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Ullrich said this stage suited his talents... only they suited Evans' even more.

After a tough day in the rain, Leipheimer's hold on the jersey seems more secure

Iglinsky wins a frantic finish

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.Lance should reconsider riding with prezEditor:I honestly don’t care how Lance Armstrong decides to spend his long and comfortable retirement, but I do have some unsolicited advice regarding his future adventure in politics: Don’t go riding with the president, at least not right

Have you ever gotten to the bottom of a mountain or canyon road descent and had to wait several minutes for the rest of your group to catch up? Have you ever thought that you might be the fastest descender on a road bike? Then this is the race for you. The Red Bull Road Rage, slated November 5 in Malibu, California, is an inaugural all-downhill road race performed on road-racing bicycles. Malibu’s Tuna Canyon is a highly technical, one-lane, European-style descent that drops 2000 feet over two miles. It will definitely be enough time to separate the men from the boys. This is an elite event

Bike Durango and Todd Wells are proud to announce that the TWells CX Camp will be held September 28-October 2 in Durango, Colorado. Todd was on the 2004 Olympic mountain biking team and won the 2001 national cyclo-cross championship. He is perennially one of the top cyclo-cross racers in the U.S.. He believes that cyclo-cross is a sport where technique is more important than pure horsepower and has a specific training regimen to hone skills and fitness. Camp attendees can expect: two-a-day skills sessions; training seminars by Rick Crawford; SRA presentation by Dr. Frank Jerrell; Q&A’s with

A few irate letter-writers have suggested that we keep politics out of cycling here at VeloNews.com, and we can see their points, once they’ve removed their Bush-Cheney 2004 caps. After all, the liars, cheaters and dopers infesting politics might teach cycling’s liars, cheaters and dopers a few new tricks, and God knows it’s already tough enough to tell who’s on the up and up these days, no matter how much blood gets drawn or spilled. Still, if the daily papers are going to cover the Recreationist-in-Chief’s mountain-bike rides as though they were actually news, it’s only right that cycling

VeloNews.com breaks two records in JulyBoulder, CO - It was bound to happen eventually, but no one atVeloNews.com thought it would happen this soon: For the month of July,VeloNews.com not only recorded its first 1 million+ unique visitormonth, but the site's advertising billings topped those of a printedition of VeloNews for the first time.During a month largely driven by Tour de France traffic, VeloNews.comrecorded some 1.1 million unique visitors, up 27% from the 860,000 uniqueslast July, and delivered 26 million page views -- up 24% from the 21 millionpage views delivered in July

Bennati wins his second stage of the German tour

Cyclist of the year?

Hi Bob,I rent a loft in the Bay area and I often ride my rollers or turbo at night after work. One of the other tenants stopped me in the hallway and asked what I was “doing up there." What is the law about noise in a private building?Rob,California Dear Rob,Ah, the joys of riding a bike that goes nowhere, but still manages to make you numb and anger your roommates and neighbors. Now that should be against the law! Still, I was so enthusiastic when I began racing that I used to spend more than four hours a stint on rollers on dark December days back in Madison. I can’t say I miss it. If

GREENVILLE TO CELEBRATE GEORGE HINCAPIE DAY! The City of Greenville cordially invites you to participate ina special celebration September 9, 2005, at 6:00 p.m.  Downtown GreenvilleGreenville’s own George Hincapie, Tour de France Stage Winner and theonly teammate to faithfully accompany Lance Armstrong during a record sevenTour de France victories, will be honored on September 9 in recognitionof his extraordinary victory on Stage 15 of the 2005 Tour de France.You are welcome to take part in a unique evening of fun and entertainmentfor the entire family.  George Hincapie Day

Totschnig (l) and Leipheimer soon after ridding themselves of Ullrich's company

Ullrich fought to stay with the two Gerolsteiners, but faded near the top.

