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Bettini and Leipheimer chat it up

Basso races past Coit Tower

. . . really going . . .

The long and winding road

Bettini

. . . and gone.

More of the same

World TT champ Cancellara

Levi and friends at the start in Sausalito

Oh, let's have a break, whaddaya say?

Hincapie

Hincapie and Zabriskie chat it up before the gun

Disco' drilling it

The ever-smiling Horner

Rolling out of town

Curb to curb

Hushovd

Discovery keeping a tight leash on the bunch

The stage podium

Instead of warming up for the Tour of California prologue and a title defense, Landis was riding around San Francisco this morning

Leipheimer does it again

The upstart Donald nearly pulled off the win

World TT champ Cancellara finished fifth

Zabriskie was sanguine: 'That’s just the way cycling is'

Leipheimer takes the podium

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Embattled 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis struck out at UCI president Pat McQuaid on Sunday, accusing cycling's top official of subjecting him to a trial by media as he prepares for an arbitration hearing before the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Landis was reacting to a story in the San Jose Mercury News in which McQuaid was quoted as saying that Landis’s defense against a positive doping test from stage 17 of last year’s Tour is simply damage control at an "epic" level. "Every athlete who tests positive blames the system and somebody else," said McQuaid. "Floyd's no different.

The ever-stylish Bettini

Just check out those shoes

Talk about your golden slippers

Tim Johnson's footwear is a tad understated by comparison

A Quick Step wrench on the job

Vogels gets his game face on

Heinrich hopes to help rebuild cycling's credibility

Julich is ready to race again after a disappointing 2006

Leipheimer looks like the man to watch in this year's Amgen Tour

Hincapie and Julich meet the press in San Francisco

Bettini's appearance in California is equal parts training and tourism

Next question, please

USA Cycling's Sean Petty fields a query

Tour de France extends partnership with VeloNews through 2009

The professional continental team Slipstream-Chipotle (formerly TIAA-CREF) is heading to the Amgen Tour of California happy to know that it will also participate in this year’s the prestigious Criterium International stage race. ASO, the organizing body of the Tour de France, gave Slipstream-Chipotle the invitation late last week. "Everyone is really excited about this, as it’s a race that all the young guys have read about and dreamed of competing in," said team director Jonathan Vaughters. “As an organization, we are very grateful that ASO has given us this opportunity to race in one of

World Anti-Doping Agency chairman Richard Pound said Friday he has no regrets about his abrasive style in dealing with famous athletes which earned him a warning from the International Olympic Committee. "I'm very happy to be known by the enemies I make," Pound told reporters on the sidelines of a two-day anti-doping conference in Athens. "You're dealing in most cases with organized cheating and hypocrisy beyond belief. You've got to challenge them; you've got to be right in their face." Demonized in Athens prior to the 2004 Games for making acidic remarks on the

Tour de France Extends Partnership with VeloNews Through 2009For immediate release:February 16, 2007 Paris, France — The organizers of the Tour de France, Paris-based Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), have again chosen VeloNews to be their North American media partner, extending an existing publishing agreement through 2009. The 2007 edition of The Official Guide to the Tour de France will mark the seventh consecutive year that VeloNews has produced this key marketing tool for the biggest annual sporting event in the world. The decision to extend the coveted agreement with the Tour for

Ellis

Ellis puts a lot of stock in a formula that Vaughters has used to build the team over the years.

Luis León Sánchez wins the Mallorca Challenge

This custom Llewellyn, commissioned by San Francisco collector Brett Horton, will be one of the works of art on display at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, March 2 – 4, in San Jose, California.

Tour de France extends partnership with VeloNews through 2009

TARGETRAINING, a premiere Connecticut personal and endurance coaching company, continues its support of the pro peloton with the introduction of the 2007 TARGETRAINING Women’s Professional Cycling Team. It hopes to add to the momentum of women’s racing in the United States. TARGETRAINING’s Chief Executive, Rick Spear, said that "women endurance athletes are a key aspect of the future of the sport and that we should help in this effort." The team gathers a dynamic squad of women: Rebecca Much, multiple US Champion and U23 World Time Trial Silver Medalist; Megan Elliot, former US Road Race

Either way it goes, Pereiro just wants a resolution.

The waiting game: Pereiro is frustrated with the slow wheels of justice.

Team TARGETRAINING

2007 Amgen Tour of California - stage details and host cities

2007 Amgen Tour of California - stage details and host cities

2007 Amgen Tour of California - stage details and host cities

2007 Amgen Tour of California - stage details and host cities

SIMON SPOTLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT to Publish Floyd Landis’ POSITIVELY FALSEFor Immediate ReleaseFebruary 14, 2007 (New York City). Simon Spotlight Entertainment(SSE), an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced today that it willpublish a book by cyclist Floyd Landis, the 2006 Tour de France winnerwho was accused three days after winning the race of taking banned performanceenhancing drugs and who is currently fighting these allegations. In POSITIVELYFALSE, Landis will tell his compelling life story–from being born intoa strict Pennsylvania Mennonite family where he cultivated an

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Tour Wars: Angelo Zomegnan (Giro d'Italia), Christian Prudhomme (Tour de France) and Victore Cordero (Vuelta a Espana) are standing firm against the ProTour

Zomegnan may invite as many as six wild-cards to the Giro.

This year's race to the sun will be a tough one.

Tech Report: It’s only February, but look at all the new stuff

The Astana team was sporting new wheels, too.

Scenery like this and the chance for good weather may make the Tour of California an early season draw for years to come.

Dutch veteran Michael Boogerd is still going strong. VeloNews spied the big-toothed classics star leading Rabobank on an intense training ride along the mountainous rugged coastline Saturday.

Who says the peloton hasn't gone international? Astana is the first top-level pro team registered in Kazakhstan.

The brother and sister of Isaac Galvez were overcome with emotion in a special homage to the late Illes Balears rider ahead of Sunday's start. Galvez died in a crash during a track race in November. He won two stages in last year's Mallorca C

David Millar is in Mallorca, working to hone his TT skills

February 13, 2007: This week’s issue of VeloNews includes a 54-page guide for the 2007 Sea Otter Classic, to be held April 12 – 15, 2007. The Sea Otter Classic is a four-day ‘Celebration of Sport’ welcoming enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels, from toddler to senior, recreational rider to world-class pro athlete. The festival hosts a non-stop schedule of events-- road, cross-country and gravity events for amateurs and professionals, road and mountain bike tours for non-competitive riders, and also features the world’s largest outdoor consumer bike exposition. In addition to planning

Can he make another run at the climber's jersey?

Montréal-Boston Tour route set for August

Mancebo found a place to land.

T-Mobile's Patrik Sinkewitz is happy to be back at Mallorca. The team decamped here for more than two weeks in January and Monday's start was loaded with German fans. Mallorca's population includes 20 percent German-speaking residents.

Peter Van Petegem made his Quick Step-Innergetic debut on Sunday. The Belgian classics tough-man will be the team's wild-card during the northern classics this year, playing joker to Paolo Bettini and Tom Boonen.

Reigning world mountain bike champion Gunn-Rita Dahle enjoyed the action Sunday. She will stay for nearly a month in Mallorca to prepare for the 2007 season.

Jose Luis Chechu Rubiera doesn't look too concerned that sponsor Discovery Channel is leaving at the end of the 2007 season.

2006 Milan- San Remo winner Filippo Pozzato, in his new Liquigas kit, was hanging with a few of his old Quick Step buddies.