Road Racing

Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) wins the 90th Tour of Catalonia.

Sky’s Russell Downing won the 75 kilometer second stage of the Criterium International in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, on Sunday.

Hilton Clarke (Bahati Foundation) and Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita-Baci) won the stage 2 criteriums at the Redlands Bicycle Classic.

Former skier Tara Whitten of Canada won the women's omnium gold at the world track cycling championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Saturday.

Track cycling speed queen Victoria Pendleton eased the pressure on medal-shy Britain by winning her fourth consecutive and fifth career sprint title at the world championships Saturday.

Australian Cameron Meyer claimed his third gold of the world track cycling championships when he teamed up with Leigh Howard to win the men's Madison crown on Saturday.

Two-time world pursuit champion Taylor Phinney is Trek-Livestrong’s marquee rider.

France's defending world champion Gregory Bauge drew first blood in the battle for men's sprint supremacy when he dominated qualifying at the world track cycling championships Saturday.

There was a time when New Zealand's dreams of Olympic gold in track cycling revolved around the endurance and pursuit teams. But that is about to change.

Amber Neben became the first rider to defend the Redlands leader's jersey on the Beaumont circuit Friday, finishing at the same time as stage winner Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia), who now sits 14 seconds behind Neben on the GC.

Teun Mulder of the Netherlands upset French hopes of a first gold at the world track championships Friday when he blitzed his way in record time to victory in the men's kilometer.

Slovenian Mark Kump (Adria) won the fourth stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali on Friday, outsprinting Lampre's Simone Ponzi and De Rosa's Claudio Corion on the 184km stage from Rovigo to Finale Emilia.

Australia narrowly edged New Zealand in qualifying for the men's team pursuit gold medal ride-off and will now meet Britain later Friday at the world track cycling championships.

Davide Malacarne (QuickStep) won the fifth stage of the Tour of Catalonia, a 181.2-kilometer race from Asco to Cabaces in northeastern Spain on Friday.

Chris Hoy, the reigning Olympic sprint champion who missed the world championships last year due to injury, could face his biggest challenge yet as he bids to win back the title.

Britain will insist that only the London Olympics really matter, but track cycling's world pacesetters were left trailing for the second day in a row by a rampant Australia on Thursday.

2010 Lindenwood University collegiate results

Amber Neben (Dare To Be-BMW-Bianchi) flew into the 2010 National Racing Calendar Thursday with the prologue win at the Redlands Bicycle Classic ahead of Mara Abbott (Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty12) and Evelyn Stevens (HTC-Columbia).

The splits: Phinney v. Sergent for the gold

American Taylor Phinney easily beat New Zealand's Jesse Sergent to successfully defend his individual pursuit title at the world track championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Thursday.

Britain's four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy reclaimed his world keirin crown after a dominating display in the final of the men's event at the world track cycling championships Thursday.

Saxo Bank's Jens Voigt won the fourth stage of the Tour of Catalonia on Thursday, a 210-kilometer state from Oliana to Asco in northeastern Spain.

Australia's women's pursuit team defeated reigning world champions Britain in the gold medal ride-off on Thursday at the world track cycling championships.

A reader asks about those riders who have won in their first appearance at the Tour de France.

World sprint champion Gregory Bauge selflessly blamed himself on Wednesday as France lost their coveted team sprint crown to Germany at the world track cycling championships. Germany, who last won the three-lap power event at world level in 2003, clocked a winning time of 43.433 to leave France, the champions since 2006, with the silver medal.

The U.S.'s Sarah Hammer held off Britain's Wendy Houvenaghel to reclaim the women's individual pursuit title at the world track cycling championships on Wednesday.

Australia's Cam Meyer defended his world's points race title Wednesday at the world championships in Copenhagen.

Saxo Bank's Danish road champion Matt Breschel won Wednesday's Dwars door Vlaanderen, the 204-kilometer Belgian semi-classic, in a 22-kilometer solo breakaway.

Spain's Xavier Tondo (Cervelo TestTeam) won Wednesday's third stage of the Tour of Catalonia, a 185.9-kilometre run from La Vall d'En Bas to La Seu d'Urgell in northeastern Spain.

Britain's Wendy Houvenaghel will face former world champion Sarah Hammer of the USA in the women's 3000 meter pursuit gold match at the world track cycling championships later Wednesday.

Jason Queally, Olympic gold winner in the men's kilometer at the Sydney Games in 2000, is making an audacious bid for a coveted place in Britain's world-beating pursuit team at this week’s world track championships.

2010 UCI Track World Championships results

Breaking 14-year-old world records might not yet be on Jack Bobridge's radar, but all eyes should be riveted on the Australian Thursday in the men's pursuit at the world track championships.

Garmin-Transitions rider Cam Meyer will be racing the track world championships for Australia on a distinctively shaped new handlebar from 3T.

2010 Track World Championships galleries

Liquigas takes a double-stage day as the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali gets under way.

Americans Taylor Phinney and Sarah Hammer are looking forward to a little friendly competition as track worlds kick off Wednesday in Denmark.

HTC-Columbia speedster Mark Cavendish sprints to victory in stage 2 of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.

Sir Chris Hoy is back on track for the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Colombia swept the 2010 South American Games road cycling events this week, as former ProTour rider Santiago Botero won the games' time trial and road race and Colombians Maria Luisa Calle and Ana Paola Villegas won the women's time trial and road race, respectively.

Lennard Zinn's readers weigh in on ways to choose, fix and maintain tires and those super-narrow 11-speed chains.

2010 Philly Phlyer results

Milram's Paul Voss won Monday's prologue at the Tour of Catalonia, beating RadioShack's Levi Leipheimer by one second over the 3.6-kilometer course. RadioShack's Andreas Kloeden was third, another second back.

