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Vicenza, April 28, 2004 - Campagnolo has decided to go a stepfurther than the simple compact crankset, and develop a fully integrated10-speed drivetrain so that there are no half measures where safety, performance and longevity are concerned. This project has resulted in the new CT crankset and CT derailleur, which is why we can now introduce the first compact drive train. Campagnolo CT CranksetThe cranks are born of a project that skilfully unites Multidirectionaland Unidirectional Carbon Fiber technology. The Campagnolo CT crankset will be available in the Record, Chorusand Centaur

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com, appearing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. This reader doesn't miss MissyHey Velo,What's the deal with keeping your readers informed on Missy Giove? (see "MTBNews and Notes: Missy on being Missy") Nobody wants to hear abouther spats with Anne-Caroline Chausson, or her marital

See ya! Astarloa's stint in his Cofidis kit was short-lived

The courses are set, the athletes are ready, and the 2004 TREK Bikes Collegiate National Cycling Championships Presented by TIAA-Cref are only four weeks away. The Nation's top collegiate cyclists will converge in Madison, Wisconsin on the weekend of May 21, 2004 for three days of intense racing to crown this year's Collegiate National Champions. Racing begins on Friday, May 21 with the TIAA-Cref Criterium (Lapped Race) held on historic State St. in downtown Madison (Racing begins at 1, Men's D-I race at 5:30). Saturday sees action in the 86 mile road race that passes through Black Earth,

Coming to the CLIF BAR Headquarters Thursday evening, May 13th! CLIF BAR & VeloNews are excited to present: First we'll tap a few kegs and fire up the pizza oven, then we'll sit back for an evening all about the Luna Chix Mt. Bike Program, highlighting the '04 Luna Chix Women’s Mountain Bike Team . Alison Dunlap, Marla Streb, Shonny Vanlandingham, Katerina Hanusova, and Kathy Pruitt will all be joining Gary Erickson on stage in the CLIF BAR Performing Arts Theater for an evening of fun and chat. Please join us! Hang out with fellow cycling fans, chat it up with the folks from CLIF BAR, and

For immediate release (Boulder, CO) -- America's most grueling bike race -- the 2,959-mile Insight Race Across America (RAAM) -- has chosen VeloNews to produce its 2004 event program. The program will be featured in a special RAAM cover-edition of VeloNews and as a special tabloid-sized section inside the magazine, plus have over-prints that will be distributed full run-of-book in Tailwinds and UltraCycling magazines. Total distribution is 100,000 copies. Now in its 23th year, RAAM starts on June 20th in San Diego and finishes in Atlantic City on approximately July 1. The event was

Mayo wants to arrive fresh for the Tour

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - More tire talk

McGee put his pursuit talents to use

Hamilton

Danielson

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com, appearing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.All that and SNOOKER, too!Dear Editors:With OLNTV cycling coverage on the classics deteriorated to the point that it is just not even worth the wear-and-tear on my TiVo's hard-drive letalone for me to watch, I have half-started looking into

Norristown, PA – The first five juniors qualified for the JuniorPro Cycling Tour to be held Sunday, June 6, as part of the Wachovia USPROChampionship, now celebrating its 20th year in Philadelphia.  MichaelChauner, 17, West Chester, PA high school senior and a member of the Colorado-based,Team Rio Grande, blistered to a solo finish, followed by Chad Young, 18,from Lancaster, PA, Main Line Cycling, both over a minute ahead of thefield of 24.Colton Valentine, 16, Philadelphia, Quaker City Wheelmen, Elliot Gaunt,17, Williamsport, Main Line Cycling and Chris Ruhl, 17, Quakertown andalso on

If bike racing was only about legs, lungs and fitness, we'd all be racing nothing but time trials and concentrating only on aerodynamics and gear selection. But anyone who has toed the line at anything from a local office-park crit' to the Tour de France will already know that the real beauty of bicycle racing is in its tactics.Competitive cycling is about using good technique and having a strong tactical sense - "race smarts," if you will. While it's true that the most physically prepared cyclists usually survive, they don't necessarily always win. One of this country's premiere cycling

Iñigo Landaluze leads

Wesseman slips to third in the World Cup standings

Fraser scores another

Armstrong takes the overall title

Julich marked his return to American racing with a solid performance

Eki' drops back for a feed

Fraser takes the opener and the closer at TDG

And the winner is...

