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It was a showery day in much of western Europe on September 5, 1965. It was particularly wet in Spain’s Basque Country, where the men’s pro road race was being held at the UCI world championships on a 19km circuit at Lasarte, in the hills south of San Sebastian. A few hundred miles to the north, in another maritime region, Brittany, France, I was racing in a two-day stage race. That humid Sunday, our schedule was a time trial followed by the concluding circuit road race. The two protagonists in that amateur race were future French ace Cyrille Guimard and an English colleague on my French

Matt DeCanio’s admission that he used testosterone and recombinant human erythropoietin (r-EPO) in 2003 brought him a two-year suspension, but thanks to a seven-month deferment he could return to racing in November of this year, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “In accordance with UCI rules, DeCanio’s two-year suspension began on June 12, 2004, the date of his admission,” the agency said in a press release. “He received a deferment of seven months of the two-year suspension, as permitted by the UCI rules in effect at the time, and is

Lance Armstrong could be forced to skip his first major one-day race of the season following his early departure from Paris-Nice due to a fever, according to his Discovery team boss, Johan Bruyneel. Bruyneel told Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure that Armstrong's participation in the April 3 Tour of Flanders was at least compromised. "Lance's program is sure to change. We will have to just wait and see when he is ready to compete again. His participation in the Tour of Flanders is compromised, but nothing is certain." Armstrong, 33, pulled out of Paris-Nice, the first race of 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.Slap at bracelet ‘fashionistas’ was uncharitableEditor:Katie Sanborn's characterization of people who wear the Livestrong bracelets as "fashionistas [who are] all twitterpated about Lance and Sheryl" (see Monday's Mailbag: “Losing OLN would be sad, but losing VN.com . . . “) is

Mr. Tom in the rainbow jersey

Julich in yellow

Simoni celebrates the stage win

The $525 Pro Elite version features Kevlar sailcloth reinforcement along the upper for increased support while sprinting or climbing

The $475 Best Fit option features these hand-molded carbon soles

Jalabert leads the escape

Verbrugghe caught up in a spot of bother

Fassa at the front

On Mont Faron

Windy is better than cold for some

A new race leader... for how long?

Jens Voigt on the attack

Boonen's looses the jersey

As the race moves south, riders can expect an improvement in the weather

Discovery's Tom Danielson

There are two intense competitions going on this week as the ProTour debuts at Paris-Nice. First, there’s the “Race to the Sun” which inaugurated the 27-race ProTour series with much fanfare Sunday in Paris. Then there’s the real dogfight going on behind closed doors, with the UCI and the teams squaring off against the grand tours, leaving the future of the ProTour hanging in the balance. The center of the ProTour conflict is a power struggle over which entities will wield control of cycling into the next decade. Contrary to the PR spin this weekend, it seems everyone had a beef at the

Today (March 9, 2005) the Navigators Insurance Cycling Team could finally race again afterall the bad weather in the last few days. It was only a Belgian Kermesin Wanzele, 177km, 17 laps of 11km, but all the riders were very nervousto race.The field of 200 riders took off at an unbelievable speed of over 40.The Chocolate Jacques team had 16 riders at the start and decided to gofrom the gun.The result of this fast start after the first lap left 50 riders inthe first group (including Navigators' Mark Walters and Hilton Clarke)and 45sec down a second group of 60 riders that included

THIERS, France (AP)Lance Armstrong is picking his country to finish second in the race for the 2012 Olympics. The Texan endorsed Paris instead of New York when asked Wednesday which city should win the highly competitive bid for the Summer Games. "To be fair, I think that Paris deserves the Olympics,'' Armstrong said in an interview with The Associated Press. ``I think they were arguably the best candidate in 2008 but for different reasons Paris didn't win, and they went to Beijing.'' The six-time Tour de France champion acknowledged he was torn over the decision, and

First Score - Reynes gets his first win in the elite ranks

Rodriguez finished third Wednesday

Voigt goes on the attack.

CSC gives chase.

Landis leads an escape attempt

Jaksche on the run

Is it July yet?

Armstrong on Wednesday

Cycling’s homecoming gameImagine for a minute that you’re headed to the famed Notre Dame Stadium.It’s game day, time for a little flag football and tailgating before youhead inside to watch the Fighting Irish do battle. Now imagine if insteadof football being your passion, you are a cyclist. Where is your NotreDame Stadium? What’s the game of choice at your tailgate party?Well, for anyone who has been involved in cycling for the last 15 years,the answer is simple: Monterey, California, is home to the big game, andthe activity choices are endless — as long as they involve two wheels.The event

Boonen repeats

2005 Sea Otter Guide now on-line

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.OLN can blame itself for small cycling audienceEditor:Quote from letters:"OLN is under no obligation to cover cycling at all. None of the other networks cover cycling because it is a money-losing proposition. If more people watched, things would be different." That argument is a load of

The Austin-Bergstron airport is a lonely spot to spend a Sunday night. The place is completely vacant – save for a lone security guard and a guy washing the floors – and any form of caffeinated sustenance is either locked up behind a closed café door or held within the glowing beastly machine that won’t take my #@$%ing dollar bill. Reassuringly, a soothing voice continually reminds me that “any bags left unattended will be subject to search and could be destroyed,” despite the fact that there is nary a soul to either abandon – or destroy – pieces of potentially hazardous luggage. The

Boonen keeps the rubber side down and takes the win

Armstrong

Dekker moved into yellow on Monday

I promise. I won't. Really.

