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Tech Report: A look ahead with Manitou

Monday's EuroFile: Vuelta teams announced; Millar all wet; Ullrich relaxed; Sastre wants more; McGee not happy

Jeremiah Bishop

Seattle, WA. –  Component manufacturer Full Speed Ahead will increaseits presence in the European professional peleton by supporting no fewerthan 16 Division One and Two road teams during the 2004 season.In addition to supplying its new wheelsets, handlebars, stems, seatposts,headsets, bottom brackets and carbon cranksets, more top teams will nowuse the super aerodynamic VisionTech aerobars and brake levers.New teams added for the 2004 season include UCI #2 ranked Quickstepled by UCI #1 rider Paolo Bettini. Quickstep will use Full Speed Aheadcranksets and bottom brackets. Also added for 2004

Vicenza, February, 2004 – A few years ago, the Metal Series linewas the trailblazer for Campagnolo sportswear. We wanted the sportswearto be instilled with the same Campagnolo spirit as the components and thiswe achieved. Technology, attention to detail, elegance and class are thespecial features of this sportswear line. Clothes for people who like to dress elegantly every day and expectthe same quality and style when they engage in their favorite hobby: cycling. The Metal Full Zip jersey is in an extremely soft, light, tough HydroFit® fabric that breathes. The special treatment of the

Subaru of America, Inc. recently renewed its support of the acclaimed Subaru/IMBATrail Care Crew through 2006. Launched in 1997, the Subaru/IMBA Trail CareCrew program has led more than 1,000 trail projects, trained more than35,000 people in sustainable trailbuilding techniques and logged half amillion miles of coast-to-coast travel in its official Subaru vehicles.The award-winning program includes two full-time, professional teamsof trail experts who travel North America year-round, leading IMBA TrailbuildingSchools, meeting with government officials and land managers, and workingwith

De Jongh pips Bettini at the line

Icy conditions on some portions of the course forced cancellation

Chocolade Jacques' Chris Peers chats with reporters while awaiting the officials' decision.

There's not much to do on a day like this, except stand around and talk to the announcer

Peers warms up with a cup of java.

In the upcoming U.S. road season preview issue of VeloNews, we present “20 things to watch” in American racing in 2004. There are some obvious selections, such as how Chris Horner will fare with the Webcor team, and others not so obvious. And, of course, there are a few things that didn’t make the cut or got overlooked. So, in anticipation of that issue hitting the streets in two weeks, here’s the Notes list of five more things to watch. Charles Dionne. Less than two years ago, the Canadian sprinter was the up-and-coming star in North America after winning the San Francisco Grand Prix to

The Jittery Joe's jersey. It's, uh, colorful....

Bertolini takes the overall

Dear Bob,Can I be ticketed for speeding on my bicycle?Tom SMilwaukee, WIDear Tom,It is a good question and the short answer is, yes.Since you signed off from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and traffic violationsare regulated by municipal law we’ll start off by looking at the Milwaukeecity ordinances. Chapter 102-1 says that the city of Milwaukee adoptsall Wisconsin statutes defining and describing regulations with respectto vehicles and traffic (Chapter 103-1 which regulates bicyclesalso adopts Wisconsin statutes).Since Milwaukee’s municipal code directs us to follow the Wisconsinstatutes, the next

Colom now trails by one second on GC

Vande Velde's new kit

When we got to Trek's main headquarters in Waterloo, WI we were greeted by our new media contact, the venerable Zapata Espinoza

On our tour we saw many Trek Madone 5.9 frames undergoing Trek's Project One custom graphics treatment

One of the finished $7000 (complete bike) Limited Edition Madone 5.9 framesets (only 500 will be produced and all are already spoken for)

Think disc brakes don't belong on road bikes? Trek engineers might disagree, as evidenced by this prototype Lemond Ti road frame

Our day-long tour guide snuck us into Trek's Advanced Concepts Group where we saw many prototypes and one-off team bikes including Wade Bootes's own mountain-cross specific Fuel

