Italy Fassa Bortolo rider Alessandro Petacchi (L) puts his head down during the final sprint with Australian Lotto domo's Robbie McEwen (R)
Australian Lotto domo rider Robbie McEwen sprays champagne on the podium after the Stage win
'I'm so lonely...'
The all-Scandium Salsa Las Cruces 'Crosser
The all-Salsa cockpit
Topeak's ToolBar–keychain friendly
Hutchinson's Limited Edition Team Series–in Postal colors
Czech rider Ondrej Sosenka (CCC-Polsat) and race leader Steffen Wesemann(Telekom) powered away from a 10-man chase group that and converted thePeace Race into a two-rider battle. The stage from Klodzko to Walbrzych was loaded with difficult climbsand a group of six riders attacked early, isolating Wesemann without protectionfrom Telekom teammates. Wesemann and Sosenka were among two other riders that bridged out, butthe pair chugged away and no one was strong enough or motivated enoughto organize a chase. Sosenka got the win in the 179km stage as the PeaceRace entered Poland on a sunny,
Stefano Garzelli erased memories of his controversial ejection from last year’s Giro d’Italia in a dramatic gesture Monday over the oven-hot roads of southern Italy. The 2000 Giro champion peeled away from peloton in the steep final 400 meters of the 145km third stage to grab the victory and vault into second place overall. Fassa Bortolo’s Alessandro Petacchi fought hard to retain the maglia rosa, but Garzelli’s win is a clear message that he’s a legitimate contender for the overall prize. “It’s an important victory for me because after 11 months without competing it gives me confidence.
OOO-kay, here’s the thing, I need 50Gs by June 1st. Well, I don’t really need it personally, though that would be nice. No, I need it to broadcast the world championships’ Radio Tour on a private FM band so everybody in Hamilton – from spectators around the course to all the vehicles in the race caravan – can hear without it having to use expensive mobile radios. The idea isn’t really mine. It came to my boss, Pierre Hutsebaut, during an early meeting we had about two months ago with the CRTC (Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission), part of the “Federal Family” assisting us to
Jason McCartney scored a big win for team 7UP-Maxxis over the weekend, while Lynn Gaggioli (Velo Bella) continued a strong 2003 campaign at the Joe Martin Stage Race NRC event in Fayetteville, Arkansas. McCartney beat out Saturn's Eric Wohlberg, while the women's race was a two-rider battle between Gaggioli and Sue Palmer-Komar (Genesis Scuba). Wohlberg jumped to the early race lead when he won the 113-mile stage 1, four seconds ahead of McCartney and Jelly Belly-Carlsbad Clothing's Ben Brooks, with the next closest group more than four minutes behind. McCartney would come back, however,
Petacchi stays in maglia rosa
McEwen goes for it...
... the peloton was close behind
Pierre Hutsebaut at the L.A. Olympics
Riders in the Giro d'Italia race around a curve during the 145km third stage from Policoro to Terme Luigiane.
The pack rides in front of a castle in Marina Roseto during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia
Riders of the Giro d'Italia cycle past during the 145km third stage from Policoro to Terme Luigiane
Italy Vini Caldirola rider Stefano Garzelli raises his arms as he crosses the finish line followed by pink jersey leader Alessandro Petacchi (L).
Italian Fassa Bortolo rider Alessandro Petacchi sprays champagne on the podium
Robbie McEwen’s feisty style cost him a victory in Sunday’s second stage of the Giro d’Italia. Alessio’s Fabio Baldato was awarded the win after race judges stripped McEwen of the victory for dangerous riding in the closing 200 meters of the stage. McEwen, known for his aggressive riding style, was relegated to 70th place. McEwen edged Baldato by a bike-length at the end of the 177km stage from Copertino to Matero in Italy’s “heel,” but replays showed the Lotto-Domo man pressing Baldato into the race fences in the frenetic charge to the line. “McEwen told me after the race he didn’t see
Flying Frenchman Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole) wrapped up a big win in the Four Days of Dunkirk after taking the morning time trial stage. Moreau had an impressive victory in the 19km to time trial to follow up on his stage-win in Saturday’s difficult stage over the rolling hills of northern France. Moreau rolled through the afternoon road stage without drama while sprinter Jean-Patrick Nazon (Jean Delatour) scored another win for the French team on the eve of the final Tour de France wild card selection May 19. U.S. Postal’s David Zabriskie rode well throughout the race, getting
On another blue sky day in Northern California, the final installment of the 2003 NCCA national road championships concluded with a road race only the climbers could love. Situated an hour north of San Francisco on the east side of the bay, the 15.5km circuit near Crockett was all about ascending, the crux a 2km slog up McEwen Road that reached 15 percent at its steepest section. That brought out some little gears on Sunday, with most of the women running 27s in the rear (several triples and a few mountain bike cassettes were also spotted), while the majority of the men slipped on 25s.
Robbie Mc Ewen (C) celebrates before being relegated
Petacchi and Cipollini were relaxed for most of the day
McEwen was quick to celebrate and Baldato was quick t protest
Petacchi remains in pink
Cipo' had his share of troubles on Sunday
Baldato celebrated when it mattered.
