Euro racing this week: Basque beret and Roubaix pavé
Basque hills and French cobblestones dominate what’s sure to be an action-packed week of racing in Europe.
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Rocky Mountain conference faces windy weekend at School of Mines
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.
Marian University race attracts large field
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.
Hesjedal third as Valverde awarded win at Basque Country opener
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).
Millar a man for the classics?
Garmin-Slipstream’s David Millar: a man for the cobbled classics?
Senioritis takes Reijnen to Thailand
University of Colorado engineering student Kiel Reijnen is leading the GC at the Tour of Thailand.
Cancellara conquers Flanders
Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) solos to victory in the 2010 Tour of Flanders.
Cancellara: Saxo Bank has two cards to play
Cancellara is relaxed and confident heading into the Tour of Flanders.
Bbox wins again, this time at the Route Adélie Vitre
Bbox has enjoyed an excellent four-week run, with a stage victory by William Bonnet at Paris-Nice, a stage victory and the overall at Critérium International with Pierrick Fédrigo and two stage victories to open the Three Days of De Panne this week.
Gavazzi wins stage 2 of Settimana Ciclista Lombarda
Mattia Gavazzi (CSF) won a mass sprint in the second stage of the Settimana Ciclista Lombarda in northern Italy.
Expect a wide-open Tour of Flanders
Easter Sunday’s 70-percent chance of rain and forecast temperatures in the upper-40s won’t likely dampen what is expected to be one of the most hotly contested and wide-open editions of the Tour of Flanders in years.
Farrar gets stage win at De Panne
Farrar gets stage win at De Panne
Rookie year: A conversation with Peter Stetina
Peter Stetina is making the most of his rookie year at Garmin-Transitions.
Cav’ to compete in California
Sprint star Mark Cavendish will skip the Giro d’Italia in order to race in this year’s Tour of California, his team announced Wednesday.
Chainel takes De Panne opener
Steve Chainel (Bbox Bouygues) won out of a breakaway to claim victory Tuesday in the opening stage of the Three Days of De Panne in Belgium.
Racing this week: Flanders week is here
For some cycling fans, and especially Belgian fans, this is the best week of the year.
What it takes to ride with the pros: Wattage numbers from Redlands
How much power does it take to hang with the pros in a big American stage race? For the Redlands Bicycle Classic, we put an SRM power meter on the bike of Eric Marcotte, a 30-year-old chiropractor who races as a Cat. 1.
Rocky Mountain conference meets west of the divide
The teams of the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference headed west across the Continental Divide for the first time this season, squaring off at Mesa State’s Mad Cow Classic road race, criterium and individual hill climb.
Eastern conference finds smooth TT, cobbled crit at Princeton
The 4.2-mile ITT was almost a pure power course: smooth as glass with only a couple shallow rollers and two wide turnaround points that kept the speed high. The crit would prove to be tougher than it looked on paper, though, largely due to a rough road surface that was even punctuated by a few cobbles.
Koerber and Tablerlay Win Fontana Short-Track
Rather than the traditional short-track length of 20 minutes plus three laps, Fontana promoters shortened the event to fifteen minutes plus one lap, guaranteeing that competitors would give an all-out effort for the entire race.
Stevens and Borrajo snag Redlands finale; Teutenberg and Day claim titles
HTC-Columbia's Evelyn Stevens wins the final stage at Redlands as teammate Ina-Yoko Teutenberg takes the overall victory.
Bauge defends sprint crown
Frenchman Gregory Bauge defends his sprint crown at track worlds.
Krupeckaite takes disputed women’s keirin
Simona Krupeckaite wins the women's keirin at the world track cycling championships.
Britain’s Clancy crowned omnium champ
Olympic team pursuit champion Ed Clancy wins the men's omnium at the world track cycling championships.
Canada’s Whitten takes points race
Canada's Tara Whitten wins the women's points race title at track worlds, her second gold of the championships.
Eisel sprints to Ghent-Wevelgem win
Bernard Eisel (HTC-Columbia) takes Ghent-Wevelgem.
Rodriguez wins Catalonia; Haedo takes finale
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) wins the 90th Tour of Catalonia.
Teammates Byberg and Wells Win at Fontana
Specialized Factory Racing's Todd Wells and Lene Byberg take first ProXCT race of the season in California.
Clarke, Cliff-Ryan win Redlands criterium
Hilton Clarke (Bahati Foundation) and Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita-Baci) won the stage 2 criteriums at the Redlands Bicycle Classic.
Pendleton takes sprint title
Track cycling speed queen Victoria Pendleton eased the pressure on medal-shy Britain by winning her fourth consecutive and fifth career sprint title at the world championships Saturday.
