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Road to Roubaix to be shown in Santa Cruz Saturday night
The Santa Cruz premier of Road to Roubaix, a 2008 release about the fabled race over the cobbled roads of northern France, known as The Hell of the North. Get revved up for the Tour of California cycling race, which roars into Santa Cruz the next day. Also Showing these Shorts: Goodbye Tomorrow, by local filmaker Brian Vernor Millar's Tale, about Garmin-Slipstream rider David Millar NorCal High School Mountain Bike League Plus a Raffle featuring these prizes and more: A $5,000 Carbon Giant Road Bike donated by Bicycle Trip
San Jose bike festival kicks off Amgen Tour of California weekend
The VELOVE Winter Bicycle Festival is about to transform downtown Santa Rosa into a bicycle wonderland during Valentines Day weekend, February 14-15. Held in conjunction with the 2009 Amgen Tour of California, VELOVE is packed with events for everyone, including bike competitions, race viewing parties, non-profit fundraising events, a pro race team signing and plenty more. It is a joint production between Bike Monkey, the City of Santa Rosa, Mainstreet and West Coast GoldSprints. To learn more and register for events, visit www.VeloveFestival.com
Thirteen UCI Continental Professional Teams are granted “wild card” label
The Licence Commission today granted “wild card” labels to the following 13 teams, for a period of one year: • Vorarlberg – Corratec (AUT) • Landbouwkrediet – Colnago (BEL) • Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator (BEL) • Andalucia – Cajasur (ESP) • Contentpolis – AMPO (ESP) • Barloworld (GBR) • Ceramica Flaminia – Bossini Docce (IRL) • ISD (ITA) • Skil – Shimano (NED) • Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team (NED) • Cervelo Test Team (SUI) • BMC Racing Team (USA) • Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni – Androni Giocattoli (VEN)
Reader letters: Compton rules, Mionske will be missed and the towering Trek-Livestrong team
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Compton rules!
VeloNews.com wins Hitwise US #1 Site Award for October – December 2008.
Boulder, CO, February 9, 2009 — VeloNews.com has ranked #1 in the Sports-Cycling industry based on the market share of U.S. visits it has received for the quarter ending October- December 2008. The Hitwise US Top 10 Awards Program celebrates the most successful U.S. Web sites in 160+ online industries. As Hitwise reports on the anonymous online usage and search behavior of more than 10 million US Internet users — the largest online sample of its kind — this unique awards program recognizes excellence in online performance through public popularity.
Cycling Economics 101: Hard times call for hard racing
We didn’t exactly trigger a torrent of responses with last week’s story about membership numbers at a trio of U.S. cycling organizations, in which we asked whether the stuttering economy might affect your racing and bike-shopping plans. This could be a function of our Web site’s design; stories slip off the homepage faster than Mark Cavendish ditching a lead group in the final 200 meters. Or it could reflect the utter insanity of the premise. “Cut back on racing? You bet — just as soon as they pry my Madone 6.9 Pro from my cold, dead fingers!”