Greensboro makes the first cut for the US Bicycling Hall of Fame
The US Bicycling Hall of Fame, which currently resides in Sommerville, New Jersey, announced last Spring that it was searching for a new home. The town of Sommerville with the tradition of it’s marquee event the Tour of Sommerville, had […]
Good news for Quick-Step: Devolder and Weylandt back on the bike
Both Stijn Devolder Wouter Weylandt had injury problems during team Quick-Step’s recent training camp in Benicassim, Spain raising concerns on their preparation with team manager Patrick Lefevere. As reported on VeloNation, the winner of the 2008 Ronde Van Vlaanderen had […]
Quick-Step for Tour of Qatar
Patrick Lefevere is sending a strong team, including previous winner Tom Boonen, to the 2009 edition of the Tour of Qatar. A pleasant surprise for the team is that the team will include Belgian Wouter Weylandt. Only two weeks ago […]
RECALL: Voluntary recall for CycleOps Pro Series Trainers
Saris Cycling Group is issuing a voluntary recall of CycleOps Pro Series Trainer models 9014 (SuperMagneto Pro), 9331 (JetFluid Pro), 9460 (PowerBeam Pro), 9321 (JetFluid Pro Winter Training Kit), and 9322 (SuperMagneto Pro Winter Training Kit). Saris Cycling Group has […]
AG2R Team for 2009
The French professional team AG2R for 2009 was presented today in Paris. Team boss Vincent Lavenu comes into 2009 with high expectations for the Tour de France building on their success in 2008. Slovenian Tadej Valjavec and Russian Vladimir Efimkin […]
UCI's biological passport – "abnormal" values found
The International Cycling Union (UCI) issued a press release yesterday to address the recent declarations published in the press that indicate some thirty riders registered in their Biological Passport program are considered as “suspect”. In the release the governing body said that […]
Two-year ban for cyclist Piepoli
The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Monday suspended cyclist Leonardo Piepoli from competition for two years for failing a dope test taken during last year’s Tour de France. The 37-year-old Piepoli won the 10th stage of the race in the […]
Van den Brand and Nys hold off Cyclocross World Champions
The last round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup presented by Safety Jogger has been won by Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) and Daphny Van den Brand (the Netherlands). Both riders succeeded in keeping the respective World Champions at bay during this […]
Quick-Step takes the early lead
After the dust has settled and the first UCI World race has been run, Patrick Lefevere’s Quick-Step team has risen to the top at the Tour Down Under. The teams’ result is thanks to their relatively new recruit, Australian Allan […]
Trek: From out of the snow and corn riseth
Trek Bicycle today announced the opening of ‘Thing One,’ an all-new design center with a singular focus: do nothing but great work. Over 20 miles from the nearest Starbucks, the unassuming town of Waterloo, Wisconsin—yes, Waterloo, Wisconsin—is now home to […]
