Alberto Contador's most notable teammate was not in Calpe, Spain, for the opening day of the team's training camp, but Alexander Vinokourov was expected to arrive later and complete the camp, team officials said.
If you have the dough, head south of the border with Sacred Rides Mountain Bike Adventures to ride and then recover with yoga in Mexico.
Colombian climbing specialist Mauricio Soler is in a local hospital after he was hit by a car during a training ride Wednesday morning just one block from his home in Ramiriquí, Colombia.
Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is starting a training camp in Calpe, Spain, Thursday, prior to his season opener at Portugal's Volta au Algarve stage race next month.
Live feed of Alberto Contador news conference, January 14, 2010
Photos from an Astana training ride in Spain on Thursday
New Belgium Brewing Company will support non-profit cycling organization's effort to get at-risk kids on mountain bikes.
Alejandro Valverde’s long and winding road and his alleged links to Puerto reached a head this week during a three-day hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which closed Thursday with a hint that the Vuelta a España champion likely won’t be racing in Italy anytime soon.
Rushlee Mae Buchanan of the U.S.-based Colavita/Baci Women’s Cycling Team won the New Zealand National Road Race Championship this weekend with a long solo breakaway.
2010 Santos Tour Down Under stages
Old Willunga Hill — and Lance Fever — remains the highlight of the Santos Tour Down Under
As Tiger Woods did last November when he came, saw and conquered the Australian Masters golf tournament, Armstrong flew into Oz via private jet. Flying from Hawaii, his Gulfstream touched down in Adelaide a few minutes before 5 p.m Wednesday. Out popped Lance and girlfriend Anna Hansen, who cradled their seven-month-old son Max in her arms.
A handful of Graham Watson photos of Lance Armstrong in Adelaide, Australia, Thursday.
Lance Armstrong, in Sydney, Australia prior to the Tour Down Under, pledged $250,000 for victims of the Haiti earthquake on Thursday. He urged the public to come forward with further donations.
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This weekend the Australian Mountain Bike Championships kick off, with 2009 overall World Cup downhill champ Sam Hill slated to race.
The U.S. elite men's team for ’cross worlds includes Page, Johnson, Trebon, Powers and Driscoll.
A cyclocross race in Fort Collins, Colorado, on January 17, will raise money to help send junior Skyler Trujillo to the world championships in the Czech Republic.
Albuquerque, NM – The 2010 RoadRunner Classic on April 24, 2010 is a one-day Omnium for Pro 1, 2 men and women and a separate Time Trial event for Cat 3, 4, 5 men and Cat 3, 4 women. The Omnium includes a 6.3 mile time trial and 63 mile men’s, 37.8 mile women’s road race. Both Roadrunner time trial and road events will be held on the Snake, a hilly 6.3-mile closed course at an elevation of 5,200 feet. It will be an ideal warm-up and staging event for the SRAM Tour of the Gila in Silver City, New Mexico on April 28th.
With a little assistance from technology and the Ergon blog, Dave Wiens takes questions from fans.
Haimar Zubeldia concedes it will be difficult to beat ex-teammate Alberto Contador in this year’s Tour de France.
The route for the Giro d’Italia’s opening time trial will take in some of the highlights of Amsterdam when the season’s first Grand Tour begins May 8.
Zack Vestal takes readers on a photo tour of three Mavic facilities in France.
A gallery of images from technical editor Zack Vestal's visit to the Mavic factory.
We went with a few criteria for choosing the top Phat Phat-Tire Photos from December, including straight-up scenic wonder, composition of the photo, "whoa!" factor and the nebulous "a picture with a bike and singletrack in it says a thousand words."
The UCI's press release announcing it has requested Lampre be granted a provisional license to start the Tour Down Under
The Lampre team, which has been denied a ProTour license because of "serious administrative non-compliances," may be able to start next week's Tour Down Under at the request of the UCI ProTour Council.
While many cyclists were able to take some solace in the recent sentence handed down to the now-infamous road-rage doctor in California, we need to remember that the problem of rider safety continues to be a serious one on American roads.
From Slime to Stan's, LZ examines sealant options for road and cyclocross tires
Our readers weigh in on the risks of EPO, the driver's choice of profession and our duties as road users.
Team Garmin-Transitions on Wednesday released its roster for the 2010 Santos Tour Down Under. The American-based team is bringing a team of Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and a South Africans to the Australian race. The team will be directed by Sport Director Matt White, also of Australia.
