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The last race of the year

This T-shirt has already got me thinking about next season

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USA Cycling announces discretionary picks to world's 'cross teamColorado Springs, Colo. (December 20, 2006)-USA Cycling announcedtoday discretionary nominations to the team that will represent the UnitedStates at the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hooglede-Grits,Belgium January 27-28.Twelve athletes were named Wednesday after five automatic nominations- Danny Summerhill (Centennial, Colo./TIAA-CREF-Clif Bar), Jamey Driscoll(Jericho, Vt./FiordiFrutta), Jesse Anthony (Beverly, Mass./Clif Bar), KatieCompton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Spike) and Georgia Gould (Ketchum,

Press Release - Coors Classic DVD now available nationwide

Landaluze on his way to winning a stage at this year's Tour de France

Michael Aisner and VeloGear Produce the Definitive Red Zinger/Coors Classic 3  Disc DVD SetBoulder, CO, December 20, 2006 - VeloGear is pleased to announcethe release of RedZinger/Coors Classic: Where It All Began, an 8 hour, 3 disc DVDset which commemorates the race that launched American cycling. The DVDis available now through VeloGear.com and major bicycle industry distributors. Nearly thirty years after its first race, the Red Zinger/Coors Classicis available on DVD. VeloGear has teamed with race producer Michael Aisnerto present 8 hours of rare television coverage and documentary

Cycling Science Symposium and ExpoDownloadBrochureBoulder, Colorado - The Serotta International Cycling Instituteis proud to announce the First Annual Cycling Science Symposium and Expo,January 21-24 in Boulder, CO. This 3 ½ day event will bring togetherpremier cycling scientists, bike fit professionals and leading bike fitindustry manufacturers for what will be an outstanding educational andnetworking opportunity.“The symposium marks the first time cycling scientists, bike fit professionalsand industry manufacturers will be together in the same location with acommon goal of enhancing

Hey, that is that a cheesehead or did someone resurrect PacMan?

An old, rusty Bianchi frame makes a perfect cowbell

Just another typical cyclo-cross fan.

Sage advice: a young crosser and his dad discuss the race

Junior 15-16 winner Luke Keough

Lees McRae college narrowly escaped with the collegiate crown

Show the yougin's how it's done - The men's 65+ podium

Fashion statement: The mullet is making serious inroads into the 'cross scene

Team Successful Living Presented by Parkpre USA Finalizes Roster for2007The Team Enters Sophomore Season with Young International TalentVentura, CA, December 18, 2006 – Successful Living pro cyclingteam announced today their 2007 roster including seasoned veterans andinternational talent lead by Olympic Gold Medalist Steve Hegg. 2007 marksthe second season for the team under Russ Dalbey’s Successful Living banner.“With the help of our new co-director Gianluca Caliari, we were ableto develop a combination of young international talent and seasoned pros”said Steve Hegg. “Our latest European

'cross stars of the future

STROMATION reveals with multiple images of the same sequence climbing a steep hill how much more body extension is available to me than that I am utilizing.

Jeremy Powers had his own cheering section

SIMULCAM shows not only differences in turnover rate and timing of individual movements, but variations in body position and relative speed as well. Here, Engen (R) virtually passes me, using more knee compression, quicker kick off each ski.

Before Danny Summerhill took the elite junior title, he had some barrier issues on lap 1

SPLIT SCREEN analysis shows the more forward position (R) of Engen’s hips over his feet relative to the more “back seat” position I’m utilizing (L).

Photographer Brian Vernor next to some of his prints at the Hub bike shop

THE ANGLES TELL THE STORY Engen (R) gets more power with full and direct extension on the kick through his entire body and more glide and stronger setup for the next push with a more acute angle at the ankle than I have (L).

Todd Wells showed some love for recently suspended mountain biker Jason Sager

Kerry Barnholt

Vinokourov will be riding on a ProTour squad in '07

Driscoll and fans

BJM: Ben Jacques Maynes had a rough go this weekend, and ended up with his share of carnage

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FIVE ATHLETES RECEIVE AUTOMATIC NOMINATIONS TO CYCLO-CROSS WORLDS TEAMNational Champions and U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclo-Cross Series WinnersRecognizedProvidence, R.I. (December 18, 2006)-USA Cycling announced todayautomatic nominations to the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championship Team. Following the completion of the 2006 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championshipsthis past weekend in Providence, R.I., five athletes have earned automaticnominations from the national governing body in the elite women's, U23men's and junior men's categories.Three-time national champion, Katie

