LISBON (AFP) — Team Sky's Stephen Cummings on Friday won the third stage of the Tour of the Algarve ahead of Tejay van Garderen (HTC-HighRoad) and two-time winner Alberto Contador of Astana.
Even with a flashing red butt, Caley Fretz says the Castelli tights will let you ride on days you'd probably rather not.
Now that Retirement 2.0 has come, what did Lance Armstrong’s comeback mean for big time American racing? And can the Amgen Tour of California and Quiznos Pro Challenge survive in his absence? One way to answer the question is to look at the effect his presence, or absence, has made on previous events.
The Spanish cycling community is clamoring for the introduction of a minimum threshold for clenbuterol in the wake of the highly divisive doping case involving star rider Alberto Contador.
Perhaps there’s no one beyond the Pyrénées happier to see Alberto Contador back in a racing jersey than SaxoBank-Sungard boss Bjarne Riis.
After a decade-long absence, the Tour of South Africa returns Saturday for an eight-day, seven-stage route that will lay the groundwork for what organizers are hoping will become a fixture on the international calendar.
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24 Hours in the Old Pueblo starts at noon Saturday outside Tucson, Arizona
What's a light-weight helmet worth to you? Tech-man Nick Legan has a suggestion
BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — CrossVegas is set to open the international cyclocross season in 2011 and the Las Vegas event will be the launch pad for a new series of four night races. The fifth edition of the UCI C1 race will take place September 14 during the Interbike tradeshow.
A reader asks if time-sensitive athletes can substitute high-intensity workouts for high volume.
The three-time national cyclocross champion has spent every summer since 2001 racing in the domestic peloton, however that’s about to change — he’ll spend the next two years preparing solely for cyclocross, with the objective of reaching the podium at the 2013 world cyclocross championship in Louisville, Kentucky.
Wahoooga .... Wahoooga ... Anyone that owns an iPhone knows this noise. That terribly annoying alarm is how I started what could have been a normal Thursday. It wasn't though.
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John Degenkolb (HTC-Columbia) nipped Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervélo) to win the second stage at the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal in Thursday’s 186.5km run from Lagao to Lagos.
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SUR, Oman (AFP) - Dutch rider Theo Bos of Rabobank won the third stage of the Tour of Oman Thursday as Australia's Matthew Goss held the leader's red jersey.
Finally, more than 25 years after he first put a leg over a bike in a racing environment, Lance Armstrong says his competitive cycling days are over.
A web version of a timeline that first ran in the january 2009 issue of VeloNews magazine
Pros left India after a promising weekend that saw India’s first-ever elite international road stage and opened the door for future expansion of the sport in what’s considered one of cycling’s final frontiers.
Joe Eldridge has one of the most unique stories in the peloton. As one of the founders of Team Type 1 as well as a multiple winner at the Race Across America, Eldridge is racing his bike to send a message that type-1 diabetes doesn’t need to slow you down.
Despite the swelling negative public opinion over the Alberto Contador acquittal Tuesday in Spain, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) is taking a wait-and-see approach.
Julien Absalon is the torch-bearer for a generation of racers. Is he ready to pass the flame to Nino Schurter?
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When Armstrong announced his comeback in 2008, he mentioned a repeat performance — of Tour victory, not as the guy on the receiving end of doping questions.
During that press conference, as my hand was in the air, LeMond whispered in my ear, “Come on, Neal, ask the real questions.” It was without question the single most surreal moment in my professional career ...
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Armstrong's second comeback did not spur as many new bike tech ideas as the first, Lennard Zinn says.
Organizers on Wednesday launched a new-look Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah for August 2011. The newly upgraded UCI 2.1-level stage race will feature six days of racing and include new routes for all but two stages.
As a former RadioShack mechanic, I’m constantly asked for the inside scoop on working with Lance Armstrong. With today’s announcement of his (second) retirement from professional racing, the timing is right to answer that question.
Results and highlights from Armstrong's return from his first retirement
There is more news on the doping front in Spain with a former doctor of the now-defunct Xacobeo-Galicia team set to take charges against the team to a Spanish court.
