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2011-05-09T18:59:00.001-07:00

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VeloNews: Giro race director Angelo Zomegnan - ‘The race will go on.’

VeloNews: Giro d'Italia Stage 3 Results.

CyclingNews: Giro d'Italia Stage 3 Results.

CyclingFans: 2011 Giro d'Italia LIVE - Stage 3.

Monday's Giro d'Italia Stage 3 departs Reggio Emilia at 12:55pm CET (6:55am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Rapallo at around 5:14pm CET (11:14am U.S. Eastern). Giro d'Italia live streaming video should begin at around 2:35pm CET (8:35am U.S. Eastern).

CyclingNews: Awang back on track, as teammates change direction.

Few will ever forget the harrowing images of Malaysia’s top track sprinter, Azizulhasni Awang, as his leg was skewered right through by a huge wooden stake-sized splinter of the Manchester Velodrome during the keirin event at the Track World Cup earlier this year.

Blazin' Saddles: Cav turns a corner.

VeloNews: Mark Cavendish says commissaires, officials biased against him.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) says his success in the sprints has fermented a bias against him among race commissaires and officials regulating the races and suggested he is being “singled out.”

CyclingNews: Farrar keeps his cool on melodramatic opening road stage at Giro d'Italia.

While the mad blood is flowing during these hot days of the Giro d'Italia's opening bunch skirmishes, Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervélo) displayed admirable calm after a frustrating finale to stage two in Parma.

VeloNation: Kittel takes easy sprint win in final stage of Four Days of Dunkirk.

German wins four out of five stages, but overall goes to Thomas Voeckler.

Bicycle Tutor
The Bicycle Safety Guide
On The Road: Bicycle Safety
Guide to Bicycle Safety
Bicycle Insurance
World Bicycle Relief
Lexicon of cycling terms
Race Reports - Janel Holcomb.
Video: Performance- some humor.
Video: Ride Right
British Bike Association

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2011-05-07T18:23:00.000-07:00

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Daily News: May 7th

CycleSport: Giro d’Italia stage one analysis - Perfect result for the perfect athlete.

Cycling is described as a team sport for individuals. So it was fitting that the first maglia rosa of the 2011 Giro d’Italia winner was a consummate rider described by his team management as “the perfect athlete”.

PEZ: Giro d'Italia stage 1 results.

VeloNews: Giro d'Italia stage 1 results.

road.cc: Giro d'Italia stage 1 results.

CyclingFans: 2011 Giro d'Italia LIVE - Stage 1 TTT.

Saturday's Giro d'Italia Stage 1, a 19.3km Team Time Trial from Venaria Reale to Torino, begins at 3:50pm CET (9:50am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first team. Giro d'Italia live video streaming should also begin at around that time.

SteepHill: Giro d'Italia 2011 Live Dashboard.

PodiumCafe: Universal Sports Giro d'Italia Coverage.

The network will cover the race on its television, on-line and mobile platforms beginning this Saturday, May 7 at 9:30 a.m. ET.

CyclingNews: Millar - Giro so hard that it might neutralise the race.

Speaking to Cyclingnews ahead of the inaugural team time trial of the Giro d’Italia, David Millar acknowledged that Garmin-Cervélo doesn’t have "a pure time trial team", especially after the replacement of pursuit world record holder Jack Bobridge by Thomas Peterson who came fourth at the Presidential Tour of Turkey. The Australian prodigy is probably no longer a priority for the American team as he is rumoured to be eager to join GreenEDGE next year.

CyclingNews: Giro d'Italia TTT start times announced.

Giro d'Italia organiser RCS Sport has announced the official start times for the opening team time trial of the three-week race held on Saturday in Turin. Omega Pharma-Lotto will be the first team of a total of 23 squads to set out on the 19.3km course at 15.50 CET.

CyclingWeekly: Giro d'Italia 2011: Cycling Weekly's coverage index.

Pave': 2011 Giro d’Italia – Top-10 Preview.

CycleSport: Giro di Talent: Five Surprises Packages.

PEZ: Giro 2011 Preview - The Contenders.

