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15 basic cycling tips for beginners

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:14:00 GMT

15 basic cycling tips for beginner cyclists

Carlos Sastre wins the Tour de France!

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:34:33 GMT

Carlos Sastre started with a lead of 1:34 over Cadel Evans, and most thought he'd lose it to the better time-trialling Australian. But Sastre held firm, did the ride of his life, and has won the Tour de France, barring disaster on the road into Paris tomorrow. Of course, anything can still happen, but only bad luck or trouble will deny the Spanish their third consecutive champion!

Sastre in yellow: But Evans is in range

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:14:00 GMT

Fascinating day's racing in the Tour de France yesterday, as the riders tackled what is arguably the race's toughest day - 209km including three out of category climbs, culminating in the most famous climb in cycling, Alp d'Huez. And as expected, the attacks started early on the final climb, as the climbers were forced to go out looking for time on Cadel Evans, knowing that they required a buffer leading into the final 53km time-trial on Saturday.

Hincapie gives direction to upstart riders

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:30 GMT

George Hincapie is the only cyclist to race on eight Tour de France-winning teams. This year he passed on the chance for No. 9, which turned out to be a smart decision. The tall, affable New Yorker was a key player in all seven of Lance Armstrong's Tour wins and supported Alberto Contador in the Spaniard's 2007 victory.

le Tour de France 2008: Third doping shock

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:14:00 GMT

Another dark day for cycling as it fights to clean up

le Tour de France 2008: Beltran tests positive for EPO

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:14:13 GMT

Alas, perhaps the good start to the tour this year was too good to be true. . .for it has been announced that Manuel Beltran (Liquigas) has returned a positive for EPO from the samples taken on the first day of the race. He has been fired from his team and is out of the tour.

Tour de France Power File Analysis and Live Data

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:14:29 GMT

Tour de France cycling fans can watch live heart rate, power, cadence and speed transmitted daily at TrainingPeaks.com from the SRM power meters of several Team Columbia racers such as George Hincapie, Adam Hansen and Marcus Burghardt. After each day's stage, fans can download and view the power files within TrainingPeaks WKO+ complete with analysis and comments by power expert Hunter Allen

Columbia's Ina-Yoko Teutenberg takes her third consecutive Giro stage

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:46:55 GMT

Team Columbia won her third consecutive stage of the Giro d'Italia Femminile on Tuesday, increasing her overall lead in the race to 17 seconds over Kirsten Wild (AA Drink).

Jeannie Longo wins another national title and an Olympic team berth.

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:14:08 GMT

French cycling legend and five-time world champion Jeannie Longo on Tuesday clinched a 55th national title in winning the individual pursuit at the national championships in 3:48:896 ahead of great rival and holder Cathy Moncassin.

Schumacher In Yellow

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:14:00 GMT

Australia's Cadel Evans struck a first blow to Alejandro Valverde at the Tour de France Tuesday after leaving his yellow jersey rival trailing on the fourth stage time trial. Germany's Stefan Schumacher of the Gerolsteiner team stunned the pre-race favorites to win the 29.5km race against the clock in a time of 35min 44sec.

What Happened, Fab?

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:52:09 GMT

Despite expectations, Fabian Cancellara failed to win the stage 4 time trial at the 2008 Tour de France Cholet, France: Wait a minute. What's wrong with this picture? According to nearly every specialist, bet-taker and bet-maker at this year's Tour de France, Fabian Cancellara was programmed to win the stage four time trial in Cholet on Tuesday. It was a moot point, a done deal. So why did he only finish fifth, more than 30 seconds behind Stefan Schumacher?

Old World Attitudes Costly to Valverde

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:14:08 GMT

Alejandro Valverde is an easy guy to root for. He has a personality, he's daring and aggressive in road races, and he wins some big races. But he's also frustrating to watch, especially in time trials. He, and the people around him, haven't seemed to fully accept the fact that attention to detail is what wins the Tour de France, and he gave away valuable time in today's time trial because of Old World attitudes.

Valverde victorious in opening stage of Tour de France

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:14:01 GMT

PLUMELEC, France (AP) - Alejandro Valverde is determined to contend for the Tour de France title. And the Tour de France is determined to run a clean race. The Spaniard won the opening stage in a final sprint Saturday as cycling's three-week showcase took a first step in trying to get beyond the doping scandals that for years have battered the race and the entire sport.

Valverde Takes Lead

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:14:00 GMT

Tour de France organizers tried everything to make the start of this year's Tour unlike any other in modern history. And by eliminating the prologue as well as time bonuses, stage one of this year's race promised to take on new meaning. The fact that it skirted through the sinuous and narrow country roads of Brittany seemed to assure particularly nervous racing from the get-go of the 2008 Tour de France.

Valverde seizes the yellow

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:14:09 GMT

On the opening stage of the Tour de France, Spanish champion Alejandro Valverde displayed the kind of riding which won him three Ardennes Classics in recent years, gave him his second career Tour stage win and, most importantly, the first yellow jersey of the Tour. With that feat, the Caisse d'Epargne rider gave a seamless transition of the yellow jersey from one Spaniard, last year's winner Alberto Contador, to another.

Tension Membrane Building

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:29:27 GMT

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Rollin wins Ricola Twilight Grand Prix

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:14:15 GMT

Basking Ridge, NJ - The second annual Twilight Grand Prix bike race was held on Wednesday evening, May 28, in the heart of historic Basking Ridge, NJ..

Reed wins world title, USA TODAY weekly honor

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:29:06 GMT

There was a time when Jennie Reed wasn't the top female sprinter in the American track cycling program. That was in 2000, when as a 22-year-old, she didn't make the Olympic team for Sydney, even though she showed impressive sprinting power at the trials in Frisco, Texas.

Johnson, Compton Earn Cyclo-cross National Calendar Titles

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:29:04 GMT

Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 24, 2008)-USA Cycling has recognized Tim Johnson (Middleton, Mass./Cyclocrossworld.com) and Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Spike Shooter) as the overall winners of the 2007 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Racing Calendar. Following the conclusion of the 38-event calendar at the Urban Cyclo-Cross competition in Irvine, Calif. on January 19, Johnson earned 512 points on the men's side, while Compton garnered 310 to take the top spot for the women.

USA Cycling junior members receive free tickets to Track World Cup

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:27:20 GMT

USA Cycling announced today an agreement with OUCH Sports Medical Center to offer free tickets to all junior members of USA Cycling for Friday evening's session of the upcoming UCI Track World Cup on Jan. 18 at the ADT Event Center velodrome in Carson, Calif.

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Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:36:43 GMT

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Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:35:25 GMT

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Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:32:02 GMT

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Landis Banned From Riding in France

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:58:55 GMT

PARIS (AP) -- American cyclist Floyd Landis cannot compete in France until 2009 even if he has his two-year doping ban lifted by the sport's highest court.

Dick's Sporting Goods Launches 'Lance Armstrong: Store Manager' Campai

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:53:13 GMT

This past weekend, DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) debuted two new national TV commercials-part of an integrated campaign that includes print ads, radio spots and other elements- featuring Lance Armstrong as an over-the-top DICK'S Sporting Goods store manager/motivational fitness fanatic. Aimed at promoting the Nike LIVESTRONG(R) product line available at DICK'S Sporting Goods-the Home of Nike Training, the campaign pokes lighthearted fun at Lance Armstrong, his iconic athleticism and world-renowned determination.