The major tours will wait on the sidelines to see how the Alberto Contador doping case plays out.
Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) took his inaugural victory of the 2011 season in the opening stage of the Volta a Algarve on a day that was overshadowed by the return of Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard).
While fans and media celebrated Alberto Contador’s apparent victory in his ongoing doping scandal, reactions were strikingly more negative north of the Pyrénées.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AFP) - Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong on Wednesday announced his retirment from professional cycling at the age of 39.
Australian Matthew Goss (HTC-HighRoad) won the second stage of the Tour of Oman on Wednesday taking the leader's red jersey from Dutchman Theo Boss of Rabobank.
Alberto Contador plans on racing full-bore as he enters a nervous waiting game to see if international governing bodies will appeal the Spanish cycling federation’s dramatic decision to clear him of doping charges
After the Alberto Contador ruling, readers offer up a number of interesting questions
To laugh or cry? New E-motor made to get DH rigs uphill
In an exit interview with The Associated Press, Lance Armstrong says he will not race his bike again.
World cycling chief Pat McQuaid said Wednesday that he wants a definitive decision in the doping case of Alberto Contador before the start of the Tour de France in July.
Charly Wegelius is coming off the two most trying seasons of his 11-year career and feels the spark burning for the first time in a while. The new UnitedHealthcare recruit brings his grand tour palmarés to the upgraded American outfit as it embarks on its first solid European campaign Wednesday at the Volta ao Algarve.
The merits of tubular tape, more on the stack-and-reach concept, Mavic freehubs and more
Mounting up the new accessory shifters.
Soon after being cleared of doping charges by the Spanish federation, Alberto Contador is expected to travel to Portugal to arrive in time for Wednesday’s start the Volta ao Algarve.
The organizing committee of the 2012 Olympic Games announced dates and ticket prices for cycling events at the London Games on Tuesday.
Amateurs with professional hopes take note. The Nature Valley Grand Prix last week announced its 2011 Pro Ride calendar, which offers elites a chance to qualify for the race’s fully supported composite team.
Alberto Contador says he’s “happy and relieved” about the dramatic reversal from the Spanish cycling federation to clear him from doping charges.
The UCI on Tuesday said it had received notice of the Spanish cycling federation's decision to clear Alberto Contador of doping charges, and said it would examine the reasoning behind the decision before announcing its next step. The UCI has 30 days to decide whether to appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Italian organizers entice with special races, money, bonuses for those from abroad
Cross-country MTB set for Hadleigh Farm, in Essex — 2-hour drive from London
It’s official: the Spanish cycling federation has cleared Alberto Contador of doping charges in a dramatic U-turn in his ongoing case of alleged use of clenbuterol.
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LONDON (AFP) - British cycling's Team Sky may relax its "zero tolerance" doping policy as they seek to hire staff capable of improving the outfit's performance, it was reported Tuesday.
Riccardo Riccò remains in an Italian hospital more than a week after being hospitalized for an apparent blood transfusion gone wrong.
AL SEEB, Oman (AFP) — Rabobank's Dutch rider Theo Bos saw off HTC-HighRoad's Mark Cavendish and Skil-Shimano's Roger Kluge to win the first stage of the Tour of Oman here on Tuesday.
Yes, some people still run v-brakes. LZ answers their questions too. Also, old/new helmets...
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When Marco Pantani died of an apparent cocaine overdose, alone in a Rimini hotel room seven years ago this St. Valentine’s Day, Riccardo Riccò was racing on a small amateur team called Grassi Marco Pantani. Riccò, then 20 years old, dreamed of emulating his hero by someday winning the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France.
The Spanish sports daily AS is reporting that Spanish authorities on Tuesday will clear Alberto Contador of doping allegations stemming from a positive test at last year’s Tour de France.
Jens Voigt, who missed last year’s Critérium International, will headline the field at the two-day, three-stage French race dubbed the “mini-Tour de France.”
MADRID, Spain (VN) – Spanish politicians are rallying around Alberto Contador on the eve of a long-awaited final verdict on his ongoing doping case that could come as soon as Tuesday.
How to get to far-flung races? Judy Freeman's been there done that