The elite men’s break goes up the road
The elite men's break goes up the road
The elite men's break goes up the road
Evans blazes the final time trial to take the overall
Evans celebrates his last-minute victory
Contador conceded nearly a minute and the overall win in the final stage
Felicia Gomez (Webcor) starts her successful prologue
Jeremy Powers (JellyBelly) shows the pain of riding uphill into a headwind
Mari Holden (T-Mobile) looks ahead to a successful start to LVDB
Valverde makes it look easy
Contador's grip on yellow has been loosened a bit
A perfect day - and place - for a bike race.
Ullrich: riding into shape.
Garate leads the attack
Still Smiling: Horner leads the chase. The American now sits in 10th place at 1:14.
Kashechkin
Phil Zajicek (Navigators) pushes the last 100 meters to the finish
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VeloNews sees expanded interest for 2006 Official Tour de France Guide
VeloNews sees expanded interest for 2006 Official Tour de France Guide
Winning Horner style
Contador takes the stage and the lead
Horner's stay in the yellow jersey was a short one
Where'd you ride today?
The Evans group
Sevilla solo
Contador attacks
Paco chasing down national U-23 rider Colin Cares
The bad, black Scott USA Sportsmobile
Kintner, up close and personal
Lopes, in living color
PARIS, France -- It sounds unlikely, but even after the retirement of Lance Armstong, interest in the Official Guide to the Tour de France produced by VeloNews is considerably ahead of what it was at the same time last year. With two weeks left until space close, the 2006 Official Tour Guide has already sold more advertising pages, the newsstand draw has approximately doubled, bike shop interest is at a record high, and the issue looks likely to set an all-time record for paid circulation for the ABC-audited magazine. While VeloNews's long-time status as the official publication of
Photo or sculpture?
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The Aeolus 6.5...
... and a closer look.
Tech Talk: Bontrager and the importance of being aero’
Tech Talk: Bontrager and the importance of being aero’
Horner seizes the stage and the lead with a late break
Think he's at all happy about how things turned out?
Loosli and Beauchat get things rolling early
Moreau has a go
Ullrich falls off the pace
Savoldelli retains the overall lead
Konyshev took a good, long dig
Voigt finished more than 10 minutes back at Liège and he couldn't be happier.
McEwen notches another win
McEwen's back where he likes to be, in the thick of the action
Davitamon-Lotto on the front
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn: Water build-up and Shimmy solutions
Gianetti has put together a strong squad for '06...
... and has put a lot of stock into two of his stars.
A fan reacts as Savoldelli shifts gears en route to victory
Ullrich makes his racing debut for 2006
Valverde slots into second
McGee takes third
Pereiro grabs fourth
Bodrogi rounds out the top five
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.A pat on the editorial backEditor:Your live online coverage of the Tour de Georgia is absolutely fantastic. Well done, VeloNews. Michael DowToronto, Ontario, Canada P.S. Could you please ask John Wilcockson if he would possibly be interested in tutoring me? I'd be honored to follow
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Valverde celebrates
Make that an extra-beautiful day
Horner scored an eighth-place finish
Boogerd on the attack
The Bettini group on La Redoute
Whatever you do, hold your line
Valverde wins
The podium
Boogerd and Rodriguez on the march
Haedo wins the stage
Landis had a mechanical, but stayed cool and collected the overall
The jersey winners enjoy the prerogative of the podium
Frischkorn and Louder have a dig
A beautiful day after some rainy riding
And an appreciative crowd
Toyota at the front
Landis adds the Georgia title to an already-stellar early campaign
And Haedo has something to celebrate