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Team Sky drew first blood in Sunday’s Cancer Council Classic. But two days later in the South Australian village of Tanunda, 2008 champion Andre Greipel of HTC-Columbia fired the first real warning shot of the opening event of this year’s ProTour when he claimed the first road stage and ochre leader’s jersey at the 2010 Santos Tour Down Under.
With redesigned ErgoPower levers, a reader wonders about keeping the small brass cable stop in its place. LZ also touches on why Campagnolo isn't as big in cyclocross as you might expect.
A selection of photos by Andrew Hood from the Cervelo TestTeam and HTC-Columbia training camps in Spain this week.
Response to "action alert" gets Congress member's pledge to rework language that could have blocked MTB access on public land that was being considered a wilderness area in the future.
RadioShack pro Chris Horner takes five Little 500 riders on a tour of Southern California.
We break down all the best bikes of 2010 in 18 categories, plus give you the inside story on tested products from road groups to helmets to shoes. The photo feature, 25 Years of Cool, takes you inside bike tech as only VeloNews can, showing choice bikes and gear in their 1985 form alongside their 2010 iteration, like the Specialized Stumpjumper or Sidi shoes. Subscribe Now!
Óscar Pereiro was close to retirement just months ago, but says he’s finding new wings with his move to Astana for the 2010 season.
If the highest point near your home is a freeway overpass, that long-planned mountain biking vacation in the high country this season could end up being a tour of misery. Here's how to avoid altitudinal agony — at least a little bit of it.
Out of nearly 500 readers who chose one of the four final Phat Phat-Tire Photos in our online poll, Ron's picture, "The Gorge," tallied 187 votes.
Organizers of the "All-Mountain World Championships" in California's Sierra Nevada have secured a special-use permit for this July and next year.
It’s rare for a Tour de France champion to think about anything but winning another maillot jaune. But Carlos Sastre is not your typical rider, so it shouldn’t come as a complete surprise that the 2008 Tour champion remains ambivalent about his plans come July.
Michael Rasmussen — the Danish climbing specialist who was forced out of the 2007 Tour de France after being tripped up on whereabouts questions — makes a subdued debut to racing this week in Argentina’s Tour de San Luís with the modest Italian Miche Silver Cross team.
For the rest of the world, Monday’s cyclocross headlines focused on Zdenek Stybar’s Roubaix World Cup win and subsequent ascension to the top of the World Cup standings. But in Belgium, motherland and epicenter of elite level ’cross, Niels Albert grabbed front page attention.
The death of Christian Meier's brother gives the Garmin-Transitions rider a fresh perspective on life.
Team Sky manager Sean Yates applauds his squad's performance in the Tour Down Under prelude.
Sidelined by surgery after a wicked crash, HTC-Columbia's André Greipel is ready to race.
World champion Cadel Evans seems content to let Lance Armstrong have the spotlight at the Tour Down Under.
Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Katerina Nash (Luna) take the eighth round of the cyclocross World Cup.
Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Katerina Nash (Luna) take the wins in round eight of the cyclocross World Cup.
Team Sky's Gregory Henderson and Christopher Sutton go one-two in the 2010 Cancer Council Helpline Classic.
Reigning overall World Cup DH champ Sam Hill loses Australian national jersey after crash. Sid Taberlay wins short track XC title.
Cervélo TestTeam promises more of the same as it prepares for the 2010 season.
Britain's all-new Team Sky stormed to a one-two win in the Cancer Council Helpline Classic on Sunday, their debut race and a prelude to next week's season-opening Tour Down Under.
Former Spanish cyclist Jesus Manzano has repeated doping charges against former teammate and compatriot Alejandro Valverde, adding that the Vuelta a España winner should admit his violations rather than continuing to deny them.
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Around 5,000 amateur cyclists joined Lance Armstrong on Saturday for an impromptu ride announced on Twitter, causing chaotic scenes.
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Saying they are now redundant, Lance Armstrong said on Saturday that he has dispensed with the additional personal doping tests he adopted to silence critics who suspect him of using drugs.
New singlespeed category at the MTB stage race in Kamloops, BC will run with the geared categories on the same course.
Pending final UCI approval at the end of the month, the Carmichael Training Systems International Classic set for July 9 through 11 in Colorado Springs will be a UCI C2 stage race.
Team Astana’s Alexander Vinokourov said Friday that winning the Tour de France was a dream for him, but it’s not any longer.
Tinker Juarez, Jeremiah Bishop and Roel Paulissen will spearhead Cannondale's domestic and international mountain bike campaigns.
Lottery process for a spot to race one of the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival events in Wisconsin begins in February.
Munich's Six-Day track event is facing permanent cancellation due to the lack of crowds despite the event's 46-year history, organizers admitted Friday.
VeloNews' Kurt Hoy tagged along on an Astana team training ride near Calpe, Spain, Friday morning, and hustled back to send in some shots of the Tour champ Alberto Contador's first ride with his new teammate Alexander Vinokourov.
Vinokourov joined Contador for a team training ride near Calpe, Spain, on Friday, and VeloNews' Kurt Hoy was along to take pics.
While most pro teams search out mid-winter training roads in Spain, Milram has headed to greener pastures for a pre-season camp in Cyprus.
Our readers weigh in on doctors' duties, the wording of the oath, the value of cutting & pasting and weight limits.
