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Watching the men's race finish

Another celeb' sighting: Francesco Moser is still stylin' after all these years

Honoring Verdi

Despite our first guess, this is not Michael Rasmussen

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. Dane Kuta’s letter regarding Lance Armstrong’s entry in the New York City Marathon (see Wednesday’s Mailbag: "Did Lance get a golden ticket?") drew quite a response — our virtual mailman has a digital hernia from lugging all that venom-soaked e-mail around. Your decision was virtually

Giro history is always present

Commerce Bank, "America’s Most Convenient Bank," has announced that it is stepping in as the title sponsor to help continue America’s biggest and richest cycling week and a long-standing Philadelphia region tradition held each June. The Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling, Benefiting Fox Chase Cancer Center, will include three international professional cycling races: the Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic, the Reading Classic and the Philadelphia International Championship The 156-mile Philadelphia race, held annually since 1985, is ranked as one of the top ten bicycle races in the world. The

Smile, Mr. Perez!

The judging is over and our sponsors have picked the best of the submissions offered by our readers for the First Annual Sea Otter Photo Contest. Take the time to wander through and see if you agree with the choices made and then take the time to take a look at our newest gallery from the First Annual Tour de Georgia Photo Contest . We’ll have those winners named next week, when we resume our regular weekly – non-event-specific - contests. Meanwhile, we’d like to extend our hearty congratulations to Rob Odea for his submission of “Gunn-Rita dominates Sea Otter,” the winner in the

In pink for now, but no thoughts of the overall

Good, but not great: Discovery rode well, but not up to its usual standards...

Not used to this role: Armstrong probably wanted to be up front

CSC shows the rest of the field how it's done

T-Mobile just missed the win in the final meters

Gerolsteiner could manage only sixth

Liquigas achieved its goals

Allan Peiper, pro turned director, says the team is back on track

Best of Show: Mud Pack Facial

Best MTB: -Rita dominates Sea Otter

Best Road: Sea Otter Pro NRC Circuit Men

Can Savoldelli and his mates top last year's record-setting Tour TTT?

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Don't overlook PaoloDear VeloNews,I thoroughly enjoy John Wilcockson's articles on the history of cycling,and look forward to his periodic features. However, I must say thatI believe Mr. Wilcockson erred inhis May 6th Giro d'Italia preview. His strategy for the variousstages

Don't forget this guy in July

A lawsuit alleging a former coach of the U.S. junior national cycling team injected steroids into two cyclists without their knowledge will move forward in federal court, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge John Kane rejected a motion by the coach, Rene Wenzel, and USA Cycling to dismiss lawsuits filed by Gregory Strock and Erich Kaiter, who allege they were given steroid injections while on the team in 1990 but were told they were receiving vitamins and cortisone. The ruling, issued late Monday, said a jury should decide whether Strock and Kaiter waited too long to file their lawsuits,

McEwen wins No.2

Forza Schumi! Hitting the F1 circuit at Spa

Hitting the F1 circuit at Spa

Davitamon chases

McEwen wins, Vogels celebrates

Van de Walle leads the break

Armstrong visits with the Discovery squad Tuesday morning.

The men hit it

And Kabush wins it

The women dig into the dust

Warren in the hot seat

Schumacher takes the stage and the overall lead

Petacchi finshed nearly 15 minutes down

Chechu gives it a go.

Schumacher readies his attack and Bettini misses the bus

Spring and a young man's thoughts turn to .... raingear

Quick Step gives chase

Remember this guy? He's here training for the Tour.

With the sprinters eager for a shot, this one stood little chance of lasting.

The Giro is a big draw in Belgium.

Danielson and McGee

Matt White gives chase

Birthday Boy

Viva Italia!

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McEwen outfoxed Petacchi and Pollack

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Kabush and Vanlandingham hit the line side by side

Wells nurses a bum wing post-race

Savoldelli had an easy day

McGee was second, but by a big margin

José Ivan Gutierrez comes in at 8:03...

Danielson finishes 12th on the day

... as did Gerolsteiner's Schumacher.

Oddsmakers give Bobby J a 33-1 chance of winning the Giro.

Di Luca takes 10th, at 8:09.

A little too long to be called a prologue, Stage 1 may start sorting things out early on in this Giro.

'There’s a pretty good amount of climbing each lap,' says Tom Spiegel of Team Big Bear.

Savoldelli aims for his third Giro trophy.

Saul Raisin’s gradual recovery from a life-threatening head injury continues as he returned to the United States this week and began posting messages on his web page. Raisin, 23, flew home Monday after fighting for his life in a French hospital and even dictated a message to fans under the heading, “Believe it or not, it is me Saul.” “Well, here I am no racing for me. Only racing to get well,” he said a message dictated to his mother. “Too bad I am not doing the Giro. I want to thank everyone for their support and get-well thoughts. I hope to be leaving the hospital in a couple of weeks. I

Dear Bob,I live in Minnesota and am kind of new to cycling, so I read with great interest your article on impeding traffic. In your article, you mentioned a “minimum speed limit.” Are there roads in Minnesota where a minimum speed limit means “no bicycles allowed?” Can you point out some resources for me to learn about my rights and responsibilities?Thanks,D.Q.,Minnesota Dear D.Q.,That’s a great first question from a kind of new cyclist. As you recall, in Trotwood v. Selz (see "To impede or not to impede, that is the question"),an Ohio cyclist received a citation for impeding traffic while

Liberty Seguros for the Giro: (left to right) Dariusz Baranowski, Koen De Kort, Javier R. Abeja, Dani Navarro, Michele Scarponi, Marcos Serrano, Gianpaolo Caruso, Sergey Yakovlev and Unai Osa

Word is that stage 17 is actually worse than it looks on paper.

Next year the roads may be perfect.

Petito wins big

McCarty

Wednesday's EuroFile: Fast Freddy 2nd as Chicchi wins Dunkirk opener; McCarty heads to Giro; Hondo Hopeful

Di Luca with Savoldelli in the 2005 Giro