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Cockpit controls – looks like 'pumped-up' XTR to us

I am a Planckaerts fan. These days, such a comment will certainly turn a few heads here in Belgium,especially among the more conservative Flemish. But in my case, I am compelledto watch it. I laugh for an hour straight at all the whacky shenanigans that goon at the Planckaerts house. “DePlanckaerts” is a reality TV show on VTM featuring cycling legend,Eddy Planckaert and his family in the struggle of bankruptcy, living ina little cabin in the Ardennes. There is no argument; they are a hillbillyfamily, barely getting by. The story I heard is that Eddy lost his moneyfrom cycling in a bad

You’ve got to feel for Tara Llanes. Less than a year removed from a crash at the Durango NORBA that brought a premature end to her 2002 season, the gated-racing specialist has had another season halted mid-stride, after the Giant-Pearl Izumi rider suffered a broken foot in a car accident on Monday in Pennsylvania. Llanes, teammates Jared Rando and Dustin Adams, and team mechanic Matt Duniho were on their way to Vermont for the third stop of the NORBA NCS when their Ford F350 was involved in a crash with another vehicle. According to Giant team director Steve Westover, Adams and Rando escaped

Ullrich

Millar preserved his podium spot

The Col du Lauteret

Armstrong stayed with his competition

Legendary 18-time RAAM racer Rob Kish at Sunday's solo field start

A couple hundred cyclists and supporters showed up Sunday morning up to follow the solo field through it's 15-mile nuetral start

The lone female solo racer, Rebecca Smith

2003 RAAM solo racer Allen Larsen kisses wife and baby goodbye on Father's day

Mayo and shadow

Lance Armstrong tests his legs on the Galibier.

Mercado celebrates.

A well-managed, properly officiated and expertly driven road-race caravan can be a beautiful thing. It is a choreographed vehicular ballet, balancing cars, drivers, riders, roads and the climatic elements in a colorful montage moving along at 40kph to sometimes 80kph. On the other hand, a poorly organized and badly handled one can be a dangerous cluster … er… flick. At the Hamilton World Road Championships we’re hoping for the former. If we get the latter, I will have really screwed up. But I won’t be alone, and indeed I will be in very esteemed company, as the other guy – the guy with the

I’m sitting here waiting. I know the news is coming, it’s just a matter of when. When will Boulder begin its prairie-dog, monkeypox hospice program? For those of you unfamiliar with VeloNews’s hometown, this is the city that banned the killing of prairie dogs and enacted a “relocation” program in 1999. It was the constant inundation of stories about prairie dogs -- and the guy whose goal in life was to locate by GPS every single dog dropping in city open space -- that eventually led me to cancel my subscription to the local Boulder Daily Camera. Since the monkeypox outbreak, though, I’ve been

Going up: Ron Hudson (Sportsbook.com) and Drew Miller (Landis-Trek-VW) reach the last of 11 switchbacks on the climb to Onion Valley in the Death Valley Road Stage Race.

Lance Armstrong gets a little doctoring after a spill in stage 5.

The consequences of laying it down at 70kph ...

Laurent Lefevre scores for his Jean Delatour squad.

Bjarne's back

Bob;Is it possible to get comprehensive bicycle insurance that will cover theft, injuries to me caused by a motorist, and liability arising from any damage I might cause to someone else while riding?GW Dear GW;In general, there is no such thing in the United States as “comprehensive bicycle insurance,” although it’s pretty common in the United Kingdom. In fact, a quick internet search indicates that “consumer report” type comparisons exist between policies offered by different firms in the UK. Unfortunately, to obtain comparable insurance in the U.S. requires that one “cobble together”

This story originally appeared in the July, 2003, issue of Inside Triathlon magazine Chann McRae pulls off his cycling jersey and pauses a minute before putting on his running clothes. There, on McRae’s spare, sinewy arms, shoulders and hips, you can see a veritable oad map of his past. And if you know what you’re looking for you can see the marks of his future. After 14 years as one of the top bike racers in the U.S., McRae has taken his share of tumbles. Faded scars dot his body, the faint reminders of scrapes with the roads of France, Italy, Spain and most of North America. But what you

Health Net’s Gord Fraser will no longer be barred from some ofNorth America's most prestigious road races, after a legal settlement reached on Tuesday. Fraser, long regarded as one of the top road racers in North America, had been relegated to the sidelines by Threshold Sports because of a mounting legal argument with the company. (See "Why Gord Fraser and Health Net won't be in Philly" - June 2, 2003) "I'm just glad it's finished," Fraser said yesterday in a telephone interview from Ottawa, where he is visiting his mother. "I'm looking forward to racing in Threshold events again." Fraser

You can't make me....

The freshest win on days like this

Still in yellow. Still in control.

The team is finding its form, too.

Mancebo makes a charge.

The move of the day

Fans

The Iron Range Road Race

The Stillwater Criterium

The Winona Road Race

Congratulations are in order to Saturn’s Lyne Bessette and Mark McCormackon their performances in Philly last weekend — Bessette for her LibertyClassic win ahead of former teammates Petra Rossner and Judith Arndt (bothnow with Nürnberger) and McCormack for his fourth-place at the USPROChampionships, good enough for a year in the stars-and-stripes jersey. In addition to being long-time Saturn athletes, both are down-to-earth,hard-working riders from the Northeast deserving of their successes. 2002wasn’t an easy year for either of them: On April 1st of last year, McCormackwas struck by a car

Armstrong in his favorite color

Looking to Paris?

The Kivilevs joined Armstrong on the podium

Millar still in second

Mayo didn't expect to keep the jersey

Pro roadies declare 'Condition Orange' at Sea Otter - Published in VeloNews - May 5, 2003

One team emerged dominant this spring - Published in VeloNews - May 19, 2003

NORBA's National Championship Series begins another successful season - Published in VeloNews - June 2, 2003

Jan Ullrich gets a new team, but the jerseys are late - Published in VeloNews - June 16, 2003

Patrick O'Grady cartoons from recent issues of VeloNews magazine.

Cannondale falls off the edge of bankruptcy -- and lands it (but they had to use a bicyle to pull it off) - VeloNews - February 24, 2003

Tuning In

Finishing in Vienne

Tuning In

Out front for much of the day

Tuning In

Mayo

Crossing the Rhone

Cyclo-cross nationals were 'blessed' with rains - Published in VeloNews - January 6, 2003

NORBA turns 20! Published in VeloNews - February 3, 2003

World Anti-Doping Agency tightens its rules - Major League Baseball has rules, too! -- Published in VeloNews - March 3, 2003

NORBA takes a 'leadership' role in 24-hour racing - Published in VeloNews - April 4, 2003

George Hincapie had the 'misfortune' of missing the Spring Classics - Published in VeloNews - April 19, 2003

Challenging terrain

Mayo stays in yellow.

An interactive experience

We all know what it is like explaining bicycle racing to non-racers. We've all been there; explaining the intricacies of drafting to our closest family and friends. The earnest attempt to comprehend the words from your mouth is always betrayed by the glazed over look in their eyes. Bicycle racing is an experience. Bicycle racing is cooperative (in the sense that it is a mass start event) so often people imagine it as a fun run: “come on guys, we can make it to the finish together!” Their only other explanation of bicycle riding has come from an office partner who has a nephew raising

'...but I’m no Mario Cipollini,' said Stoianov.