Stickering your Trek bike is a surprisingly difficult process, as it is done almost entirely by hand and eye

In the time it will take your to read this column, the Bontrager wheel manufacturing station (including lacing and truing) will have completed one wheel

All Bontrager wheels are produced in Wisconsin, from its entry level mountain bike wheelsets to its high-end carbon tubulars

Valverde grabs the win

Colom still in yellow

'It’s nice to actually win...,' said Colom

Telekom's Cadel Evans finishes in 67th, 2:30 back

McConneloug gets the top step

Belgians Meirhaeghe and Paulissen dominated the men's race

There’s perhaps not a racer competing in the North American peloton that’s as universally acknowledged as the “consummate professional” as is Sierra Nevada’s hard-working Eric Wohlberg. Entering his 13th year of racing, Wohlberg, 39, shows no signs of slowing down, evidenced by his recent time trial win at the Tour de Langkawi. Then again, winning time trials is nothing new for Wohlberg, as he is an eight-time Canadian national time trial champion. That’s right, eight. He also took 20th at the Sydney Olympic Games time trial. Maybe it’s those 500 sit-ups he’s rumored to do every morning.

Winning at Langkawi

French cycling chief Jean Pitallier vowed Monday to weed out the hard core of drug takers who continue to drag the sport into disrepute. The French Cycling Federation (FFC) president admitted in an open letter that despite the organization’s best efforts certain riders were continuing to risk their health and the reputation of the sport by taking banned substances. "Cycling as a sport is in the media spotlight. The stories are coming in swift succession! From the sordid to the morbid for several weeks and most recently with the cruel and unexplained death of Marco Pantani," he said. "Even

In yellow when it counts

Italian police have targeted a suspect in the death of Marco Pantani, who died in mysterious circumstances last Saturday in a hotel room in Rimini. Police have concluded that Pantani's death from a heart attack was triggered by an overdose of drugs, quite possibly by a combination of tricyclic antidepressants and cocaine. Police have since been searching suspects who, it is believed, suppliedPantani with cocaine prior to his death. On Saturday Corriere dello Sport reported that police now have a main suspect. ANSA news agency reported at the same time that a number of other drug dealers

Landis finishes just one second back

Pena rounds out the top three

Leading on the Fóia

Friday's EuroFile: Garrido at Algarve; Leblanc looks ahead

Thanks to the doctorsDear VeloNews,Thank you so much for the article, Acyclist's guide to depression.I think that this is such important information. I am a 58-year-old female cycling enthusiast, not a racer and not competitive.I follow the professional races. I cannot adequately express how deeplyPantani's death has affected me. To know that a man so loved and so admiredcan feel so alone is beyond comprehension, except to understand what depressionis about. If there is a good outcome to this tragic lost of a remarkableathlete, it is for leaders like VeloNews to reach thousands whomight

With the season basically underway, we’re finally figuring out just which Division 3 teams are going to be around in the U.S. this year. The lastest information coming from USA Cycling shows 12 U.S. D3 teams, to go along with Division 1 U.S. Postal Service and Division 2 Navigators Insurance. A quick glance at the list reveals some absences from last year, including the ones everybody knows about – Saturn, Prime Alliance, 7UP, Schroeder Iron – and a few that nobody was really sure about: Sportsbook.com, West Virginia and LeMond-Captain Cra-Z-Soap (which I would be sad to see go, if for no

Dear Bob,I live in Maryland and when I train I carry my cell phone. I don’tmake calls but keep it for emergencies. Occasionally I will answer a calland speak while I ride along if the roadway is safe and easy. Is this legal?TomDear Tom,I started bringing my cell phone on rides as a way to multi-task (read- so I can ride when I should be in the office). I seem to rememberseeing pictures of Lance doing the same thing and I will point that outto any officer who stops me. When I do make or take calls, I make surethe roadway is safe and that I am not endangering anyone else. I must sayI get some

