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Veltec Sports and Look Cycles has unveiled a blockbuster pedal trade-inprogram - deemed “Step Into Carbon”.  The program has been designedto bring added visibility to its CX-6 pedal line and provide consumersa limited opportunity to purchase these 100% carbon bodied pedals at agreat discount.The trade-in program is currently underway and will run through May31, 2004.  It’s a simple program that provides the consumer with aninstant credit of $50 at the register, when trading in their current pedals(regardless of their condition) towards the purchase of a new pair of CX-6’spedals.For a list of

The day's first break had some horsepower

TORRINGTON, CT (April 15, 2004) - Situated in scenic northwesternConnecticut, Lime Rock Park is recognized and revered for its scenic beautyand its place in motor-sports history.  As of May 20th, at 12:00 noon,professional cyclists will descend on this hallowed racing ground and itmay never be the same again.Lime Rock Park will host the 2nd leg of the second annual Tour of Connecticutwith a 50K circuit race on the 1.53 Miles (2.45 K) road racing course. An international field of professional cyclists and invited Category 1&2 cyclists will compete in a fast a furious race.  Cyclists will takea

Health Net leads the chase

Pate and Fraser at work

Rebellin stayed with Di Luca

Julich and ther climbers are looking forward to the hills

Postal's Devolder tries an escape

Fraser gets a big kiss from his sis'

Horner in Georgia: “I’m here to win”

Horner in Georgia: “I’m here to win”

Race announcer Dave Towle hams it up with Jacky Durand

Fraser put it all on the line

Getting in TV time

Cipo' was there with a lap to go, but faded on the last climb

Julich, waiting for the big climbs later in the week, was happy to have finished in the main field...

... as was Armstrong.

Fraser's happy no matter what

Armstrong: I'm happy

April 13, 2004 (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) – EN-R-G Foods, Inc., makersof Honey Stinger energy bars and gels, announced today that it has becomethe official bar and gel supplier to the elite Subaru-Gary Fisher mountainbike race team. Boasting several of the world’s best mountain bike racers,the Subaru-Gary Fisher Team includes:· Ryder Hesjedal – reigning NORBA NCS XC champion andSilver Medalist at both the 2003 Elite World Championships and 2003 CanadianNational Championships. He will race in Europe this spring with the USPostal Service cycling team then focus on the World Cup and Olympics

20 April  – Pozzoleone, Italy – Fi’zi:k, the elite hand-madeItalian saddle manufacturer is releasing limited edition Team Replica Arionesaddles.  In honor of Italian fi’zi:k sponsored teams participatingin the 2004 Giro d’Italia, the company is producing a limited number ofcustom team replica Saeco Macchine per Café, Alessio-Bianchi andVini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie Arione saddles.The limited edition Arione team replica saddles retailing for $139,will be available in late May and will be distributed in the US throughfi’zi:k’s exclusive US distributor, BikeMine (www.bikemine.com –

Horner gets his time trial bike dialed in for Thursday's double-day

Julich, Wohlberg and Baldwin listen as Horner gives yet another animated answer

Cipollini brings a new quality to racing in Georgia

Last Saturday Primo Life Club entertained the latest selection of the beauty contest binds to the 2004 Road Cycling World Championships. Few votes between the three finalists: the first place has gone to Elisa Basso, 22 years old from Varese (Lombardy), the second to Eleonora Sorato and the third to Elisa Prando, both are 18 years old and from Veneto region. On Friday 30th April the Hollywood Dance Club in Bardolino will entertain the final evening. The six winners will prize the champion of the World’s, scheduled from 27th September to 3rd October in Verona and Bardolino. The five

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com, appearing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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.OLN's bait-and-switch?Editor,Well, I see it's beginning to happen to OLN's coverage of bike racing. They suck you in with promises, good coverage, plans to show all the stuffyou want and then cancel it all so they can show more motor sports

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA (April 19, 2004)- Sportsbook.com, oneof the world’s largest retail-focused Internet sports bookmakers, formallyannounced today that it will become the new title sponsor for the erstwhileworlddiff.com Women’s Cycling team, one of America’s best developmentalprograms.Founded in 1997, Sportsbook.com had amassed a database of nearly 350,000customers from about 150 countries when it was purchased in 2001 by Sportingbet.com,a British company traded on the London Stock Exchange that processed morethan $900 million in bets last year. Today, Sportsbook.com is

