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Talabardon leads the big group that got away at 100km

Discovery had an easy day of it.

Gymnastics and bike racing don't mix

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.Photo contest recalls love of cyclingEditor:After reading countless letters about this doping scandal and that, my feelings for cycling have become twisted. Seeing all the beautiful photographs sent in as part of your contest reminded me why I love cycling. It’s not about Lance, Tyler,

WASHINGTON -- Athletes in the four major US professional leagues would be subject to the same two-year bans for a first positive drug test now handed out to Olympic athletes, under legislation proposed Tuesday that would put the sports' steroid policies under the White House drug czar. Arizona Sen. John McCain joined fellow Republican Tom Davis of Virginia, the House Government Reform Committee chairman, and ranking Democrat Henry Waxman of California in introducing the Clean Sports Act of 2005. It's the second recent bill that would establish minimum, standardized steroids policies

MONTEREY - Sea Otter Classic LLC announces the departure of its chief operations officer/chief marketing officer Rick Sutton. Sutton spent 13 years with Sea Otter Classic LLC and leaves to become the vice president of retail sales at Specialized. Rick Sutton said about his shift: "As I change my focus from helping cycling events grow to helping Specialized dealers grow, the Specialized president, Mike Sinyard, has provided me the time to smoothly transfer my knowledge and responsibilities, ensuring that Sea Otter and Cougar Mountain will continue to prosper. And I am confident that the

Le Mevel celebrates his win

Zabel the cover boy

Savoldelli rides safely in the bunch

Schleck, Bonnaire and Le Mevel ride in the lead group

The favorites spent a relatively quiet day, crossing more than 22 minutes behind Le Mevel

The top-three will battle it out in the coming days

A Fred's-Eye View: The 1st ever FEVCCA's

A Fred's-Eye View: The 1st ever FEVCCA's

A Fred's-Eye View: The 1st ever FEVCCA's

Collegiate racing does its best to ensure that a wide number of racers have shots at coming home a winner. With eight individual races, four team time trials, an individual omnium title and a team omnium title at stake, the collegiate national road championships –held this year in Lawrence, Kansas (the cultural capital of the state, I’m told) – provided chance after chance for racers to stand atop a podium. Still, at the race banquet, I watched as the same individuals were called up to claim their respected team and individual titles. Now cycling, by its nature, is a sport that offers its

Julich, Rodriguez, Ventoso among 200 to compete in 2005 Wachovia SeriesNorristown, PA - May 24, 2005 - Threshold Sports LLC on Tuesdayreleased the official roster for the 2005 Wachovia Cycling Series professionalmen’s races.The 2005 event boasts the largest field in the race’s 21 year historywith 200 competitors, and 23 teams. American riders will look to Sunday’smain event for the opportunity to win the 2005 Wachovia USPRO Championship.Riders earn the right to don the jersey by finishing as the highest placedAmerican in the grueling 156-mile race.Riders to watch throughout the three race

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The Tour Baby! News UpdateFor Immediate ReleaseULTIMATE JERSEY RAFFLE -  2003 USPS TdF TEAM SIGNED JERSEY TOBENEFIT THE LAFOjai CA (May 16, 2005) – Scott Coady, the creator of The TourBaby! the hilarious and inspiring tale of his adventures following theentire Tour de France, has an incredible on-line event to benefit the LanceArmstrong Foundation; a donation-based raffle for a 2003 USPS Team jerseywith the entire TdF team’s signatures including Lance Armstrong!  Only 300 tickets will be sold and Scott reports selling 70 in the firsttwo days they were on offer.   All the details are at:

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A Fred's-Eye View: The 1st ever FEVCCA's

A Fred's-Eye View: The 1st ever FEVCCA's

A Fred's-Eye View: The 1st ever FEVCCA's

A Fred's-Eye View: The 1st ever FEVCCA's

A Fred's-Eye View: The 1st ever FEVCCA's

A Fred's-Eye View: The 1st ever FEVCCA's

A Fred's-Eye View: The 1st ever FEVCCA's

A Fred's-Eye View: The 1st ever FEVCCA's

Mara Abbott

Brooke Miller

A short but soggy day in the saddle

Savoldelli got wet like everybody else . . .

. . . but the Discovery Channel leader clung to the lead going into Tuesday's rest day

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.Savoldelli the stoicEditor:Have you ever seen an athlete as stoic as Paolo Savoldelli? This guy seems to lack any kind of emotion. He seems so cold-blooded (in agood way). Lance Armstrong describes George Hincapie as "fingers in the nose" because his demeanor never changes whether

Reports have recently surfaced that Tyler Farrar (Health Net-Maxxis) has signed with Cofidis for the 2006 season, but the subject of those reports says that it’s news to him. “Actually that is all a big misunderstanding,” Farrar told VeloNews. “It all came out of a mix up in the translation from a French Web site. The reality is that [a Cofidis team representative] had said he had offered me a spot for 2006, and everyone took that to mean that I had signed for 2006. I have not signed with Cofidis.” Farrar, the current U.S. U23 national time trial and criterium champion, recently finished

Petacchi snags win No. 3

Parra gets his second stage

Hey, Barry, this is just like Boulder!

Vande Velde had lots of company on his birthday ride on Sunday

Baldwin and Davidenko chasing McCormack, but they are down to three chasers with about 3 laps to go.

McCormack fights back to take Tour of Connecticut

Bryan Smith had a long breakaway, and the field suffered in the rain until the last 50 k.

Parra does it again

A cheeky Tim Duggan rides to the front of the peloton and waves at them to come along

Basso had another appalling day in the saddle

A canopy of trees made the day beautiful, but didn't keep out the rain.

Di Luca, meanwhile, showed his strength once again

With one lap to go, only Grishkin and Davidenko are left in the chase, and the gap is getting bigger.

Savoldelli cramped, but hung onto his lead

Tim Johnson leads the peloton up one of the beautiful climbs in the rain.

Parra solos away to his second stage win

The Stelvio takes no prisoners

Wow, McCormack snatched the stage and GC from Navigators on a cold, miserable day in CT.

McCartney clocking in for the day's shift

Discovery takes the front

Atienza, Parra and Osa

Cunego and Laverde

Savoldelli goes it alone

The Navs' Oleg Grichkine leads the peloton

Savoldelli leads Simoni

Mark Walters (Navigators) suffers on the climb

Savoldelli in pink

Tim Johnson (Jittery Joe's) heads down the descent

Basso struggled in the finale

Dominique Perras (Kodak-Sierra Nevada) earning the best climber's jersey

Cunego and Simoni on the attack

Davidenko winning again, and looking glad to have the race over

Zabriskie labors on Basso's behalf

The podium: Davidenko, Frattini and Baldwin

Passa Gardena - what a view, eh?

And here's another postcard

Barry and VeloNews diarist Vande Velde

Bettini in the break

Parra on the podium

Chris Baldwin (Navigators) and Geoff Kabush (Jittery Joe's) bridging to the break with about five laps remaining

Race leader Vassili Davidenko (Navigators) cornering