After an unusual team camp at Specialized’s California headquarters, HTC-HighRoad will open the 2011 ProTour season later this month at the Tour Down Under. Aussies Mark Renshaw and Matt Goss are particularly fired up for racing.
USA Cycling is set late Friday morning to announce the members of the 2011 cyclocross world championship team. Communications director Andrea Smith confirmed to VeloNews that the team should be named before 12:00 p.m. Mountain Time. Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) and Katie Compton (Planet Bike) are expected to lead the automatic selections, while a number of discretionary picks should build out the team’s roster, which may total as many as five riders in each category.
A reader wants to know about his options when a private land owner shut off access to a long-used trail.
The Rallon's 150mm targets enduro and all-mountain shredders
I have a question about supplements. I'm a Category 4 racer in my local area and do fairly well, most of the time. But as I consider the move up to Cat. 3, I am thinking about supplementation in my diet — things like Optygen or similar have been suggested. Are there supplements out there that are safe, legal, and effective? If so, can you run through a list of these for us readers to help us make sense out of a lot of advertising jargon about things that are supposed to make us go faster?
The 2011 Orbea Rallon R3
Questions on wheel-change technique, pumps for lightweight riders, and steel in the pro peloton
At least Fabian Cancellara can now laugh about one of the most preposterous “scandals” of the 2010 season.
Organizers of Minnesota's Nature Valley Bicycle Festival have announced details of the stages of the festival's stage race, the Nature Valley Grand Prix, June 15 to 19. The organizers also announced that the festival's track event, the Minnesota Fixed Gear Classic, will be held once again. The track races are being held June 10-12 at the National Sports Center Velodrome in Blaine, Minnesota.
Guessing game taken out of helmet cams by using mobile phone
New book "Racing Weight Quick Start Guide" can get you lighter fast
New book "Racing Weight Quick Start Guide" can get you lighter fast
A reader wants to know about his options when a private land owner shut off access to a long-used trail.
The name of the new Leopard-Trek team came about almost by accident, but its goals are nothing short of domination in the classics and the Tour de France during the 2011 season.
Teva's Links mountain bike shoe available this fall
Carlos Sastre (Geox-TMC) will make his season debut at the Vuelta a Murcia in March.
Unless the UCI backtracks at a meeting with team directors on Friday in Switzerland, race radio communication between riders and their team cars will be banned this season in every road race except the 27 events of the new UCI WorldTour.
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The team's future is uncertain, but Pegasus Sports' 2011 race bikes are still interesting. Nick Legan takes a look.
First rider diary from Garmin-Cervelo pro Andrew Talansky
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The U.S. peloton got a boost of good health Wednesday when Kelly Benefit Strategies announced the signing of a new co-title sponsor. Circuit Global Sports Management, the firm behind Continental-registered program, named OptumHealth as a new title sponsor on the opening day of the team’s first training camp of 2011. The team will be titled Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth Pro Cycling.
Former Portuguese rider Perdro Lopes has been handed a 15-year suspension after being found guilty of a second doping violation.
The UCI has issued a Continental license to the new Christina Watches team of former Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen
The Luxembourg team will enter the No. 1 spot on team rankings even before it lines up for its first race.
HTC-Highroad riders Judith Arndt and Matthew Goss have won their respective races at the Jayco Bay Classic in Geelong Australia. The win for Goss was his second this week and earned him the overall title of the four day event.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (VN) — The week between Christmas and New Year's is prime time for cyclocross in Belgium and the Netherlands, and in recent years the races have brought an influx of international competitors, including a large number of Americans and Canadians.
Just a week ahead of the Belgian championships, the evenly matched Nys and Albert stand alone as the favorites.
Fifteen cross-country and 15 gravity teams will contest the 2011 World Cup season.
Junior/U23 Squad will be backed by Specialized
LZ has some humble suggestions for improvements to the way bikes are made.
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The company is recalling about 6,500 welded chromoly stems because they can crack or break.
The official route of the 2011 Vuelta a España will be revealed next week on January 12, but there’s been plenty of speculation in the Spanish media about details of the year’s third grand tour.
Media reports naming Óscar Pereiro as “Urko” in the Operación Puerto have been proven false after Spanish authorities have linked track and field star Marta Domínguez to the alleged code name instead.
Lennard Zinn on mixing drivetrains, crank lengths and more.
Tyler Farrar, Christian Meier, Svein Tuft and Zach Bell are among the top roadies using the Burnaby four-day track race for a pre-season tune-up. Colby Pearce and Daniel Holloway win the overall title at the Canadian event.
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An electric-shifting, hydraulic disc-braking road bike is in your future. It's just a matter of when.
The Cyclocross Issue, with detailed analysis of both the European and American ’cross circuits. Editor at Large John Wilcockson examines how the ambitious new Project Luxembourg team stole top riders Andy Schleck and Fabian Cancellara from Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis. In Tech, we review eight top bib shorts, and present a selection of winter cycling gear to get you through the coldest months of the year. Subscribe today!
Nick Legan takes us through Zipp's factory in Indianapolis.
The VeloNews 2011 calendar contains all events from : UCI World Tour (formerly the ProTour), UCI Americas Tour, UCI Europe Tour, UCI Asia Tour, UCI Oceania Tour, UCI Africa Tour, UCI Women’s elite calendar, UCI Junior calendar, UCI road, cyclocross and track world championships, UCI track World Cups, UCI mountain bike World Cups, USA Cycling National Racing Calendar, USA Cycling national championships, USA Cycling Pro XCT mountain
Rocky Mountain frames given away to celebrate new site.
With 23 tools the Lezyne Blox 23 isn't a bad arsenal to leave home with.
Michael Matthews, the reigning U23 world champion, got the better of his more experienced veterans in the second leg of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic.
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Taylor Phinney plans to tackle the spring classics and the Tour of California in his pro debut, but BMC promises no pressure, saying it's all about gaining experience.
Matthew Goss and Rochelle Gilmore won their respective races to grab early season victories at the opening leg of the Jayco Bay Cycling Series in Australia on Sunday.
Bjarne Riis says he's confident about Saxo Bank-Sungard's "new beginning."
Engaged in Spain, training in Maui, rocking in France — Ryder Hesjedal had a top-notch 2010 and hopes for even better things in the new year.
Those special yellow bikes, the best bike cleaner, and how teams chose components.