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Lydia Barter celebrates her 50-plus win

It’s the second night of the 2003 Eurobike trade and the VeloNews crewand I just had dinner with Jan Ullrich –well, kind of…To be honest, we were seated next to him as he went about his businessentertaining a table full of Bianchi corporate brass. In Friedrichshafenfor an autograph signing session at the Bianchi booth on Saturday, it wasrefreshing to see Ullrich slurping down his pasta only a few feet awayfrom our table. Refreshing not because he ordered the same dish as I did,but because he so very nonchalantly signed autographs from the occasionalpasserby who recognized him.The highlight of

Mark McCormack (Saturn) and Genevieve Jeanson (Rona-Esker) were victorious in the pouring rain in the hill climb prologue of the Mad River Valley Green Mountain Stage Race. Jeanson led a barrage of Rona riders up the final climb in the 13km hill climb stage. Sporting her brand new Canadian national championship jersey, she escaped from the field just after the beginning neutral zone and won the stage easily over teammates Johanna Buick and Shani Block. The Rona squad not only swept the podium, but placed riders in the top four places, and five out of the top 10. The American contingent was

Photo Gallery: U.S. National Track Championships -Day 3

Domina Vacanze officials want Mario Cipollini to be at the start line in Gijón next weekend for the kick-off of the Vuelta a España whether the petulant star wants to race or not. Team manager Vicenzo Santoni said the world champion has been "officially called" to start the race, according to reports in the Spanish press. Cipollini hasn't raced since crashing out of the Giro d'Italia back in May and has said he might not start the season's final grand tour, a move that angered Vuelta organizers who said earlier this week if "Cipollini doesn't come, Domina Vacanze shouldn't bother to show up

Barbadian cyclist Barry Forde, a medal winner at the world cycling championships and the Pan American Games, tested positive for the banned stimulant ephedrine. Forde, 26, won a bronze medal last month at the world championships in Germany and two gold medals at the Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic. It was unclear if he would be stripped of any medals. "Barry is very aware of the stimulants banned in sports and has never knowingly used these substances," Adrian Lorde, director of the Barbados Olympic Association, said Friday. The Barbados Olympic Association has launched a

EuroBike: My dinner with Jan

EuroBike: My dinner with Jan

EuroBike: My dinner with Jan

McCormack, Jeanson take Green Mountain opener

McCormack, Jeanson take Green Mountain opener

Jonas Carney in the Madison

Nothstein and O'Bee represent Navigators in the Madison

Ofoto stole the the show by getting away for an early lap and the big

Photo Gallery: U.S. National Track Championships -Day 3

Sara Uhl won the kierin by going early holding on for two laps

Alfred and Massie had a good duel that went three rounds

Alfred in the sprint semi's

Hammer won her first senior title by launching an early attack in the scratch race.

I tore the LAX airport tags off of my duffel early Tuesday morning and once again subjected myself to that little-too-close-for-comfort, very hands-on “magic wand” security screening at Denver International Airport. With the memories of my recent visit to Southern California for Giant’s2004 product introduction still fresh in my mind, I adjusted my seatbelt physically preparing myself for a bumpy ride, while psychologically amping myself for the cultural about-face that’s makes Europe so very Europe.You know, breakfast lunch and dinner featuring every meat product under the sun, showers

Tyler Hamilton’s rough and tumble season is now officially over. Pain in his right leg caused by a bloody fall in the second stage of the Tour of Holland on August 20 has turned out to be more than a deep bruise. An MRI taken Friday morning in Spain revealed a hairline fracture at the top of his right femur. “I’ve been suffering since the Tour of Holland. I hit my hip really hard. I started training as soon as I could, but I haven’t been able to push the pedals. When I put pressure on my leg, it’s been painful,” Hamilton told VeloNews on Friday afternoon from his home in Girona. Hamilton

