Swine Flu ends Louder’s Worlds
Team USA’s World Championships campaign suffered a blow this week as BMC Racing’s Jeff Louder has diagnosed with the H1N1 swine ‘flu virus. “I haven’t been feeling well and saw Dr. Testa Monday,” said Louder in a press release. “Based […]
The scoop on lactate threshold testing
Lactate threshold causes a lot of confusion for athletes trying to determine accurate training zones. Threshold can be determined with several methods, but understanding the implications of each and how they relate to determining individual zones is vital. Two common […]
Wyman wins season opener for new team Kona
With the road season coming to a close, the cyclocross season is just beginning and the first few races in the US are going to form for many of the English-speaking stars of the sport. British champion Helen Wyman has […]
Valverde packs his bags
Banned earlier this year from racing in Italy due to a CONI finding that some blood pouches seized during the Operacion Puerto raids matched his DNA, Alejandro Valverde will now not stay in Italy during the world road race championships. […]
Cavendish out of Worlds, season may be over
The ‘will he, won’t he’ debate about Mark Cavendish’s world championship participation was finally decided in favour of the latter today when it was announced that the Manxman would miss this year’s elite road race. Cavendish had earlier withdrawn from […]
Self Maintenance: The Epsom Salts Bath
Self Maintenance Activity Of The Month In my role as a VeloNation “Ask The Pro” Advisor, I hope to share information with the VeloNation cycling community that is of practical benefit to each of you. This may be a stretching […]
Women’s Time Trial wide open
Any number of riders could take home the time trial rainbow jersey this week. Amber Neben of the USA has defended her jersey well in a number of events this year, but will come under pressure from all sides in […]
Maes says no to Armstrong, and yes to Lefevre
Nikolas Maes (Topsport Vlaanderen) will be joining Belgian formation Quickstep despite earlier rumors that he had signed with RadioShack. The 23 year old announced that he had struck a deal with Quickstep boss, Patrick Lafevre, to Belgian media at the […]
Luke Roberts to Milram
Olympic Champion Luke Roberts (Kuota-Indeland) signed a one year contract with German ProTour team Milram. The 32-year-old Australian who captured gold with his team in the pursuit in Athens, spent three years with Team CSC before two seasons with German […]
Kashechkin returns after doping
Andrei Kashechkin will make his comeback in tomorrow’s Time Trial World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The 29 year old, former Astana rider was suspended for blood doping and was set to return to competition on August 7th. Kashechkin failed an […]
