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A look ahead: Ridley for 2010
Ridley president Jochim Aerts is nothing if not motivated and inventive. Aerts was a well-known frame painter and frame builder making bikes for other brands when he created the Ridley brand a dozen years ago. And even in this economy, his company keeps hitting sales records every month. Ridley is now the biggest-selling bike brand in the Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg). Not bad for a company that only began in 1996. Now with QBP distributing it in the USA, the sky is the limit here as well.
Joe Friel updates the bestselling training book for serious cyclists
The Cyclist's Training Bible Includes the Latest Advances in Training
2009 Women’s Prestige Cycling Series schedule released
Two new events mark the Series’ 6th season (Minneapolis, March 4, 2009) Organizers of the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series have announced the 2009 schedule, the 6th season for this women-only calendar. New to the Series in 2009 are the Joe Martin Stage Race and the Cascade Cycling Classic. March 26-29 - Redlands Bicycle Classic May 7-10 – Joe Martin Stage Race June 10-14 - Nature Valley Grand Prix July 22-26 – Cascade Cycling Classic
The Explainer: Will the Puerto case ever end?
Dear Explainer,
I am as much of an anti-doping advocate as the next guy, but isn’t it kind of ridiculous that we’ve been suffering through the on-again-off-again cycles of Operación Puerto for more than three years now? Doesn’t cycling have a freakin’ statute of limitations?
We’ve seen Jan Ullrich driven out of the sport, Ivan Basso suspended and other riders implicated but never charged. Now we have Alejandro Valverde being charged by the Italians over something that supposedly happened in Spain.
Team Type 1 Announces Internal Anti-Doping Testing Program
Press release Team Type 1 Announces Internal Anti-Doping Testing Program Atlanta — Team Type 1 announced today that it has launched its first anti-doping testing program. The world's only professional cycling team that includes riders who have Type 1 diabetes administered blood and urine tests to its riders at training camp in Buellton, Calif., in late January. The samples were tested and analyzed by Scott Analytics Inc., an independent anti-doping test agency in Pasadena, Calif.