The International Council of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has named Italian Mino Auletta to be its president. Auletta has been interim president since the death of Judge Ke?ba Mbaye last January. Mbaye was the president and founder of the organization. Outspoken Canadian Dick Pound, the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency had been lobbying for the position.
David George and Kevin Evans of MTN 1 sprint to victory during stage 6 of the 2008 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race from Bredasdorp to Hermanus in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Eugene A. Sloane, the author of the 1970s Bike Boom bestseller The Complete Book of Bicycling, died in Illinois this weekend. He was 91 and died for complications from pneumonia, according to the Chicago Tribune. Sloane published his first cycling book in 1970. It was followed by Sloane's Handy Pocket Guide to Bicycle Repair and Sloane's Complete Book of All-Terrain Bicycles. Sloane's sons told the Times that their father had many interests that, variously, bordered on obsessions, including sailing, motorcycling and photography. Services will be private.
Editor's note: the following is an essay written by 1984 Olympic gold medalist Alexi Grewal. A full article on Grewal and his admitted use of performance enhancing drugs appears in the April 15 issue of VeloNews. Sons have a propensity to follow in their father’s footsteps. For that very reason I write this. My son, your son or daughter, should have the right to find the sport better than it is now or was in our day.
Abraham Ruhumuriza of Team Rwanda leads American Jock Boyer through the prologue
Abraham Ruhumuriza of Team Rwanda leads American Jock Boyer through the prologue
That red couch on the podium? Your guess is as good as ours.
Cannondale-Vredestein's Jakob Fuglsang, the U23 world champ, leads teammate Roel Paulissen through a creek
Kevin Evans donned the leader's jersey after winning the prologue alongside teammate David George. The two would not be so lucky on the first stage to George.
Defending champions Karl Platt (left) and Stefan Sahm signed some autographs the day before the race
The Absa Cape Epic's sign-in is a chance to show off the toned legs and new kit, however hideous it may be.
Trek/VW's Jeremiah Bishop meets a new friend on the eve of the race
Haywood (left) and Smith took their second straight stage win on the 2008 Absa Cape Epic's longest stage
July 1949 of Italian cyclists Gino Bartali (L) and Fausto Coppi (R) waiting before the start of a stage of the Tour de France. The two champions won 2 Tour de France each : Bartali in 1938 and 1948, Coppi in 1949 and 1952.
Network covers historic bicycle races LIVE from Indiana University – April 11 and 12 WHAT: For the 6th consecutive season, HDNet will cover the greatest single-speed bike races in the world - the Men’s and Women’s Little 500 LIVE from Indiana University. Steeped in tradition and high on excitement, these races are known as the nation’s premier intramural collegiate cycling event. The races have the reputation of being the best of their kind anywhere in the world, earning the nickname "The World's Greatest College Weekend."
Colorado Premier Training (CPT), the nation’s leading facility for wind tunnel pro team testing and pre-race camps has selected Kurt Kinetic as the center’s official trainer. Teams fine-tuning their start of season performance are already making use of the first trainers to arrive: the Kurt Kinetic Road Machine. “This partnership creates a more comprehensive package for CPT athletes,” says Steve Owens, CEO of Colorado Premier Training.
Editor’s Note: - By now, most long-time readers of VeloNews and VeloNews.com realize that our favorite – albeit not legally recognized – holiday is April Fools’ Day. Many of us here have long enjoyed the once-a-year opportunity to set aside our normal duty of checking sources, facts and the veracity of quotes and just make the stuff up.
The TT rig is an old U.S. Postal/Discovery Channel Trek. Steve Hed fit Bajadali to this bike, which he believes belonged to either Lance Armstrong of Viatcheslav Ekimov.
Roadie Happy Hour! Michigan Bike Race Announcer Jamie Smith and "Frazz" Illustrator Jef Mallett Launch Book at Kinetic Systems Join Jamie Smith and Jef Mallett for a book launch event at Kinetic Systems in Clarkston, Michigan, on Saturday, April 5th at 4pm. Smith and Mallett are launching their new book Roadie: The Misunderstood World of a Bike Racer during a happy hour event at the shop. ROADIE Book Launch Event Saturday, April 5 beginning at 4:00 p.m. Kinetic Systems 60 S. Main St. Clarkston, MI 48346 (248) 625-7000 www.kineticsystemsbicycles.com
It's been something of a tradition here at VeloNews to start the month of April with things a bit skewed from the normal. In the past, on April 1st, we've fired Patrick O'Grady, revealed the development of new mag-lev wheel bearings, declared Dick Pound to be head of the UCI (with Hein Verbruggen taking the helm of WADA) and scorched the French countryside with fatally flawed sunflowers that perfectly match the color of the Maillot Jaune. Yup, it's April Fool's Day.
Responding to numerous reader complaints, VeloNews publisher Andy Pemberton announced Tuesday that the site will be abandoning its new design after a four-month trial period, starting some time after April 1. “To fully comply with the many, many emails we're received on this issue - most typed in capitals and without punctuation - we will revert to the site as it was presented originally, in 1996,” Pemberton said. Outgoing web developer Kevin Hankens said he was not at all bitter about the seven months of 70-hour weeks he spent developing the new site design.