Up-and-coming Columbia-Highroad pro. Edvald Boasson-Hagen will have his first real taste of the spring Classics this weekend when he races Het Nieuwsblad [formerly Het Volk] and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. “Edvald has had a great first year as a pro with us in 2008, winning three stages of the Tour of Britain as well as a stage of the Eneco Tour,” pointed out team sports director Allan Peiper. “But we want to see what he can do in the Classics as well.”
Quality Bicycle Products, the owner of the Salsa Cycles brand, is recalling some Salsa CroMoto SUL threadless and quill stems sold last year, after receiving reports that two of the stems broke in use. The company is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to conduct the recall. In a letter to dealers on Thursday, the company said the breakages were caused by a manufacturing defect and that one rider crash and broke his or her wrist as a result of the stem failure,
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Intermontane Delivers on Single-track – Stage Profiles Released plus New Sponsors The Intermontane Challenge is rolling into 2009 on the gas with the release of our long awaited and hugely anticipated Stage Profiles! Thanks to Course Designer Dustin Adams, the Intermontane will contain a ton of awesome single-track and deliver on our promise to create a true off road mtb stage race – Kamloops style!
Kelly Benefit Strategies Official Team Launch Set for Feb 26 Team Unveils New Jerseys, New Bikes and New Athletes, San Antonio, TX Minneapolis, Min., February 20, 2009 – After an unofficial winter camp in Winter Park, CO, the Kelly Benefit Strategies pro cycling team moves this weekend to San Antonio, TX to begin intensive race preparation for the 09 season and an official team launch event next week. The KBS program will introduce the 2009 lineup, unveil new jersey designs and demo the team’s new Fisher road line at the team launch February 26.
Dear Explainer,
There is something that I don’t understand following the recent reports that A-Rod tested positive for steroids. Why is Major League Baseball not required to conduct drug testing in accordance with the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency, given that baseball is an Olympic sport? It has been said many times in VeloNews and other publications that the UCI must test per WADA requirements in order to maintain IOC eligibility. Why the double standard?