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McGrath was having some fun out there, including jumping waterbars

Dunlap's front derailleur tripped her up short of the finish, but she held onto the overall lead

Zabriskie and Reich

Swiss Power: Frischknecht takes the win

Dunlap kept Redden in check

Roland Green managed to build a 30-second lead after attacking at the halfway mark

Godfrey's pursuit work helped

Armstrong went all out

The women's super XC peloton.

“Whoever said life was fair? Life is not fair.”Lt. Colonel S.G. Rogers, USMC ret.Oft-used saying, 1975 to 1990 Growing up, one of my father’s favorite mottos — right up there with “We hate waste,” and “Because I said so” — was to remind my sister and me that life is, indeed, not fair. Somewhere early on I must have seemed exceptionally unclear on the concept, because the Lt. Colonel, known as “Major Dad” to my apprehensive high school buddies, made it a point to remind me of this any time I felt I had been the victim of a grave injustice. “Whoever said life was fair?” the Marine of the

Mr. Rogers' neighborhood: Fair? Not even close.

Vicenza, April 14 2004 – Campagnolo’s complete wheels are renownedfor their lightness, smoothness, sturdiness and reliability. A reputationachieved thanks to the quality and performance of the Nucleon low-profilewheels introduced in 1999. Research conducted on a fully integrated projectencompassing rims, spokes and hubs, resulted in the creation of ideal bicyclewheels that are reactive during short sprints yet nevertheless comfortableeven on long rides. Basing itself on these already solid foundations, Campagnolo soon expanded its wheel collection, presenting two new low-profile models

Spain's world road race champion Igor Astarloa could be set to leave Cofidis after he was told Wednesday he can leave the embattled French outfit, who have suspended all racing amid a doping investigation, if he wants. "If he wants to join another team we'll let him go," said the manager of France's top cycling team, Alain Bondue. Bondue added that 28-year-old Astarloa, who was recruited from the Italian Saeco team at the end of last season before winning the world title in Canada in October, had not requested a move. It has been reported however that other teams have made the Spaniard

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@7Dogs.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Monday, Monday....To Editor and the Monday Bunch:I refer to the "Monday Bunch" as the group so quick to complain aboutGeorge Hincapie’s lack of support in exchange for Tour success.I'm pretty sure that had George won or placed and one of those

Scheldeprijs organizers presented Museeuw with a diamond encrusted award on Wednesday.

Credit firm Cofidis, sponsor France's top cycling team, lost its claim for damages on Tuesday when a court dismissed the firm’s lawsuit against the sports daily L'Equipe, which last week published extracts of judicial statements into alleged doping. The newspaper's lawyer said the court ruled the daily had not drawn any definitive conclusion about doping and was not bound by the laws of confidentiality. The team, which includes world champions David Millar of Britain and Igor Astarloa of Spain, has pulled out of all competition while its sponsor reviews the situation. Sacked former Cofidis

Belda: Generalized doping does not exist in cycling.

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Laser alignment? Who are all those Cardsharps?

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Laser alignment? Who are all those Cardsharps?

Bouyer

The Rookie

Cooke took the points jersey at 2003

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@7Dogs.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Almost there… yet againDear VN.com,Poor George Hincapie. If only U.S. Postal would give the classics teamequal priority as its Tour de France team. It seems that every year Georgerides great at Paris-Roubaix, only to find himself all alone at

Hammond had a good Sunday

Alessio's Magnus Backstedt triumphs on the Roubaix velodrome

Without Museeuw, Backstedt and the others knew they had a shot.

Aldag

Mayhem in the Arenberg Forest

Kirsipuu tries his luck

Hincapie saw his chance and went for it.

Museeuw launched the winning move, but....

Who knows what would have happened if those tires had held?

The cobbles start at Troisvilles

Museeuw revisits the pavé he knows so well after three wins in the Hell of the North

Defending champ Van Petegem test-drives the cobbles

Menchov rinses off with a little bubbly

L'Equipe faces a lawsuit over today's coverage

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@7Dogs.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Regarding ManzanoEditors,The current situation in cycling has gone from bad to worse, and notjust because new allegations of drug use have surfaced.If true, these revelations are certainly shocking, more for their boldprevalence than any "I can't

The Olympic aspirations of Britain's top cyclist David Millar could be under threat after he was directly implicated Friday in the doping scandal which has engulfed France's top team Cofidis. A potentially damaging report in L’Equipe newspaper claims that Millar, the world time trial champion who will bid for Olympic track gold in the Athens velodrome this summer, has been actively involved in doping and works closely with a shady doctor from the Spanish Euskaltel team. The Cofidis doping affair was exposed in January when police, who had for months tapped the phones of several team

If it’s on the Internet, it must be true. So, when a recent “What’s ahead on VeloNews.com” item listed “Notes From the Road with Bryan Jew” as a regular Friday feature, one thing was painfully obvious to me. I’d failed in an attempt to make the VN.com editor forget about my column by going into hiding for a month. And sure enough, it was confirmed when the “Are you doing a column this week?” e-mail hit my in-box the other day. So, after a four-week hiatus, I’m back. No truth to the rumors that I’ve been in rehab to kick a junk-food habit. In fact, for part of that time I was off at Redlands,