There are three ‘super favorites’ for the 2011 Giro d’Italia – Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank & Spain), Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas & Italy) and Denis Menchov (Geox & Russia); one ‘favorite’ Michele Scarponi (Lampre & Italy) and a handful of riders who might make the podium – Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha & Spain), Giovanni Visconti (Farnese Vini & Italy) and Roman Kreuziger (Astana & Czech Republic) amongst them.

PodiumCafe: Giro d'Italia - Scenes from a teams presentation (that wasn't).

Things started off in Piazza Carignano, where the teams were unceremoniously trotted out for quick photo-ops.

PodiumInsight: Borrajo Wins Close Sprint At Joe Martin.

Sprinter Anibal Borrajo (Jamis/Sutter Home) waited in the field, quietly resting as much as possible, while the field reeled in the break with 1 km to go. And then he hit the gas to overtake Roman Van Uden (Pure Black Racing) and Francisco Mancebo (RealCyclist.com) at the line to win stage 2 of the Joe Martin Stage Race.

PodiumInsight: Guarnier Sprints Into The Lead At Joe Martin.

Megan Guarnier (TIBCO/To The Top) kicked in her big engine up the finishing uphill to take the bunch sprint victory at stage 2 of the Joe Martin Stage Race. With the ten seconds of time bonus, she takes over the GC lead, a slim one at that, with two stages to go.

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2011-05-06T20:40:00.000-07:00

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Daily News: May 6th

SteepHill: Giro d'Italia 2011 Live Dashboard.

PodiumCafe: Universal Sports Giro d'Italia Coverage.

The network will cover the race on its television, on-line and mobile platforms beginning this Saturday, May 7 at 9:30 a.m. ET.

CyclingNews: Giro d'Italia TTT start times announced.

CyclingWeekly: Giro d'Italia 2011: Cycling Weekly's coverage index.

Pave': 2011 Giro d’Italia – Top-10 Preview.

CycleSport: Giro di Talent: Five Surprises Packages.

PEZ: Giro 2011 Preview - The Contenders.

PodiumInsight: Borrajo Wins Close Sprint At Joe Martin.

PodiumInsight: Guarnier Sprints Into The Lead At Joe Martin.

VeloNews: U.S. Racing This Week - Joe Martin edges toward California and SpeedWeek wraps.

VeloNews: Clara Hughes beats Stevens and Neben to win Pan Am Games time trial.

Canadian Clara Hughes beat Americans Evelyn Stevens and Amber Neben Friday to win the 24.2-mile individual time trial at the Pan American Championships in Colombia.

BikeRumor Review: Louis Garneau X-Lite Helmet – Lightweight, Comfortable and Adjustable.

BikeRadar: Louis Garneau Quartz helmet review.

"Mid-range in price but high-end in looks, airflow and comfort."

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2011-05-05T20:36:00.000-07:00

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Daily News: May 5th

PodiumInsight: Mancebo Wins Joe Martin TT.

Once again, Francisco Mancebo (RealCyclist.com) clocked the fastest time at a time trial, this time it was the opening stage of the Joe Martin Stage Race. His time was 8 minute flat on the 2.5-mile (4 km) uphill course in Devil’s Den State Park, in Northwest Arkansas.

PodiumCafe: Universal Sports Giro d'Italia Coverage.

The network will cover the race on its television, on-line and mobile platforms beginning this Saturday, May 7 at 9:30 a.m. ET.

CyclingNews: Is the UCI’s points system destabilising the sport?

The UCI's new sporting criteria combined with its transfer regulations is having an adverse affect on the stability of teams, according to Garmin-Cervélo boss Jonathan Vaughters.

PodiumCafe: Race Preview - La Ronde de Bourgogne.

Bourgogne, better known to English speakers as Burgundy, is the French region that sits in the buffer space between Paris/L’Ile de France and the Alps.

PodiumInsight: On Tap: Joe Martin Stage Race.

Next on the NRC schedule is the 34th edition of the Joe Martin Stage Race presented by Nature Valley, around Fayetteville in Northwest Arkansas where lush green rolling terrain is in store. The four stages, almost the same as last year, make the race suited well for power sprinters that can keep their own in the time trial or for time trialist with a good finish kick.

BikeRadar: Feedback Sports Pro Ultralight Repair Stand review.

"Hands down the best portable workstand there is."

TheInnerRing: SRAM buys Quarq.