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A gallery of images from the Garmin-Transitions service course in Girona, Spain.
A look at what it takes to get Team Garmin-Transitions off and racing.
Seamus McGrath and Andreas Hestler to offer seven-day camps in Victoria, British Columbia.
Spring 2010 cycling apparel from SmartWool touts that it keeps you cool when it's warm and warm when it's cool.
Mark Cavendish blasted the imminent return of Riccardo Riccò and said George Hincapie’s move to BMC was a “massive loss” as the British ace confronts the 2010 season replete with new goals and challenges.
The BMC Racing Team says it has been granted Wild Card status by the UCI. which will allow the team, registered as a pro continental team, to be invited to participate in ProTour events.
A reader just bought a $5,000 bike and something ain't right. Singletrack.com's resident wrench Lennard Zinn views the reader's video and offers some thoughts.
Mark Cavendish's ace lead-out man Mark Renshaw, sidelined with the Epstein-Barr virus, is on the mend and will be back in action in time for the most important events of the year, the HTC-Columbia team says.
A chat with George Hincapie about his new team, plus photos of his new BMC
Production of Intense Cycles' 4x/slalom Tazer VP will be limited to one batch of frames for 2010.
Jelly Belly roadie Jeremy Powers kicks off 2010 with a quick look back at 2009.
A look at George Hincapie's new BMC racemaster SLX01, set up for winter training in South Carolina.
Francis Mourey wins the French cyclocross championship.
Lukas Flückiger wins the Swiss cyclocross championships.
Lars Boom and Daphny Van Den Brand win the Dutch cyclocross championships.
Sven Nys repeats as Belgian national cyclocross champion.
Our readers weigh in on the Christopher Thompson case and the cost of cycling kit.
U.S.-based cyclocross and mountain bike star is making a rare racing appearance in her native Czech Republic this month at the world cyclocross championships.
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A look at what the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia meant to cyclist Katerina Nash.
Elevation is just part of Peru's mountain bike equation. It's how quickly the country's mountains rise — and fall — that makes the former Inca Empire epicenter a life-list must for any self-respecting fat-tire enthusiast.
Tour of Portugal
Tour de l’Ain
U.S. 10k Classic
Joaquim Rodríguez crashes out of the Katusha training camp.
Lukas Flückiger (Trek) wins the Swiss cyclocross championship.
Hanka Kupfernagel (Radsport Rhein-Neckar) and Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) triumph at the German national cyclocross championships.
Lars Boom (Rabobank) and Daphny van den Brand claim the elite titles at the Dutch cyclocross championships.
Zdenek Stybar and Katerina Nash win the Czech Republic cyclocross championships.
Zdenek Stybar wins the Czech Republic's cyclocross championships
Francis Mourey (Française des Jeux) wins his fifth French cyclocross championship.
Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) wins his seventh Belgian cyclocross championship.
2010 Giro d'Italia stage 3 photos by Graham Watson
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Just days after his brother, Cameron, won the Aussie time trial title, 20-year-old Travis Meyer won the elite men’s Australian championship.
2010 Santos Tour Down Under start list.
Carlos Sastre confirmed he’s eyeing overall victory at the Giro d’Italia as one of his top goals for the 2010 season, but remains uncommitted on whether he’ll race the Tour de France.
Former Tour de France winner, Oscar Pereiro, will start his season with the Astana team at this month’s Tour Down Under in Australia.
To support mountain biking in the New River Gorge trail proposal, IMBA has a sample letter of support on its Web site. The commentary period ends Jan. 15.
Reporter Patrick Brady covered Dr. Christopher Thompson's road-rage trial for VeloNews and was in the courtroom for a long-anticipated sentencing hearing.
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If you're frustrated because you can't afford bodywork on a regular basis and you can't seem to work out your own kinks, buy a foam roller.
Denis Menchov has won one Giro d’Italia and two Vueltas a España and now he wants to become the first Russian to win the Tour de France.
Competitive cyclists can be wound a little tight, so Singletrack.com columnist Judy Freeman is resolving to indulge more and abstain less.
AT&T USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championship at the Glencoe Grand Prix, to be held in Glencoe, Illinois, on August 14, 2010.
The California physician, convicted of assaulting a pair of cyclists with his car, was sentenced to five years in prison at the close of a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday morning.
Endurance champ Rebecca Rusch is hosting a five-stop mountain town movie tour of Race Across The Sky, the documentary of the