Brent Bookwalter impresses with 11th place in Tour de France prologue
The American comes in 11th and says his goal is to help his BMC team all the way to Paris.
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Cervélo TestTeam sticks to guns and removes rider before start of Tour de France
The Cervélo TestTeam strictly applied its internal rules and ejected Xavier Florencio for what some would say was a minor violation.
Fabian Cancellara wins 2010 Tour de France prologue in Rotterdam, takes yellow jersey
The World TT champ outpaces Tony Martin and Millar. Armstrong takes a few seconds from Contador.
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg wins second stage at 2010 Giro Donne
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won her second consecutive stage at the Giro Donne on Saturday, taking a bunch sprint ahead of Giorgia Bronzini and Marianne Vos.
Felt’s new F1 on show at the Tour de France
The new 2011 Felt F1 race bike is making its first appearance at the run-up to the Tour de France.
Train like a Tour de France racer during the 2010 Tour
You may not be able to race the Tour de France, but you can simulate it at home.
Mark Cavendish on the eve of the Tour: “I’m physically great, but I don’t know exactly how good until I start the race”
Tour de France sprint king Mark Cavendish admitted he could face a tougher challenge from his rivals this year as he takes aim at more stage wins in the three-week race.
Teutenberg wins Giro Donne stage 1
Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) won the first stage of the Giro Donne ahead of Giorgia Bronzini (Gause RDZ Ormu) and Kirsten Wild (Cérvelo), taking the race’s first leader’s jersey.
HTC–Columbia looking for Tour de France stage wins on several fronts
Team HTC-Columbia brings a squad to this year’s Tour de France capable of winning stages of all types.
U.S. Scene This Week: NRC comes to Fitchburg Longsjo
The New England classic NRC race has a new stage order that is sure to shake up the GC.
Tyler Farrar: First stage win, not the green jersey, is the goal at the Tour de France
Depending on his perspective, American Tyler Farrar enters his second Tour de France with either no pressure at all, or more pressure than he’s faced in his career.
VeloNews Magazine – August 2010
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Thor Hushovd optimistic for green at the Tour de France after up and down season
Thor optimistic for Tour green
Christian Vande Velde: “I am nowhere near 100 percent” for the Tour de France
Garmin-Transitions' top GC rider starting Tour with pain and uncertainty
Garmin-Transitions ambitious in third Tour de France
The Garmin-Transitions team has ambitious goals as it heads into its third Tour de France.
Some big names will miss 2010 Tour de France
The Tour de France is about surviving and hanging on for three weeks, but some big names are missing out this year even before the race leaves the start house with Saturday’s prologue in Rotterdam.
Cunego, Petacchi lead Lampre for Tour
Damiano Cunego and Alessandro Petacchi will be in the hunt for stage victories as the pair leads Lampre-Farnese Vini at the 2010 Tour de France.
Voeckler leads BBox; Moinard holds Cofidis’ GC hopes
Recently crowned French national champion Thomas Voeckler will lead Bouygues Telecom while Cofidis brings a squad full of stage-hunters.
Mara Abbott wins women’s elite road race championships
Mara Abbott (Peanut Butter & Co.-Twenty12) won Sunday's women's elite road nationals in Bend, Oregon, solo'ing across the finish line about 5 seconds ahead of a chase group.
Caravella, Stemper defend leads in Tour of America’s Dairyland
Sarah Caravella (Team CARD) and James Stemper (Kenda-Geargrinder) defend their respective in the Tour of America’s Dairyland.
Evans wins U.S. women’s criterium title
Shelley Evans (Peanut Butter & Co.-2012) survived a late crash Friday evening to power to a win in the women's criterium at the USA Cycling road national championships.
Vande Velde, Farrar lead Garmin into Tour de France
Vande Velde, Farrar lead Garmin into Tour de France
Phinney resting up before splitting rest of season with Shack, national team
Phinney resting up before splitting rest of season with Shack, national team
Steve Reaney, Ben King grab U.S. elite criterium national championship titles
Reaney grabs elite criterium title
A conversation with up-and-comer Lisban Quintero
Raised on a coffee farm in his native Colombia, Lisban Quintero is an amateur rider based in New York City who competes nationally with team CRCA/Foundation. In May, he won his first National Racing Calendar race, Base Camp International, and is the only amateur to win an NRC race this year. Before that, he battled against the top U.S. teams at Speedweek, where he was the first-placed amateur and ninth overall.