RAGBRAI 2005

Movie Night at Boulder's University Bicycles

Former Coors Classic Communications director Susan Eastman-Walton and Andy Hampsten

Race announcer Dave Towle and King Phinney

Alexi Grewal, Dale Stetina and Coors Light director Len Pettyjohn

USAC board president Jim Ochwicz and Jonathan Boyer

Our latest reader-submitted Photo Gallery is now up for your viewing pleasure. Of course, a new gallery also means the naming of the winner of ourmost recent contest. Take the time to wander through that gallery and see if you agree or disagree with our choice of winner. We kept finding ourselves glancing back at Charlotte Childs’ “RAGBRAI 2005,” wondering about the conversation underway on that beautiful summer day in Iowa. That picture says a lot about the benefits of self-powered travel… no matter what sort of cycle you pick. Nice work, Charlotte! Charlotte, your photo will be

Talking with Colorado-based Irishman Alan McCormack at the recent Coors Classic reunion, it was as if the stage in which he had a brush with death was only yesterday instead of 18 years ago. McCormack, who raced for the Killian’s Red team, recalled his fall on the final turn of the 1988 Reno Criterium where he was shooting for the stage win with Davis Phinney and Steve Bauer. “I was out the saddle, sprinting through the corner, when my Campag gear got stuck between cogs,” he said in his still broad Irish brogue. “Someone stole my helmet right before the start, and I landed on my head, got a

Compton spent most of the day on her own

Gould rides to second

Johnson scores at the Strawberry Cup

American Floyd Landis, who is expected to be stripped of the Tour de France yellow jersey for testing positive after this year's race, said Saturday his cycling career may be practically over. Landis won the race in spectacular fashion this year to succeed his now-retired compatriot Lance Armstrong, the iconic seven-time winner of the world's biggest bike race. However days after his triumph it emerged that Landis had tested positive for the banned male sex hormone testosterone after his spectacular victory on stage 17, which resurrected his bid for the yellow jersey. Landis, who

Trebon

Gregory and Ryan Trebon

The men's podium

Amy Dombrowski (r) and brother Dan

Boonen and Lefévère chat during the presentation

The team

The men's 35-39 field exemplified the growing interest in the discipline

Beggs is back

Up-and-over. Lockhart likes 'cross

Aging gracefully: Tilford with his older buddy

National Champions Sign to 2007 Roster for Kelly Benefit StrategiesPro Cycling TeamNew Co-Title Sponsor Announced; Team Name ChangeMinneapolis, Min., December 15, 2006 – The Kelly Benefit Strategiespro cycling team, one of the newest pro teams on the national racing circuit,today announces finalization of the 2007 roster – including two marqueeformer pro national champions – and the name-changing addition of a co-titlesponsor.Maryland-based Medifast, the country’s leading manufacturer of clinicallyproven meal replacement programs, joins Kelly Benefit Strategies as co-titlesponsor creating the

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The 2007 BMC Professional Cycling Team recently met for the first time at the headquarters of their performance-coaching center, Endurance Performance Training Center in Mill Valley, California. At the Bay Area facility, each rider underwent medical testing with team doctors Massimo Testa and Eric Heiden, performance testing with Endurance PTC staff physiologists and finalized 2007 racing and training plans with team performance director Charlie Livermore and team director Gavin Chilcott. Members of the Continental team include: Alexandre Moos (formerly Phonak), David Vitoria (formerly

Brian Vernor first caught the cycling world’s attention with his 2004 film "Pure, Sweet Hell," which showcased the witty, hard-driven men and women of the domestic cyclo-cross scene . This year Vernor again focused his lens on the ’cross community, this time in the form of a photography project. Vernor followed the entire 2006 Crankbrothers U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclo-cross from Gloucester, Massachusetts, to Portland, Oregon, snapping portraits of ’crossers, fans and industry personalities in his makeshift tent booth along the way. Vernor, a native of Santa Cruz, California, whose day job is

Quick Step-Innergetic introduced its 2007 team to the press Friday in Kortrijk, Belgium. After the obligatory introduction by team director Patrick Lefévère of the team sponsors (including new bike supplier Mike Sinyard of Specialized), the full team was introduced, headlined by Tom Boonen and world champion Paolo Bettini. The team showed a video outlining the impressive number of victories its riders have had this season, including Flanders, Lombardia and Bettini's world’s win, and then the collected media were let loose on the riders. As expected, Boonen and Bettini received the

