After a grueling five-year education in bike racing (A Dog in a Hat), Joe Parkin describes his return to the U.S., his struggles with the nascent American bike racing scene, and the birth of mountain bike racing. Parkin's new book Come and Gone is the sequel to his widely praised memoir A Dog in a Hat. Come and Gone is now available in bookstores, bike shops, and online.
After a grueling five-year education in bike racing (A Dog in a Hat), Joe Parkin describes his return to the U.S., his struggles with the nascent American bike racing scene, and the birth of mountain bike racing.
When it comes to time trial equipment, it's 2009 all over again for most USA Cycling events this year. The racing organization announced Friday that it will enforce UCI rules on aero equipment the same way it did last year, a reversal of the policy announced in March, when it said that it would follow the UCI's recent more strict interpretation of the rules for all racers except masters.
There’s no question Thor Hushovd would like to be in with a chance to win Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. By all accounts his Cervélo TestTeam has done everything possible to make his ride as successful as it can be, starting with his bike.
Applications are open for the Nature Valley Grand Prix, the top-ranked stage race on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar.
After knocking on the door all season long, Luís León Sánchez (Caisse d’Epargne) finally got the stage-race victory he’s been looking for.
Chris Horner survived Friday’s wild rollercoaster across the Basque hills to set himself up for an exciting, final-day time trial showdown against Alejandro Valverde with the overall title of the grueling Vuelta al País Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country) on the line Saturday.
Jorge Alvarado, an amateur rider for the Bahati Foundation cycling team, was killed Thursday in an auto/cyclist collision near Redlands, California. A sheriff's department representative said a teen driver struck the cyclist while street racing.
Wisconsin Off Road Series' Subaru Cup will play host to the Pro XCT and North America's top cross-country racers June 26-27.
Specialized is letting a new Roubaix bike be seen under Saxo Bank star Fabian Cancellara this week in Belgium.
He’s never won a cobbled classic, and he’s yet to figure out how to beat pre-race favorites Fabian Cancellara and Tom Boonen. But this weekend Team Sky’s Juan Antonio Flecha is taking the start at Paris-Roubaix intent on beating both for the win.
Singletrack.com's Zach White has no complaints when it comes to Fox's Ventilator Shorts — and he loves to complain.
The BMC team has suspended former world champion Alessandro Ballan after his name was among those under investigation in an ongoing Italian doping case.
The pavé of Paris-Roubaix:
Paris-Roubaix by the numbers
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George Hincapie talks about Paris-Roubaix past and present and his chances this Sunday
Prior to Tyler Farrar’s win at the G.P. Scheldeprijs on Wednesday, VeloNews had a seat in the Garmin-Transitions car riding along with the team’s director, Australian Matt White.
Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo results
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) on Thursday took her third straight win in the Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo in Holland, the first event in the Drenthe race series.
After thinking her days in Holland were over, Neben finds herself back — and actually enjoying the racing this time.
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Start List: Paris-Roubaix
A reader new to cycling asks for saddle soreness help, and wonders if his numb hands are related
Saxo Bank’s Frank Schleck did not start Thursday’s fourth stage at the Vuelta al País Vasco, but the former Amstel Gold Race champion is expected to race the Ardennes classics later this month.
A look at Paris-Roubaix bikes tested at Scheldeprijs this week by HTC-Columbia, Milram, Saxo Bank and Garmin-Transitions.
Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez won the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country on Thursday.
2010 Grand Prix Pino Cerami results
Two sign-up days will be used for the second Mellow Johnny's Classic on Lance Armstrong's Texas ranch over Memorial Day Weekend; first reg day to support Livestrong.
Round-the-world cyclist Pushkar Shah has traveled to some of the most hostile places on Earth, sleeping rough and enduring robbery and kidnap ─ all in the name of world peace.
This week, the U.S. racing scene is about three things: dirt, criterium prize money and an amateur spot at Nature Valley.
A reader asks if it's really okay for a rider to raise a beer ... especially for a fee.
Before the midday start in Antwerp, we got a (very) quick look at his Felt F1. With only a few minutes to spare, team mechanic Andrea Bisogno set Farrar’s bike apart for a few photographs.
2010 Classics bike galleries
The conference traveled to Boone, North Carolina, for a weekend of races hosted by Appalachian State University. Saturday’s Boone Roubaix road races held both collegiate and non-collegiate races raised funds for Haiti relief.
Organizers of the Amgen Tour of California announced Wednesday that recent storm damage to roads in Southern California have forced a change in the route to be used in the sixth stage of next month’s race.
The spring classics could be in danger for Saxo Bank captain Frank Schleck, who crashed hard late in Wednesday’s stage at the Vuelta al País Vasco.
It's been more than a month since I arrived in Spain and since Steven is now mostly healed from his collarbone surgery, my nursing skills are minimally required. Now my energy can be directed toward other things such as forming friendships, finding a routine that involves "me time" and getting to know my way around a kitchen. For me, the latter of these objectives is absolutely the most challenging.
