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Danielson - here on his way to winning atop Brasstown Bald in 2006 - comes to Georgia as a strong favorite.

Really, it’s his.

A moment to savor. Cancellara's win was enough to erase the memory seven miserable hours in the saddle.

How's that for a booth? Trek-Volkswagen erected a full-sized two-car garage.

Boonen hopes to overcome the frustrations he's experienced this past week.

Inside, artists silk-screened custom T-shirts.

Oh the agony. Boonen and Ballan put their chase on hold because of a freight train.

Felt was showing its final preproduction prototypes of its Redemption trail bike. The chassis relies on Felt’s Equilink design to deliver 7 inches of travel.

O'Grady is feeling as fit as ever.

Specialized’s new Captain tire, designed by Ned 'The Captain' Overend. The S-Works version is set to cost $45 and the Control version $35.

Ramsey takes the win on his own

Christoph Sauser has a new Specialized tire too; it's called the Sauserwind. It will also carry prices of $45 for the S-Works and $35 for the Control version.

Dan Ramsey and Andy Jaques-Maynes in the early break

Crank Brothers has a new short spindle kit for its eggbeater, this one is made from stainless steel rather than titanium and costs $40.

Before the storm.

World champ Jill Kintner’s GT is sporting a custom white set of Juicy Ultimate brakes.

Rain, rain, rain

Events surrounding the 2007 Tour de Georgia officially kicked off Saturday afternoon in Peachtree City, which meant two things were less than 48 hours away: The start of stage 1 and — more significantly — the return of Tyler Hamilton. The 2004 Olympic time trial champion has been racing in Europe since January, but Monday will mark the first time Hamilton turns the cranks in a UCI race on American soil since the 2001 San Francisco Grand Prix. Since then, the now 36-year-old has seen quite a few ups and a healthy share of downs, at a rate few of us will ever know. He won stages at the Tour

The caliper matches the lever.

Compton does it on her own

Kelli Emmett (Giant) getting fit for Shimano’s new heat moldable SH-M300 mountain shoe.

SRAM unveiled a bunch of new product, including a new X.0 rear derailleur. The major change is in the cage — instead of full carbon, the inner length of the pulley cage is aluminum.

Trebon tries an early dig...

Cancellara says he doesn't need a train to win at Roubaix

Joel Smith, John Tomac and the Carbide cross-country bike.

A closer look at the Carbide.

The brand is back

The Spyder

The flex stay design

Scott USA’s Addict SL...

...sports a unique integrated bottom bracket...

Hutchinson and Mavic teamed up for a new 29-inch offering.

Sauser’s custom 2X9 carbon crank.

Sauser’s S-Works Epic race bike

Yeah, there's nothing to this whole bike-racing thing — unless you count the cold and the cobbles

Love the Otter: Kabush shows off one of his prizes

Kabush and Nash tops at Otter TT

“(N)o one wants to look like wimps on national television."—Health Net-Maxxis team director Jeff Corbett while discussing whether the inaugural U.S. Open Cycling Championships should be run as scheduled despite wintry weather With all due respect to everyone who took a beating from hypothermia in Virginia or cobblestones in Belgium during this past week, Jeff Corbett had it exactly right. Cycling — and pro cycling in particular — is not for wimps. This is the time of year when colorfully clad cyclists start popping up like migratory tulips on our potholed roads, inspiring bored columnists

Farrar broke his patella on the drop off of the Kemmelberg.

Matt Wilson escaped with only a sprained wrist.

Gary Fisher’s new HiFi Carbon Pro

The non-drive side of the new bike. Check out the co-molded link and shock attachment points.

Cut-aways illustrating the co-molding process, these are for the seat tube link.

Fisher’s new Superfly carbon 29er hardtail, it’s designed in the Waterloo, Wisconsin, but will be made overseas.

Fox Racing Shox new 29-inch fork built exclusively for Gary Fisher and Trek, featuring a 51mm offset, this one relies on F Series RLC internals.

Fisher’s new HiFi 29er

Bontrager was showing a Prototype Rhythm 29 wheelset with a modified crow’s foot lacing pattern with 24 spokes.

The new Paragon hardtail

And its shaped tubing

Trek’s new full-suspension 69er, there is rumor that one will be spec’d how Brown races his, with a single front chainring.

The geared 69er hardtail...

