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Bessette found herself in a distasteful Luna sandwich

It was a numbers game

And Compton would not be caught

Scott Addict - Official Team Bike Team Saunier Duval Prodir 2007 Already in the development stage we lived up to and exceeded the high expectations and needs of the Saunier Duval Prodir team. For riders like Gilberto Simoni and Leonardo Piepoli it’s indispensable to be able to rely on a light and rigid bike, which is still comfortable and agile in riding. Two years ago we and our engineers joined together and continued the development of the established CR1 carbon technology. The result was to set yet another milestone in the Scott hi-end bike range. Staying true to the CR1 Innovation and

It’s still the same old story,A fight for love and glory,A case of do or die!The world will always welcome loversAs time goes by. — "As Time Goes By," Herman Hupfeld This isn’t much of a rant; it’s more of a rave. I love cyclo-cross. When I stumbled into this sport back in the 1980s, my first love was road racing. But she was too classically pretty and refined to pay much attention to the likes of me. I followed her around like a retarded puppy, but she hardly knew I was alive, barring one sidelong glance at the state road championships in New Mexico back in 1991. All the jocks were crazy

National champ Todd Wells (GT) leads Danish champ Joachim Parbo in last weekend's Boulder Cyclocross race

Press Release - Scott and SRAM team up to equip Saunier Duval

The last time O'Grady and cyclo-cross were seen together

Oceanside, California -- November, 2006 -- SponsorHouse, the largest online community of athletes and brands in motorsports, action sports and cycling, today announced the launch of its completely redesigned technology platform. Since 2001, SponsorHouse has been revolutionizing the way athletes and sponsors connect and interact. By allowing athletes to post profiles highlighting their accomplishments and sponsorship needs, SponsorHouse streamlines the matching process. Sponsors are able to sort and view 80,000 profiles in their quest for amateur and professional athletes to represent

Adventure race designer Dean Payne, creator of the successful Sea2Summitadventure race series, has created a new multi-day mountain-bike stagerace in Canada for 2007. The seven-stage race, titled SEVEN, will sendtwo-person teams from Victoria, British Columbia, up the Sunshine Coastand finally to Whistler, home of Canada’s largest ski resort.The entire course is around 500 km, and will send riders on three ferryboat rides, over zip lines and countless climbs in Canada's rugged Coastal Range. The race begins July 1, 2007.The course was designed by Canadian Olympian Andreas Hestler, who

NEW INDOOR VELODROME TO BE BUILT NEAR PHILADELPHIAFirst Indoor Cycling Track for East Coast and Second in USA Gets LocalSupportEAGLEVILLE, PA November 3, 2006: Lower Providence TownshipManager, Joseph C. Dunbar, along with investors and project developers,announced today that the first indoor velodrome and events center on theEast Coast will be located on a 14 acre site not far from Valley ForgeNational Park just outside of Philadelphia.The 2,500 seat arena and world class velodrome will be capable of hostinghigh level national and international competition and will provide a muchneeded year

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Interbike v. Bio: A look back and aheadEditor:I feel compelled to respond to Enrique Paulo's letter today regarding the BIO and Interbike trade shows (see Wednesday’s Mailbag, "Can you say BIO?"). My PR consultant says I should keep my yap shut, but I'm not smart enough to listen

Lance Armstrong trades pedal power for pavement-pounding Sunday in the New York Marathon, but the seven-time Tour de France winner holds no illusions about winning his debut at the distance. The 35-year-old American has not run beyond 16 miles at a time in practice but is confident he can finish the 26.2-mile journey in about three hours. "I have been able to average six-minute miles for 10 miles but they say the 20-mile mark is just halfway," Armstrong told USA Today. "I have no delusions of grandeur about my finish. It's too late for any crazy marathon training. It's just too

Valverde - here on the podium in Madrid - aims to make Paris next year.

I'll give you $5 bucks for that Scott CR1 Team Issue

Colby Pearce leads 'em through the sand.

Another day at the beach for Danish rider, Joachim Parbo.

Todd Wells: doing Durango proud.

Halloween attire at Boulder Cycle Sport.