Alberto Contador will face early obstacles in Tour de France defense
Defending champion Alberto Contador will saddle up for the Tour de France in a little more than a week's time with more than just the mountains, or former teammate Lance Armstrong, on his mind.
Falcon soars, Cash-Wooten cashes in at Dairyland
Falcon soars, Cash-Wooten cashes in at Dairyland
Footon-Servetto goes to Tour de France with eight newbies
Unsung Spanish team Footon-Servetto will line up in Rotterdam determined to prove it deserves a chance to be in the Tour de France.
Cash-Wooten, Rahsaan Bahati win in Waterloo stage of the Tour of America’s Dairyland
Trek Bicycles welcomed riders with open arms of generous primes to their corporate headquarters city of Waterloo on Wednesday for stage 7 of the Tour of America’s Dairyland presented by Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, where Carrie Cash-Wooten (Vera Bradley Foundation) and Rahsaan Bahati (Bahati Foundation) stole their respective shows.
A Junior Journal: Dean Haas preps body and mind
Junior racer Dean Haas reports on his journey to the national road championships in Bend, Oregon, this week.
Greipel snubbed as Cavendish, Rogers lead HTC-Columbia for Tour de France
Greipel snubbed as Cavendish, Rogers lead HTC-Columbia for Tour de France
Denis Menchov, Robert Gesink, to lead Rabobank at Tour de France
Menchov, Gesink to lead Rabobank at Tour de France
Roberts lands final Milram spot for Tour de France
Roberts lands final Milram spot for Tour de France
Beer, Bikes and Waffles – The Holy Trinity
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A Junior Journal: Dean Haas tackles USA Cycling’s road nationals
The first check in with Dean Haas, a junior aiming for a national road race championship this week.
Fly V Australia has its Day at Canada’s Tour de Beauce
For a rider enjoying the most successful season of his career, the wins in 2010 haven’t come easy for Fly V Australia’s Ben Day.
Bahati, Crowell, Allar and Stemper stamp Dairyland wins
Rahsaan Bahati (Bahati Foundation), Jacquelyn Crowell (Team Type 1), James Stemper (Kenda-GEARGRINDER) and Erica Allar (Vera Bradley Foundation) each took criterium wins over the weekend as the Tour of America's Dairyland pushed through its first weekend.
Sastre, Hushovd, Haussler Tour-bound for Cervélo
Although they’ve been racked by bad luck and injuries, all three of Cervélo TestTeam’s top stars — Carlos Sastre, Thor Hushovd and Heinrich Haussler — will line up for the 2010 Tour de France.
Christian Grasmann and Laura Van Gilder win Harlem Skyscraper Classic
The German six-day rider Christian Grasmann of TransAlt.org p/b Rockstar Games won the 37th Harlem Skyscraper Criterium on Sunday in a breakaway that stayed away almost from the gun.
Katerina Nash and Graham Howard win final Tour de Nez stage, as Jonathan Baker and Megan Guarnier clinch the overall
The Mighty Tour De Nez wrapped up Saturday with a hilly, high-elevation circuit stage held at Northstar-At-Tahoe in Truckee, California. Luna's Katerina Nash and HBC's Graham Howard won the final stage.
Liquigas’ Nibali and Chicchi take all the spoils at the Tour of Slovenia
Liquigas closed out of the Tour of Slovenia on Sunday with a double. Francesco Chicchi kicked to victory in the final stage while Vincenzo Nibali claimed the overall.
Shelley Evans wins overall at Nature Valley Grand Prix as Evelyn Stevens wins stage
Shelley Evans (Peanut Butter & Co.-Twenty 12) went on the offensive Sunday on the 18-percent wall of Chilkoot Hill in the final criterium stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix. Evelyn Stevens (HTC-Columbia) took a solo flyer with three laps to go to claim the stage win, but Evans took the overall win.
