Neal Rogers
BACKGROUND: Rogers came into cycling through mountain biking in the redwoods while a student at the University of California, Santa Cruz. After a few post-graduation years spent competing in road, mountain bike, cyclocross and triathlon events, he moved to San Francisco, where he briefly worked as a bike messenger before joining the dot-com boom. Once the bubble burst, he moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 2001 to take an unpaid internship at VeloNews, threatening to never leave. He still hasn't.
BIKES IN THE GARAGE: '05 Seven Axiom, '08 Cervélo P3C, '07 Kona Major Jake, '98 Hunter custom steel hard tail, '01 Hunter custom steel road bike
Stories by Neal Rogers »
Posted: Thu, Jul 9th
Near their European base, the Garmin-Slipstream men go on the attackIt should come as a surprise to no one that Garmin-Slipstream’s David Millar went out on the attack on Thursday’s stage from Girona to Barcelona.
Posted: Wed, Jul 8th
Armstrong, Andreu back on speaking termsPosted: Thu, Jun 25th
Compromise allows BMC to race NRC eventsA short-term agreement between the UCI and USA Cycling has made room for Team BMC, the only American UCI-registered Pro Continental team, to field full squads at national-level stage races for the remainder of the season.
The Swiss-American team will now be allowed to field a ...
Posted: Wed, Jun 24th
Mr. Rogers' neighborhood - Checkin' in with the argyle kingTen days before the start of the Tour de France is a busy time for any ProTour team manager, but Wednesday was a particularly crazy day for Garmin-Slipstream team manager Jonathan Vaughters.
During the same news cycle that reported rumors of Garmin’s interest in signing ...
Posted: Fri, Jun 19th
Rahsaan Bahati goes pro again with Rock RacingWhen national criterium champion Rahsaan Bahati rolls up to the start line of the June 28 Manhattan Beach Grand Prix, he will do so once again as a professional cyclist.
Bahati, a two-time winner and the defending champion at Manhattan Beach, signed a pro contract with Rock ...
Posted: Thu, Jun 11th
The man who saved the day ... and the GiroBy virtue of their trade, pro team mechanics operate outside of the limelight. In addition to their backseat position in team follow cars, their work takes place at start lines and in hotel parking lots, well before and after racing has ended and the crowds have dispersed. ...
Posted: Mon, Jun 8th
Horner healing, hopeful for TourAmerican Chris Horner is back on his bike and confident he will make Astana’s Tour de France squad come July. He’s less sure about when his next paycheck might arrive.
Horner, 37, had the strongest grand tour performance of his career in May at the Giro d’Italia, where ...
Posted: Thu, May 28th
Neal Rogers talks with Levi Leipheimer about his Giro and the rest of the season.Astana's Levi Leipheimer entered this year's Giro d'Italia playing down predictions that he could contest for the win, telling interviewers that he was going to take it “day by day, kilometer by kilometer,” and naming Ivan Basso as the top favorite.
Posted: Wed, May 6th
California tour moves to May next yearAfter four years of racing in February, the 2010 Amgen Tour of California will be held May 16-23, during the same time slot as the Giro d’Italia.
America’s biggest stage race will move from its winter dates into the spring, taking dates on the UCI calendar occupied this ...
Posted: Wed, Apr 29th
How Lance Armstrong’s decision to race Gila unintentionally hurt Team BMCBy the time you are reading this, Lance Armstrong and his Astana teammates — sorry, Mellow Johnny’s teammates — Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner have completed the opening stage of the SRAM Tour of the Gila, in New Mexico.
To no one’s surprise, Leipheimer won the ...
Posted: Sun, Apr 19th
Recovering from injury, Chris Horner hopes to ride with Armstrong at Giro, Tour … and the Gila?What is one to make of a season that has involved multiple crashes while also riding on the best form of a near 20-year professional career?
If you’re Chris Horner, you look at the glass half full.
The always-smiling Horner, ...
Posted: Thu, Apr 2nd
Garmin’s Caldwell breaks leg while trainingGarmin-Slipstream rider Blake Caldwell, who narrowly missed out on a national road championship in a photo finish against Tyler Hamilton last September, fell while training in Spain Thursday and broke his femur.
Team manager Jonathan Vaughters ...