Dumoulin takes sixth stage at Catalonia
France's Samuel Dumoulin of the Cofidis team won the sixth stage of the Tour of Catalonia, a 161.9km run between el Vendrell and Barcelona in north-eastern Spain on Saturday.
Ghent-Wevelgem makes play for bigtime
Will Ghent-Wevelgem gain prestige with its new position on the international calendar that puts the Belgian semi-classic in the spotlight this weekend? Race organizers sure are hoping so.
Aussie duo takes Madison title
Australian Cameron Meyer claimed his third gold of the world track cycling championships when he teamed up with Leigh Howard to win the men's Madison crown on Saturday.
Hoy misses chance at sprint gold
France's defending world champion Gregory Bauge drew first blood in the battle for men's sprint supremacy when he dominated qualifying at the world track cycling championships Saturday.
‘Good days ahead’ for pioneering Kiwi sprinters
There was a time when New Zealand's dreams of Olympic gold in track cycling revolved around the endurance and pursuit teams. But that is about to change.
Routley, Teutenberg win Redlands stage 1, Neben and Day defend overall
Amber Neben became the first rider to defend the Redlands leader's jersey on the Beaumont circuit Friday, finishing at the same time as stage winner Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia), who now sits 14 seconds behind Neben on the GC.
Mulder sets new mark in kilo
Teun Mulder of the Netherlands upset French hopes of a first gold at the world track championships Friday when he blitzed his way in record time to victory in the men's kilometer.
NRC champs Jamis-Sutter Home not invited to ATOC, Dominguez not pleased
Sprinter Ivan Dominguez, the Cuban Missile turned American citizen, has won a stage in each of the major American tours — California, Georgia and Missouri — but will not have the opportunity to add to that tally at this year’s Amgen Tour of California, as his Jamis-Sutter Home team has not received an invitation to the race.
Hoy turns his attention to the sprint
Chris Hoy, the reigning Olympic sprint champion who missed the world championships last year due to injury, could face his biggest challenge yet as he bids to win back the title.
Economic impact of bike races, VeloSwap and a tiny track primer
Economic impact of bike races, VeloSwap and a tiny track primer
Aussies on fourth worlds gold, as Hoy saves Brits
Britain will insist that only the London Olympics really matter, but track cycling's world pacesetters were left trailing for the second day in a row by a rampant Australia on Thursday.
Phinney defends world pursuit title
American Taylor Phinney easily beat New Zealand's Jesse Sergent to successfully defend his individual pursuit title at the world track championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Thursday.
Hoy regains world keirin title
Britain's four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy reclaimed his world keirin crown after a dominating display in the final of the men's event at the world track cycling championships Thursday.
Interview with Julian Dean, Farrar’s top lead-out man
Andrew Hood chats with veteran sprinter and lead-out man Julian Dean on his career and how he can help Tyler Farrar beat Mark Cavendish in the sprints this year.
Voigt wins Catalonia stage in breakaway
Saxo Bank's Jens Voigt won the fourth stage of the Tour of Catalonia on Thursday, a 210-kilometer state from Oliana to Asco in northeastern Spain.
The impressive debutantes
A reader asks about those riders who have won in their first appearance at the Tour de France.
Track Worlds: France loses team sprint to Germany
World sprint champion Gregory Bauge selflessly blamed himself on Wednesday as France lost their coveted team sprint crown to Germany at the world track cycling championships. Germany, who last won the three-lap power event at world level in 2003, clocked a winning time of 43.433 to leave France, the champions since 2006, with the silver medal.
Australia’s Cam Meyer defends world’s points race title
Australia's Cam Meyer defended his world's points race title Wednesday at the world championships in Copenhagen.
Midwest collegiates get more wet racing at Lindenwood
Rain comes to Lindenwood as the Midwest Conference rolls into Spring Break season.
U.S. Scene This Week: Rolling into 2010 at Redlands
With the Tour of California moving to May this year, the first major test of the U.S. racing calendar returns to late March in Redlands, California.
Kilo veteran Queally bids for pursuit spot
Jason Queally, Olympic gold winner in the men's kilometer at the Sydney Games in 2000, is making an audacious bid for a coveted place in Britain's world-beating pursuit team at this week’s world track championships.
2010 UCI Track World Championships results
2010 UCI Track World Championships results
Bobridge aims at pursuit gold … and Phinney
Breaking 14-year-old world records might not yet be on Jack Bobridge's radar, but all eyes should be riveted on the Australian Thursday in the men's pursuit at the world track championships.
Cam Meyer to ride sculpted bar at track worlds
Garmin-Transitions rider Cam Meyer will be racing the track world championships for Australia on a distinctively shaped new handlebar from 3T.
Liquigas starts strong in Settimana Ciclistica
Liquigas takes a double-stage day as the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali gets under way.