Think you’ve got it tough at work? Well, how would you like to head into September just about every year not knowing for sure whether you’re going to have a job next year? Yes, the job of professional cyclist seems like a dream occupation to most racers, and to a large extent it is. But when you can pretty much be at the pinnacle of your sport in the U.S. and still be uncertain about your job status, well, that’s rough. It’s also the reality for a couple of recently crowned U.S. champions. Kevin Monahan may have repeated as USPRO criterium champion in Downers Grove, Illinois, but at least

It was a rough-and-tumble evening of racing at the 2003 USCF National Track Cycling Championships at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, as T-Mobile’s Chris Witty took the win in the women’s 500 and Jonas Carney took the win in what at times was a heated points race. That points race proved to be dramatic… almost as dramatic as the fight it triggered afterward. Early on, Prime Alliance, Ofoto-Lombardi, T.E.A.M. Fuji, and Navigators spread the points across the board with each trying to make a move that would stick – none of which was successful. Prime Alliance’s

EuroBike: Trade show season kicks off in Friedrichshafen

EuroBike: Trade show season kicks off in Friedrichshafen

EuroBike: Trade show season kicks off in Friedrichshafen

EuroBike: Trade show season kicks off in Friedrichshafen

EuroBike: Trade show season kicks off in Friedrichshafen

EuroBike: Trade show season kicks off in Friedrichshafen

EuroBike: Trade show season kicks off in Friedrichshafen

EuroBike: Trade show season kicks off in Friedrichshafen

EuroBike: Trade show season kicks off in Friedrichshafen

Jonas Carney takes the points win

Nothstein was held to just 10 points

Massie

Levi Leipheimer will return to the Vuelta a España next month for the first time since his breakthrough performance in 2001, when he came out of nowhere to finish third overall. Going into the Vuelta that year, Leipheimer had never ridden a three-week grand tour, but became the first American to finish on the Vuelta podium with consistent strength in the mountains and the time trials. Now he returns to Spain’s grand tour, but in very different circumstances. Following his unfortunate crash in the first stage of the 2003 Tour deFrance (see "Interview: Leipheimer talks about his oh-so-short

Dear Bob;Is it true that in Illinois, an injured cyclist cannot sue anyone fordamages? Isn’t that just a back door way of banning bicycling?FLIllinoisDear FL;No, it is not true—mostly. The case you are referring to is Boubv. Township of Wayne, from 1998. Jon Boub was riding his bike on aquiet rural road in Illinois. He started across a one-lane covered bridge.The bridge was originally built with two parallel sets of planks for thewheels of carriages to run on. Under these planks were the floor joistsof the bridge, running perpendicular to the roadway. Over the years, thegap between these

There’s nothing that says what happened at the European championships will have any bearing on next week’s world championships. But there were certainly a few things that jumped out from the week’s worth of racing in Graz, Austria. For starters there was Gunn-Rita Dahle, who won yet another big race, and is on her way to putting together the greatest single season in women’s cross-country racing history. Right now that honor goes to Juli Furtado who in 1993 ran the table in the NORBA series and won nine of 10 World Cups. But one thing Furtado didn’t win was the world championship (Paola

After much deliberation, American Alison Dunlap has decided to take a pass on next week’s world mountain-bike championships in Switzerland, not wanting to risk further injury to the shoulder she separated in a crash at NORBA No. 2 in mid-June. “Technically it’s healed, but it’s only been nine weeks,” Dunlap explained. “It’s still slow and tentative. The big fear is crashing and re-injuring it. If that happened and I was out for the winter, then there go the Olympics.” Dunlap admitted that she struggled with the decision, and as late as Wednesday morning was still thinking about making the

Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r) won the 178km third stage of the 17th Tour de Poitou-Charentes in a sprint finish Thursday. Ukraine Yuri Mitlushenko (Landbouwkrediet) remains the overall leader. Cipo' still undecided on VueltaWorld champion Mario Cipollini’s disappearing act will be decided by this weekend when he’s expected to meet with Domina Vacanze patron Ernesto Preatoni, according to reports in the Italian press. Cipollini – who hasn’t raced since crashing out of the Giro d’Italia after setting a new stage-win record -- said he will decide whether he’ll start September’s Vuelta a