Pantani at the Giro. He can't claim that the helmet messes up his hair, can he?
The climb up McEwen.
Maher takes the win.
DII victor Beall of Idaho.
Ollerenshaw heads to victory.
No one could catch Hedges.
ALESSIO1. Fabio Baldato, Italy2. Pietro Caucchioli, Italy3. Angelo Furlan, Italy4. Denis Lunghi, Italy5. Ruggero Marzoli, Italy 6. Vladimir Miholievic, Croatia7. Cristian Moreni, Italy8. Andrea Noe', Italy 9. Franco Pellizotti, ItalyCCC POLSAT 11. Pavel Tonkov, Russia12. Dariusz Baranowski, Poland13. Thomas Brozyna, Poland14. Bogdan Bondariew, Ukraine15. Piotr Chmielewski, Poland16. Seweryn Kohut, Poland17. Andris Nauduzs, Lettonia18. Piotr Przydzial, Poland19. Radoslaw Romanik, PolandCERAMICHE PANARIA-FIORDO21. Giuliano Figueras, Italy 22. Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio, Mexico23. Graeme Brown,
It was Alessandro Petacchi - not Mario Cipollini - winning Saturday’s 201km opening stage of the 2003 Giro d’Italia in a mass gallop. On a day when everyone expected the world champion to tie the 41-win mark set by Alfredo Binda, Petacchi played the spoiler to win his first career Giro stage. “It’s as good as it can get,” Petacchi said. “It was kind of like three for one. I won my first Giro stage of my career, earned the maglia rosa, and I beat Cipollini who’s in the rainbow jersey. Not bad.” The opening stage of the 86th Giro was flat as a pancake, winding along the spectacular coast
Belorussian Alexander Usov (Phonak) won the opening stage of the Clasica de Alcobendas in Spain, taking the 148km stage ahead of Saeco’s Igor Astarloa and Telekom’s Gian Matteo Fagnini, who came across third. The two-day, three-stage race outside of Madrid has increased in importance the past few years, especially since many of the Spanish teams not racing at the Giro d’Italia are starting because the Giro isn’t broadcast in Spain. Kelme’s Oscar Sevilla did not start Saturday’s stage. Sevilla underwent surgery in March to remove a cyst in his groin area and said he continues to have health
They played down the home-course advantage, but it couldn’t have hurt the chances of the four-man team from Cal-Berkeley when it came time to contest the team time trial at day two of the NCCA national road championships in Northern California on Saturday. After all, the 13-mile lollipop-shaped circuit was designed by one of the club’s members, and the Bears also had the benefit of going last, meaning they knew where they stood during most of their near-hour trip around the scenic rolling countryside near Livermore. But the bottom line when it comes to time trialing is power, and on this
2003 Giro d'Italia - FINAL start list
Fassa Bortolo's Alessandro Petacchi shot round world champ Mario Cipollini's right side.
Team fakta’s Frank Hoj and Teke’s Cristian Frattini get a little TV time.
Cipollini's teammates massed at the front - to no avail.
Midwestern State heads to the win.
The women of Dartmouth.
The hometown winners.
Cal on the way to victory.
The rolling hills near Livermore.
This year’s Giro d’Italia is shaping to be a fight between Spain’s Aitor Gonzalez and the Italians. The season’s first major three-week stage race kicks off Saturday with a road stage in Lecce, where world champion Mario Cipollini hopes to tie the record of 41 stage victories record held by Alfredo Binda. But it’s in the mountains in the Giro’s final decisive week that will keep the cycling world on edge. The major plot line is whether or not Gonzalez, with the help of Fassa Bortolo teammate Dario Frigo, can topple a group of motivated Italians on their home turf. “I believe I can finish on
With Team Coast slapped with its second racing ban in two months, 1997 Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich could soon be heading to a new team. The UCI banned Coast from racing Thursday until the team can provide money up front for team expenses through the end of the season. The team was en route to the Peace Race when the news broke Thursday evening and didn’t start Friday’s first stage. For Ullrich, who has returned from knee surgery and a doping ban, the news could mean he’ll be looking for a few team in time to start the Tour in July. “If the situation remains what it is, we will have
The 2003 NCCA Road National Championships commence Friday morning in northern California with criterium racing on Treasure Island. The six-turn, pancake-flat course is on the southeastern edge of the former Navy-occupied island that sits halfway between Oakland and San Francisco beneath the Bay Bridge.
“Mutation. It is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward.” - Professor Charles Xavier’s opening monologue, from “X-Men” Mutants are among us. One week after going out with a few of the boys from our editorial department to catch “X2: X-Men United” on opening night, that’s the conclusion I’ve reached. In case you’re out of the loop on superhero lore, the X-Men were, like
Former USA Cycling chief executive officer Lisa Voight has been hired as the first CEO of the International World Games Association, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The IWGA, an International Olympic Committee-recognized organization formed in 1981, oversees a quadrennial competition for more than 30 non-Olympic sports, such as billiards, orienteering, bowling, handball and rugby. “I’m honored to have been named as the first CEO of the IWGA and I am very much looking forward to this opportunity," Voight said. Voight, who left USA Cycling’s top job last year, is a member of the U.S.