American track rider Walker Starr has been prevented from taking part in round three of the UCI Track World Cup Friday in Manchester, England, after an abnormal result from a random blood test, according to official sources. Starr, from San Diego, had been scheduled for the scratch race. He has been barred from competition for 15 days, in accordance with UCI rules. Pre-competition or random blood tests focus on a rider's hematocrit level (the volume of red blood cells in the blood); a reading over 50 is an indicator, although not proof, of the use of banned blood boosters. Thirty five

While working on a story this week about Webcor Builders women’s team rider Christine Thorburn for our upcoming VeloNews issue No.7, I dialed up Quark’s Lyne Bessette to get a comment or two about Thorburn’s surprising third-place overall finish at Redlands. And along with getting the quote material I was looking for from the recent Redlands winner —“I was impressed by her amount of fight,” Bessette said of Thorburn’s second-place finish on the Oak Glen climb. “I knew that she was a good climber, but I was surprised that she could hang on that long.” — what surprised me was the voice that

Scots cyclist Graeme Obree has abandoned his bid to reclaim the world hour record held by England's Chris Boardman. Obree, who held the record before Boardman set his mark of 49.441km under new rules in 2000, told AFP of his decision after a test ride on Sunday at the Manchester velodrome suggested he was too far away from record-breaking fitness. Obree, 38, has been retired from top-level cycling since 2001. He called off Sunday's test after 12 minutes in which he averaged 47 km/h, significantly below the pace required to break Boardman's record, established on the same track on October

Herbold can not only handle a bike better than most, he can also tell the guys in engineering how to improve it

To Herbold, the nuts-and-bolts of suspension can be the most fun

Tomac isn't afraid to do a little hands-on work to improve product

Obree in 1995 after winning the individual pursuit at world’s in Colombia

CSC's Bobby Julich is among four Americans contending for the overall in the Basque Country

Menchov celebrates his stage win

Ullrich is content to build slowly toward his date with Lance Armstrong

Fleche Map

Eyes

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@7Dogs.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.What? Huh? Hey, that's pretty good!Editors,Holy crap!Is he for real?It's like Jack Kerouac on wheels. “On the road...” with AgnettiSheldrake? (see “YoungGuns: "It's all just so caray-zee"”)Pretty good stuff. Keep it coming.Tim McDonaldRichmond,

SUN VALLEY, ID – Scott USA announced its return to theUSA in the coming months and offer a full line of bicycles and selectedcycling accessories for the 2005 model year. Beat Zaugg, President of ScottSports Group said, “We have always wanted to return to North America. Wefelt this was the perfect time as our bicycle line has been extremely wellreceived for years and is already sold in some 37 countries around theworld. We have been getting many requests from enthusiasts in the UnitedStates asking to purchase our cycling related products. Our brand is verystrong but we did not have the right

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Hincapie is ready for Sunday

Wind early in the day set the tone for the entire race.

Are you getting a theme here?

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image files - April 7+

image files - April 7+

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Same ratio, different result?

Zberg takes the stage

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Same ratio, different result?

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Same ratio, different result?

Zinc Man flashes between two cars, moving melodically in opposite ways. There he is again. I’m in a numb parade of bones as I take a morningpassagiata with my inept vocabulary and listening of birds. Just the cock-a-hoop morning and my whirling derby mind absorbing a controlled chaos of external influx. I thought he was gone. I know he’s homeless and crazy, and even a pervert, and I know he’s a local-legend cyclist, emerging like some nudnik superhero, but I don’t want to ride with him! Luckily this time I’m sans bike, just doing a morning reconnaissance for an espresso and a chocolate chip

(4/5/04) Cannondale is celebrating the imminent delivery of its new,featherweight Six13 road racing models by issuing a unique challenge toriders attending the upcoming Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California.The Connecticut-based bikemaker will be running “The Six13 Challenge” throughoutthe race, inviting riders to pit their bike against the Six13 in a head-to-headweight comparison. Any rider whose bicycle is actually lighter thanthe Six13 will win a free Saeco team jersey. The first 613 riderswho fail the challenge will each receive a free Six13 waterbottle for participating.“Our Six13

In some places, it's all about the bike...Dear VeloNews.com,Just to let you know, this happens all over (see ''Friday's foaming rant: Wave dynamics revisited"). I lived in Spain from 1981-1983. I rode a Schwinn LeTour, wore a t-shirt and shorts and topped it off with one of those old styrofoam helmets. When I went riding, I would wave at the Spaniards as they went by, but they never returned my waves. Then, I upgraded to a Zeus 2000 equipped ALAN bike, got bike shorts and some Mirko jerseys. Not only did they wave back, but I was invited to join the local bike club, the Club Ciclista

April , 2004 – The CCA is pleased to announce that Curt Harnett has been appointed as the new Chair for the High Performance Committee. Harnett will serve on an interim basis until the next Board of Directors meeting which will take place later in the year. Curt is one of the most recognizable faces of cycling in Canada and he is a true advocate and voice for the sport. For a complete biography of the former World Champion and Olympic medalist, view attached pdf file. The HPC mandate is to guide the planning, evaluation and establishment of standards for national team programs. The HPC