French cycling veteran Jean Cyril Robin has hit out at stubborn doping practices which he claims have resulted in the sport operating on two completely different levels of performance. Only a day after the funeral of Marco Pantani, Robin has called on cycling to stand up and take stock of what he calls a shameful situation. "I'm beginning to feel ashamed of being a professional cyclist. In the eyes of the public, we've got no credibility whatsoever," said the 34-year-old Robin, who finished sixth overall in the drug-tainted 1998 Tour de France, and won a bronze medal the following year at

Where is the outrage?Dear VeloNews,Okay, okay, Pantani was a great rider; one of the best climbers ever. But boy am I tired of reading letters about how unfairly he wastreated on the subject of doping. This is what we know:There are untold number of drugs for which there are no tests. New drugs and masking agents are produced faster than the tests can keep up.Pantani's famous retest from his 1995 crash in Milan-Turin showed a hematocrit level of 60.1 percent! No one has disputed the result, only that he could not be punished retroactively. To suggest the level got there without the use of

A cyclist’s guide to depression

Jean Cyril Robin

Barbosa edged Benito for the stage and the overall lead

Armstrong is getting fit and working on his tan

Pantani's coffin is carried through the streets of his hometown

Vladimir Belli and other friends served as pall bearers

Francesco Moser was among those who attended services at the church of San Giacomo Apostoli

1958 Tour de France winner Charly Gaul - The Angel of the Mountains - pays his respects

May he finally find peaceEditors,Today is truly a sad day in cycling. We are putting to rest one of the greatest cyclist and climbers the sport has seen. Not only was Marco a truly amazing cyclist. He came across as a truly passionate person. Marco will live in our memories. God bless you! May you now rest in peace.Doug BladesBrampton, Ontario In Memoriam: Marco PantaniIt was just one of many slogans scrawled onto the homemade bannersthat floated above a sea of cheering tifosi gathered atop the PassoMortirolo. Its truth, however, rang though the chaos and sticks in my headtoday. It said,

Marco Pantani was laid to rest before thousands of mourners in Cesenatico, Italy, Wednesday as prosecutors began their search for a drug dealer who supplied the former Tour de France winner with the cocaine that apparently killed him. Drugs and anti-depressants overshadowed Pantani's last days in much the same way doping allegations clouded a career in which he achieved a rare double of winning the classic French race and the Giro d'Italia in 1998, the last man to do so. At Pantani's funeral, tearful fans filed past his coffin in the church of San Giacomo Apostoli hours before his funeral.

Domínguez

The grief-stricken mother of Italian cycling great Marco Pantani blamedanti-doping investigators Tuesday for driving her son to his death.An initial autopsy Monday revealed Pantani, a former Tour de Francewinner, died from accumulated fluid in the brain and lungs. The 34-year-oldhad been at the center of a series of legal probes into doping."They murdered him," Tonina Pantani was quoted as saying in La Gazzettadello Sport ahead of a church ceremony honoring the cyclist in hishometown of Cesenatico.The body of Pantani will be dressed in a dark blue suit and a trademarkblack bandana, which

One day to rememberEditors;The moment that stands out the most for me in regards to Marco Pantaniwas last year's Giro. It was a huge mountain stage in the Alps and Pantaniwas struggling to get to the top, on his descent he was cut off by StephanGarzelli, and crashed to the side of the road on a snow bank. Hegot off his bike and was grimacing with pain and in tears, he ponderedwhether to continue or quit. Well after sitting on the side of the road and struggling with obvious pain and cuts for nearly 10 minutes Marco continued on and finishedthe race , having lost a lot of time from the leader.

Police officials in Rome are planning to investigate claims that Marco Pantani was supplied with cocaine, which may have contributed to his death last weekend, an Italian wire service, quoting sources close to the case, reported on Tuesday. The state prosecutor's office in Rome is expected to file a complaint against "unknown persons" for drug trafficking, a legal procedure allowing investigators to consider whether a crime such as dealing cocaine contributed to Pantani's death, according to the ANSA news agency. Friends of 34-year-old Pantani said he had been taking cocaine, which, when

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - My, my, time for Pi

He got up and finished

Pozzato gets a good start to his season