Ben Delaney
BACKGROUND: Delaney is editor in chief for VeloNews. A journalism graduate of the University of New Mexico, Delaney is responsible for all editorial content online and in the magazine.
Delaney joined VeloNews in 2005 as managing editor, having worked previously for The Santa Fe New Mexican, Bicycle Retailer & Industry News and as a freelance writer for various titles. He's a former (but never very good) Cat. 1 racer. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife and two children.
BIKES IN THE GARAGE: '09 Cannondale CX9, '09 Specialized Tarmac SL2, '08 Giant TCR Advanced, '00 Santa Cruz Roadster, '02 XS Trek 4500 (the wife's), '08 20-inch Trek (the boy's), '04 Chariot Cougar (the baby's).
Stories by Ben Delaney »
Posted: Wed, Jul 1st
Cav’s first chanceLong before he was winning Tour de France stages, Mark Cavendish was formed into a professional cyclist by British Cycling’s Rod Ellingworth. As research for the current cover story on Cavendish, VeloNews interviewed Ellingworth.
Posted: Mon, Jun 29th
Columbia gets a new title co-sponsor in time for the TourWith the addition of a mobile phone company co-sponsor, Team Columbia is now Columbia-HTC. Team owner Bob Stapleton announced the new sponsor and his squad’s Tour de France lineup Monday.
Mark Cavendish, who won four stages in the 2008 Tour, will be joined by Michael ...
Posted: Sat, Jun 13th
Tour de France 101 Bike racing is quite unlike the mainstream “stick-and-ball” sports that most Americans grew up playing, and can often be confusing, or a even a complete mystery. Even other endurance sports, such as marathon running or triathlon, lack the complexities and tactics of ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 9th
A shattering experience - A post-recall, R-Sys wheel failureEditor’s Note: VeloNews is not a safety agency. On occasion, bicycle products being tested by VeloNews editors suffer structural failure — saddles break, spokes snap and even crank arms crack. We often do not report such issues as they ...
Posted: Sat, Jun 6th
Dominguez tests 2010 Fuji in PhillyFuji-Servetto sprinter Ivan Dominguez will race the TD Bank Philadelphia International Championship aboard a prototype 2010 Fuji SST bike. Fuji has only produced five such frames, and Dominguez is giving the company final feedback before it begins full production for the 2010 ...
Posted: Wed, Jun 3rd
FSA focuses on compact mountain, Vision road line for 2010; road group still in the worksAfter finding great success with the compact road crank design it debuted in the 2002 Tour de France under Ivan Basso, FSA is pushing the concept to the mountain bike market. Carbon and alloy double-ring cranksets for off-road are among the new 2010 offerings from the company ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 2nd
Gallery: Northern Italy’s Madonna del Ghisallo chapel enshrines cycling’s greatsAs Carlos Sastre charged away on stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia, several Italians gathered around a TV in a small café just paces away from the Sanctuary of Ghisallo, the tiny church for the patron saint of cyclists in Magreglio. Pope Pius XII officially gave the Madonna of ...
Posted: Thu, May 7th
Universal will have daily online and cable coverage of the Tour of ItalyIn an eleventh-hour deal, Universal Sports secured rights to the Giro d’Italia and will be airing live, start-to-finish coverage of each stage of the 2009 race.
Fans in America will be able to watch complete daily coverage live online at universalsports.com and a taped, ...
Posted: Sat, Apr 18th
Jacques-Maynes wins Sea Otter circuitTeam Bissell again put its number to use in the Sea Otter circuit, stacking the two key moves of the day with riders. Andy Jacques-Maynes and Jeremy Vennell rode the last few laps together with Colavita’s Luis Amaran, with Jacques-Maynes attacking over the last climb and ...
Posted: Sat, Apr 18th
Wells scores short track win at Sea OtterHalfway through the short track, it was a three-way race for the podium. And all three men were riding for Specialized: Todd Wells, Burry Stander and world champion Christoph Sauser.
Sauser burped his tire and did not finish, but Wells charged on for the win, with Stander ...
Posted: Sat, Apr 18th
Trek’s Batty wins women’s short trackRiding alone the last three laps, Catharine Pendrel (Luna) looked like she had the Sea Otter short track sewn up, but Emily Batty (Trek) had other plans.
Chasing just behind with Heather Irmiger (Subaru-Gary Fisher), Batty jumped with half a lap to go on a paved climb, and ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 17th
Leipheimer takes Sea Otter with easeAstana's Levi Leipheimer glided up the finishing climb to victory at the Sea Otter Classic road race Friday, finishing just ahead of the three Bissell men with whom he was in a long breakaway.
Leipheimer's Santa Rosa training buddy, Paul Mach, took second with his Bissell ...