Why Costa Rica? Adam Craig explains why his season continues

Why Costa Rica? Adam Craig explains why his season continues

Why Costa Rica? Adam Craig explains why his season continues

Why Costa Rica? Adam Craig explains why his season continues

Why Costa Rica? Adam Craig explains why his season continues

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (November 1, 2006) - California Giant Berry Farmshas been named presenting sponsor of the 2006 USA Cycling National Cyclo-CrossChampionships being held Dec. 15-17 at Roger Williams Park in Providence."This entire committee is devoted to the promotion of an active, healthylifestyle," said Lyle Fulkerson, operations director. "To have a sponsorsuch as California Giant Strawberries is a perfect fit.

Austin International to be included in new USA Cycling ProfessionalTourThe inaugural event has also received a 1.1 ranking from InternationalCycling Union(Lebanon, NJ) – November 2, 2006 – g4 Productions, LLC, organizersof the Austin International scheduled for June 2007, announced that theinaugural event will be included in USA Cycling’s new Professional Tourand has received a 1.1 license from the International Cycling Union (UCI).“We are very proud that the Austin International has received a 1.1from the UCI. It is rare for a first year event to receive such a highranking but we have put a

Thirty years after making the United States Olympic Cycling team and twentyyears after winning the DuPont Prize for human powered speed and ten yearsafter retiring from professional cycling, Fast Freddy Markham has stunnedthe cycling community by winning the Dempsey-MacCready Prize at the NissanOne Hour Challenge in Casa Grande, AZ, on July 2 2006. Markham won the event with a new world record speed and brought theOne Hour Title back to the United States for the first time since 1990,the last time Markham held it. Markham averaged a record 53.43 miles froma standing start, this beat the old

Interbike Confidently Welcomes Eurobike to U.S.A. Trade Show MarketFollowing a successful 2006 Interbike OutDoor Demo and InternationalBicycle Expo, Interbike responds to announcement of a competing trade showSAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, California – November 1, 2006 – Interbike,a division of VNU Expositions, today responded to Eurobike’s announcementof its plans to launch a competing show in Portland, Oregon in fall 2007.“I was interested to hear the news of Eurobike’s proposed show,” saidLance Camisasca, Interbike's group show director. “We welcome competition,as it will help us do a better

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Saiz got a what?Dear VeloNews,So riders who are implicated in an investigation cannot sign for aProTour team because of their Code of Conduct, yet Manolo Saiz - himselfimplicated in Operación Puerto - can be granteda ProTour license to run a team?With the fox guarding the henhouse

Press Release - Markham nails Dempsey-MacCready Prize

Press Release - Markham nails Dempsey-MacCready Prize

Press Release - Markham nails Dempsey-MacCready Prize

Tinkoff is said to be courting Ullrich

Muenzer celebrates gold in Athens.

Cody Peterson took men's honors at the Idaho State Championships

Kelli Emmett won the women’s event

Emmett also showed up for the Shimano kids race

The Scott Cyclocross Team Bike

Compton’s custom Primus Mootrys were stolen Sunday night

An unidentified UCI spokesman

Edmonton, Alberta (AP) — Olympic champion cyclist Lori-Ann Muenzer has decided she won't try to defy the odds one more time. Muenzer, who won the sprint gold medal at the 2004 Athens Games at the age of 38, announced on Monday she is retiring from cycling. She plans to concentrate on her company Pure Momentum Inc., which promotes Canadian female motivational speakers, and devote time to a program she's established to develop young cyclists. “I really thought long and hard about it,” Muenzer said. “To be able to have the ultimate performance you have to have so many things in

Cody Peterson (3D Racing-SRAM-LFP&CO) and Kris Walker (Intermountain Sports Medicine-LCR) won their respective men’s and women’s Idaho state cyclo-cross championship races Sunday October 29 held at Sun Valley ski resort. The event, dubbed “Crosstoberfest,” had a festival feel. Loud polka music and hip-hop took turns entertaining the large crowds. While, free cowbells and gigantic authentic beer steins filled to the brim kept spectators loud and rowdy. Peterson, an Idaho native and in his first year racing cyclo-cross, used a small hill leading into a windy open field as the springboard for

"If someone calls me up and says their toaster is talking to them, I don’t refer them to professional help, I say, ‘Put the toaster on the phone.’"—Sal Ivon, former manager of the Weekly World News Okay, let me see if I’ve got this straight: Manolo Saiz is said to have been found in possession of 60,000 euros worth of mixed currencies and a "cold bag" containing four packets of a no-no called Synacthene, and five months later the UCI Licenses Commission hands him a ProTour ticket, leaving him with a fat grin and a double fistful of Alexandre Vinokourov’s chamois with a downhill pull? Venga,

