Posted: Wed, Apr 1st
The Explainer - Of rules and regulationsDear Explainer,A few years ago, the UCI banned a time trial position which was dubbed the "Praying Landis," named after its originator. It seems to me that Levi Leipheimer's current position on his time trial bike is very similar to that used by Floyd Landis. What am I ...
Posted: Tue, Mar 31st
Hamilton out of AlentejoThe U.S.-based Rock Racing team has released a revised roster for the upcoming Volta ao Alentejo, one that does not include U.S. road champion Tyler Hamilton.
Hamilton, who recently missed Spain's Vuelta a Castilla y León due to bronchitis, was originally listed as team ...
Posted: Wed, Mar 25th
The Explainer - Them there's fightin' wordsDear Explainer,An announcer on a Birmingham, Alabama, sports talk show on WJOX 94.5 called “The Roundtable” recently went off on an inexplicable rant on cyclists, which included support for the idea of cars running down cyclists simply for being on the road.
"I wish ...
Posted: Wed, Mar 18th
The Explainer: Looking beyond the downtube stickerDear Explainer,After reading VeloNews.com’s recent article about the return of the Litespeed Blade, which features a picture of Lance Armstrong riding a Trek-badged Blade, I was reminded of a question that's been nagging me ever since I learned ...
Posted: Wed, Mar 4th
The Explainer: Will the Puerto case ever end?Dear Explainer,I am as much of an anti-doping advocate as the next guy, but isn’t it kind of ridiculous that we’ve been suffering through the on-again-off-again cycles of Operación Puerto for more than three years now? Doesn’t cycling have a freakin’ ...
Posted: Sat, Feb 28th
Leipheimer sidelined with fractureThe Astana Cycling team announced Saturday that Levi Leipheimer suffered an undisplaced fracture of the sacrum in a crash during the third stage of the Amgen Tour of California.
As a result of the diagnosis, Leipheimer will not compete in next month’s edition of Paris-Nice ...
Posted: Sun, Feb 22nd
2009 ATOC stage 8, Live Coverage archive11:52 AM: Good day and welcometo VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the eighth and final stage of the 2009 Amgen Tour of California, a challenging 96.8-mile ...
Posted: Sat, Feb 21st
2009 ATOC stage 7, Live Coverage archive11:29 AM: Good day and welcometo VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the seventh stage of the Amgen Tour of California, a 143km (88.9 mile) ride from Santa ...
Posted: Sat, Feb 21st
2009 ATOC stage 6, Live Coverage archive11:39 AM: Good day and welcometo VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the sixth stage of the Amgen Tour of California, a 15-mile (24 kilometers in the more ...
Posted: Wed, Feb 18th
The Explainer - Of rules, jerseys and bloodIs it a fix?Dear Explainer,First, let me say that I have huge respect for Levi Leipheimer, as a hard-working sportsman and as a classy human being. He is most certainly the strongest guy at this year’s Amgen Tour of California. However, I know I ...
Posted: Mon, Feb 16th
Live Report Archive: 2009 AToC Stage 1 (Davis to Santa Rosa)12:02 PM: Good day and welcometo VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the first stage of the 2009 Amgen Tour of California, a rainy, rainy ride from Davis to ...
Posted: Sun, Feb 15th
Live Report Archive: 2009 AToC prologue02:22 PM: Good day and welcometo VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the Prologue Time Trial of the 2009 Amgen Tour of California.
Today's route is a ...
