Whitman College hosted both races over the weekend as the Northwest Collegiate Cycling Conference finishes the fifth weekend of racing. The University of Washington was able to maintain a slight lead over Whitman College in the overall team omnium. Whitman College will be looking to regain the lead in Montana next weekend.
Alberto Contador will lead Astana at the Vuelta Castilla y Leon (April 14-18), along with his usual lieutenants, notably David de la Fuente and Benjamin Noval.
Rahsaan Bahati said Monday that UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis sprinter Jake Keough intentionally crashed him in the closing laps at the Dana Point Grand Prix criterium Sunday. But UHC's team director said it was Bahati who was riding dangerously.
HTC-Columbia owner Bob Stapleton expects that teammates Mark Cavendish and Andre Greipel will settle their differences personally.
HTC Columbia's Andre Greipel takes a stage 2 sprint win and retains his overall lead at the Tour of Turkey, while young American Tejay Van Garderen finished safely in the pack to retain second place.
Fabian Cancellara could win Liège-Bastogne-Liège, says Saxo Bank boss Bjarne Riis.
Dana Point Grand Prix gallery by Mitch Clinton
David Millar says he’ll leave Paris-Roubaix to the experts. The Garmin-Transitions captain got his first real taste of the Hell of the North, but made a mid-course revelation that he’s not cut out for the punishing march across the cobblestones.
With first World Cup of the season two weeks away, Todd Wells and Willow Koerber show good form by winning Pan American Mountain Bike Championships in Guatemala City over the weekend.
Jonathan Cantwell (Fly V Australia) punched his ticket Sunday at the Dana Point Grand Prix, taking the bunch sprint in the $15,000 National Racing Calendar criterium.
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VeloNews technical editor Zack Vestal spends Paris-Roubaix with the Mavic neutral support crew.
Mavic neutral support works to keep riders on the road during the Hell of the North.
Beelgian world junior road champion Jasper Stuyven wins the junior edition of Paris-Roubaix.
American Lawson Craddock takes third in the juniors race at Paris-Roubaix.
Cervélo's Thor Hushovd finishes second and Brit Roger Hammond beats out two-time winner Tom Boonen for fourth — a good Paris-Roubaix, the team says.
An ill-timed crash on the cobbles undoes Tyler Farrar's Paris-Roubaix.
Lennard talks to a reader skeptical that lower tire pressure could improve rolling resistance
Crashes and close calls mark Paris-Roubaix for nine North American riders competing in Sunday’s “Hell of the North.”
2010 Ronde van Drenthe results
2010 Klasika Primavera results
Fabian Cancellara wins Paris-Roubaix.
2010 Paris-Rouabaix results
Anna Barensfeld won Sasturday's Tour of the Battenkill Pro/Am womens race, outsprinting Silke Wunderwald (Kenda Systems) to win the 100-kilometer race in 3:08:33. Arielle Fillberti was third 26 seconds later.
2010 Tour of Turkey results
American Tejay Van Garderen slotted in second behind his HTC-Columbia teammate Andre Greipel at Sunday's Tour of Turkey prologue.
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Uberti, Klofta qualify for NVGP with Hillsboro wins
2010 Dan Point Grand Prix results
On Sunday, VeloNews.com will give away an autographed, high-quality print of this photo of George Hincapie, which was produced for the cover of the December 2009 issue of VeloNews. The winner will be chosen at random from among the followers of the VeloNews.com live coverage of Paris-Nice.
Following a convincing overall win at the Redlands Classic in March, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) leads the individual standings of the Women’s Prestige Series.
The riders of Team Sky are among a fortunate few whose bike sponsor attacked early in the season to equip them with brand new bikes for Paris-Roubaix
When the cameras roll on Sunday at Paris-Roubaix, keep your eyes peeled. Lazer Helmets and Oakley eyewear both have new accessories that will appear on sponsored riders.
Brad White (UnitedHealthcare) stomped up the Cove Road grade Saturday morning to open the Dana Point Grand Prix weekend with a time trial win.
Ask Sky’s Greg Henderson what he remembers about last year’s Paris-Roubaix, his first, and he won’t pull any punches with his answer.
He’s not the rider whose name is being bandied about as a podium pick, but HTC-Columbia’s Bernhard Eisel enters Paris-Roubaix Sunday with the support of his team and the confidence of a Ghent-Wevelgem victory two weeks ago.
Boonen: “The most important thing is to enjoy it”
Horner wins Basque Tour
The late two-time Paris-Roubaix champion Franco Ballerini, who died in an auto accident in February, is to be honored by race organizers on Sunday.
Britain's David Millar and Dutchman Theo Bos could not come from more different cycling backgrounds. But both will set aside everything they know about the sport as they prepare for an unforgettable experience on Sunday's grueling one-day classic, Paris-Roubaix.
Andrew Messick denied the rumor that the French events and media conglomerate is positioning for a takeover of the American stage race, calling it only a “media partnership.”
