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Casper leads an escape

Petacchi and his podium-mates

Freire had good legs - until the final 500 meters

Rodriguez was still feeling the effects of his Paris-Nice crash

Vicioso took his best shot

Fassa on the hunt

Rebellin on the attack

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.Belgians right to oppose witch huntEditor:Finally, a voice of reason from inside cycling. I applaud the letter Belgian sports officials wrote to De Standaard pointing out that the fight against doping is become a moral crusade, or witch hunt (see “Belgians attack anti-doping rules”). I

CARSON, CA (March 18, 2005) - Inside Communications' VeloNews, the world's largest competitive cycling publication, has been named as an official sponsor of the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the ADT Event Center. As North America's journal of record, VeloNews covers all disciplines in the sport of cycling, including track, road racing, mountain biking and endurance events, both nationally and internationally. The ADT Event Center velodrome at The Home Depot Center in Carson is making final preparations to host this year's premier track-cycling event - the

Unlike Zabel, Freire saved his celebration for after the finish

Gord Fraser working the 3.8-mile climb

Genèvieve Jeanson, trying to outride the storm

No, that's not Ireland above John Lieswyn, but soggy SoCal

Christine Thorburn counting down in the start tent

Umbrellas were plentiful at the start

With his usual intensity, Eric Wohlberg takes a corner tight

A group of Belgian sports officials, including the Olympic team leader, launched an attack Wednesday on World Anti-Doping Agency rules, arguing they were hypocritical, excessive and unfairly targeted athletes. ‘= Besides Olympic team leader Robert Van de Walle, the 11 officials also included Wilfried Meert, organizer of the Van Damme athletics meet, former judo coach Jean-Marie Dedecker and doctor Yvan Demol of the QuickStep cycling team. In an open letter published by De Standaard newspaper yesterday, they wrote "the fight against doping has turned into a moral crusade, a sort of witch

Walters gets a taste of Belgium Nokere-Koerse (1.1)The 60th edition of the Belgian semi-classic Nokere-Koerse was heldWednesday on 193Km of Belgian roads that included 11 ascents of the famedNokereberg.Navigators' Kirk O'Bee escaped in an early breakaway with 17 otherson the initial large opening lap.  The gap never climbed above 45-seconds,and the group was reeled back in on the 3rd of 10 finishing circuits. A 5-man group was able to escape and gained an advantage of over 4:00 duringthe 4-6th laps, but their advantage wasn't enough to keep the main pelotonat bay.  With a strong

Armstrong at Tuesday's awards ceremony

VeloNews renews Insight Race Across America program dealBoulder, CO -- America's only bicycle race with its own networkTV show -- the 3,047-mile Insight Race Across America (RAAM) -- has renewedits agreement with VeloNews to produce its 2005 and 2006 event program.The program will be featured as a special tabloid-sized section insidethe magazine, while over-prints will be distributed in Tailwinds and UltraCyclingmagazines. Total distribution is 100,000 copies, making the program amongthe most efficient ad buys of the year for VeloNews.Now in its 24th year, RAAM is among the oldest

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.Now there's an ideaDear VeloNews,Regarding theNew York Post's article about Armstrong being a traitor: Isthis the same idiot who came up with the concept of naming french fries"freedom" fries?Give me a break. Maybe now they will petition OLN to cut the TourDe France from

Bettini celebrates his last - and the last - UCI World Cup

Bjarne Riis is not one of the easiest interviews for a cycling hack. Often times the 1996 Tour de France winner will reply with a “baagh,” a shrug of his shoulders and a concise, six-syllable answer. That’s followed by an awkward silence while the interviewer scrambles to think of another question to ask the interviewee. But when you catch Riis in a good mood, which has happened a lot lately with Team CSC’s early season success, he gives thoughtful answers to thoughtful questions. Riis, after all, actually has some interesting things to say. The 41-year-old Dane is a man on a mission,

ControlTech's new aluminum bar is hydroformed with flats on top to fit the palms.

The rear vents in the Limar 950 are designed to keep you cool.

Deda's Aeroblack is a flat aero bar that accepts a new extension (not shown) dubbed Fast Black.

