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I think for the rest of my life, April 27th, 2003, is going to stay with me as something special. Achieving victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège is something my team and I will always look back on with amazement and pride. It sounds kind of trite to say it like this, but it's true - everything came together perfectly for us on Sunday. The entire CSC team rode incredibly well together. There wasn't one guy on our squad who didn't play a role. All in all, it was a fantastic day, top to bottom. Heading out, I was a little concerned about the weather. It rained hard on Saturday and the forecast for

Rona in charge

Editor:I knew that it was only a matter of time before some uninformed dolt would write in to discuss Lance Armstrong’s superiority over Eddy Merckx in response to Eddy's critique of Lance. In response to Justin Maines’s inept letter (see “Of Cowboys and Cannibals”) - duuuude, put down the bong, turn off the Limp Bizkit, pull out your nose ring and listen up. Here are the stats. Eddy's wins: Five Tour victories (including a record 35 stage wins and 96 days in yellow), five Giros, one Vuelta, three world championships, the hour record, three Paris-Nices, one Tour of Switzerland, seven

Organizers of the 2003 Capital Cup have been forced to cancel the Washington, D.C. Pro/Am event due to an eleventh-hour withdrawal of an unspecified sponsor. Given the short notice, the likelihood of finding a replacement is unlikely, and Arlington Sports, Inc., the promoting organization, is unwilling to take on the financial risk of finding another sponsor at this late date. “It’s too late now,” explained race director Rob Laybourn. “We’re hoping that we can bring the race back next year.” Laybourn added that Arlington Sports will now focus its efforts on continuing to develop the sister

Sayers

Bertoletti: Now and then riding like Jacky Durand actually does work.

The chase came just a little too late

Saiz

The Mail bag: Of Cowboys and Cannibals

Will Hincapie be ready for July?

Last year's event included pro cross-country as well.

Jeanson: She just keeps going and going and going and...

Jeanson, Fraser take Gila opener

Editor:Is Eddy Merckx a protective daddy or a bitter has-been (See "Merckxcritical of Armstrong after Liège)? Either way, why does the cycling community give so much credit to his babblings? In his day he wasgreat. In today's era he would only be slightly more successful than hisson. He wouldn't stand a chance at the Tour, and only the rolling classicswould offer him a chance (no big climbs and no pure sprints). He calls Lance Armstrong arrogant. That goes to show you Merckx's ownarrogance, to think that he knows all and that we really care what he thinks.Any athlete at the top of his game

A look at the Tour of the Gila

A look at the Tour of the Gila

Small towns, big fields

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn

Fabian Cancellara

Laurent Dufaux

Hamilton

Moos

Cancellara takes Romandie opener

Galdeano can't race in France for six months.

Bob threads the needle in Fruita

SRAM's new X-7 trigger shifter (in limited-edition red)

Buff Headwear–perfect for when you work-up a sweat

ShockDoctor Footbeds

Lance Armstrong's 2004 Trek OCLV prototype with '04 Dura-Ace

Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano, the ONCE rider who wore the leader's yellowjersey in last year's Tour de France, has been suspended for six monthsin France by its national anti-doping body CPLD. Tuesday’s announcement means that Galdeano will have to miss this summer'sTour de France, the most prestigious cycling event in the world. The Basque rider, who finished fifth in last year's race having spentseven days in yellow, was punished after positive tests for Salbutamol,including one from after the sixth stage of last season's race. Cycling's world governing body UCI did not ban the rider,

Eddy Merckx

Dirty is bad

Clean is good!

Final Stage winners (left to right): Fred Rodriguez, David Clinger, & Moreno Di Biase

KOM, Overall and rookie winners

The top three overall winners (left to right): Fred Rodriguez (2nd place), Chris Horner (first place), Nathan O'Neill (3rd place)

Time to celebrate...

Horner can't contain his exuberance as he displays his custom trophy

Rodriguez (left) and Clinger (right) made it a close one

Rodriguez, Horner and best young rider, Raisin

Saturn on patrol... shadowed by Rodriguez

Steve Larsen tries his luck

Through it all, Saturn kept a watchful eye on things

Hamilton enjoys a special moment.

... Armstrong was quick to follow.

Those last two kilometers were hard... but worth it.

The oldest and one of the toughest of the classics.

Merckx goes on the Côte de la Redoute...

Julich

Merckx

The man makes his move

The favorites were left to chase

Blickem and Schmatz party at Twilight

Blickem and Schmatz party at Twilight

Blickem and Schmatz party at Twilight

Dear Editor;Thanks for the live coverage. As someone who doesn't get OLN I look forward to your live coverage of the classics. The only problem is that it has been taking away from my graduate school work. I keep checking back every five minutes instead of studying!! I may fail, but at least I'll know how the sprint finished. Keep up the great work.Todd ShapiroTodd, we appreciate your comments, but would also like to apologize for the spotty coverage we've had out of the Tour of Georgia this year. We seem to have a good system in place for the big European races and will have a full crew

Blickem and Schmatz party at Twilight

Bartoli has to be among the favorites for Sunday

Blickem and Schmatz party at Twilight

Armstrong wants this one

Blickem and Schmatz party at Twilight

Preview: Armstrong aims at Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Blickem and Schmatz party at Twilight

The men in charge: Rodriguez gets another stage; Horner gets the jersey

Saul Raisin and fans

Landis and company on the move

Vaughters works to bring Clinger back to the leaders.

Workin' for David

Gord Fraser outkicks a pair of Saturns in the morning stage.

Blickem and Schmatz party at Twilight

Blickem and Schmatz party at Twilight

Blickem and Schmatz party at Twilight

Syne was well ahead of the yammering

Horner had fans out there, too.

Saturn's Ivan Dominguez gets the final countdown.