LISIEUX, France (AFP) — Despite the temptation, Britain's Mark Cavendish is likely put nostalgia to one side when he saddles up for a pop at his second stage win of the Tour de France Friday.
Sylvain Chavanel's Eddy Merckx EMX-5. Why the French champion has a stealth paint job
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RadioShack's veteran says Contador still looks strong, but his team may not be
Ben Delaney checks in with HTC's Bernhard Eisel before stage 6.
Bend, Oregon, may have lost the U.S. cyclocross national championships this year, but elite racing will return to central Oregon with the city hosts the final rounds of the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross presented by Greenware.
Willow Koerber will be at the World Cup in New York this weekend, but not on a bike. She is pregnant...
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USA Cycling has confirmed the death of Mark Whitehead, a member of U.S. Olympic track cycling team in 1984.
Thor Hushovd is the latest rider to be inspired by the leading the Tour
Dan Wuori is one of the funniest Twitter bards in the cycling world (follow him at @dwuori). This month, he will be expanding a bit beyond 140 characters to share periodic journals during the Tour de France. Today's is the sixth.
CAP FREHEL, France (VN) - The official medical communique of Wednesday's sixth stage at the Tour de France only lists eight names, but the pain and suffering went much deeper than that.
It was some 24 years ago, in 1987, that Irish cycling hero Stephen Roche won the Tour de France; it was his and Ireland’s only ever Tour victory — if you can actually be so blasé as to use the word “only” in the same sentence as a hard earned Tour de France victory; the culmination of a life’s work and ambition for any cyclist.
Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn explains how to remove and install an Octalink-ISIS cartridge.
Editor's note: The following article appeared in the March 2011 issue of VeloNews magazine. We thought our web readers would enjoy a look at the what the Garmin-Cervelo team said about team cooperation before the season really started.
Nick Legan rides Cervelo's new S5 (the same model Mr. Hushovd is using). Plus a look at Hushovd's personal bike.
Training to peak for a key event may be more art than science, but Chris Horner is two-for-two this season.
Cavendish's leadout man talks about the dangerous Tour and Cav's first win of this Tour
Delaney and Hood on the pushing and shoving - before, during and after stage 5
CAP FREHEL, France (AFP) - Movistar's Jose Joaquin Rojas lost possession of the Tour de France green jersey after blocking Mark Cavendish on the midway sprint of the race's fifth stage, officials announced on Wednesday.
CAP FREHEL, France (VN) —With 800m to go in Wednesday's crash-filled fifth stage, Rolf Aldag thought that HTC-Highroad had blown another chance at victory.
CAP FREHEL, France (AFP) - Australian Robbie McEwen said he is concerned about what he feels is a recent trend to reduce victory opportunities to sprinters on the world's biggest cycling races.
Mark Cavendish won Wednesday’s stage 5 of the 2011 Tour de France, a 164.5-kilometer race from Carhaix to Cap Fréhel.
Breakfast with Bernie: Stage 5 of the Tour de France
CAP FREHEL, France (AFP) - Reigning champion Alberto Contador and fellow yellow jersey contenders Bradley Wiggins and Robert Gesink survived crashes to continue the fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday.
You won't find a lot of 1.9s rolling around the trails of the BC Bike Race.
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Pro bike 'choices,' carbon fork fatigue, fitting tools & more
Dan Wuori is one of the funniest Twitter bards in the cycling world (follow him at @dwuori). This month, he will be expanding a bit beyond 140 characters to share periodic journals during the Tour de France. Today's is the fifth.
MUR-DE-BRETAGNE, France (VN) — Americans Tejay Van Garderen and Danny Pate earned hard-fought slots on HTC-Highroad's competitive Tour de France selections, but both came via very different routes.
Looking to upgrade your machine? Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn demonstrates how to install a front derailleur so you can polish your mechanic skills.
Beating Contador and Gilbert at Mûr-de-Bretagne are major victories
A look at the jersey competitions and more from stage 4
Tuesday's biggest surprise was Thor Hushovd, whose tenacity and strength kept him in the yellow jersey by one second to Cadel Evans (BMC).
MUR-DE-BRETAGNE, France (AFP) — Tour de France contender Andy Schleck brushed off losing eight seconds to yellow jersey rival Alberto Contador on Tuesday as the Spaniard provided drama on a thrilling finish to stage 4.
The UCI will begin random bike controls at the Tour de France
MUR-DE-BRETAGNE, France (VN) — Alberto Contador isn't one to take setbacks sitting down.
Andrew Hood and Ben Delaney discuss the big rides of stage 4
A look at Cadel Evans' stage-winning BMC teammachine SLR01
Nick Legan looks at how team mechanics prepped bikes for Tuesday's rainy stage
Stage 4
Cadel Evans (BMC) won Tuesday's stage 4 of the 2011 Tour de France, a 172.5-kilometer race from Lorient to Mûr-de-Bretagne with a tough uphill finish.
Colombian climber Mauricio Soler remains in intensive care, but is no longer in a medically-induced coma nearly three weeks after his high-speed crash at the Tour de Suisse.
Arm wrestling, stolen wallets and a bad-joke competition
The question of lugging bottles or hydration pack is an oft-debated topic at events like the BC Bike Race.
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A region that spored Tour winners Hinault, Bobet and Robic
Press release : Seat position rules - explanation from the UCI
REDON, France (AFP) - Mark Cavendish warned his Tour de France sprint rivals not to write him off after the Briton was forced to play second fiddle to American Tyler Farrar on the race's third stage Monday.
AleJet’s Wilier Triestina Cento 1 — long, low stem and short cranks
REDON, France (VN) — Omega Pharma-Lotto made it clear from the first few kilometers of the 2011 Tour de France that the Belgian squad is here to race. With one stage win already in the bag, Omega is looking for more victories, plus a stint in the green jersey and a podium spot in Paris.
Facts and figures from stage 3
Norwegian continues to set records at the Tour de France