Willock wins NVGP stage 5, Villumsen captures jersey
Erinne Willock (Webcor) wins the stage and Linda Melanie Villumsen (HTC-Columbia) takes the jersey at NVGP.
Keni Hanson takes Nature Valley Grand Prix stage 5; Scott Zwizanski holds lead
Team Type 1's Ken Hanson sprinted to victory at the end of a hilly road race in stage 5 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix.
Moncoutie takes lead in Route du Sud
David Moncoutie (Cofidis) grabbed the leader's jersey in the Route du Sud after winning the second half of Saturday’s double-stage day.
Clarke notches second NVGP win, Zwizanski retains jersey
Kelly Benefit Strategies was able to hold off assaults on Scott Zwizanski’s yellow jersey, but no one was able to answer Hilton Clarke in the final meters as he sprinted to his second Nature Valley stage win for UnitedHealthcare.
Evans sprints into leader’s jersey as Hosking grabs second stage
Shelley Evans takes over the Nature Valley lead as Chloe Hosking wins stage 4
Tucker Gerald, Janel Holcomb, win Tour de Nez’s second stage
Transported from the sedate streets of Sparks to the rowdy downtown corridors of Reno, the Tour de Nez fired up again Friday night for a stage 2 circuit race. Under-23 hard man Tucker Gerald (Park Place Dealerships) nosed out the win for the men while U.S. National team rider Janel Holcomb was awarded the top step for the women after a crash-marred final sprint.
Baker and Guarnier win Tour de Nez prologue
The 18th annual Mighty Tour de Nez sprinted to a start under clear skies and perfect temps on Thursday, June 16th.
Higgins, Freund earn Holstein jerseys in Dairyland opener
Chocolate milk and blue skies kicked off stage one of the Tour of America’s Dairyland presented by Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board on Thursday during the Shorewood Criterium Cycling Classic presented by Tim Hart DDS, Jesse Smith DDS, and Jerry Pearce, Rainbow Jersey Bicycles.
Vachon wins Route du Sud opener
Vachon wins Route du Sud opener
Indoor Training Tips
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Hilton Clarke, Chloe Hosking win NVGP stage 2 in St Paul
Hilton Clarke won the St. Paul Criterium by multiple bike lengths ahead of UnitedHealthcare teammate Karl Menzies and the Kenda-Geargrinder duo of Luca Damiani and Rob Bush. In the women’s race, HTC-Columbia’s Chloe Hosking jumped around Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita) to take the stage win in downtown St. Paul.
Oklahoma City Rocks
The largest professional and amateur cycling event ever staged in Oklahoma City took place June 12th and 13th at the Oklahoma City Rocks Criterium.
Tour de Suisse riders delay start to protest Mark Cavendish’s actions
The start of the fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland was symbolically delayed by two minutes Wednesday as riders expressed their anger at HTC-Columbia's Mark Cavendish for the crash in the finish sprint of Tuesday's stage.
Tour de Swisse Carnage – Hold Your Line!
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Mark Cavendish penalized and fined for finale crash at Tour de Suisse
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) is being penalized and fined for causing a crash near the finish of the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Tuesday.
Alessandro Petacchi survives finish crash to win Tour de Suisse stage
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse on Tuesday, after dodging a nasty finish sprint crash that took down Mark Cavendish, Mark Cavendish, Heinrich Haussler and Tom Boonen, among others.
A selective Nature Valley Grand Prix on tap
Two-time defending champion Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis) will open his three-peat attempt Wednesday morning in St. Paul, Minnesota, when the 10th annual Nature Valley Grand Prix kicks off. In the women’s race, the top U.S.-based professionals will battle for the podium step left open by the retirement of 2006-2009 champion Kristin Armstrong.
Keough leads UnitedHealthcare sweep of USAF Classic; Farina sprints to women’s title
A day after netting the Clarendon Cup win with new recruit Hilton Clarke, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis showed just how deep its talent runs, sweeping the podium at the U.S. Air Force Cycling Classic in Arlington, Virginia.
