Road Racing

Euskaltel's Egoi Martínez vows to gain the success at the Tour de France that has so far eluded him.

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A look at the official Team RadioShack Treks for 2010

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David Lynskey, the founder of Litespeed, Ti's one on for 2010 with Lynskey Performance in Chattanooga, Tennessee .

Katerina Nash (Luna) and and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) win the final day of the Stanley Portland Cup in Oregon. Nash and Ryan Trebon (Kona-FSA) take the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross series titles.

Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) wins the fifth round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Igorre, Spain.

Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) and Dan Timmerman (Richard Sachs-RGM-Radix) win the first round of the NBX Grand Prix of Cross.

Todd Wells (Specialized) and Katerina Nash (Luna) rode to wins at the first day of the Portland Stanley Cup in Oregon.

Our tech editor considers a few small items for the Christmas stocking of your favorite bike geek.

Over 100 riders started the inaugural Gravel Grovel in Southern Indiana on Nov. 27, and Kenda Pro rider Jake Rytlewski emerged first after 100 kilometers of racing on mostly gravel roads through Hoosier National Forest.

Cyclists are an easy lot to shop for, especially if you keep selections that help out on the singletrack simple.

Cyclocrossers of all shapes and sizes descended on the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Iowa City last weekend for the sixth annual Jingle Cross Rock.

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Kristi Berg (Redline Bicycles) put an exclamation point on her perfect SCX season and Toby Swanson (Benaroya Research Institute) added a finals victory to his slim points lead to take the Elite Men's title.

Mavic celebrates 10 years of Ksyrium wheels by offering a limited edition K10 wheelset, which will feature the company's first tires.

If news reports are right, the 2010 Vuelta will open with a team time trial in Sevilla on August 29th.

Lennard Zinn offers some follow-up ideas on ways to make sure you don't roll a tubular tire.

Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) double up at the Bay State Cyclocross.

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) wins his 50th Superprestige event and takes the lead of the 2009 series in Gieten, the Netherlands.

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American Katie Compton is third and Jon Page is 27th. Compton retains her World Cup lead.

A roundup of a few tech items that caught our collective attention here.

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Lennard Zinn ponders the age-old question of why your chain is on the right side and finds the answer on a horse.

Tech editor Zack Vestal takes on the cold in a Nalini jacket and Cirello bib tights.

JHK, Irmiger win at Lance's place

Jeremy Horgan Kobelski and Heather Irminger win the first Mellow Johnny's Classic

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Amy Dombroski and Tim Johnson double up in the final weekend of the 2009 North American Cyclocross Trophy series.

Niels Albert struggles as Zdenek Stybar outfights Sven Nys for the win in Hamme-Zogge.

Details of the 2010 version of the Vuelta a España are slowly leaking out through the Spanish media.

Anna Meares scored her second and third gold medals at the World Cup track event in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday.

An untried Australian team pursuit combination beat arch-rival Great Britain in the Melbourne World Cup round on Friday.

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Complete results from days 1-3 of the Melbourne track World Cup competition.

Olympic silver medalist Anna Meares headlined a winning night for Australia at the Melbourne World Cup round on Thursday.

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A day after playing the role of Ryan Trebon’s punching bag, Tim Johnson punched back.

Planet Bike's Katie Compton wins by nearly a minute in Gavere as world champ Niels Albert takes his second Superprestige.

Mercer Cup, Day 1: Trebon and Nash triumph

After weeks of hinting he might skip the Tour de France, Carlos Sastre has confirmed that he will be at the start line in Rotterdam for the 2010 edition.

Part way through the ’cross season, Amy Dombroski is switching to Primus Mootry and a new set of sponsors.

The brother of Alberto Contador says the two-time winner will likely stay with Astana in 2010, but no longer.

Do tubeless tires work for cyclocross?

Giro d'Italia

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Mud surely took its toll on both riders and bikes at Saturday's Blue Sky Velo Cup in Colorado.

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Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,600 km.

Lennard shares some recent experiences and insights from the cyclocross races.

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The 2010 Time catalog includes not just bikes and pedals.

Sue Butler (Monavie-Cannondale) suited up for the costume race at Cross Crusade No. 6 Sunday in Astoria and rode to her first series win of the season, while Barry Wicks (Kona) doubled up after taking Saturday’s opener in the Halloween weekend of racing. Mud from Saturday’s intermittent rain got tacky when Sunday turned into an unseasonably warm, clear day on Oregon’s northern coast.

Sir Chris Hoy won his third gold at the UCI Track World Cup on Sunday in Manchester as Great Britain ended the meeting with yet more medals. Four-time Olympic champion Hoy, who at this event was making his international return from injury, added team sprint gold to the keirin and sprint crowns he'd already won and in the process replicated his Beijing haul. In all Britain won 10 golds from 17 events, as well as four silvers and a bronze medal on their home track.

Seattle’s Nick Weighall (California Giant Strawberries-Specialized) ran away from Mike Broderick (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) to win the MAC Beacon Cyclocross Saturday in Bridgeton, New Jersey. In contrast, Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) rode away from a tough women’s field that included defending MAC champion Laura Van Gilder and perennial front-runner Dee Winfield (C3-Athletes Serving Athletes), and 2008 MAC champion Mo Bruno-Roy (MM Racing p/b Seven Cycles)

American Floyd Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France victory after a positive doping test and a public battle to prove his innocence, has told a New Zealand newspaper that he may never compete again in cycling's most important race. Landis, now 34, told the Herald on Sunday newspaper that infighting between cycling's biggest movers and shakers will likely mean he will not be returning to the Tour.