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Former Astana rider Matthias Kessler was admitted to a hospital in Mallorca in a critical condition after suffering serious head injuries in a training crash, it was reported on Friday.
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Alberto Contador said Thursday that, judging by his power readings, he’s stronger this year than he was in 2009.
Zack Vestal brings readers along on a photo tour of the Time carbon fiber frame factory.
Tech editor Zack Vestal walks readers through the making of a Time carbon fiber frame — from thread to road-ready — in a slideshow.
Iceman Cometh Challenge race director Steve "Iceman" Brown has just wound up the official data on the 2009 event and the numbers are impressive.
The two-time Tour de France champion was diagnosed with cancer this spring, but two rounds of painful chemotherapy have failed to cure him. Speaking in a lengthy interview with Paris-Match, Fignon says he’s realistic about his chances as he prepares for another round of chemotherapy.
Alberto Contador's most notable teammate was not in Calpe, Spain, for the opening day of the team's training camp, but Alexander Vinokourov was expected to arrive later and complete the camp, team officials said.
If you have the dough, head south of the border with Sacred Rides Mountain Bike Adventures to ride and then recover with yoga in Mexico.
Colombian climbing specialist Mauricio Soler is in a local hospital after he was hit by a car during a training ride Wednesday morning just one block from his home in Ramiriquí, Colombia.
Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is starting a training camp in Calpe, Spain, Thursday, prior to his season opener at Portugal's Volta au Algarve stage race next month.
Live feed of Alberto Contador news conference, January 14, 2010
Photos from an Astana training ride in Spain on Thursday
New Belgium Brewing Company will support non-profit cycling organization's effort to get at-risk kids on mountain bikes.
Alejandro Valverde’s long and winding road and his alleged links to Puerto reached a head this week during a three-day hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which closed Thursday with a hint that the Vuelta a España champion likely won’t be racing in Italy anytime soon.
Rushlee Mae Buchanan of the U.S.-based Colavita/Baci Women’s Cycling Team won the New Zealand National Road Race Championship this weekend with a long solo breakaway.
2010 Santos Tour Down Under stages
Old Willunga Hill — and Lance Fever — remains the highlight of the Santos Tour Down Under
As Tiger Woods did last November when he came, saw and conquered the Australian Masters golf tournament, Armstrong flew into Oz via private jet. Flying from Hawaii, his Gulfstream touched down in Adelaide a few minutes before 5 p.m Wednesday. Out popped Lance and girlfriend Anna Hansen, who cradled their seven-month-old son Max in her arms.
A handful of Graham Watson photos of Lance Armstrong in Adelaide, Australia, Thursday.
Lance Armstrong, in Sydney, Australia prior to the Tour Down Under, pledged $250,000 for victims of the Haiti earthquake on Thursday. He urged the public to come forward with further donations.
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This weekend the Australian Mountain Bike Championships kick off, with 2009 overall World Cup downhill champ Sam Hill slated to race.
The U.S. elite men's team for ’cross worlds includes Page, Johnson, Trebon, Powers and Driscoll.
A cyclocross race in Fort Collins, Colorado, on January 17, will raise money to help send junior Skyler Trujillo to the world championships in the Czech Republic.
Albuquerque, NM – The 2010 RoadRunner Classic on April 24, 2010 is a one-day Omnium for Pro 1, 2 men and women and a separate Time Trial event for Cat 3, 4, 5 men and Cat 3, 4 women. The Omnium includes a 6.3 mile time trial and 63 mile men’s, 37.8 mile women’s road race. Both Roadrunner time trial and road events will be held on the Snake, a hilly 6.3-mile closed course at an elevation of 5,200 feet. It will be an ideal warm-up and staging event for the SRAM Tour of the Gila in Silver City, New Mexico on April 28th.
With a little assistance from technology and the Ergon blog, Dave Wiens takes questions from fans.
Haimar Zubeldia concedes it will be difficult to beat ex-teammate Alberto Contador in this year’s Tour de France.
The route for the Giro d’Italia’s opening time trial will take in some of the highlights of Amsterdam when the season’s first Grand Tour begins May 8.
Zack Vestal takes readers on a photo tour of three Mavic facilities in France.
A gallery of images from technical editor Zack Vestal's visit to the Mavic factory.
We went with a few criteria for choosing the top Phat Phat-Tire Photos from December, including straight-up scenic wonder, composition of the photo, "whoa!" factor and the nebulous "a picture with a bike and singletrack in it says a thousand words."
The UCI's press release announcing it has requested Lampre be granted a provisional license to start the Tour Down Under
The Lampre team, which has been denied a ProTour license because of "serious administrative non-compliances," may be able to start next week's Tour Down Under at the request of the UCI ProTour Council.
While many cyclists were able to take some solace in the recent sentence handed down to the now-infamous road-rage doctor in California, we need to remember that the problem of rider safety continues to be a serious one on American roads.
From Slime to Stan's, LZ examines sealant options for road and cyclocross tires
Our readers weigh in on the risks of EPO, the driver's choice of profession and our duties as road users.
Team Garmin-Transitions on Wednesday released its roster for the 2010 Santos Tour Down Under. The American-based team is bringing a team of Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and a South Africans to the Australian race. The team will be directed by Sport Director Matt White, also of Australia.
Endurance champ Rebecca Rusch is hosting a five-stop mountain town movie tour of Race Across The Sky, the documentary of the