Colorado Springs, Colo. (October 31, 2006)--Beginning with the 2007competitive cycling season, USA Cycling is introducing a new mountain bikecalendar designed to recognize and support top-level regional, nationaland international events through a season-long calendar similar to theNational Racing Calendar model that is currently utilized in road cycling. The new USA Cycling National Mountain Bike Calendar is specifically designedto provide a more open access opportunity for those top-level events thathave, for one reason or another, not participated in the traditional “NORBANational

Our latest reader-submitted Photo Gallery is now up for your viewing pleasure. Of course, a new gallery also means the naming of the winner of ourmost recent contest. Take the time to wander through that gallery and see if you agree or disagree with our choice of winner. We found Paul Debacker’s “The View” to be the one image we kept coming back to. What a shot and what a spot on the planet. Nice work, Paul. Let us know some details surrounding that shot, if you get a chance. Drop us a note at Rosters@InsideInc.com to work out the details and we’ll send you a copy of Graham Watson's

A friend full of lifeEditors,The article on Karen Hornbostel brought back a flood of memories. Karen was one of the people who I first contacted when I briefly lived in Boulder in the mid 80’s, it turned out she was a friend of a lady I knew in Albuquerque at the time. Karen proved to be very helpful in finding me a cycling team, at that time she was pretty much the Grand dame of the Alfalfa’s women’s cycling team that Lennard Zinn sponsored.Years later after I had moved away from Boulder I bumped into Karen at the Snow Mountain Stampede Nordic Ski race. We had both aged some but she was

Tom Danielson and Lee's Cyclery to Host Fundraiser for Colorado JuniorCycling Development and Cycling Advocacy in Fort Collins, Colorado, November9th.Tom Danielson of the Discovery Channel Professional Cycling Team andLee's Cyclery will hold a benefit to raise money for junior cycling developmentprograms in Colorado. Admission is free to the public. There will be raffles,a silent auction, door prizes, and more. Food and beverages will be available.Tom will discuss various topics with Dave Towle — the voice of North Americanracing. An audience Q&A will give attendees a chance to ask

Meet Bob Roll and Tom Danielson at Grand Opening of Bike World SanAntonioRoll and Danielson Panel Discussion, Q&A, and Book Signing HelpIntroduce the First Trek Concept Store in TexasBoulder, CO, October 30, 2006 — Get to know Bob Roll and TomDanielson during a panel discussion, Q&A, and book signing at BikeWorld San Antonio on Saturday, November 4 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Rolland Danielson are guests during the four day grand opening of Trek's firstconcept store in the state of Texas. Roll will autograph copies of hisbook, BobkeII. Roll is known for his wild antics as an OLN Tour de

The organizers of the Eurobike trade show in Germany reportedly have announced plans to launch a U.S. show next fall in Portland, Oregon, going head to head with the annual Interbike show in Las Vegas. According to the European trade journal Bike Europe, Eurobike owner Messe Friedrichshafen has not settled on a name or exact date for the show, but is shooting for a period between the middle and end of September. The 2007 Interbike show and its Outdoor Demo are scheduled for September 24-28. Erich Reiss, the U.S. representative for Messe Friedrichshafen, told Bike Europe that "discontent

The View

Friends: Beth Estes (l) and Karen Hornbostel

Wells sand-surfing

Parbo enjoys his first U.S. outing

The women's podium

Press Release- Roll and Danielson in San Antonio

Saiz is back in business

Will the 2006 winner - whoever he might be - show up in '07?

World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has launched a broadside at the handling of a doping investigation which has left the UCI virtually unable to sanction riders suspected of cheating. A police investigation in Spain last May, dubbed Operación Puerto, allegedly uncovered a drug and blood doping network being run by a Madrid-based sports doctor, Eufemiano Fuentes, which implicated 58 professional riders, some of them top names in the peloton. Yet three months after an apparently explosive scandal, cycling's world ruling body may well be forced to allow most of those implicated to return to

McQuaid has grown increasingly frustrated by authorities' handling of Operación Puerto.