If you’ve got a good invention in the cycle trade, don’t be surprised to get a call from someone at SRAM to meet up one day.

CyclingNews: Keisse to serve out remainder of doping ban.

The Brussels Court of Appeal today dismissed the argument of Iljo Keisse, who challenged his two-year ban which was imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

BSNYC: Putting the "Rad" in Radiant - Now You See Me, Now You Really See Me.

YehudaMoon: The More You Know.

Boulder Report: SRAM Buys Quarq.

FatCyclist: An Open Appeal to Someone With a Really Expensive Camera.

Dave Moulton: Only in America.>

VeloNews: French judge clears Vinokourov, Mayo and Moreni of doping charges, cites lack of cooperation from UCI.

CyclingNews: 2007 Tour de France doping case dismissed in France.

The criminal investigation launched after police searches during the 2007 Tour de France has been dismissed. Public prosecutor Jean-Christophe Muller in Pau confirmed today that there will finally be no hearing for Alexander Vinokourov, Iban Mayo and Christian Moreni in their respective cases.

TwistedSpoke: TwistedSpoke: UCI institutes “No Pasta” rule in time for Giro.

First, no needles, now, no pasta. The UCI has just issued a comprehensive ban on the use of pasta unless there is “a clear medical indication” to justify preparing the classic grand tour meal.

TheInnerRing: Needles banned.

The UCI can move swiftly. Yesterday it was announced that any form of injection is now effectively banned and punishable. Up to know, infusions, from pouches with a drip for example, were banned but there was nothing to stop the use of injections, where obviously several injections can amount to the same volume as a drip.

VeloNews: Quick Look: Riding Cannondale’s new 695-gram road frame, the SuperSix Evo.

road.cc Sneak peek: Cannondale SuperSix Evo 2012.

BikeRadar: Cannondale SuperSix EVO 2012: introducing the 695g frame.

Cannondale Bicycles launched their new SuperSix EVO chassis in Torino, Italy, today. The frame is said to meet the rigorous performance requirements of both Cannondale’s own test lab and the Liquigas-Cannondale professional cycling team, despite its extraordinarily low 695g frame weight (size 56cm).

BikingBis: Wounded Warrior bike ride gets White House send off.

BrowneEye: Giro d’Italia – Italian Police Squad.

YehudaMoon: A Measure of Progress.

VeloNews’ 2011 race calendar
VeloNews' 2011 mtb race calendar
CXMagazine’s 2011 cx race calendar
Guide to rider transfers 2010-2011
How to Drive Around Cyclists
Men's Pro Cycling on Twitter
Twitter Hashtags For Races
Bike trade tweeps - who uses Twitter.
Classified - bikes and accessories for sale.
Archive - looking? it may be in the archive.
Health and Fitness - also training information.
Tips and Safety - what to watch out for.
Unwritten rules of cycling etiquette

PodiumInsight: Holcomb Fastest At Joe Martin TT.

After a third-place finish at the SRAM Tour of the Gila TT. Janel Holcomb (Colavita/Forno d’Asolo) was the fastest at the opener of the Joe Martin Stage Race in Northwest Arkansas.

PEZ: EuroTrash Thursday!

Today's Quote

"The defamation suit filed today by the cycling leadership is nothing short of witness intimidation and a terrorist tactic designed to take away from me one of Americans’ most highly valued rights.” - Floyd Landis BrowneEye

BrowneEye: Landis hopes to see UCI in court.

TheInnerRing: The UCI struggles to silence Floyd Landis.

I’ll admit some admiration for him. He reminds me a little of Diogenes.

The Explainer: Questions about the UCI’s defamation suit against Floyd Landis.

TwistedSpoke: No Mayo, no Vino but yes on Landis. The curious UCI.

VeloNews: Floyd Landis says he intends a vigorous defense against UCI defamation claims.

Contacted by VeloNews, Landis said he intends to mount a vigorous defense against the suit, arguing that all of the allegations he’s leveled against the UCI and its former leaders are true, and that the governing body’s suit “will strengthen my resolve to expose them as the criminals that they are.”

TwistedSpoke: Excercise. The 365 day miracle.

Intervals up the mountain, weight training, early to bed, positive mental image, no freaking hamburgers and milkshakes.

PEZ: Daily Distraction.