Heinrich Haussler takes stage 2 at Tour de Suisse; Fabian Cancellara retains lead
Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) wins stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse as Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) retains the overall lead.
Clarke, Miller hit the afterburners at Clarendon
Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis) and Brooke Miller (TIBCO-To The Top) take top honors at the 13th annual Clarendon Cup in in Arlington, Virginia.
Farrar takes lead in Delta Tour Zeeland
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) takes the leader’s jersey at the Delta Tour Zeeland in Holland.
Time trials loom large in Tour of Switzerland
This Saturday, the modern Merckxes and Gimondis will be contesting a much shorter time trial, over one lap of a hilly circuit on the other side of town, but it could have great significance in the outcome of this Tour de Suisse.
USA Cycling hires Jamie Staff to manage track sprint program
Staff was a member of the gold-medal winning team sprint squad at the Beijing Olympics. His other accolades on the track include a keirin world title (‘04) and team sprint world titles (’02 and ’05). The 38-year-old got his start in BMX, winning a world title in that discipline in 1996 and attaining world number one status in 2000 and 2001. He will begin his tenure with USA Cycling in July.
U.S. Scene This Week: USAF Classic, Tour de Grove and Oklahoma City Rocks
Once again, the NRC is split between the mid-Atlantic and the Midwest. And another event in Oklahoma will draw the speedsters.
Team Milram announces six of its nine Tour de France riders
Team Milram on Wednesday, announced six of the nine riders it will bring to the Tour de France next month. The remaining three will be chosen based on their performances at the Criterium du Dauphine, the Tour de Suisse and the riders' respective national championships.
UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis bolsters sprint power by signing Hilton Clarke
Hilton Clarke, overall winner this year of USA Crits SpeedWeek, has signed with UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis for the remainder of 2010. Clarke, who was released by the Bahati Foundation team last week, will officially join his new team June 10th and will add needed firepower to the UHC sprint train.
Mark Cavendish sprints to superstardom in “Boy Racer”
Cycling super-sprinter Mark Cavendish explains his phenomenal rise to stardom in his new book, Boy Racer: My Journey to Tour de France Record-Breaker.
Velits fractures collarbone at Dauphiné
Slovakia's Peter Velits is all but certain to miss the Tour de France after fracturing his collarbone in a fall on the second stage of the Citérium du Dauphiné on Tuesday.
Van Garderen capping strong season at Dauphiné
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Columbia) is hoping to cap the first half of his successful debut with a strong showing overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné.
JJ Haedo wins stage at Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Contador holds lead
Saxo Bank's Juan Jose Haedo sprinted to victory in the second stage of France's Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré on Tuesday.
Riding the Look Cyclosportif in France
Lennard rode the Look Cyclosportive in Nevers, France, and saw Bernard Hinault pedaling a football!
The Road to Kanza: Finish line follow-up
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Checking in with a neo pro: Mountain Khakis’ Neil Bezdek
A conversation with Mountain Khaki's Neil Bezdek on his first season as a pro.
Jensen, Rivera win final Tulsa Tough crits, Huff and Purcell win omniums
Brian Jensen and Coryn Rivera win the final event of the Tulsa Tough omnium, as Brad Huff and Jennifer Purcell wrap up their overall omnium wins.
Winning With Honor, Or By Sitting In…
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Sparling takes wet Mt. Hood criterium as de Maar seals overall
Sparling takes wet Mt. Hood criterium as de Maar seals overall
Matthew Goss finishes HTC-Columbia double in Philly, winning the Philadelphia International Championship
Matthew Goss finished off the HTC-Columbia double in Philadelphia Sunday afternoon, taking out the bunch sprint from a group of approximately 30 riders at the Philadelphia International Championship. Goss edged Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) for his first Philly win, less than a month after taking a stage at the Giro d'Italia.
Teutenberg wins her fourth Liberty Classic in Philly
HTC-Columbia's Ina-Yoko Teutenberg takes her fourth Liberty Classic road race in Philadelphia. Next up Sunday: The TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championships.