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The Hoyts doing the Holliston triathalon

Bike racer or cult member? You make the call.

Barry has his feet back on top of the pedals again after a bout with bacteria

With five gold, two silver and two bronze medals the Australian track squad was the talk of the Athens Olympic velodrome in 2004. Just 17 months ahead of the Beijing Olympics, however, the talk at the end of the four-day competition world track championship in Mallorca was all about how the team’s dominance had all but evaporated. This time around, the Aussies scored two golds and four bronze medals. That’s not a bad tally – good enough for second on the final medals count - but it pales in comparison to past performances and to the seven golds, two silvers and two bronzes earned by

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 of two of the most remarkable racers we’ve encountered in our years of covering competitive sports. Dick Hoyt and his son Rick regularly compete in Ironman-distance triathlons and John Goeller’s photo – “The Hoyts doing the Holliston triathalon” – captures the challenge Dick Hoyt takes on when he and Rick take to the starting line. Indeed, the bike leg seems to be the easiest of the

The Bos

Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi

Programming executives at NBC are finalizing plans for the premiere of a new “reality” TV show based on the day-to-day travails of one of this country’s most beloved professional road racers. “The whole bicycle racing thing is something of a mystery to most Americans,” said NBC’s vice president for reality programming, Graham Gibson. “Most people don’t really grasp the intricacies of the sport and it’s not for television’s lack of trying. We’ve tried to make the sport a profit center, but no one really jumps on board. What we finally decided to do is to develop a fan base by focusing on one

It's been a party for the last few days

Dear readers,We have received a number of letters from readers complaining about USA Cycling’s plans to “outsource” its membership services to a contractor in India named “HelloDehli.” The story, which appeared on this website on Sunday April 1st, was an example of a long tradition at VeloNews, namely the April Fools Day news story. We regret any confusion this story generated and would like to assure readers that USA Cycling has no plans to outsource its services to contractors, be they overseas or in the United States. - Editor USA Cycling outsourcing membership servicesFaced with a budget

Pendleton earns gold No. 2

'What's not to like about this guy?' said one network official.

Reed had to settle for fifth

McDonough and endurance coach Colby Pearce at world's in Mallorca

Hammer leads the points race... but scored no points.

McDonough has high hopes for Beijing

Gould dominated women's races all weekend

Voigt takes a step toward winning his third Critérium International

Kabush is on-form in these early season races

Hoy powers to another kilo title

JHK gets help in the tech zone

Next on the agenda is a new world record.

A big field that was trimmed by heat, distance and mechanicals

Lövkvist en route to dominating the final stage

Wells and Kabush fought it out until the final lap

Voigt takes the win ahead of Lövkvist and Valverde

This one really came down to a battle between Gould and McConneloug

Julich, who spent some time in the hot seat during the finale, wound up top American in 15th overall at 2:03

The women's podium

Bates in the lead

The men's podium

Colby Pearce launches Sara Hammer into the pts race

Bos with his coach

The four-time champ mourns his lost Madison partner

Men’s Super D podium

Bos blasts into the sprint final

Popping the cork: The women’s Super D podium

Pendleton celebrates

Meares and her coach celebrate Australia's first gold of this year's championships

She collected a bronze in the sprint to go with it

French coach Florian Rousseau has blasted the race tactics of Australian Mark French, who was disqualified from the men's keirin at the track world championships in Palma de Majorca, Spain. French was disqualified by race officials at the world track cycling championships Friday after a potentially dangerous maneuver that effectively ended the medal hopes of Rousseau's star keirin rider Kevin Sireau. Eventual gold medalist Chris Hoy of Great Britain won the second-round heat, in which the top three go through to the finals, ahead of defending Dutch champion Theo Bos and another

Llaneras blazes towards the points-race gold

The Bulls celebrate their victory.

Creed was still suffering the effects of a bad cold and didn't make the medal round

Meares rips the 500, beating her own world record

Bourgain advanced in the sprint

Pollack celebrates his first victory of 2007

Chiappa didn't

A sloppy, scary sprint

Pendleton prepares herself for another run at gold

Quinn thought she had made the right move to get the medal

Lining up for the points race

Meares burning up the boards

Kabush wrangles the holeshot in the men's event

Quinn is a killer bike handler and that may have cost her on Saturday.

women’s warm up, Georgia Gould, Shonny Vanlandingham, Katerina Nash

Llaneras takes an emotional victory for the host nation

Gould off on her own

Quinn before the bad news.

Sydor chasing with Nash in tow

Quinn shares a moment coach Colby Pearce after hearing of the judges' decision.

Craig at the front

The podium

But not as much as these guys regret laying it down on the unsanded boards

Britain blazed the team-pursuit qualifier and then won gold in the final

The men's podium, sans Schnell and Craig

Hammer focuses pre-ride

JHK took a brief detour through the cactus

And off she goes

The women's podium

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Celebrating with coach and manager Andy Sparks

The 2007 Tour of Utah will be canceled due to a lack of sponsorship, and its executive director has stepped down, the race’s board of directors announced Friday in Salt Lake City. The six-day, six-stage, 400-mile race had been scheduled for July 2-7. “In assessing our current staff, meeting personally with community stakeholders and business leaders, and observing the Tour of California bicycle race, I believe that we have the foundation in place to build a well-respected and successful event,” said board chairman Greg Miller. “We hit the ground running in January, and after getting up to

Huff racing in his scratch-race heat

Organizers on Friday released the list of 21 teams slated to race the U.S. Open Cycling Championships April 7 in Virginia. The 112-mile men’s race, a stop on the UCI Americas Tour (UCI 1.1) and the national USA Cycling Pro Tour, starts in Williamsburg and finishes in Richmond. A nine-lap women’s race in Richmond will use the western section of the men’s course. Among the athletes bound for Virginia are Ivan Dominquez and Henk Vogels (Toyota-United); Svein Tuft (Symmetrics); Fausto Marcelino Muñoz (Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara); and Danny Pate

Henderson racing his heat

Wiggins leads the British pursuit squad as it charges to a sub-4:00 qualifier.

Hoy takes the keirin