i got an email today from USA Cycling. i’ve qualified to race the US MTB National Championships. Never mind, now, that i’ve raced my mt bike once this year, and got my ass handed to me. i’m semi-pro, baby, and anything goes. they want pack fodder. gotta make the start line look big. The US Read the full article…

I hate this dead time of year right before the Tour starts. It’s always the same; the breathless anticipation of who’s on form, who’s the favorite, who’s a long shot, and who’s been implicated in a drug scandal. My pic to win three or four stages this year at a gallop, Alessandro Petacchi, was just Read the full article…

So, I’m checking out Velonews early on a Saturday morning. I’ve already fed the entire female side of the family with bacon and eggs pre-shopping insanity day trip, (I’m staying home, thank you) done the dishes and made myself a cup of coffee. Site down at the laptop, read what Nik has to say, click, Read the full article…

Another event I’ve never made it out to and regret missing it each time. This year being no exception. Hey Jonny, Photo of the Test Of Metal from Saturday, racing Cannuck style – Squamish BC. Amazing race – sold out of 800 spots and 400+ waitlist spots in the grand total of 48 minutes, with Read the full article…

Gonchar did a transfusion or EPO or something, and the internal blood profiling in T-Mobile caught it, and they booted him. Usually, almost always, the teams are complicit. Usually, almost always, the teams provide the docs and the expertise and the dope itself. Then the riders may or may not do something “on top” of Read the full article…

The Great Divide starts today. And where’s Randy? He was going to do this one. In a DC jersey. The last I heard, via email, he was sick. There have been as yet unconfirmed BGR sightings here in Flagstaff. That guy is like the wind, he could be anywhere by now. Tucson, Kansas, Mexico, anywhere… Read the full article…

The 2007 edition of the Dauphine is exceeding expectations. One team is standing out above the others: Astana. Vinokourov, Kashechkin, and now Colom have made their mark on the race. The only racer close to making such an impression: Frenchman Christophe Moreau. It must be mentioned that no one’s walking away with this – there Read the full article…

Howdy all, just thought that I would write in a race report seeing how its been a couple of years since I have done one. People used to say that they were cool to read someones tales from the gutter so here we go. So Hamfist, Hightower, Dafidile, and yours truely Snake load up the Read the full article…

This is one way to fight doping: Don’t let ‘em near your event. And if your event happens to be the biggest bicycle race in the entire world, well, I guess you could say it would have an impact. Implicated? Stay home. Confessed? Stay home? Not French? Stay home. Just kidding on that last one. Read the full article…

It looks like Souza and the rest of his Cliff bar buddies just took the 24 Hours of RAAM Corporate Challenge. This is two updates ago: Kenny Souza, Eric Walle, Patrick Bush, Chris Randall, Joe Philips and Paul Mckenzie the riders that comprise Team Clif Bar are riding so strong, so fast that they may Read the full article…

Yes, another edition of the Race Across American has begun. Info at raceacrossamerica.org. The skinny: At 9 am on Sunday morning, 30 solo racers for an epic transcontinental journey in Oceanside, California, as part of the Race Across America (RAAM). The race covers 3,047 miles over the Rockies and the Appalachians, through the desert and Read the full article…

J.J. Haedo wins the 23rd edition of the Commerce Bank Philadelphia Championship. When a 156-mile race ends in a massive field sprint it’s easy to think that nothing much happened. But that wasn’t the case in the 23rd edition of the Commerce Bank Philadelphia Championship on Sunday. Indeed, there were many subplots behind the final Read the full article…