Editor:Yes, mountain bike racing has changed. The early 1990's were cool, no doubt, with big fields and the big show at nationals. But the big events now are the epics – 100-milers and 24-hour races. Heck, anyone who has gone to a 24-hour race in the last year could not say that the sport is dying - tons of people just off the couch, giving it a try because it sounds fun. Think about that – fun. These events cater to general participants. Tinker gets the same treatment as Joe Tennis Shoes with his skater helmet. Grass roots is alive and well. Riders in southern California will have
So, I watched Liège-Bastogne-Liège on OLN last night. I’ve got to admit, I really thought Lance was going to take it. He was just looking so strong when he was out there with Sanchez and Shefer. But when CSC caught the break, and then Tyler attacked - wow!, what a shocker. And who would have thought he’d be able to hang on for a solo win? That’s the great thing about live TV - the action, the drama, the suspense. I know, I’m living in a dream world here. Let’s face it. A week-and-a-half delay sucks. By the time the coverage aired, we had known all the details of the action for 10 days. And
If your rooting interests were on a solely regional basis, the first day of the 2003 National Collegiate Cycling Association Road National Championships was a good day no matter what time zone you were pulling for. The breakdown of winners from the Treasure Island Criterium covered all reaches of the country, with Yale’s Marissa Kellogg, Midwestern State’s Stephanie Hannos, Colorado College’s Robbie King, and UC-Santa Cruz’s Ben Jacques-Maynes each grabbing victories on Friday in Northern California. Kellogg’s was the first of the day, as the cognitive-science major from the Ivy League
Gonzalez wants to do in the Giro what he did at the Vuelta
It's Giro time: Aitor versus the Italians
Geneviève Jeanson: Homo (Most) Superior
The criterium course on Treasure Island
McEwen Road is the key to the road race.
Anyone for a little climbing?
Don't tell us who won, we're waiting for the TV coverage.
The Treasure Island criterium with the Bay Bridge in the background.
DII women's winner Kellogg.
DII men's winner King.
Jacques-Maynes won the DI men's race.
Hannos was No. 1 among the DI women.
One of several pile-ups.
Dane Lars Michaelsen won his first race since the 2000 season after he edged Ag2r’s Jaan Kirsipuu to take the 200km second stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk on Thursday. The Team CSC rider overcame a back injury in February but missed the spring classics and only returned to competitive racing last weekend. Michaelsen, 34, cracked a vertebra when he crashed when a time trial handlebar snapped during a team training camp in Tuscany. “He tried to come back for the classics and tried to race at Harelbeke (March 29) and De Panne (April 1-3), but he just wasn’t up for it,” said Team CSC sport
Dear Bob;When I go out riding, I usually take my driver’s license with me so I can use it for identification in an emergency. A friend warned me that I shouldn’t do that, because if the police wrote me a ticket and I had my license on me, the state would assess moving violation points. Can they do that?Thanks in advance,Anonymous Dear Anonymous;I have had my share of experience in this area with both police in patrol cars and police on bikes. When I was a student at the University of Wisconsin in the '80s we wanted to know if the bicycle police cruising around campus with mirrored sun
So finally, a week after the world found out that the Telluride World Cup was cancelled, word came down from the UCI that…the Telluride World Cup has been cancelled. In its brief press release dated May 7, cycling’s world governing body was kind enough to reiterate that fact, remind us of the dates that no longer matter, and then impart these encouraging words. “The UCI regrets this decision and will make the most to ensure however a harmonious development of the 2003 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.” Hmm…ensure however a harmonious development? Not sure what that’s all about, but wouldn’t it
How about if people quit whining about cycling on TV and just goride their bikes? Isn't that what the sport's all about? Why waste a beautifulday sitting on the couch watching someone else do what you could be outsidedoing yourself? If it's nice hit the road, if it's not hit the trail, or vice versa.There's a whole world out there to be enjoyed and a bicycle is a greatway to do it. You know, cycling doesn't need people making $2 million ayear to validate it. Whether anyone ever gets paid to ride a bikeagain or not, there will still be more people on bikes on a
The UCI on Thursday suspended Team Coast for the second time this season from racing in what's another setback for the troubled German team. The UCI issued a statement Thursday afternoon saying that riders had not been paid during April and that it was once again suspending the team from competition. "Unfortunately, this reveals the structural problems of the team remain very serious, despite all the steps taken by the UCI to protect the interest of the racers," the UCI said a statement. "Team Coast is not authorized, as of this day, to take part in any race on the international
Giro news: Colombia-Selle Italia Division II Colombia-Selle Italia is hoping for big things from its fleet of sleek Colombian climbers. It’s been a few years since the glory days of the Colombian mountain goats (even Santiago Botero is better in the time trial than on the steeps), so it’s hard to tell if this team can bring back the mystic. John Freddy Garcia was the rider race judges ruled that Francesco Casagrande barged into the fences on a Category 3, leading to Casagrande’s early exit from last year’s Giro.Colombia-Selle Italia José J. Castelblnaco (Col)Freddy González (Col)John Freddy
“I’m not a great champion like Binda,' says Cipo'