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Room with a view... of the other two guys you have to share this with.

Bettini at San Remo, March 22.

This Paris-Roubaix will be his last, says Museeuw

Hey, what ever happened to... Doug Smith?

Hey, what ever happened to... Doug Smith?

Things have been looking up for our team since my last update from GP Flandres Francais. The majority of the riders have been in Belgium for about a month and we are starting to find some form. Likewise the firepower in the house continues to grow as Austin King and Corey Steinbrecher will be joining us this week. But first for some cultural insight. Normally. Normally Belgians have a problem with the meaning of the word “normally”. We would say, “Normally it rains in Belgium”. However, the Belgian translation is: “Hopefully, it will rain in Belgium,” but sometimes it can mean “Probably, it

Johan Museeuw said Sunday's Paris-Roubaix was his last. The Lion of Flanders struggled through his 16th Paris-Roubaix as a professional and said he would not race again on the cobbles of northern France. "As a racer, I will never enter the Roubaix velodrome again hoping to win the Paris-Roubaix. I will be back for other reasons, but this is the last time I will race," said Museeuw told the Belgian press after finishing a lack-luster 33rd at 4:33 back. Museeuw flatted on the cobbled section at Hornaing with 81km to go and the gap opened up to just over 1 minute and it was obvious Museeuw

Editor:I must agree with Mike McCormack of Maverick Sport Promotions. ForMr. Vaughters to declare that "race promoters very rarely take into accountanything other than pleasing sponsors when putting a race on" is absurdand offensive (see "Vaughters'view: Safety first!").Think about it. Most race promoters across the United States work full-timeand consider race promotion a "labor of love."They are not putting on a Sea Otter or Tour de Georgia, but a city-parkcriterium or county road race. I would guess most do not turn any sortof profit for their hard work. And yes, it is hard work. If you

It's been nearly 15 years since Doug Smith’s smiling face first appeared on the Wheaties box, giving the cycling community a nice boost in the mainstream world. Unlike many of today’s top domestic riders, Smith's initial exposure to cycling was not the result of extensive media coverage of elite American racers. He took to cycling because it was better than walking, especially for a guy who was still a year away from getting his driver's license. Smith soon discovered he had something of a talent for riding the bike, and his favorite mode of transportation became his passion. His season

That early break

The tough and dusty road

Wheels, wheels, wheels and finally a bike change for Tafi

Number four wasn't in the cards for Museeuw

Under control: Van Petigem was confident coming into Roubaix

Hesjedal: The animator

Green: The champ

The four cross produced extremely tight racing

King wore a much-ridiculed skinsuit to take the downhill victory

Sea Otter Gravity Sunday

Blatter and Dunlap

Eki' makes the bridge

Pieri and Aldag

Can Museeuw make it four?

Rodriguez

Americans ready for Hell of the North

Green tightens his grip

Green and Dunlap take short track at Otter

Jutras kept her eye on Jeanson on the final climb

Nathan O'Neill held on to take the overall

Postal and Saturn battle it out... and Decanio bides his time

Gracia

Donovan's idea of retirement

Dunlap keeps getting stronger

Editor:Just wanted to share an experience I had with a poorly marshaled racein a residential neighborhood. A few years ago, there was a crit held in Fox Point, Wisconsin (justnorth of Milwaukee), on the Fourth of July. I figured that it would bea good final test for the legs before Superweek, and a cool race for mymom to come watch. Almost until the end, it was a fun race on a good course. On the lastlap, as the field came out of the last corner and accelerated towards thefinish line, an ambulance pulled onto the course, trying to get acrossto the fire station - not a good thing during a

Bessette and Jeanson: The all-Quebec break

Normally, Tyler Hamilton would love to race flat out down a descent like the one included in the final-stage time trial at Spain’s Tour of the Basque Country on Friday evening. After all, the New Englander on the Danish team CSC was one of the country’s best alpine skiers, specializing in the slalom, before he became a pro cyclist. Those downhill skills, plus his low center of gravity, make him one of the best descenders in the European peloton, particularly on a narrow, twisting course like the one he encountered in this time trial. Starting the 13km test, Hamilton was equal on time with

T-Mobile's Amber Neben leads the chase

I’ve got all of my fingers and all of my toesI’m pretty well off, I guess, I supposeSo how come I feel bad so much of the time?A man ain’t an island... John Donne wasn’t lyin’---“Hard Day On the Planet,” Loudon Wainwright III“You gonna rant this Friday?” the editor asked. “You gotta be mean; we don’t want people thinking we’re reining you in.” Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Like, with a couple hundred e-mails running 95 percent in favor of my continuing to act the fool - including a number of readers who think pretty much everything under my byline is as wrong as Dura-Ace on a DeRosa - I’m suddenly

Museeuw wants another

The easy part

The fun part

The cobbles of Paris-Roubaix

A look at SRAM 2004

A look at SRAM 2004

A look at SRAM 2004

A look at SRAM 2004

Propaganda Remix Project

Redden still holds the overall

Creed celebrated his first win as a pro

Creed in the lead

After being stuck on replay for three days, the Tour of the Basque Country changed the script in Thursday’s 171-km fourth stage. The five-climb stage didn’t end in a bunch sprint and there wasn’t a new leader, as has been the plot line since Monday. With the overall fight coming down to a nail-biter in Friday’s dual-stage finale, the leading protagonists didn’t want things to get too far out of control. Lampre’s Marco Pinotti scored a huge win after going on a mega solo break to finish just three seconds ahead of the surging peloton while Kelme’s Alejandro Valverde led the bunch across just

Work, work, work, work, work... it never ends for us.

Tech report: Two scoops in every box

Tech report: Two scoops in every box

Tech report: Two scoops in every box

Tech report: Two scoops in every box

J.H.K. is A.W.O.L.

MTB News and Notes: Jeeps, Web sites and Whistler

MTB News and Notes: Jeeps, Web sites and Whistler

MTB News and Notes: Jeeps, Web sites and Whistler

Pinotti

Healthy... and fast.

Chrissy got her groove on

Jeanson

Wow, the silly season is certainly upon us again with a veritable truckloadof road and mountain bike races gearing-up just about everywhere. In fact,I just got back from a solid weekend of riding and racing in Moab, Utahwith VeloNews' own Jason Sumner and Jon "SlimJim" Stierwalt. Sure, we were primarily there on assignment to cover the 2003 Tour ofCanyonlands event (check out Jason's race reports earlier this week righthere at velonews.com and also in our upcoming issue #8), but you can'tfault us for also sneaking in a day of freeriding on the amazing PoisonSpider/Portal trails. We even

Danielson

It always seemed like a natural fit for mountain biking: the Jeep King of the Mountain series. But until now you had to be involved in snow sports to wear one of those crowns. That could change come this summer’s latest rendition of the KOM, when the fat-tire sect may be battling for a total prize purse of $100,000 during a three-race series, which will receive three hours of television coverage. And while some of the i’s and t’s still need to be dealt with – mostly regarding scheduling – this is a done deal according to Eclipse TV’s Denise Lavaroni. “It’s definitely happening,” said

Vaughters

Enlargement is big enough to set as a desktop background

Flanders/Ghent/Roubaix Image Files - 2005

Vogels, Klier and Boonen

Flanders/Ghent/Roubaix Image Files - 2005

Vogels: Tough guy at work

Flanders/Ghent/Roubaix Image Files - 2005

The wind broke things apart

Ghent map

Cipollini: Before the fall