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Interbike Show 2012

Interbike Las Vegas! The show is enormous.  It’s now two floors of the Sands Convention Center and it’s overwhelming.   Besides all the gear, the show is the place to see and be seen.   Besides promoting his line of bikes, Mario Cipollini was on hand to sign autographs as […]

Bennati Takes Stage 18 at Vuelta

Teamwork and patience paid off on Thursday in stage 18 of la Vuelta a España with Daniele Bennati, 31, earning the victory in Valladolid.  In a photo finish with rider Ben Swift, Bennati took the win by a tire width.  ‘Benna’ dedicated his win to his grandfather as well as […]

Hamilton Tell All Book on the Newsstands

Tyler Hamilton’s tell all book came out yesterday, “The Secret Race”.  Reports are that he’s relieved to finally get everything out in the open and have no more secrets and lies. He was interviewed by Daniel Coyle who helped write the book.  Tyler’s reason for continuing the lies was that if he […]

Early End to 2012 Season for Cadel

Cadel Evans will not compete again the remainder of the 2012 season in order to rest a sore right knee that forced his withdrawal from the USA Pro Challenge last month, the BMC Racing Team announced Tuesday. Doctor’s Assessment BMC Racing Team Chief Medical Officer Dr. Max Testa said testing […]

7-Eleven Party

7 Eleven celebrated at the Grand Hyatt Sunday night after the end of the race in Denver. The dinner was to benefit the Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinsons’ research.   It was a great reunion and lots of old familiar faces were on hand including Jeff Pierce, Ron Kiefel, Doug […]

Lots of Armstrong Support

According to an AP article, Lance Armstrong’s charity is seeing record donations in the wake of the doping allegations. The article says that Peter Shankman, vp of public relations at Vocus Inc “He never said he’s guilty, he said he’s sick of fighting.” None of the allegations has been proved. […]

2012 Lotto Decca Won by Ellen Van Dijk

August 27th, Belgium   – The end of the season is approaching. Usually the world championships in September are the highlight of the season, which means the moral is always building up towards the end of the season. But in this Olympic year it’s a bit different. Because almost everyone […]

2012 Tour of Denmark Won by Westra

Vacansoleil-DCM‘s Lieuwe Westra, riding Bianchi Oltre and Pico Crono Carbon bikes, took the overall win at Post Danmark Rundt – Tour of Denmark 2012, on Sunday, August 26th. After the success on the fifth stage, a 14.5-km ITT, the Dutch rider kept his leadership on the finish of the final stage, 165 km fromSlagelse to Frederiksberg.    In 2012 Westra […]

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2012 Pro Challenge Stage 6

BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen slipped from first to third overall Saturday at the USA Pro Challenge when he could not follow the attack of Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) on the final climb of Flagstaff Mountain. Leipheimer is now in the yellow jersey.  He was in a small […]

Effect of Armstrong News on Cancer Programs

The Denver Post published an article today about the potential effect of the USADA scandal on Armstrong’s cancer efforts.  In 2006 his foundation did a five year grant of nearly $2 million to the University of Colorado Cancer Center. There are 8 cancer centers in the US that receive funding […]