Gaggioli defended her lead

Beltran had company for the first few miles but, no one could stay with her

Beltran stayed out alone

Gaggioli was left to monitor the break on her own

Rebellin stikes a familiar pose

Frattini

The day's first escape

The early break in the men’s race would gain just over three minutes before the chase began

On the Cote St Roche

Swindlehurst took his second stage win but Frattini monitored the gap

Jaksche on the attack

Team Monex in control

Blanchard wins by three bike lengths

The stage winner and the overall leader share a moment on the Georgia podium

Grajales had done his homework on this course, and it paid off today

The homeboy (he's Colombian, but the team is based in Athens) had plenty of fans

The race leader had his fans, too

And no wonder: He was taking this race seriously

Now, as for Cipo' . . . well, the Giro is coming up

And does Hincapie look more and more like a climber these days, or what?

Moninger has always gone uphill like a bottle rocket

The peloton cruises alongside a lake, which must have seemed inviting in the Georgia heat

Today's winner, bringing one home to Georgia

Grajales should be smiling - he worked hard for this one. For more Casey Gibson pictures of stage 6, click here.

Sherwin fronts a three-woman break

... as does Damon Kluck

Even Olympic champ Ekimov has to fetch a little water from time to time

Meanwhile, the boss shows one of the young pups how the big dogs bark

It's not all Postal: The Navs got their digs in

And so did the race leader

Armstrong showing a little leg (well, maybe not so little) on a descent

... along with faithful lieutenant Hincapie

134 miles, five categorized climbs

A couple of weeks ago I ran into Boulder racer and former 7UP pro Chuck Coyle at Redlands. Besides racing his bike, Coyle is also the proprietor these days of theprosstuff.com, and we got to talking about ... socks. Seems that in addition to the pro equipment up for sale on the site – bikes, frames, wheels, components - TheProsStuff also has on hand several pair of team-issue socks. Used. I recently followed up with him, to find out if people are actually buying used cycling socks on the Web. Yes, he told me. "They're not going so fast. It's more of a specialty item," he joked. "I've

Cipo's been a great ambassador for cyclingEditors:I can't tell you what a pleasure it's been reading about Cipollini at the Tour de Georgia this week. His attitude has been great, and can only help the U.S. cycling scene. If you speak to him, please pass along my thanks. His "diplomatic tour" is a success. Peter CarltonStamford, CT Let OLN know its coverage has deterioratedEditors:I'm sure you've all noticed the general increase in lameness of the cycling coverage over at OLN these days. Considering that most of us are tossing out 15-20 extra dollars a month on cable just to catch a few

A weary McCartney finds the line at last

(Northbrook, Ill., April 23) - In a bittersweet vote, the NorthbrookCycle Committee has chosen to suspend the 2004 season at the Ed RudolphNorthbrook Velodrome. Although this will mean a year without racing atthe historic venue, the decision paves the way for resurfacing to beginin July, rather than next September. "It was a tough decision to make," said Peter Janunas, NCC president."Beginning the resurfacing project in July allows us to complete the projectbefore winter sets in. With the unpredictable Chicago weather, there wasa fear that beginning the project in September may have

The Postal train chugged along at the front of the chase

The one and only Missy Giove.

Three of America's best: Horner, Julich and Armstrong

McCartney drills it

A frustrated Horner took his digs, but never got far

Workin' for the man

Armstrong takes up the challenge

... and then some

The race leader meets the press: 'I've never seen a stage like that.'

Tony Cruz gets out front for his turn in the breeze

Dear Bob,Many businesses around Salt Lake City plow the snow from their propertyinto the street (often in the designated bike path). Are they potentiallyliable for injuries to cyclist that result from this action?Jeff,Salt Lake City, UtahDear Jeff,The mountains in the west have received some new snow and because thecycling season is well underway, your question is topical. Consideringhow often it snows in Salt Lake I am sure that you run into the problemof being forced off the shoulder and into traffic on many occasions bypiled up snow.Salt Lake City city ordinance 14.20.080, entitled

Maybe a full-face for this race?

Laguna Beach, CA (April 22, 2004) - As the cycling season begins to heat up, Interbike is pleased to announce its advocacy and association support program for 2004, an annual effort that provides necessary funding for a broad collection of advocacy and industry organizations at the local and national level. Based on merit and overall impact, Interbike had chosen to provide financialsupport to the following advocacy organizations and industry associations: € Bikes Belong Coalition€ League of American Bicyclists€ International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA)€ Junior Development ­ USA

Frischy shares a moment with Bob Roll.

Not his finest moment

Blatter wasn't her usual self.

Rumpf

The next Cadel?