Two Australian cyclists who have been in a German hospital for more than a month after a car accident that killed a teammate are well enough to return home this week, cycling officials in Sydney said Thursday. Doctors treating Alexis Rhodes, 20, and Louise Yaxley, 23, in the University Clinic in the German city of Jena had deemed it safe for them to come home, Cycling Australia said. They were badly hurt in July when a teenaged driver ploughed into them and four other women training for the Tour of Thüringen. Amy Gillett, 29, was killed instantly. The other injured women, Kate Nichols, 20,

"Cycling in the News" is a regular service of VeloNews.com. Readers,reporters and friends are encouraged to send links to current stories aboutcompetitive cyclists and cycling that appear in the mainstream media. Ifyou come across a news item that you believe may be of interest to otherVeloNews readers, we would be grateful if you choose to send it to Rosters@InsideInc.com. Cycling: Robinson at heart of big night of nostalgia - August 17,2005The Huddersfield Daily Examiner -Great BritainEIGHTEEN former Tour de France riders were among a 90-plus gatheringpaying homage to the pioneering British

I will be the first to admit that I have long suffered from a cycling affliction — make that addiction — brought on by fast, furious local group rides. I just can’t get enough of them. Occasionally I will sit at my desk daydreaming about the week’s ride. Will I make the front group? Will I flat? Will my legs fall off? Will my lungs exit my body by way of my mouth? I, my friends, am a group-ride junkie. Now, the group-rides that have always whetted my appetite aren’t just the ol’ cruiser-bike stroll in the park with mom ‘n pop. Nope, I love the speedy ones with plenty of muscle flexing and

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.Giving backDear VeloNews,For the first time in several years, HealthNet's John Lieswyn did nottoe the start line at the Tour of Kansas City this past weekend. But hisabsence, due to a broken pelvis, did not slow his efforts to nurture participationby the sport's youngest

The Phonak team announced Wednesday that Fabrizio Guidi has tested positivefor an as-of-yet-undisclosed substance. Phonak general manager John Lelangue said Guidi's A-sample has comeback positive and the 33-year-old rider has been immediately suspendedpending the outcome of follow-up tests of a B-sample. The suspension isin keeping with current UCI policy. Guidi was competing in the Tour of Germany, although the team has not disclosed when and at which event the original sample was taken from the Italian rider. Phonak has undergone major management changes since last season's

The place to be on Saturday

JHK and Heather Irmiger

Travis Brown makin' faces again

Cathy Wherry (now Pacocha) dancing with some young stud

Brother Chris approves

The happy couple

Fabrizio Guidi

Leipheimer at this year's Tour.

Bennati takes it.

Tankink remains in yellow for another day, but what's that looming over his shoulder?

Pozatto wins a close one

PLANO, Texas (AP) -- A 52-year-old bicyclist was killed and another seriously injured when they collided head-on on a street frequently used for training and races. Local cycling enthusiasts were puzzled by the rare head-on accident, which occurred Sunday on a lightly traveled public road. Both men were wearing helmets, but it wasn't clear how fast they were going, Plano police said. Michael Mahoney, 52, of Allen, died Sunday at Medical Center of Plano. Jordan Muller, 37, of Richardson, remained in the intensive care unit at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas on Tuesday. Police spokesman

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.No political news, pleaseEditor:Regarding your story, "Armstrong rules out political career... for now”: I first heard this topic discussed during the Tour coverage on OLN. Then I heard it come up during the Charlie Rose interview. Now VeloNews.com has decided to pick up the story. There

The latest Photo Gallery in our continuing photo contest has now been posted for your viewing pleasure. After reviewing a host of very notable submissions, we had to surrender to our funny bones and admit that we most enjoyed Joe David’s “Speed up or pitchfork” and declared Mr. David’s submission to be the winner of our most recent contest. Congratulations, Joe! You win a copy of Graham Watson's "Landscapes of Cycling." We’re not sure if we picked that photo because of the humor or the soft spot we have in our hearts (heads?) for that whacky ol’ German, Didi Senft – a.k.a. “The Devil.”

Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong on Sunday dismissed reports that might enter politics by running for governor of Texas. Shortly after winning his record seventh Tour last month, the cyclist told Outside magazine that he might consider a run for governor of his home state after 2006. But he downplayed the statement as "more or less a joke" in an interview with ABC television. "The biggest problem with politics or running for the governor ... here in Austin or in Texas is that it would mimic exactly what I've done: a ton of stress and a ton of time away from my kids. "Why would I

Now that his cycling career is over, Armstrong just wants to relax

Prokop leads Bootes on his way to victory

Kintner and Katrina Miller in an early round

The drivable trophy

Menchov on the march

Leipheimer and Horner at work

Rodriguez made it 1-2 for Saunier Duval

Zaballa gets the big bottle - and the even bigger Basque beret

Another ghastly locale for a bike race - yeah, right

Moncouti in the escape

Horner, who spent much of his debut Tour on the attack, may shift to Davitamon

Zaballa takes the Clásica

Alfred goes for the gold

The winning team

DiLuca had a crook stomach and scored no ProTour points

The Barry break

Moreau on the front

In the hot seat

Perdiguero, riding for Saunier Duval, won last year's Clásica

Perdiguero, riding for Saunier Duval, won last year's Clásica

Burn, baby, burn

The sorriest fight ever?

The smiling couple

Stahl clocks a personal best to win the kilo'

Lea doubles up in the points race

Quinn claims the women's scratch race in the final sprint

For the second year running, former junior downhill world champ Kathy Pruitt (Luna) is on a tear through the NORBA downhill circuit. During NORBA No. 6 at Brian Head Resort in Utah, Pruitt destroyed the competition, finishing more than six seconds ahead of the next rider, Chilean Bernadita Pizarro (Cannondale). At the Snowmass, Colorado, NORBA, Pruitt handily gapped the rest of the women’s field by more than 11 seconds. The two wins vaulted Pruitt atop the NORBA series standings, which she leads by 14 points. Credit an injury-plagued June for Pruitt’s slimmer-than-usual margin in the

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.There are good reasons for field limitsEditor:I read Krystian Pac’s letter on field limits with interest (see Wednesday’s Mailbag: Inappropriate field limits?) and thought it might be worthwhile to help clarify and explain some of the points he took issue with on inappropriate field

Well, I just finished sending out an email to my crew of friends from college, to let them know I won’t be joining them at the Burning Man Festival, August 29 through September 6. It was a tough email to write, as I've had some of the best nights of my life out in Black Rock City in the Nevada desert and that I was heavily rallying the rest of the gang to go this year. If you don’t know anything about Burning Man, you can learn a bit about it here. If you think you know something about Burning Man but have never been, take my word for it: You don’t know as much as you think you do. It’s

Hammer's year off did her good

Armsstrong's focus is still on the road

Alfred shows the youngsters how it's done

Thorburn, Mirabella, Hammer and Armstrong

Before his diagnosis, Cunego struggled through the Giro.

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.Put your money where your hearts areEditor,Well there it is, the VeloNews poll asking readers how much they'dbe willing to pay for Vuelta coverage.As of Tuesday at 5 p.m. there are only 31 percent willing to pay $25for three weeks of Vuelta coverage. Another 30 percent state

Julich powers into the overall title.

The latest Photo Gallery in our continuing photo contest has now been posted for your viewing pleasure. After a long struggle, we declared John Groton’s Misty Morning as the winner of our most recent contest. Congratulations, John! You win a copy of Graham Watson's "Landscapes of Cycling." We already have a pile of photos in our latest round and will be posting at least one more gallery this week. So take a quick look at our latest gallery, decide what you like and let us know what you think by dropping a note to Rosters@InsideInc.com. Just remember we’ll be posting more later on in

Not this time: Freire probably won't be defending his world title on home turf

Van Dijk takes the sprint

No ti here: TheC110 carbon road features the geometry of the Proteus, but made entirely of carbon

ROLF PRIMA ROLLS OUT ITS FIRST CARBON WHEEL SYSTEM Eugene, OR – After a rigorous cycle of design, development and testing, Rolf Prima enters the carbon realm with a new carbon tubular wheel system that’s light, fast and offers unparalleled ride performance. The Carbon TdF38 wheel system uses an exclusive, custom rim design with a Nodal Reinforcement ™ process that allows the use of higher spoke tensions to maintain wheel stiffness. A 38mm deep-section carbon rim and 14 front / 16 rear bladed stainless steel spokes combine to make these feathery light wheels the ultimate choice in