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MTB World Cup: Curaçao preview

The 2006 World Cup mountain-bike race season gets underway this weekend on the Caribbean island of Curaçao. Located just off the coast of Venezuela, Curaçao is known primarily for tourism (it is a regular cruise ship stop), oil (a large refinery dominates the main town of Willemstad) and, for this weekend, mountain biking. The World Cup circus has descended on the island, with 114 men and 52 women scheduled to enter the cross-country race Saturday. All of the world’s top riders have made the trip, led by world champions Gunn-Rita Dahle (Multivan-Merida) and Julien Absalon (Bianchi), and

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VeloNews Photo Gallery: A new winner and a new gallery

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 ourlast contest. Take the time to wander through that gallery and see if you agree or disagree with our choice of winner. We felt especially good about “Passing the torch,” a photo Mike Jacoubowsky took at the 2003 Tour de France. Nice work. Congratulations Mike! Drop us a note at Rosters@InsideInc.com to work out the details and we’ll send you a copy of Graham Watson's "Landscapes of Cycling."Go ahead and take a look at our latest

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Corliss killed in Utah cycling accident

We received the following letter this morning. - EditorWe are deeply saddened to inform you of the tragic passing of Bill Corliss, Director of Development for Specialty Electronics, for Bell Specialty. Bill was riding his bike with 7 other cyclists on Saturday morning near his home in Park City, Utah. A sudden stop by other cyclists led to a collision and ultimately Bill was fatally hit by oncoming traffic. Greg Shapleigh describes Bill this way: “He was a passionate and dedicated cyclist, and raced at a National level. Like many of us, cycling was the thread that connected all the

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Monday’s Mailbag: Rogers, O’Grady and, like, happy campers

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. Rogers is an entertaining storytellerEditor:Kudos to Neal Rogers and his latest "Neighborhood" piece. That he has earned the trust and respect of professional riders is apparent, as is his innate ability to tell a story, share an experience, and entertain the cycling reader/websurfer.

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UCI reinstates Zorzoli

Cycling's world governing body has reinstated the doctor who admitted supplyingdocuments to a journalist who used them in anarticle to accuse Lance Armstrong of doping.Doctor Mario Zorzoli, who works as a manager at the medical serviceof the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), was reinstated in his postMonday. Zorzoli had been provisionally suspended at the end of Februaryafter admitting he had unwittingly given the results of doping controlsto a journalist from the French sports daily L'Equipe.The journalist used them to illustrate a damning article in August 2005which alleged that

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