Milram is making the Mares cyclocross platform available to those riders that choose to use it for Roubaix.
RadioShack riders will be lining up on bikes uniquely prepared for the world’s toughest single-day bike race.
VeloNews managing editor Neal Rogers, on the scene in France, gives a preview of Sunday's Paris-Roubaix
After a grueling five-year education in bike racing (A Dog in a Hat), Joe Parkin describes his return to the U.S., his struggles with the nascent American bike racing scene, and the birth of mountain bike racing. Parkin's new book Come and Gone is the sequel to his widely praised memoir A Dog in a Hat. Come and Gone is now available in bookstores, bike shops, and online.
After a grueling five-year education in bike racing (A Dog in a Hat), Joe Parkin describes his return to the U.S., his struggles with the nascent American bike racing scene, and the birth of mountain bike racing.
When it comes to time trial equipment, it's 2009 all over again for most USA Cycling events this year. The racing organization announced Friday that it will enforce UCI rules on aero equipment the same way it did last year, a reversal of the policy announced in March, when it said that it would follow the UCI's recent more strict interpretation of the rules for all racers except masters.
There’s no question Thor Hushovd would like to be in with a chance to win Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. By all accounts his Cervélo TestTeam has done everything possible to make his ride as successful as it can be, starting with his bike.
Applications are open for the Nature Valley Grand Prix, the top-ranked stage race on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar.
After knocking on the door all season long, Luís León Sánchez (Caisse d’Epargne) finally got the stage-race victory he’s been looking for.
Chris Horner survived Friday’s wild rollercoaster across the Basque hills to set himself up for an exciting, final-day time trial showdown against Alejandro Valverde with the overall title of the grueling Vuelta al País Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country) on the line Saturday.
Jorge Alvarado, an amateur rider for the Bahati Foundation cycling team, was killed Thursday in an auto/cyclist collision near Redlands, California. A sheriff's department representative said a teen driver struck the cyclist while street racing.
Wisconsin Off Road Series' Subaru Cup will play host to the Pro XCT and North America's top cross-country racers June 26-27.
Specialized is letting a new Roubaix bike be seen under Saxo Bank star Fabian Cancellara this week in Belgium.
He’s never won a cobbled classic, and he’s yet to figure out how to beat pre-race favorites Fabian Cancellara and Tom Boonen. But this weekend Team Sky’s Juan Antonio Flecha is taking the start at Paris-Roubaix intent on beating both for the win.
Singletrack.com's Zach White has no complaints when it comes to Fox's Ventilator Shorts — and he loves to complain.
The BMC team has suspended former world champion Alessandro Ballan after his name was among those under investigation in an ongoing Italian doping case.
The pavé of Paris-Roubaix:
Paris-Roubaix by the numbers
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George Hincapie talks about Paris-Roubaix past and present and his chances this Sunday
Prior to Tyler Farrar’s win at the G.P. Scheldeprijs on Wednesday, VeloNews had a seat in the Garmin-Transitions car riding along with the team’s director, Australian Matt White.
Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo results
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) on Thursday took her third straight win in the Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo in Holland, the first event in the Drenthe race series.
After thinking her days in Holland were over, Neben finds herself back — and actually enjoying the racing this time.
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Start List: Paris-Roubaix
A reader new to cycling asks for saddle soreness help, and wonders if his numb hands are related
Saxo Bank’s Frank Schleck did not start Thursday’s fourth stage at the Vuelta al País Vasco, but the former Amstel Gold Race champion is expected to race the Ardennes classics later this month.
A look at Paris-Roubaix bikes tested at Scheldeprijs this week by HTC-Columbia, Milram, Saxo Bank and Garmin-Transitions.
Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez won the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country on Thursday.
2010 Grand Prix Pino Cerami results
Two sign-up days will be used for the second Mellow Johnny's Classic on Lance Armstrong's Texas ranch over Memorial Day Weekend; first reg day to support Livestrong.
Round-the-world cyclist Pushkar Shah has traveled to some of the most hostile places on Earth, sleeping rough and enduring robbery and kidnap ─ all in the name of world peace.
This week, the U.S. racing scene is about three things: dirt, criterium prize money and an amateur spot at Nature Valley.
A reader asks if it's really okay for a rider to raise a beer ... especially for a fee.
Before the midday start in Antwerp, we got a (very) quick look at his Felt F1. With only a few minutes to spare, team mechanic Andrea Bisogno set Farrar’s bike apart for a few photographs.
2010 Classics bike galleries
The conference traveled to Boone, North Carolina, for a weekend of races hosted by Appalachian State University. Saturday’s Boone Roubaix road races held both collegiate and non-collegiate races raised funds for Haiti relief.
Organizers of the Amgen Tour of California announced Wednesday that recent storm damage to roads in Southern California have forced a change in the route to be used in the sixth stage of next month’s race.