NORRISTOWN, PA (April 19, 2004) – On Saturday, June 5, one hundredformer international cycling legends and patrons of the sport will pedal65 miles, with police escort, from the Lehigh Valley Velodrome in Trexlertownto Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway.  It’s the annual Founders’Ride and Legends Luncheon which, this year, will celebrate two decadesof pro cycling in Pennsylvania and raise money for the Allentown-basedNicole Reinhart Memorial Fund.Since 1985 Philadelphia has hosted the national professional road cyclingchampionship, now one of the world’s top ten international cycling

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Filip Meirhaeghe

Geoff Kabush

Katerina Hanusova

Bettini's move had promise

Di Luca tried his luck on the Keutenberg

Of the two leaders, Rebellin had just a bit more at the finish

The Amstel is a big draw for Dutch fans all along the route

Landis finishes in 29th

Rabobank at the helm

Wesemann still leads the World Cup

Streb credits an 'intense off-season' for her win

Australia's Mick Hannah took second in the mountain cross and won the Downhill Domination Omnium title

Some riders weren't so lucky getting over the infamous 'moat' section of the mountain cross course

Mick Hannah

Dunlap

Dunlap in her usual spot: right out front

Meirhaeghe celebrates his win

Today, instead of “Jammin’ with Julie: Back in the dirt,” it was more like “Hurtin’ with Hudetz: Off the back in the dirt.” Have you ever had one of those days when it’s like, “What is wrong with me? Why won’t my legs go fast?” You check your bike over and over, hoping to find your brakes rubbing or a slow leak in a tire to explain why you feel like crap. But to no avail – your bike is in fine working order. On top of that your wonderful support person tells you, “Oh, by the way, I lubed your chain with White Lightning today to make sure you go extra fast!” Today, during the six-mile time

Vinokourov, shown en route to winning the last stage of Paris-Nice last month, is defending champ at Amstel Gold

Horner waited until the last minutes of the final stage to seize overall victory in the Sea Otter

Sierra Nevada and Health Net try to defend against the inevitable Horner assault

Bessette, too, played a waiting game

... and it brought her the top spot on the Sea Otter podium

After Bessette launched, Pic led the chase

Jonnier took down Miller to claim the win

Hannah outcornered Bootes

Frischknecht is enjoying his first-ever stint in the Otter's leader's jersey

The Mud Stud appears regularly in the trade magazine Bicycle Retailer and Industry News

Bessette gambles ...

... and the gamble pays off

Jones finds himself leading Klasna out in a two-up sprint

... and Klasna finishes him off

But the guy Klasna's worried about is Horner

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com, appearing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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.April's greatest hitsDear VeloNews,The broken record spins again, and once more the tune is "George Hincapiedoesn't get enough support from Postal" (see "Monday'smail bag" and "Wednesday'smail bag"). It hits the Top-Ten every April. C'mon

After four weeks off, there’s still a lot to catch up on, such as, why is Krispy Kreme developing a low-sugar donut? For the health-conscious? Um, excuse me, it’s a donut. Reminds me of the vegan “donuts” you get with a vegetarian breakfast on the airplane (not that they ever serve breakfast on a plane anymore, or that I would ever admit to eating a vegetarian airline meal). If anything, in this age of downsized super-sizing, shouldn’t the donut industry strive to be the last bastion of truly fattening, bad-for-you eating? Here in Boulder, a new place has opened up with a sign out front

Having not been to the Sea Otter since 2000, I was quickly reminded why this event is such a success: It’s fun! Cyclists in general are crazy. Whether we ride mountain bikes, road bikes or go flying down the dual slalom course, we all have one thing in common – we love to ride our bikes and just can’t get enough of it! This is why Sea Otter, which claims to be “the most celebrated bicycle festival in North America,” is the perfect gathering for us wacky two-wheel addicts. It has something for everyone. When I was here last, I was racing on the road with Team Saturn. That year we worked hard

pe-des|trian (pi des´tre an) adj. lacking interest or imagination; prosaic; ordinary and dull … n. one who goes on foot.Webster’s New World College Dictionary Happy Day After Income Tax Day. I hope that, unlike me, you aren’t cowering in a corner of a suddenly empty living room with your shredded undies puddled around your ankles, wondering if you’ll ever be able to sit on a saddle again without sliding all the way down to the top tube. Hold on a second – don’t start composing that nasty letter to the editor yet. I’m not going to rail against The Leader’s much-ballyhooed tax cuts and their

Jammin' with Julie: Back in the dirt at Sea Otter

Bisaro en route to the first major win of her pro mountain-biking career