The feedzone.

Maybe a better alternative...

Come back and see us some time.

Teutenberg is her old self again

Voigt took a few risks to get the prologue win on Sunday

Fabian Cancellara takes second

Dekker finishes third

Vladimir Gusev in fourth

Sylvain Chavanel is the top French rider, finishing fifth

Zabriskie finishes as the day's top American

Julich finished 17th

Landis debuted in his new kit... and the largest TT helmet on the planet

...and finished ahead of his old boss

Voigt starts the week out in yellow.

Cunego on the chase

Gil and Arreitunandia out front

A final day in the yellow jersey for Hondo

Burghardt leads

The women's podium

The men's podium

Arreitunandia outkicks Gil at the finish . . .

. . . but Gil gets the leader's jersey

Gerolsteiner rolls along with snow-capped peaks behind

What goes up, must come down

The 2006 X.0 rear derailleurs will feature full carbon fiber inner and outer jockey cages.

The carbon cages are backed and rimmed with a carbon alternative to protect the otherwise brittle carbon from chain rubbing and impact. It will be available in three variations: mini cage (gravity); mid-cage (XC/general riding) and long cage

The new X.O shifters share the same general shifting principles as the 2005 X.9 versions, but have been engineered from the ground-up for maximum efficiency and performance.

2005 Junior PCT Grand Prix AnnouncedEvent Features Riders 18 years and Under, Sunday June 5, 2005, AtWachovia USPRO ChampionshipThe Junior Pro Cycling Tour is inviting boys, ages 18 and under, totest their cycling skills at qualifying events for a chance to race inthe Junior PCT Grand Prix.  The event is an invitational points racefor 20 junior male cyclists scheduled to take place at the Wachovia USPROChampionship on June 5, 2005 in Philadelphia.The top 20 qualifiers will race for prizes valuing $1000 on June 5thin the Junior PCT Grand Prix on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway after

The shifter pod can be moved in or out from a rider's hand for perfect ergonomics. The the larger downshifting trigger can be rotated 360 degrees for trigger/finger alignment.

CATCH THE SPIRIT WITH THE FIVE BORO BIKE TOURLARGEST BIKE TOUR IN THE UNITED STATES RETURNS TO NYC ON MAY 1ST30,000 CYCLISTS GEAR UP FOR THE TOUR'S 28TH YEARBike New York, in association with the City of New York and the NewYork City Department of Transportation announced today that the Five BoroBike Tour will return to the city streets on Sunday, May 1, 2005.The Five Boro Bike Tour-presented by Con Edison-will be commemorating its28th year.The largest recreational cycling event in the United States, the FiveBoro Bike Tour began twenty-eight years ago with just 250 participantsand has now

The X.0 triggers feature Zero Loss technology. Thanks to the trigger's high tolerances, four internal bearings and improved ratcheting system, when you press either trigger, a shift is instantaneously engaged.

My first live glimpse of the Tour de France came on June 26, 1963. I was sitting with my bike and a group of French picnickers on a grassy hillside in Picardy. They were big fans of the defending champion Jacques Anquetil, whose hometown of Rouen was the destination for that day’s fourth stage. As the peloton crested the hill and headed our way, the fans warmly applauded the riders, shouting out “Bravo, Jacques!” when they spotted Anquetil in the distinctive red-white-and-blue jersey of his St. Raphaël-Gitane team. Their hero was tucked in behind a teammate, who was wearing the yellow

The new levers feature real carbon fiber covers to provide improved clamshell structural integrity as well as help lighten the overall pods to an impressive 110-115 grams (over the current X.9's 130 grams)

Ah, March has finally arrived. That’s good news for so many reasons. March means spring is around the corner, and that means longer days, greener hills and girls in tank tops. It means that my birthday is coming up, followed by St. Patrick’s Day, one of the greatest non-reasons for getting drunk of all time. It means my income-tax refund is on the way, which should just about pay for the new mountain bike I ordered myself … for my birthday. But best of all, March means I don’t have to hear anyone else say, “It’s only February,” every time the pace heats up, the ride is longer than 35 miles

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.Where in the world is Chris Horner?Editor:Like many other American cycling fans I am eagerly awaiting the second coming of Chris Horner into the European cycling scene, but sadly I have yet to see a schedule or a race result during what is still very early in the cycling season. So what