes andupstaged Americans Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) and Lance Armstrong (U.S. PostalService) in the 5.4km prologue to open the eight-day race high in the FrenchAlps in what’s the final exam for many favorites heading into next month’sTour. Phonak’s Oscar Pereiro, fresh off his victory in Saturday’s Alps Classic,set a fast early time but Mayo came through less than a second faster

After surrendering the title for a year to Canadian Lyne Bessette (Quark), Petra Rossner (Nurnberger) reasserted her dominance in the Wachovia Liberty Classic, rocketing to a seventh win in a bunch gallop

World champions became World Cup leaders in the first round of the Downhill World Cup Sunday in Fort William, Scotland. Anne-Caroline Chausson (Commencal-Oxbow) and Greg Minnaar (Team G-Cross Honda) both rode totally new bikes to their victories as well. The 2.66km course required a complete range of skills, with fast, rocky, technical sections at the top, a high-speed section in the middle and a series of jumps spread throughout. Add the constant showers that swept through the region to make slick surfaces, and you had a true World Cup course. Despite not liking the course, Chausson was

Mayo works his way to a win

Armstrong can't imagine retirement

Hamilton

Leipheimer