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Along with the usual scrum of reporters, local Knysna school children attended the pre-race press conference

South Africa's downhill great Greg Minnaar hangs out in the tent village in Uniondale prior to the start of stage 2.

Team Rwanda: American Jonathan Boyer and his Rwandan teammate prepare for the first stage in Knysna.

Anderson wins and Neben celebrates.

... the usual celebration in San Remo...

Teutenberg moves toward the front of the field

... with a long and beautiful ride in between.

Up and comer Brooke Miller leads the break.

Voeckler on the attack.

Neben: 'You have to make a decision about today or tomorrow.'

Popovych quickly countered that move, leaving Voeckler behind, but Pellizotti stayed with him for a while.

Teutenberg: 'There's no reason not to work'

Popovych was caught at the base of the Poggio.

Teutenberg initiated the break

Ricco and Gilbert were caught with 2km to go

It's Moninger and England again, only on a flat course.

.. chased when things got worrisome...

Slipstream came to the front of the chase, but couldn't get away.

... and eventually reeled in.

Gilbert leads on the Poggio

Freire wins Milan-San Remo

The Australian cycling community was in shock Saturday upon hearing that Damian McDonald, a 34-year-old retired cyclist who took a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, had been killed in a massive collision in Melbourne’s Burnley Tunnel. In a scene Australian newspapers have described as horrific, an eight-vehicle pileup sparked a series of explosions and a subsequent blaze believed to have topped 1000 degrees. Motorists reported a “huge” fireball erupting from the crash scene, causing more than 400 people to leave their vehicles and flee the tunnel. Sprinklers and

Ready to race

Freire nails it.

Sutherland on the attack...

The day's escape was expected...

Moninger easily protected his hold on the jersey

A good part of the day involves a pleasant ride along the coast

BMC monitored the field before and after the day's break went.

Kopp suffered a broken nose and a concussion.

... and takes the win.

The traditional start in Milan...

Ready to ride, Redlands attracts one of the top women's fields in the U.S.

. . . to Africa's house we go

Tom Ritchey and Thomas Frischknecht

Moninger punches it

Neben kept her cool — and her jersey

Downing and Dominguez are off early, fighting for sprint points

The Mavic wheelmen were busy at Oak Glen

So was the peloton

Chasing Curi

Abbott en route to a flowery stage win

Say, is that Steven Spielberg over there?

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Millar hopes for a peachy Georgia

Ekimov has been Discovery's lucky charm this season

Pozzato has gotten off to a strong start in 2007, winning Het Volk

Over the river . . .

. . . and through the mud . . .

For Evans, Paris-Nice was an early season test. Now he aims for the Ardennes Classics

Neben picks up where she left off last year

Men's winner Svein Tuft guts it out on the climb.

Chris Baldwin is looking for the finish line near the top of the climb.

Kim Anderson works up a sweat warming up for the prologue

Former Natl Champion Kathryn Curi returns to racing after a tough year recuperating from an accident.

Ben Jacques Maynes is a blur as he tops the climb.

Riders head for the top of the climb and the end of a difficult prologue.

Tilford...

... and Rogers. These guys aren't doing the Master's race, by the way.

The Ancient Cyclist, at the Red Zinger Boulder to Breckenridge road race, an event in which he was not forced to don cycling shorts

A talented climber, 2006 winner Amber Neben may benefit from the return of Oak Glen, but she’ll still have her hands full in her efforts to repeat at Redlands.

This year, the road to Oak Glen will feature a couple of Cat. 2 climbs as a warm-up for the big haul.

Farrar has recovered from the cold he had at Paris-Nice

Holczer says the ProTour worth fighting for

The Radar Black Hero

Oakley compiled a media kit including a Sharpie permanent marker and a lens blank to illustrate the prowess of its new hydrophobic lens coating

We scribbled on the lens blank with the Sharpie, and you can see that the ink beaded on the coated side (left) of the lens

When we wiped the lens the ink came off the coated side very easily. Not the case with the uncoated side. Even pressure was applied on both sides of the lens with a dry tissue

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. Kevin Dillard’s shot of the Off-road section of the Poolesville Road Race reminds us just how cool road racing can be… especially when it goes back to its roots and hits a bit of dirt. It’s a terrific shot, Kevin. Congratulations. Please drop us a note at Rosters@InsideInc.comto work out the details and we’ll send you a copy of our new Coors Classic DVD. Meanwhile, go ahead and take a lookat our latest

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced Tuesday that it has made a request to take up civil action involving Spain's Operación Puerto scandal. On March 12, the presiding judge in the criminal case threw out the case on the grounds that Spain had no law specifically barring the use of doping products or methods for sporting competition at the time alleged infractions occurred. State prosecutors appealed that decision two days later. Last year's probe uncovered an alleged doping network said to involve 58 cyclists out of a total of 200 athletes. Revelations implicating top

Poolesville Road Race off-road section

No matter how they're feeling, you can't write either one of these guys off.

VeloGear Warehouse Clearance Sale in Boulder on Saturday, March 24

K-Force carbon handlebar

VeloGear Warehouse Clearance Sale in Boulder on Saturday, March 24Boulder, CO, March 16, 2007 — VeloGear, the cycling and triathlongear retailer, will hold its annual Warehouse Clearance Sale in Boulderon Saturday, March 24 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Prices will be slashedup to 75% off VeloGear’s extensive inventory of apparel, jerseys, books,DVDs, posters, jewelry, and home décor. The clearance sale will make room for VeloGear’s new spring merchandise,which is on sale now at www.VeloGear.com.VeloNews subscribers will receive the VeloGear Spring/Summer Cataloginside issue 6 in

Contador takes the stage and the overall

Contador claims the mantle as next big Spanish hope