Saul Raisin leading the break, for about 200 Km.
Saul Raisin leading the break, for about 200 Km.
Saul Raisin leading the break, for about 200 Km.
Lieswyn's last race
Krasimir Vasilev tries his hand..
Bettini in the peloton racing through the park.
Boonen shows why he's one of the best one-day racers in the world
Boonen celebrates on the podium.
The Boonen Fan Club was a very happy group, and he was smiling again.
Walker's effort came a little too late
Ukrainian Grabovskyy takes U23 road title
One taste of Spanish ham and you'll soon understand why the stuff is worthy of its own museum.
Neben tried her hand at an attack with 7km to go
The Madrid Metro comes complete with its own Diorama to give you a scenic view while waiting for the next train
It may take some time to settle in
The U23's first break
Saturday provided the first real test of the road course
The peloton in hot pursuit.
Somarriba goes on the attack
American Steven Cozza leads the peloton through the park on Lap 2
Neben tries as well
The pasta banner was apparently overcooked, and collapsed about 10 minutes after the peloton passed through. Good timing.
Despite a few early crashes, Saturday's race was generally a smooth affair.
Grabovskyy gives chase...
... and it pays off.
So now we see where that football helmet character who shows up the Tour got his inspiration
Farrar: It just wasn't a good day for the American squad.
Morning sign-in
The attacks started early
Neben gives it a shot
Grabovskyy and Dall'Antonio cooperated to catch the break
The Italians have a great word for athletes who have intrinsic ability that allows them to be instant winners: fuoriclasse, literally “of superlative quality.” The French describe these competitors as surdoué, or “exceptionally gifted.” The closest we can come to that in a single English word is probably Superman — but that implies something supernatural. Fuoriclasse means much more than being gifted. In cycling, it is someone who has a slow pulse, large lungs, perfectly proportioned limbs, lean muscles, and, above all, the brain and mindset to utilize all those attributes to win the world’s
Hein Verbruggen (l) congratulates the UCI's new president Pat McQuaid.
A year before his world title, LeMond was already scoring big wins
Irishman Pat McQuaid was elected the new president of cycling's world governing body at the 174th congress of the UCI at the world road race championships in Madrid on Friday. McQuaid, 56, replaces 64-year-old Dutchman Hein Verbruggen, who has been world cycling's chief for the past 14 years but was nominated an honorary life-long president. Four candidates were originally scheduled to stand for election, although Malaysian Darshan Singh withdrew his candidacy during his 10-minute presentation. Spaniard Gregorio Moreno, supported by the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC), was
PRESS RELEASE - Phonak forges new talentsThe Swiss UCI ProTour team signs on additional future hopefulsThe team's commitment towards the future couldn't be any clearer: After already having signed on two young pros for the new season, Florian Stalder (23 years old/SWI) and Fernandez Oliveira (25 years old/ESP), ARcycling AG is now giving three more young riders the opportunity to distinguish themselves on one of the world's best cycling teams. The latest recruits for the 2006 squad are David Vitoria (21 years old/SWI), Jonathan Patrick McCarty (23 years old/USA) and Ryder Hesjedal
Madrid- Tour de France chief Patrice Clerc, the president of the company which owns the world's biggest bike race, said he is alarmed by the current state of cycling only a day before the sport elects a new president. On Friday, International Cycling Union (UCI) president Hein Verbruggen is likely to be replaced by his handpicked successor, Irishman Pat McQuaid. The election is being held, however, under a cloud following suggestions from several UCI members that the UCI has not been transparent and, some have claimed, corrupt - charges that have been vehemently denied by the
Gutierrez had dreams of a rainbow jersey... until the last rider crossed the line
Vancouver, British Columbia (AP) - World Anti-Doping Agency head Dick Pound called a letter from two sports leaders ''ill informed'' in which they asked WADA to suspend the French laboratory involved in Lance Armstrong's disputed drug tests. The letter also asked for an investigation into who leaked information regarding documents leading to a report that Armstrong used banned substances during the 1999 Tour de France. The seven-time Tour de France winner has denied using banned drugs and said he is the victim of a "witch hunt." Denis Oswald, president of the Association
Full time director sportif and amateur chiropractor, Bjarne Riis makes a couple of last-minute adjustments to Bobby Julich.
Cesar Grajales on the attack
Bobby J contemplates the start
The coffee is back for a decade. Are the Minis?
Julich was on track for what he thought would be a good ride....
Have another cup
... but maybe the long season has taken its toll.
McEwen already knows the pose. Now he wants the jersey
Eki' is back on the bike
Johnson is moving on to HealthNet in '06
Some had pegged Vino' for the win...
Trent Lowe and Jittery Joes made an impression at Georgia
.... but these guys knew better.
Johnson on Brasstown...
Rogers was on-form...
Buy some Java and you, too, can sponsor a team
... and well ahead of schedule when he crossed the line.
Rogers knew he had it when he crossed the line
Familiar territory for the TT man from Oz
Three's a charm
The top of the podium...
Julich: Not happy with this ride
... and the legs that put them there.
Wiggins set an early standard
Those Marco Pinotti fans are smart dressers.
Plaza couldn't repeat his Vuelta TT win
When the Athens, Georgia-based Jittery Joe’s pro cycling team (www.thebeanteam.com) first announced its intention to fund itself through the sales of coffee four years ago, perhaps no one would have believed one of its riders would topple Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong on one of the steepest climbs of the hardest stage race in the U.S. Even fewer would have thought that one of the team’s youngest riders would be recruited to ride for Armstrong’s team. But, as Colombian Cesar Grajales proved in 2003 on the Dodge Tour de Georgia’s tough Brasstown Bald Mountain — and Aussie Trent
Two days before the election of a new UCI president, the International Olympic Committee has rejected has rejected complaints lodged by several UCI critics against its outgoing president Hein Verbruggen. The IOC's Ethics Commission, according to a UCI press release, rejected complaints by Sylvia Schenk, the former head of the German cycling federation (BDR), Malaysian Darshan Singh and the Spanish cycling federation over Verbruggen. Dark clouds have been hanging over the UCI and the upcoming election for a number of weeks over allegations of favoritism, a lack of transparency and even
Thürig catches and passes Lithuania's Edita Pucinskaite on her way to a gold medal
Armstrong set an early standard.
Neben was one second off of Arndt's fourth-place
A conversation with Tyler Farrar: Looking to the future
The usual cross-country fans showed up.