Cav’ crushes at Catalunya
HTC-Columbia speedster Mark Cavendish sprints to victory in stage 2 of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.
Rollin ready to rock on cobbles
Cervélo's Dominique Rollin is back after a battle with mononucleosis, and this season he hopes to race his way onto the podium instead of into the doctor's office.
Hoy back for worlds, but has London on his mind
Sir Chris Hoy is back on track for the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Americans prep for track worlds this week
Eight Americans, including a current and a former world champ, queue up for track worlds in Copenhagen
CSU reigns during weather-shortened weekend in Colorado
A wild swing in the weather, from over 60 degrees on Thursday to blizzard conditions early Friday morning forced the cancellation of two out of the three events Colorado State University intended to host this weekend. Saturday’s crit and short team time trial got the axe, while Sunday’s classic Oval Criterium continued as planned.
Penn State edges home team UPenn for Phlyer Win
Penn State University used its depth to edge out overall Divison 1 leader University of Pennsylvania for top honors this weekend, scoring no fewer than 30 points in every race category to better UPenn 212 to 188. Rounding out the podium with 164 points was MIT.
Euro’ racing this week: LA v. AC, Ghent-Wevelgem and more
Andrew Hood takes a look at what's sure to be one of the busiest weeks of the year.
Team Type 1 to Tour of Morocco
While the NRC gets under way in the U.S. this week, Team Type 1 will send a contingent to line up for the team’s first international stage race of the season, the 23rd Tour of Morocco.
In Brooklyn, unifying machines and a win for a Russian bike messenger
It was just passed 10:00 Saturday night as I made my way down the dark, cobbled lane near Erie Basin in Brooklyn. In search of the staging area for the third Red Hook Criterium, a 20-lap race for track-bike riders with a penchant for unorthodox racing, I hoped to spy some of the participants at registration before things got underway.
Clarke and Teutenberg win final San Dimas stages, Day and Teutenberg win overall
Hilton Clarke scored the first major win for his Bahati Foundation team in the Incycle/Cannondale Old Town Grand Prix criterium Sunday evening, the final stage of the San Dimas Stage Tace. Clarke, overall winner at San Dimas in 2002, beat out Alejandro Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home) and Raymond Kreder (Holowesko Partners) for the stage 3 win.
Vacansoleil’s Jens Mouris scores at Groene Hart, BMC’s Stewart in lead pack
Local rider Jens Mouris of Vacansoleil broke from a 15-rider group in the final kilometers to take an 11-second solo win at the Dutch one-day Ronde van het Groene Hart. Belgian Nico Eckhour (An Post-Sean Kelly) won the field sprint for second, followed by Sep Vanmark (Topsport Vlaanderen).
Cesar Grajales’ return from Purgatory
Grajales, who teammate Nathan O’Neill calls Gecko, is making a comeback of sorts from the no man’s land to which he had banished since early 2008. “Difficult to describe,” he quickly answered when asked about his previous two seasons with Rock Racing, during which he bounced between the team’s professional and amateur rosters and was even fired and rehired once within the same week.
Benjamin, Sutherland grab San Dimas stage wins; Abbott, Day keep lead
Benjamin takes San Dimas stage win, Abbott holds lead
Groundhog Day: Abbott and Day repeat at San Dimas time trial
Peanut Butter & Co.'s Mara Abbott and Fly V Australia's Ben Day repeats their 2009 wins.
No Plan B: HTC-Columbia fully behind Cavendish for Milan-San Remo
HTC-Columbia manager Rolf Aldag says despite his recent lack of results, Cavendish is still their man for Saturday, and 'there is no Plan B.'
Using every ounce
Sky's Michael Barry heads into the classics season knowing that victory takes a full effort by every member of the team.
Milan-San Remo: Armstrong out, Cavendish less than confident
If Mark Cavendish is to be believed, he's not among the favorites to win this year's la classica di Primavera
Cofidis’ Keukeleire, 21, wins third race of the year. BMC’s Murphy is sixth.
Jens Keukeleire, 21, has already won Three Days of West Flanders and Le Samyn this year.
Ted King: Paris-Nice insanity
In a report from a grueling Paris-Nice, Ted says he's proving Albert Einstein's theory about repetition and insanity.
Garzelli snags T-A, Boasson Hagen wins finale
Italy's Stefano Garzelli won the Tirreno-Adriatico overall on Tuesday after Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen prevailed in the seventh and final stage.
Jamis-Sutter Home ready for San Dimas, Redlands
Defending NRC team champion opens title defense at Redlands.
Technical FAQ: Maintaining an 11-speed chain
Lennard Zinn suggests you avoid removing 11-speed chains for maintenance. Clean and re-lube on the bike.