News

The NetZero squad work together for Miller's win at Twilight.

Hanisch is likely to have a smaller number next time you see him.

Some fair goers took the opportunity to ride the trails without leaving the tent, while others remembered golden rides in the pl

By moving the bridge to the back, Manitou adds stiffness and saves weight.

In RockShox Iore, Judy begat SID and SID begat Duke.

Goive couldn't match her teenage teammate.

Hesjedal outlasts McGrath, while Green comes across third.

Hesjedal on the attck in the early going.

Dunlap exults as she crossed the line.

Florit was out fron for much of the race, but couldn't hold on at the end.

Hannah takes out Minnaar in the final.

Bootes looked fast here, but ended up fourth.

Donovan on her way to another win at Big Bear.

Who me worry? Even yesterday, Simoni had numerous reasons to smile about the Giro.

On the road, Frigo closed to within seven seconds of Simoni.

It was all Aussies at the top of the men's downhill podium.

Despite his rainbow jeresy, Rockwell could do no better than 16th.

Streb heads for the win.

Wonder Grrl: Geneviève Jeanson

Her manager told her to go on the third climb. She listened -- and that's the last the peloton saw of her.

The World Cup math worked against Bessette (r) when Melcher (front) covered her move.

Montreal's podium (l to r): Ljungskog, Jeanson, Bessette.

Simoni (in pink), Frigo, and the tifosi were the big players in today's stage.

Here's what we're all missing by not seeing this race in person. You gotta click to see this full size!

The 23-year-old Perez (right) after the win: 'I’d trade two teeth for a day like today.'

Frigo (left) led the chase once Simoni jumped away, and kept his time loss to 45 seconds. The jersey, for now, is Simoni's.

Molday leads a four-rider breakaway near the top of the first climb.

Grigson explains another win.

Molday on his own on the second lap.

Dunlap got the hole shot but ended up second.

Team Saturn continues to hold down all the top spots in the National Racing Calendar standings, with Trent Klasna and Kimberly Bruckner leading the individual standings. Both the Saturn men’s and women’s squads lead the team standings as well following the U.S. national championships and the Tour of Somerville. Men 1. Trent Klasna, Saturn, 739 pts 2. Scott Moninger, Mercury-Viatel, 490 3. Eric Wohlberg (Can), Saturn, 385 4. Chris Horner, Mercury-Viatel, 339 5. Baden Cooke (Aus), Mercury-Viatel, 287 6. Levi Leipheimer, U.S. Postal Service, 240 7. Eddy Gragus, Jelly Belly, 221 8. Danny

Laurent Chotard was fired from the U.S.-based Mercury-Viatel squad today, May 31, after it was announced that the French neo-pro tested positve for EPO at the Tour of Romandie. The sample was taken during that race, held March 8-13. "We fully support any action taken by the French Cycling Federation and by the UCI and commend their efforts to improve our sport. Chotard's actions were of his own initiative and without the knowledge of any staff or team member and his removal from the team was immediate," Mercury team director John Wordin told VeloNews.

National TT champion Trent Klasna

Dario Frigo (left) holds the lead by one second -- a thin margin to pin his team's hopes with Friday's big climbs.

Lotto Adecco's Lef Verbrugghe rode clear on two solo breaks, and it was on the second when the rain storm hit the peloton.

IBanesto's Lastras scoring his biggest win of the season

With eight teams in the break, the odds were good that it would stick.

From the Giro, Skippy will ride each stage of the Tours of Austria, Switzerland, and France.

Following ther rules, Cipo' kept his regulation uniform

'I gave it everything I had, because if I had been caught I would not have been able to try it again,' Zanette said.

The break rode away with 130km to go -- but Zanette jumped clear in the closing kilometers.

Cipo' strikes a familiar pose

McManus

Caucchioli makes his move

Whew! Frigo holds on.

A long day in the saddle. Stage 7 covered 239km.

Bruckner wrapped up her second title of the weekend.

Andy Hampsten and Davis Phinney, who played major roles in leading modern U.S. professional cyclists racing in Europe during the mid-1980s, will be inducted May 27 into the U.S. Bicycling Hall. The 15th annual awards banquet will be held at the Somerville Elks Club in nearby Bridgewater, N.J. Both athletes plan to attend the ceremony, as do other athlete inductees: Ned Overend and Victor Vincente of America. Phinney won more than 300 races, including two stages of the Tour de France, over his career from 1976 to 1993. He also won a bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Hampsten,

Graham Watson

Hampsten, shown here on the Gavia, a decade after his historic ride up the pass.

Phinney, at his long-time home in Colorado.

Kevin Livingston is riding his first Giro.

Cheetahs sometimes prosper

Frigo takes over

Pantani couldn't stay with the leaders on the final climb

Familiar sight Hondo wins again.

Verbrugghe fought his way back after a crash

Verbrugghe still has the Maglia Rosa

Marga Fullana showed again why she's world champion

Italian Ellis Rastelli (Liquigas-PATA) sneaking in along the barrier for the win.

Pantani's efforts on the climb with just 15km to go helped re-shuffle the overall standings.

Fulllana made it look easy

It took more than 10 years, but Green gave Canada a men's World Cup win

Verbrugghe took the pink jersey in record-breaking style

Hruska was one of four ONCE's to finish in the top-10

The official 2001 poster for the 84th running of the Giro d'Italia

Piil doubles up on stage wins at Peace Race

Disgraced Colombian climbs aboard Mobilvetta prior to Giro

Swiss cyclist Roland Meier returned a positive test for the banned endurance stimulant EPO (erythropoietin) following the Fleche Wallonne one-day classic last month, the SportInformation agency reported in Geneva on May 15. A urine sample provided by the 33-year-old Zurich-based cyclist after the race at Huy, Belgium was found to contain the banned substance when examined in the University of Lausanne. The Team Coast rider can request that his B-sample be tested and if that returns a positive test Meier faces a ban of between six months and one year in addition to a fine of up to