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Tour de France
Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,600 km.
Technical FAQ: ’cross tire woes
Lennard shares some recent experiences and insights from the cyclocross races.
The Four Breeds Of Bike Racers
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If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It!
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LA Road-Rage doctor convicted on all counts
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury on Monday found Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson guilty of assaulting cyclists by abruptly stopping his car in front of them on a hilly Los Angeles County road last year.
Wrenched & Ridden bike reviews: Time Hi-Tense wheels
The 2010 Time catalog includes not just bikes and pedals.
Sue Butler, Barry Wicks win day 2 of the Cross Crusade’s Halloween stop in Astoria
Sue Butler (Monavie-Cannondale) suited up for the costume race at Cross Crusade No. 6 Sunday in Astoria and rode to her first series win of the season, while Barry Wicks (Kona) doubled up after taking Saturday’s opener in the Halloween weekend of racing. Mud from Saturday’s intermittent rain got tacky when Sunday turned into an unseasonably warm, clear day on Oregon’s northern coast.
Johnson, Compton best in Boulder
2009 Boulder Cup, day 2: Johnson took his second win of the weekend
Photo: Mia Sullivan
Chris Hoy snags 3rd gold as Brits clean up at track World Cup
Sir Chris Hoy won his third gold at the UCI Track World Cup on Sunday in Manchester as Great Britain ended the meeting with yet more medals. Four-time Olympic champion Hoy, who at this event was making his international return from injury, added team sprint gold to the keirin and sprint crowns he'd already won and in the process replicated his Beijing haul. In all Britain won 10 golds from 17 events, as well as four silvers and a bronze medal on their home track.
Weighall, McConneloug take Beacon Cross
Seattle’s Nick Weighall (California Giant Strawberries-Specialized) ran away from Mike Broderick (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) to win the MAC Beacon Cyclocross Saturday in Bridgeton, New Jersey. In contrast, Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) rode away from a tough women’s field that included defending MAC champion Laura Van Gilder and perennial front-runner Dee Winfield (C3-Athletes Serving Athletes), and 2008 MAC champion Mo Bruno-Roy (MM Racing p/b Seven Cycles)
Evans leaves Silence-Lotto for BMC
World road champion Cadel Evans has left Silence-Lotto for the U.S./Swiss team BMC for 2010, according to a press release from BMC. “A great opportunity has come for me to join a growing team of like minded individuals at BMC," Evans said in the statement released Sunday. "I look forward to working with the BMC group toward the same goals, including the Tour de France. I see the BMC Racing Team as a growing but very well structured and organized team. “Obviously, I would like to do better than my two second places at the Tour de France.”
BMC press release on hiring Cadel Evans
Santa Rosa / Adelaide, 2009-11-01 BMC Racing Team Signs the Current World Champion Cadel Evans The BMC Racing Team today announced the signing of current World Professional Road Champion Cadel Evans to a three year contract. This partnership will create mutually beneficial opportunities for both the current World Champion as well as the BMC Racing Team.
VeloNews Magazine – December 2009
The decade's biggest stories and greatest photos.
- Which first - marriage or racing? The pros speak.
- Cadel's world title - 10 years in the making
- Alison Dunlap 3.0
- Training - what the pros are doing now
Landis: ‘Politics’ make Tour return unlikely
American Floyd Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France victory after a positive doping test and a public battle to prove his innocence, has told a New Zealand newspaper that he may never compete again in cycling's most important race. Landis, now 34, told the Herald on Sunday newspaper that infighting between cycling's biggest movers and shakers will likely mean he will not be returning to the Tour.
Pennington pummels ’em, Wicks whips ’em at Cross Crusade
Kona pro Barry Wicks came to Astoria Saturday and put the hurt on the Cross Crusade regulars, while Veloforma’s Alice Pennington fought back from several hard crashes to take her first win in a women’s A race after three runner-up finishes. Intermittent showers and sun breaks kept the temperatures warm and the course sloppy as the Cross Crusade invaded the northernmost tip of Oregon’s coast for a Halloween weekend doubleheader at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds.
From Rower To Roadie
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Tim Johnson and Katie Compton take big solo wins in Longmont
2009 Blue Sky Xilinx CX: The Halloween-themed pit got a lot of business on Saturday.
Photo: Rob O'DeaA trackie tries to survive the Pisgah stage race
Track cyclist Colby Pearce gives a mountain bike stage race a try.
Mailbag: VeloNews.com readers debate way to curtail future road-rage incidents.
I’ve had my share of run-ins with crazy motorists on the road, who are driven nuts by being held up for thirty seconds by a cyclist or two. However, I’ve had it happen to me in reverse.
Mountain Bike Tech Q&A with Lennard Zinn
In his first weekly column for Singletrack.com, tech guru Lennard Zinn takes questions on disc brake performance and compatibility, the longevity of press-in bottom brackets and the availability of "special" Shimano tools/
LA road-rage trial closing arguments wrap up
Prosecutors and defense attorneys made closing arguments Thursday in Los Angeles, in the trial of a former emergency room doctor accused of injuring two cyclists when he stopped his car suddenly in front of them. Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson's attorney said it was all an accident. "This was not an attempt to hurt anyone." Deputy District Attorney Mary Stone said Thompson's actions "crossed a line you cannot cross."