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. On missing KarenEditors,After reading LennardZinn's article on his friend Karen, I just felt I had to write.Until today I had never heard of Karen Hornbostel. I didn't knowabout her cycling career, job or her battle with cancer, but afterreading Lennard's piece, I just had

Oh, Colorado's calling meFrom her hillsides and her riversAnd her mesas and her trees.When blizzards snap the power linesAnd all the toilets freezeIn December in the Colorado Rockies.— "Colorado," by Christopher Guest, Sean Kelly and Tony Hendra, from "Lemmings" Nothing says "Colorado" quite like riding your cyclo-cross bike in bibs and short-sleeve jersey on Wednesday, then huddling sweat-suited in the snowy darkness on Thursday. Colorado Springs got its first real winter storm in years yesterday, a heavy, wet dumper of a blizzard that closed roads, highways and schools, snapped tree

Pereiro cautions that Landis is still the official winner.

Karen, we're going to miss you.

Brrrr . . . .

Prudhomme announcing the 2007 Tour route

Livingstone has high hopes for the Tour start in London

Veterans Park

The route for 2007

Prudhomme unveils the 2007 route and demands a clean race.

London mayor Ken Livingstone and Prudhomme say the '07 Tour will offer a unique set of features and challenges.

Karen (right) with her good friend Beth Wrenn-Estes

Karen with friends who bought her a scooter when bike riding became too difficult for her

Bob,I have a question regarding riding at night. I'm a Minnesota commuter and commute using a generally accepted excellent setup – a Niterider 15 watt headlight with a Niterider blinking taillight. But Minnesota statutes 169.222 subsection 6 says:(a) No person shall operate a bicycle at nighttime unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with a lamp which shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and with a red reflector of a type approved by the Department of Public Safety which is visible from all distances from 100 feet to 600 feet to the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEVeloSwap Denver to Feature Four Author AppearancesAttendees can get new bike components and learn about bike maintenance,bike fit, and trainingBoulder, CO, October 26, 2006 — VeloSwap is pleased to announce four author events at this weekend's Denver VeloSwap.Four VeloPress authors will answer questions and autograph books on bikemaintenance and repair, bike fitting, and training. The Denver VeloSwapis the largest bike swap in the country, drawing over 10,000 swappers and400 vendors.Lennard Zinn, VeloNews magazine Technical Editor and master framebuilder, will present

Some rant-readers aren’t too SwiftEditor:I wondered all weekend if anyone would get Patrick O'Grady's last rant. I knew there would be a few who would play the role of the outraged Englishman, but I thought at least one person would check the link. I'll just blame the lack of recognition on crumbling schools and Lilliputian library budgets. Maybe you had to be raised in an Irish household to get this one. A pint of the black for my man O'Grady. Courtney ConnellyTucson, Arizona You want fries with your Mick-baby sandwich?Editor:Am I the only one who noticed the link to

One-time Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich on Wednesday denied that he is being investigated in Spain as part of the Spanish doping probe dubbed Operación Puerto. Ullrich was fired by his T-Mobile team this year after being barred from competing in the Tour de France after Spanish investigators offered evidence which suggested he was involved in doping. The 32-year-old is said to have been given the blood-boosting drug EPO, human growth hormone, steroids and blood transfusions by Madrid-based physician Eufemio Fuentes, the apparent head of a doping ring, but denies knowing him. "Jan

The directors of ProTour cycling teams meeting in Paris this week are calling for the use of DNA evidence to identify doping cheats involved in the Operación Puerto scandal. The directors want all cyclists implicated in the Spanish affair to agree to take DNA tests that would categorically prove whether or not their blood samples were held in the laboratory owned by Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes. "All the teams will ask their riders to agree before January 1, 2007, to the UCI (International Cycling Union) using DNA testing if necessary, particularly in the Puerto affair," a spokesperson for the

The Council of Europe nominated French sports minister Jean-Francois Lamour for president of the World Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday. The 46-nation body endorsed Lamour, a two-time Olympic fencing champion, to succeed Dick Pound, whose term as WADA's president expires next year. Lamour is regarded as one of Europe's most outspoken officials on doping. Lamour, a gold medalist at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and four years later in Seoul, became Sports Minister in 2002. The council confirmed Danish sports minister Brian Mikkelsen as a candidate to WADA's executive

Bicycle Pedals Recalled by Time Sport International Due to Fall HazardNEWS from CPSCU.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionOffice of Information and Public AffairsWashington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 25, 2006Release #07-014 Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 240-8051CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 Bicycle Pedals Recalled by Time Sport International Due to FallHazard WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recallof the following consumer product.