USA Cycling on Thursday announced the eight-member squad that will represent the USA Cycling National Development Team at the Tour de Georgia April 16-22. The third event on the inaugural USA Cycling Professional Tour calendar and a UCI 2.HC-ranked race, the Tour de Georgia will feature some of the top European-based UCI ProTour squads as well as other top domestic and international pro cycling teams. Supported heavily by Specialized, AMD, the USA Cycling Development Foundation and VMG Racing, The USA Cycling National Development Team is comprised of some of the best and brightest young

..shares its seatstays with the original single-speed 69er hardtail.

The arbitration panel scheduled to review the doping case of Floyd Landis has ruled that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency may retest Landis’s remaining B from last summer’s Tour de France for the presence of exogenous testosterone. Landis allegedly tested positive for a skewed testosterone-epitestosterone ratio following his remarkable come-from-behind performance in the 17th stage of the 2006 Tour. While the panel, in a 2-1 decision, voted to allow the testing of remaining B samples, it deferred a ruling on whether the resulting evidence could be admitted in Landis’s suspension hearing, now

Giants among their peers: Craig and Emmett made their sponsor proud

Mio Technology Europe will sponsor the Discovery Channel cycling team for this year’s Tour de France and the rest of the 2007 season, GPS Business News reported Thursday. Mio Technology is a European manufacturer of global positioning systems. It was not clear if the sponsorship would continue into 2008. The Discovery Channel team is currently searching for a new title sponsor to replace Discovery Communications, which announced in February it would end its three-year title sponsorship at the end of the 2007 season. GPS Business News reports that the sponsorship offers Mio “a good way to

Gould has been dominant so far this season.

Burghardt shows off his prize

Brard and Mengin in the break

Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) was one of many victims of the cobbled Kemmelberg

Burghardt on the cobbles

Matt Wilson (Unibet.com) was another

Farrar's classics debut was cut short by a crash on the cobbles

Boonen says he's ready for Sunday

Ventoso and Hammond driving it hard

They call it a 'sprinters' classic,' but there's a long ride before that last 200 meters.

The two trips down the back side of the Kemmelberg took their toll.

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The peloton got close... but not close enough.

The embattled ProTour team Unibet.com was officially warned it had broken Belgian law Wednesday, just as several of its riders fell victim to the cobbles in the Ghent-Wevelgem semi-classic. The Belgian-Swedish outfit, sponsored by an Internet betting company, had initially been caught up in a dispute between race organizers and the sport's world ruling body the UCI over the number of teams in the ProTour. But lately the team has fallen victim to the strict interpretation of laws in France and Belgium governing betting. Internet betting is illegal in both countries and the teamwas

Is 'the man who beat Petacchi' now a favorite to win in Wevelgem?

Healthy again, Kabush is a favorite to take Sunday's cross-country

Our latest reader-submitted Photo Gallery is now ready for your viewing pleasure. Of course, a new gallery also means the naming of the winner of our most recent contest. This week’s winning photograph is one of those that prompted a response from everyone to whom we showed it. Usually, it was “OUCH!” Leslie Karnowski’s “Pedal strike Maryville Tenn crit” isn’t your usual gratuitous crash photo. Instead, it beautifully captures one of those moments all of us as racers have either experienced or continue to dread. Nice work, Leslie. Please drop us a note at Rosters@InsideInc.comto work

Nico Mattan scored a big win in 2005

Hushovd charges to victory in 2006

Pedal strike Maryville Tenn crit

The driver pretended not to see the red light nor hear the honking black and white which followed him for a block until Calvin angrily blasted him to the curb with the siren. “Watch him say ‘who me?’” said Calvin as he got out of the car and approached from the driver’s side while Francis advanced on the passenger side, shining his light, distracting the driver to protect his vulnerable partner on the street.— “The Choirboys,” by Joseph Wambaugh How many of you laughed out loud when Jan Ullrich’s lawyer said we shouldn’t leap to any conclusions just because his client has been inextricably

Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich insisted Sunday that he is above reproach despite blood bags seized in a Spanish doping scandal having been proven to be his by German prosecutors. DNA tests on blood seized in the offices of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes last year have proven that the samples are Ullrich's, say Bonn prosecutors, who are investigating the rider for possible fraud. But in a letter addressed to his fans on his website, the 1997 Tour de France winner said: "These latest findings change strictly nothing of the fact that I'm blameless. "I've never lied