Profile has designed new carbon extensions for the T2 Wing aerobar, but we screwed up the photos; the aluminum extensions shown are the T2+ models.

Underside of the Aeroblack shows thoughtful cable routing.

Tristryke has notches underneath, front and rear, to aid racking the bike in the transition area.

The Deda Campione is a classic road bar in full carbon.

PZ has created a full line of components in white carbon; stems, bars and seatposts are also available.

Easton's AeroForce and DeltaForce are a lightweight combination.

The Dura-Ace tubeless rim is externally reinforced at every spoke

Easton's EC70 bar and stem are inexpensive ways to go carbon.

The Dura-Ace tubeless wheel hub appears to be the same as that on the current wheel.

Selcof's new Premium Flat bar and stem come in black or white carbon.

CSC at Paris-Nice: Not too bad.

The secret to the Selle Italia Signo's ride revealed.

FSA's new RD 460 wheels take disc brakes and are designed for cyclo-cross

PZ has created a full line of components in white carbon; stems, bars and seatposts are also available.

TriGel Aero saddle is faired underneath to aid aerodynamics

Tristryke triathlon saddle has notches underneath, front and rear, to aid racking the bike in the transition area.

The aluminum spokes broaden from hub to rim, for better aerodynamics

Did mullets come back while we weren't looking?

President Chen opens the show. Hey, what's a little sovereignty dispute with China when you can ride bikes instead?

The one-piece seat tube/seat mast for the T-Mobile bikes cuts weight, but won't make it into Giant's general production bikes this year.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Argon 18's bike fit system uses a full-size bike with articulated joints

Millennium 4Ever is a comfortable aluminum bar with a stylish white carbon stem clamp

The new X.0 features a carbon-reinforced cage.

The Aero RPT bonds an aluminum front end to a carbon rear

ITM's Nivola is a bare-bones, full-racing carbon aerobar

X.0 trigger shifters have carbon covers and adjustable bar clamps

Bear Bone cassettes from Ken Bikes are lightweight wonders.

Millennium 4Ever is a comfortable aluminum bar with a stylish white carbon stem clamp

Markus Storck with his new creation for Tange. (Please hold the Millennium Falcon toilet seat jokes.)

ControlTech's new aerobar has the working name Air Razor.

ITM's Nivola is a bare-bones, full-racing carbon aerobar

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.Post column was a cheap shotVeloIt really is unfortunate that an ultra-conservative tabloid like theNew York Post has attacked Lance Armstrong's personal life whilecriticizing his tepid endorsement of Paris for the 2012 Olympics.As a New Yorker I also endorse any other country besides

A couple of hours before hearing that Bobby Julich had won this year’s Paris Nice, I happened to be sifting through my unorganized collection of VeloNews back issues. I stumbled on a rare find: the 1999 official Tour de France guide –a handy reader for the American cycling fan. The 82-page glossy mag’ came complete the usual guide guts –stage maps, tons of photos of now-dated bikes and gear, a ton of photos of Marco Pantani, and mini-profiles of the Americans who would ride the Tour, including now-retired big guns Frankie Andreu, Kevin Livingston, and Jonathan Vaughters (note, Vaughters was

An arbitration decision in the blood-doping case of U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Tyler Hamilton is still on hold, according to the cyclist himself. Hamilton wrote on his website that while the hearing itself has ended, arbitrators are still considering the evidence given at the proceedings in Colorado, where the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency argued its case and Hamilton offered his defense. "Normally a case closes when the hearing ends," Hamilton wrote. "However, my case was fairly complicated, given the amount of testimony provided. So, for a number of reasons, it is still

Julich had a close call, but Paris-Nice turned out to be a great ride for the American.

CSC was dominant again this year, taking the overall, the points and the team titles.

Valverde was aggressive all day.

Gustov and Moncoutié

Voigt gets to work...

Contador and Vinokourov were swept up at the finish.

Posthuma time trials to the finish

Julich retains the overall lead going into Sunday's finale

Posthuma crosses with plenty of time to celebrate

Dessel leads the break

Voight muscles up the Tanneron in defense of Julich's jersey

On the run

Danielson and Rodriguez

Julich hopes to stand here one more time - on Sunday

CSC en garde

Finally, a real race to the sun