In a communiqué released Friday evening, pro cycling’s licensing commission announced it was awarding a four-year UCI ProTour license to the Belgian-based, Swedish-sponsored Unibet.com team, while Astana, the Kazakh-sponsored, Swiss-based squad, will have to wait at least until next week before learning the fate of its application. However, news that the commission has overturned an earlier decision to extend the license of the Active Bay company, owned by the former Spanish team owner Manolo Saiz, means that the new Astana management team has a strong chance of joining the ProTour. The

Team BMC

Vernor on the job

SAN FRANCISCO -- Former elite cyclist Tammy Thomas was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges of hindering the government's steroid probe. Thomas, 36, is accused of three counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to a federal grand jury investigating a steroid ring that spanned across many sports. The indictment adds cycling, a sport often associated with doping, to a probe that has exposed steroid use in professional baseball, football and track and field. Thomas was banned for life in August 2002 after testing positive for the

Press Release - Win your own cycling caricature by Dave Brinton

Trebon and Wells: Time for a changing of the guard?

The course

This is pretty much where Compton's been all year

Gould thinks Compton is mortal, however

Johnson is a renowned mudder

Thomas before her suspension in 2002

Dear Readers,Every year our mailboxes fill up with welcomed cards and letters fromold friends and business associates sending good wishes and holiday cheer.In recent years, a growing number of those have arrived electronically,often directing us to one web site or another to take advantage of whatthe medium has to offer.One recent delivery prompted us to share a link that we thought youmight particularly enjoy. You have to check out the “card” offered up by our friendsat Specialized. That one might be hard to top, but that said, we thought we might open up this page for others to send in

Win Your Own Cycling Caricature by Dave Brinton!VeloNews Illustrator to Draw a Customized Cycling Portrait forContest Winner in January 2007Boulder, CO, December 13, 2006 - VeloGear is accepting entriesfor the 2007 Dave Brinton Cycling Caricature Contest! Dave Brinton is the illustrator of the popular VeloNews magazinecolumn, "At the Back." Brinton's illustrations are featured in LesHéros du Vélo, an illustrated 2007 calendar featuring12 of the great cyclists of the twentieth century.Celebrate 2007 in style with Les Héros du Vélo, Brinton'spersonal tribute to the legends of cycling.

Navigators Insures for the FutureThe Navigators Insurance Cycling Team announced a planned collaborationwith the Belgian based Cycling Center today as part of the team’s effortincrease its investment in the growth and development of American cycling.The Cycling Center, based in Hertsberge Belgium, just 20 km from thepicturesque and cycling famous city of Brugge, will serve as the Europeanbase for the Navigators Insurance Professional Cycling Team as it continuesto expand the European part of its race schedule. In addition, the CyclingCenter based amateur team will serve as a developmental

Two Austrian under-23 cyclists, Stefan Ebner and Marco Oreggia, were suspended for two years Thursday for doping offenses. Oreggia tested positive for the banned endurance-boosting hormone EPO in training a week before the world road championships in Salzburg in September. Ebner failed to appear for a doping test on September 14, a violation considered the same as testing positive by the Austrian cycling federation's anti-doping committee. Both cyclists will appeal the suspensions, committee head Gernot Schaar said.

I just rolled in from the last training ride of the season and it feels pretty good knowing there is just one more weekend of racing. It’s hard to believe that cyclo-cross nationals are here already. I’m looking forward to getting back to the beautiful Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island, because I have a couple of monkeys to shake off my back from last year’s event. More on that later. Last week was big in the Boulder bike-geek world. On Wednesday, Boulder Cycle Sport hosted a fundraiser at the historic Boulder Theater to raise money for junior cyclo-cross development. We

New Venues Highlight 2007 US Gran Prix of Cyclocross ScheduleDecember 13, 2006 (Lebanon, NJ) - The management team of theUS Gran Prix of Cyclocross has announced the dates and venues for the 2007US Gran Prix the Official National Cyclocross Series ofUSA Cycling. The 2007 schedule will again include six days of racing,four of which will take place at new venues. The schedule includes: USGP Trenton - October 27-28 (Mercer County Park, WestWindsor, NJ)* USGP Louisville - November 17-18 (River Road Country Club, Louisville, KY)* USGP Portland, Oregon - December 1-2 (Hillsboro, OR)* New venue for

Race director Victor Cordero announces the 2007 Vuelta route in Madrid

Cover boy Hincapie

From left, China's Guo Shuang with compatriot Gong Jinjie and South Korea's You Jin A

The route