The U.S. peloton got a boost of good health Wednesday when Kelly Benefit Strategies announced the signing of a new co-title sponsor. Circuit Global Sports Management, the firm behind Continental-registered program, named OptumHealth as a new title sponsor on the opening day of the team’s first training camp of 2011. The team will be titled Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth Pro Cycling.
Former Portuguese rider Perdro Lopes has been handed a 15-year suspension after being found guilty of a second doping violation.
The UCI has issued a Continental license to the new Christina Watches team of former Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen
The Luxembourg team will enter the No. 1 spot on team rankings even before it lines up for its first race.
HTC-Highroad riders Judith Arndt and Matthew Goss have won their respective races at the Jayco Bay Classic in Geelong Australia. The win for Goss was his second this week and earned him the overall title of the four day event.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (VN) — The week between Christmas and New Year's is prime time for cyclocross in Belgium and the Netherlands, and in recent years the races have brought an influx of international competitors, including a large number of Americans and Canadians.
Just a week ahead of the Belgian championships, the evenly matched Nys and Albert stand alone as the favorites.
Fifteen cross-country and 15 gravity teams will contest the 2011 World Cup season.
Junior/U23 Squad will be backed by Specialized
LZ has some humble suggestions for improvements to the way bikes are made.
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The company is recalling about 6,500 welded chromoly stems because they can crack or break.
The official route of the 2011 Vuelta a España will be revealed next week on January 12, but there’s been plenty of speculation in the Spanish media about details of the year’s third grand tour.
Media reports naming Óscar Pereiro as “Urko” in the Operación Puerto have been proven false after Spanish authorities have linked track and field star Marta Domínguez to the alleged code name instead.
Lennard Zinn on mixing drivetrains, crank lengths and more.
Tyler Farrar, Christian Meier, Svein Tuft and Zach Bell are among the top roadies using the Burnaby four-day track race for a pre-season tune-up. Colby Pearce and Daniel Holloway win the overall title at the Canadian event.
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An electric-shifting, hydraulic disc-braking road bike is in your future. It's just a matter of when.
The Cyclocross Issue, with detailed analysis of both the European and American ’cross circuits. Editor at Large John Wilcockson examines how the ambitious new Project Luxembourg team stole top riders Andy Schleck and Fabian Cancellara from Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis. In Tech, we review eight top bib shorts, and present a selection of winter cycling gear to get you through the coldest months of the year. Subscribe today!
Nick Legan takes us through Zipp's factory in Indianapolis.
The VeloNews 2011 calendar contains all events from : UCI World Tour (formerly the ProTour), UCI Americas Tour, UCI Europe Tour, UCI Asia Tour, UCI Oceania Tour, UCI Africa Tour, UCI Women’s elite calendar, UCI Junior calendar, UCI road, cyclocross and track world championships, UCI track World Cups, UCI mountain bike World Cups, USA Cycling National Racing Calendar, USA Cycling national championships, USA Cycling Pro XCT mountain
Rocky Mountain frames given away to celebrate new site.
With 23 tools the Lezyne Blox 23 isn't a bad arsenal to leave home with.
Michael Matthews, the reigning U23 world champion, got the better of his more experienced veterans in the second leg of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic.
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Taylor Phinney plans to tackle the spring classics and the Tour of California in his pro debut, but BMC promises no pressure, saying it's all about gaining experience.
Matthew Goss and Rochelle Gilmore won their respective races to grab early season victories at the opening leg of the Jayco Bay Cycling Series in Australia on Sunday.
Bjarne Riis says he's confident about Saxo Bank-Sungard's "new beginning."
Engaged in Spain, training in Maui, rocking in France — Ryder Hesjedal had a top-notch 2010 and hopes for even better things in the new year.
Those special yellow bikes, the best bike cleaner, and how teams chose components.
VeloNews' Neal Rogers picks his favorite bike-related products of this past year
Here's the last fabulous five out of 2010's top ten.
The future may look back to 2010 and say that was the year American cross-country racing started to make a comeback.
On any given day at an elite World Cup cross-country event in 2010, a woman from Canada or the U.S. had a legit shot at the podium.
It was one thing when mountain bike pioneer Gary Fisher took his 29er crusade to the masses. It was another when, in 2010, he made the Subaru-Gary Fisher mountain bike team 29er all the time.
The final frontier in carbon mountain bike parts has been broached – carbon wheelsets.
The Red Bull rampage came back to the red-rock landscape of Virgin, Utah in 2010.
Windham, New York was the high-noon showdown between the top two downhill gunslingers in the world — Santa Cruz Syndicate's Greg Minnaar and Gee Atherton of Commencal.
Say what you will about the Leadville Trail 100, it ain't easy no matter how it's sliced.
Fox knocked it out of the park with its 2010 F100 FIT RLC. The only question we had after that review was how Fox will possibly improve upon its wares for 2011.
Singletrack.com runs down five of the 10 most intriguing stories from the last 365 days. Check in Friday for the top five.
Short of picking a world championship venue in the United States, Canada is about as close as American spectators will get to seeing the world's elite.
The first World Cup stop in the United States in five years was, by all accounts, a success.
Our resident pro Judy Freeeman says a special coffee and 2010 had a certain symmetry for her.
Even after Pegasus Sports' ambitious plans collapsed this month, a new effort to create a Tour de France-caliber team based in Australia seems to be taking wings.
The Explainer follows up on a few continuing stories and answers a few questions from the inbox.
Australia's High Performance cycling program director, Shayne Bannan, has resigned after 10 years in the post, Cycling Australia announced on Thursday.
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Lance Armstrong has pulled out of the event next month that was supposed to be his springboard back into triathlon competition.
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The Danish-backed project to create a new pro team around Michael Rasmussen took a stronger form Tuesday when it announced ex-pro Michael Blaudzun will be the team’s top sport director for next season.
Lennard Zinn weighs in on running a Shimano-SRAM combo as well as road and MTB setups.
Readers ask how to center those Shorties and suggest how to pull that Campagnolo crank.