It was just passed 10:00 Saturday night as I made my way down the dark, cobbled lane near Erie Basin in Brooklyn. In search of the staging area for the third Red Hook Criterium, a 20-lap race for track-bike riders with a penchant for unorthodox racing, I hoped to spy some of the participants at registration before things got underway.

Hilton Clarke scored the first major win for his Bahati Foundation team in the Incycle/Cannondale Old Town Grand Prix criterium Sunday evening, the final stage of the San Dimas Stage Tace. Clarke, overall winner at San Dimas in 2002, beat out Alejandro Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home) and Raymond Kreder (Holowesko Partners) for the stage 3 win.

Local rider Jens Mouris of Vacansoleil broke from a 15-rider group in the final kilometers to take an 11-second solo win at the Dutch one-day Ronde van het Groene Hart. Belgian Nico Eckhour (An Post-Sean Kelly) won the field sprint for second, followed by Sep Vanmark (Topsport Vlaanderen).

Benjamin takes San Dimas stage win, Abbott holds lead

Peanut Butter & Co.'s Mara Abbott and Fly V Australia's Ben Day repeats their 2009 wins.

Winter's not over yet, and Zack Vestal takes a look at some of the Pearl Izumi winter gear he's been wearing — and likely will continue wearing for a few weeks more.

Former world time trial champion and Tour de France stage winner Santiago Botero of Colombia won a gold medal in the individual time trial at the South American Games in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday. Botero, racing for the Colombian national team, rode the 40km course in 49:04.055, beating second-placed Matias Medici of Argentina by 21 seconds.

Jens Keukeleire, 21, has already won Three Days of West Flanders and Le Samyn this year.

Italy's Stefano Garzelli won the Tirreno-Adriatico overall on Tuesday after Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen prevailed in the seventh and final stage.

Lennard Zinn suggests you avoid removing 11-speed chains for maintenance. Clean and re-lube on the bike.

2010 UC Davis results

2010 Boise State criterium results

2010 Stevens Institute results

Zack takes a quick look at some new products from Campagnolo, Rotor, Ritchey and more.

Russia's Mikhail Ignatiev won the 134 kilometer sixth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico, between Montecosaro and Macerata on Monday. The Katusha rider was followed across the line by Italian Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) with Australian Cadel Evans (BMC) in third. Italy's Michele Scarponi, riding for the Androni team, retained his lead in the overall standings.

Fly V Australia scored a second stage win at the Tour of Murrieta Sunday as Alessandro Bazzana took the victory in the 60-mile Rabobank Circuit Race ahead of teammate Jonathan Cantwell. Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis) finished third on the day to secure the overall win in the three-day omnium. In the women's race Kathryn Donovan of host club INCYCLE/SC Velo won the stage while Lauren Tamayo and Shelley Evans finished with the same number of omnium points.

2010 DePauw results

Lindsey Wilson College and Marian University continued a heated rivalry in the Midwest Collegiate Cycling Conference, exchanging victories throughout DePauw’s road race, team time trial and criterium. Despite the dominance of these teams, Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and Indiana University also demonstrated commendable performances, nabbing several top positions across categories.

Working all day in a breakaway paid off for Fly V Australia's Phil Zajicek when he won the Tucson Bicycle Classic by one second

2010 Grant's Tomb criterium collegiate results

Astana's Enrico Gasparotto wins the fifth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico as Michele Scarpone retains his overall lead.

After Jelly Belly's Jonathan Chodroff won the opening time trial Friday at the Tucson Bicycle Classic, GC results were not altered at all following Saturday's road race after a crash in a preceding event neutralized the pro men's field.

Jonathan Cantwell continued Fly V Australia's early season fortune with a bunch sprint win at the Jax Bicycle Center Grand Prix at the Tour de Murrieta.

South Africans filled the podium at the Cape Argus cycle tour in South Africa Sunday, as RadioShack's Lance Armstrong assisted his South African teammate Daryl Impey, who wound up third.

Alberto Contador contains some attacks to win his second Paris-Nice.

Paris-Nice stage 6

Jonathan Chodroff (Jelly Belly-Kenda) and Susannah Gordon (ColoradoBikeLaw.com) scored stage 1 time trial wins Friday at the Tucson Bicycle Classic.

UnitedHealthcare's Rory Sutherland and Specialized Designs for Women's Ruth Clemence win the opening time trial at the Tour de Murrieta in California.

Liquigas-Doimo scored a double in Europe Friday as the team's Daniele Bennati won the third stage of Tirreno-Adriactico the same afternoon as Peter Sagan won the fifth stage of Paris-Nice.

Liquigas's Peter Sagan scored a second stage victory in this year's Paris-Nice with a bold solo attack in the final two kilometers on Friday. Sagan, who also won stage 3, emerged from a group of about 40 survivors on what turned out to be a tougher-than-expected stage 5, a relatively short 157-km run from Pernes-les-Fontaines to Aix-en-Provence.

In the second installment of Singletrack.com's visit to Yeti Cycles' headquarters, Zack Vestal takes a look at what's keeping Yeti at the forefront of competitive mountain biking.

Quick Step's Tom Boonen won Thursday's second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico, outsprinting Paul Martens (Rabobank) and Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) at the end of the 165-kilometer stage.

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador put his mark on the 2010 Paris-Nice Thursday, dominating the final climb of the critical fourth stage, a 173.5-kilometer run from Maurs to a mountain-top finish in Mende.

What's XXtra cool about SRAM's new group is that it works well not just on anorexic cross-country race hardtails, but on 5-inch, full-suspension trail bikes.

Tech editor Zack Vestal tries a saddle made specifically for time trialing and is pleasantly surprised by its comfort.