The second night of the 2003 USCF National Track Cycling Championships at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania played out under beautiful skies with low humidity and moderate temperatures. The fair weather proved to be a big help as times in both the men’s kilometer and team pursuit were quicker than in 2002. Team pursuit qualifiersIn the team pursuit final, the Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing team featuring Tyler Farrar, Mariano Friedick, Curtis Gunn, and individual pursuit champion Adham Sbeih proved to be unbeatable after qualifying first this morning. The squad

Adding to the evidence that new technology isn’t always a great leap forward, one of the new Segway human transporters struggled its way to the top of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, but well off the pace of the machine it may eventually seek to replace. It took six sets of batteries and three drivers, but the Segway eventually made it to the top of New England's tallest peak. The scooter climbed Mount Washington's auto road – site of the annual bicycle race -- in about two and a half hours Wednesday, well off of Tom Danielson’s 49:24. The standup scooter, invented by Manchester New

Bobby Lea, upset winner in the kilo.

Nothstein in the kilo'

Jonas Carney in the kilo.

Jelly Belly team pursuit in qualifying.

Jelly Belly sets the standard

Lindenmuth in the morning rounds

Jenny Reed wins 3-4 final.

Chris Witty surprises Tanya Lindenmuth.

Okay, Tom Danielson he ain't

So after signing a two-year contract, Tom Danielson is headed to Italy to with Fassa Bortolo, alongside 2002 Vuelta winner Aitor Gonzalez and this year's top grand tour sprinter, Alessandro Petacchi. In less than 18 months, the friendly 24-year-old from East Lyme, Connecticut, has grown from Fort Lewis college student/struggling NORBA pack fodder to emerging Euro’ pro. Along the way he’s won some big races — the Tour de Langkawi being the biggest — and learned what he could about European road racing from former Euro pros like Henk Vogels, Chris Horner, Jonathan Vaughters and Nathan

World pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins has announced plans to move from fdjeux.com to Crédit Agricole for 2004. Wiggins, who recently won the world pursuit title in Stuttgart, is following in the tracks of another great British pursuiter in signing up with a team managed by Roger Legeay. Legeay, who was manager of British cycling star and 1992 Olympic Gold medalist Chris Boardman’s team throughout his professional career, said Wiggins showed great potential in his win at world’s as well as his performance on the road this season. The fact that Boardman had been advising Bradley over the

French rider Robert Sassone won Wednesday's 179km second stage of theTour du Poitou-Charentes (UCI 2.3) in France, finishing ahead of Ukrainerider Bogdan Bondariev (CCC-Polsat). Sassone and Bondariev were part of a group of 11 attacking riders inthe stage. Sebastian Chavanel (Boulangere) started the attack, but theleft attacked the group with about 15km to go. They came in just over 1minute ahead of the remainders of the break. Fellow Ukraine Yuri Mitlushenko (Landbouwkrediet), winner of Tuesday'sopening stage, retained the overall lead after finishing safely in themain bunch.The race

Dear Monique:Are cyclists at risk for excess insulin production and developmentof diabetes due to ingestion of large amounts of sugar? We are using sportsdrinks, gels, and energy bars during training, and I know that I couldn’ttrain without them.ThanksRC To address the concern described above, I asked Bob Murray, PhD, anddirector of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute to answer a few questionsregarding sports drinks.Q - Many endurance athletes consume products containing sucrose,and other related sugars during exercise. How are these sugars utilizedduring exercise and why are they so