Kona pro Barry Wicks came to Astoria Saturday and put the hurt on the Cross Crusade regulars, while Veloforma’s Alice Pennington fought back from several hard crashes to take her first win in a women’s A race after three runner-up finishes. Intermittent showers and sun breaks kept the temperatures warm and the course sloppy as the Cross Crusade invaded the northernmost tip of Oregon’s coast for a Halloween weekend doubleheader at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds.

Lance Armstrong's Treks make a post-season, cameo comeback of their own.

Response of the UCI to a report from AFLD relating to anti- doping activities at the 2009 Tour de France PART 1: GENERAL COMMENTS The concept of partnership

The UCI is striking back at the French anti-doping agency AFLD, which earlier this month accused the UCI of giving Astana special treatment at the Tour de France.

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Maureen Bruno-Roy (MM Racing-Seven Cycles) and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) lead the USA Cycling cyclocross points series following this weekend's races. Bruno-Roy, from Arlington, Massachusetts, won both days at the weekend's Verge New England Series races in New Gloucester, Maine. Powers, from Hadley, Massachusetts, was third at Sunday's USGP race in Louisville, Kentucky, and has scored a series of wins and top finishes this season, including going three-for-three at the Cincinnati Cyclocross Festival.

Zack McDonald (Classic Cycles) got his second win of the SCX series and Kristi Berg (Redline Bicycles) continued her domination at a chilly but mostly dry Ft. Steilacoom this weekend.

The route for the 2010 Giro d’Italia — which was unveiled on Italian national television by race director Angelo Zomegnan in Milan last Saturday night — has elicited much praise from both the European media and the racers.

Carlos Sastre likes what he sees for next year’s Giro d’Italia. With a climber’s course laden with monster ascents, including the Mortirolo, the Gavia, Zoncolan and Plan de Corones, the punishing Giro course could well tempt Sastre back to the Italian tour in 2010.

Portland Bicycle Studio's Molly Cameron made it two in row Sunday by taking the Men's A race at Cross Crusade No. 4, while Emily Van Meter (Hudz-Subaru) notched her first win of the season in the Women's A race. The skies finally opened up and dumped enough precipitation to bring out the mud for the first time this Cross Crusade season, and the rain had riders slipping and sliding over the pancake-flat course at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro.

For every hot piece of gear in our Interbike coverage there are ten we missed — here's a few.

Sam Schultz and Lisa Curry won Rolling Thunder under the lights Saturday night in Missoula, Montana. The fourth annual Rolling Thunder nighttime cyclocross race was held on crisp fall night in Montana. Kevin Bradford-Parish and defending champion Sam Krieg gave Schultz all he could handle. Also racing was Craig Richey, John Curry and Kenda rider Andy Schultz.

The sun shone down on the Verge NECCS Sunday in New Gloucester, Maine, but the mud hung like a black cloud over the head of many racers. Maureen Bruno-Roy (MM Racing p/b Seven Cycles) and Dan Timmerman (Richard Sachs/RGM/Radix), on the other hand, had great days in the saddle, each doubling up on the weekend and extending their series leads. Bruno-Roy kept herself upright through the start of the race, but that was the only change from Saturday as she dominated from the gun to the finish. On the first half lap, she had pushed out a 12-second lead and never looked back.

Arley Kemmerer of Hub Racing and Ryan DeWald of Battley Harley-Davidson won the elite races in the third annual DCCX cyclocross race in Washington, D.C., this weekend. The race, which is run by the DCMTB biking team with Family Bike Shop as the title sponsor, had a record 533 racers on a course carved into the landscape of the seldom seen Armed Forces Retirement Home.

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Race No. 4 of the US Gran Prix of Cyclo-cross on Sunday saw Katerina Nash (Luna) repeat Saturday's victory and Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) continue his tradition of a Sunday win in Kentucky’s Derby City Cup for the third consecutive year.

Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank) won the Japan Cup on Sunday in Utsunomiya. The Dane, with an assist from teammate Jens Voigt, hit the line after 151.4km of racing just 24 seconds ahead of a chasing trio composed of Spaniards Dani Moreno (Caisse d’Epargne) and Juan Jose Cobo (Fuji-Servetto) and the Italian Ivan Santaromita (Liquigas). Sorensen launched a series of attacks in the last 40km, backed by Voigt, and the young Danish climber finally left the field behind, crossing the line alone for the win. Moreno took second with Santaromita third.

The New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series made its return to New Gloucester, Maine, Saturday, with the first day of the Downeast Cyclocross Weekend. Racers were greeted with a nagging, persistent rain, deep, slick mud and cold temperatures. Maureen Bruno-Roy (MM Racing p/b Seven Cycles) and Ryan Timmerman (Richard Sachs-RGM-Radix) proved to be the toughest through the storm.

The USGP series made its third stop in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday. With record crowds in attendance and some seriously heavy mud on the course, Katerina Nash and Ryan Trebon raced to victory and into the series leaders’ jerseys at Day One of the USGP Derby City Cup.

The 93rd edition of the Giro d’Italia in 2010 will start in the Netherlands on May 8 before embarking on a 3,416.5km journey around the Italian peninsula and ending in Verona on May 30. That was the course unveiled in Milan on Saturday with 21 stages and plenty of tough climbs. Reigning champion Denis Menchov, the Russian Rabobank rider, was among the guests at the official presentation alongside former winner Damiano Cunego and Italian stars of the past such as Mario Cipollini.