2010 Scheldeprijs gallery
Kelly Benefit Strategies is preparing for the Tour of California with a slew of foreign races.
2010 Scheldeprijs results
Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) wins the third stage of Vuelta a País Vasco.
Scott Fleming's Phat Phat-Tire photo from March will place him in the pantheon of winners from the Singletrack.com reader-submitted photo contest.
Garmin-Transitions' sprinter Tyler Farrar has won the 98th edition of the Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen in Belgium.
Team Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen has withdrawn from this Sunday's edition of Paris-Roubaix with an Achilles injury, his team confirmed on Wednesday.
Readers weigh in on the Tour of California, April Fools and doping penalties
The Russian Katusha team has picked up Giampaolo Caruso for the remainder of the 2010 season, with an option for next year.
Lance Armstrong has been forced to pull out of the Circuit Sarthe cycling race before Wednesday's second stage because of illness, his RadioShack team said.
The heavy favorite for Sunday’s Tour of Flanders did everything right and his Eddy Merckx EMX-5 bicycle, free of mechanical problems, followed suit.
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With the domestic pro cross-country season openers under his belt in California, Subaru-Gary Fisher's Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski has a few more trips ahead of him this spring.
Stefan Schumacher has withdrawn his appeal against an International Olympic Committee ruling that he committed an anti-doping rule violation during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
2010 Paris-Roubaix galleries
IN: Jelly Belly, Kelly Benefit Strategies, Sky. OUT: Jamis, Bahati
Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) won Tuesday’s stage at the Vuelta al País Vasco, this time without a protest, at least not from his part.
The cobbled classics continue Sunday with Paris-Roubaix, however the pro peloton will first take on the 98th edition of Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen, the oldest race in Flanders, on Wednesday.
Book the Sacramento hotel rooms for Danny Van Haute and Jelly Belly-Kenda in May — they will be at the start line for the Amgen Tour of California. The team will have its fifth opportunity to improve on Alex Candelario’s two fifth-place stage finishes at California in 2006, their best showing in the United States’ premiere stage race.
Circuit de la Sarthe - Results
Luís León Sánchez (Caisse d’Epargne) came up first in the opening stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe on Tuesday in France.
Now in its ninth year, the Teva Mountain Games in Colorado brings cross-country riders, roadies and freeriders together for a weekend of competition in June.
The road is only so wide and there are only so many hotel beds in the Central Valley of California. Five U.S. Continental teams got the good news that they’ll have beds for their riders when the Amgen Tour of California leaves Nevada City on May 16. Six others did not make the cut.
A reader wants to like 29ers, but found that he was "underwhelmed" by the big wheels. He asks Singletrack.com's tech guru Lennard Zinn if he's missing something.
Gallery: Boonen's classics bike
When Saxo Bank’s Olympic and world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara won the Sacramento prologue in last year’s Amgen Tour of California, he looked capable of going on to defend the leader’s yellow jersey all the way through to the finish. That’s because the once burly Swiss star had shed several kilos over the 2008-09 winter and was making great improvements as a climber and GC contender.
Basque hills and French cobblestones dominate what’s sure to be an action-packed week of racing in Europe.
Chipped clear-coat, tire blow-outs and more; Zinn fields question on a host of common issues encountered by riders.
In the Western Collegiate Cycling Conference’s only split race weekend, Southern California teams did battle in the windswept Antelope Valley at UCLA’s road race and time trials.
2010 UCLA Race results
2010 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda results
Dominique Rollin enjoyed his first taste of the cobbled classics and is eager for more.
After three tough events hosted by Mesa State last weekend, the Rocky Mountain Conference thought it could breath a collective sigh of relief coming into this weekend’s short hill climb and criterium, hosted by the Colorado School of Mines. That was, until they woke up Saturday morning and took a look outside.
2010 School of Mines results
2010 Marian University results
Purdue University’s Chris Uberti snagged his second win of the Midwest collegiate season in this weekend’s rainy criterium hosted by Marian University. The women’s race saw Marian’s Jacqueline Kurth take the win on her home turf after a strong effort off the front of the pack.
Michele Scarponi wraps up the overall at Setmana Lombarda.
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Transitions) sprinted to fourth as Oscar Freire (Rabobank) darted to an apparent victory in Monday’s opener Tour of the Basque Country (Vuelta ciclista al Pais Vasco in Spanish) in northern Spain, only to see judges award the win to Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne).
J.J. Haedo wins the 2010 Rund um Köln.
2010 Tour of the Basque Country results
You may not know who the hell Freddy Nietzsche is, but if you've ever raced mountain bikes you know what the philosopher meant when he said "That which doesn't kill us, makes us stronger." Allow Judy Freeman, pro XC racer and Singletrack.com columnist, to explain…
Garmin-Slipstream’s David Millar: a man for the cobbled classics?