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More goodies from Milan

More goodies from Milan

We were all hoping, but no one wanted to say it was possible.

Manolo Saiz

Dede and me in Madrid

It's not all motors in Milan

More goodies from Milan

More goodies from Milan

Slow ride to Madrid; Heras takes time to raise a toast to Nozal (l) and Valverde (r)

Heras puts the hammer down

Nozal finally cracks

Valverde races his way onto the podium

Still in shock: Heras on the podium

Cardenas

The U.S. Cycling Federation’s 2004 Elite National Road Championships, to be held June 16-19 in and around Redlands, California, will determine three members of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team, USA Cycling announced Friday. Nominations will go to the winners of the elite women's time trial and road race, and to the winner of the USA Cycling Team Selection Race, an invitational with a field limited to the top 150 U.S. athletes in the USCF National Racing Calendar standings as of June 1; the top 50 U.S. athletes in the UCI road rankings on that date; and the top five U.S. finishers in the Armed

With the recent announcement that Saturn has ended its sponsorship of its men’s and women’s cycling teams, I think everyone — besides being a little saddened by the news — has taken a trip down memory lane and come up with some of their best recollections and stories about the team. After 11 years and countless race wins and national championships, everyone will have their own special memories about the team. In looking back, it seems to me that one aspect of the team’s incredible history has been brushed over: its great success in American cyclo-cross, in particular the dominance of Frank

Two days to go and Roberto is within striking distance of the golden jersey. With each accent in the course the last few days he has been able to take back some time from Nozal. The uphill time trial tomorrow will decide the race. Although the course is tough and very steep in sections, it may not be long enough for Roberto to take back close to two minutes from Nozal. Over the last week Roberto has become stronger while his rivals have weakened. And we are all hoping there may be a chance he’ll be able to win the race. Yesterday’s stage from Las Rosas-Las Rosas was easy looking on the

Grading the world's: So far, a B

Cipo's leadout man gets a win for himself

Heras and Landis put some time on Nozal

Mark McCormack was among the Saturn strongmen

Race leader Nozal and Gonzalez de Galdeano enter the house of pain

Møller and Simeoni punch it

Can he or can't he? We'll know after tomorrow

Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: My stolen bicycle

Nozal still No. 1

Three's a charm for Diaz Lobato

CSC drives the chase

Madrid bound

Dear Bob;A year or so ago, my apartment was broken into, and my bicycle wasstolen. It was a classic Italian racing bike from the early 1980’s, soI didn’t get all that much money from my insurance company. Recently, I went to a century ride and started riding in a pacelinewith a group of cyclists I didn’t know. As I dropped back from riding onpoint, I looked over, and there was my old bicycle! I followed the guy back to the finish line, got his auto tag numberand called the cops. They say they are looking into it, but nothing sofar. What would have happened if I had just grabbed the bike,

The World Anti-Doping Agency appears to be taking steps to settle a dispute over news leaks that flared earlier in the week with the Union Cycliste Internationale and its president Hein Verbruggen. The dispute resulted in a UCI threat to ban WADA from future cycling events. The UCI threat came after the publication of portions of WADA’s Independent Observer Report on this year’s Tour de France in Monday’s edition of L’Equipe several days prior to the scheduled release of the largely complimentary report (see "WADAgives tentative nod to Tour doping effort"). The UCI and several other affected

Hot pursuit: Sevilla leads the chase

Training for world's

High speed across Andalucia

Landis and 18 others formed the day's first break.

Nozal looks more and more secure

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

No, it's not breakfast-it's the two types of polymer injected into Sampson's framesets

The $2400 Sampson Z9 with the SAS system

Cycling's world governing body the UCI on Tuesday said it wanted nothing more to do with the World Anti-Doping Agency following the leaking of its report into this summer's Tour de France. The UCI took its decision to ban WADA inspectors from future cycling events after the drug agency's verdict on the 2003 Tour appeared prematurely in the French sports daily L'Equipe on Monday. In a statement the UCI said that "its confidence in the system put in place by WADA had been seriously damaged," adding that "no observer from this organization will be recognized at upcoming cycling events. This

Heras gained time, but less than he had hoped

“El Niño” was strong, but he had a passenger glued to his wheel

Nozal: One day closer to Madrid

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), in a report issued early because of news leaks, has given the fight against drugs in this year's Tour de France a cautious endorsement but noted testing procedures included "weaknesses." The WADA Independent Observers report from the Tour de France published Monday said that since the doping scandal featuring the Festina team rocked the 1998 Tour, "things have changed for the better," but added that "weaknesses" in the testing procedures "can help potential cheats to bypass the system or help them find ways to assist their defense." The report was made

"You're entering a world of pain." – John Goodman in "The Big Lebowski.” Big John wasn’t talking about cyclo-cross. He was talking about bowling. Specifically, he was talking about shooting a fellow bowler for allegedly crossing the foul line during league play. But he could have easily been talking about this past weekend’s Brecktobercross, where I would’ve been happy to cross any line, foul or otherwise, if someone would have been kind enough to shoot me. I hadn't raced any sort of bicycle in nearly three years, so a cyclo-cross at 9800 feet was probably not the ideal venue for my big

It's been a while, but I still look pretty good in Lycra, don't you think? Huh? Hello?

Tour de France runner-up Jan Ullrich said Sunday he is set to make a decision on his cycling future with three cycling teams interested in securing the services of the Olympic champion. The German rider, 29, has become disillusioned with the Bianchi team - where he is captain - and looks set to move onto pastures new with former employer Telekom and an unnamed team rivaling Bianchi for his signature. "Before I go on holiday for a few days I will clarify my sporting future," Ullrich told his official homepage www.janullrich.de. "There are a lot of offers on the table so I will examine them

Following the news that the Saturn division of General Motors would be withdrawing from pro cycling at season's end, Schroeder Iron has announced that it, too, will be leaving the sport at the end of this month. “After careful consideration, I have decided to end my association with pro cycling with the close of this 2003 season,” said team owner Frank Schroeder in a press release issued Sunday. “The stresses to my business and to my family have been too great this year, and it would not be wise for me to stay involved for 2004 and beyond.” Schroeder, who told VeloNews earlier this year

The speedy Valverde storms past the two breakaways

Heras attacked, shadowed by Cardenas, who refused to work

Heras's move put Nozal into some difficulty, but not nearly enough

Last year's winner calls it a day

Petacchi, just a touch faster than Fast Freddy

Aitor Gonzalez gives up and goes home

Lunchtime for the leader

Joachim joined the break

Telekom on patrol: Julich and his teammates worked to set up Zabel.

Getting ready to race the clock

Heras would prefer to fight this one out in the hills

Nozal does it again, taking a tighter grip on the leader's jersey

TT specialist Millar finds himself denied again

Heras had a great time trial, but trails Nozal by more than five minutes

Leipheimer was the top American in ninth

Happy to help: Nozal made the cut

Acoss the open plain