Keirin and pursuit highlighted the action on the opening day of the 2003 USCF National Track Cycling Championships in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Marty Nothstein showed that he hadn’t lost too much of his track fitness when he rode away with the U.S. keirin title, one of two events the Navigators man hopes to take on in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Tuesday’s opening events began with a strong pursuit ride by Saturn’s Sarah Uhl. Uhl, in her first individual pursuit competition, took on former national pursuit champion Erin Mirabella (Frisco Cycling Club) in the final for first

I strongly believe in the use of torque wrenches for properly and safelyassembling bicycles. However, I have become somewhat gun-shy about it dueto unexpected negative consequences of using them that have been relayedto me.Two of these unexpected consequences came from misinterpretation andmisprinting of torque information I wrote in my maintenance books. Onecase, which we went over here on this site, concerned a reader who misunderstooda torque number from the torque table in the first edition of my mountainbike maintenance book. He interpreted the torque setting for a single

Tough enough - Danielson at Sea Otter

Mayo may stay

Nothstein checks the competition

Uhl tops in pursuit

Sarah Hammer

Adam Sbeih

Bobby Lea

Lindenmuth

Girona—With a little extra time on my hands these days I thought I would take the opportunity to fill you in on what’s going on here. First off, I was off the bike for a few days after my crash at the Tour of Holland. I went down hard last Wednesday during the finishing circuits of stage 2. Ironically, we were on the straightest part of the course when the accident happened. A couple guys went down directly in front of me. And being that we were in a crowded field of riders going at a pretty good clip, there was nowhere to go but straight into them. I have no idea what happened really, and

Who turned off the heater? The heat wave is over, finally. Temperatures reached 104 degrees in places. Now it is back to normal summer weather in Belgium. What does that mean? Thermal long sleeve jerseys, leg warmers, earbands, and wind vests. At least things are back to normal. But now you can see how so many elderly people died of the heat with no air conditioning and normal temperatures in the 60s. I think the Belgians are happy to return to the pre-race heat cream on the legs. At least this summer we had a summer, unlike last year when it rained every day for two months. Ah, but late

Levi Leipheimer will be starting next month’s Vuelta a España, but he was never planning on it. The 29-year-old designed his entire season at arriving at the 2003 Tour de France in top form with eyes of making a run for the top 5 overall. But Leipheimer’s season was turned upside down when he went crashing down in the finish-line pile-up coming into Meaux in the Tour’s first road stage. The highly-criticized finish – with a sharp downhill funneling into a narrow twisting run to the finish line – spelled doom for Leipheimer and Rabobank teammate Mark Lotz. CSC’s Tyler Hamilton also crashed,

American climbing phenom Tom Danielson has signed a two-year contract with the Italian Fassa Bortolo squad, the 24-year-old announced Tuesday. “I just signed officially and I am over here with the team right now,” Danielson wrote in a brief email to VeloNews. Danielson made the trip to Italy last week alongside his coach Rick Crawford and legal advisor (and VeloNews columnist) Bob Mionske to undergo discussions with Fassa’s boss Giancarlo Ferretti. Danielson’s remarkable rise — from struggling mountain bike pro at the beginning of 2002 to Mount Washington record holder later that year to

Don't buy this jersey

Maybe Carlos will have a reason to pull out the pacifier at the Vuelta, too.

Dinner Club. Bread bowl chili made with the finest Belgian beer by Cycling Center riders, for Cycling Center riders.

Before the fall: Leipheimer had high hopes for the Tour

Danielson on Mt. Washington

Rabobank's Levi Leipheimer is racing in this week's Tour du Poitou Charentes(UCI 2.3), a five-day stage-race that starts Tuesday in France inwhat will be his final dress rehearsal for the 2003 Vuelta a España.The 29-year-old from Santa Rosa, Calif. crashed out of the first stageof the Tour de France after fracturing a bone in his hip and damaged musclesin his abductors and was forced off the bicycle for two weeks to recover."I had to do 12 days of doing nothing on the couch so the bone couldheal," Leipheimer told VeloNews. "I was starting from zero at theend of July. When you sit around that