The classics crew made it back up to Belgium today. First up on our plate is Three Days of De Panne on the windy coast of Belgium. This race is three days, just like the title implies.
What’s missing from the title is three “windy, rainy, sand-in-your-eyes, cow-poop-in-your-face, dangerous” days.
De Panne is known for […]

Overview:This classic Boulder ride is slightly over 40 miles, and is great for days when it’s too cold to go into the mountains.

Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

Distance: 41 miles.

Description:
Start at the end of Broadway Road where it meets Highway 36. Go left (north) on Highway 36 and continue for approximately 11 miles where it tees […]

“Condé Nast Portfolio” features David Zabriskie and his career as a world-class cyclist in their “Job of the Week” section.
From profile: “When I starting racing and was moving through the ranks, I found myself breaking away and time-trialing to the finish line to avoid crashes,” Zabriskie says…He now races between 70 to 90 […]

In the opening 3.8-mile uphill time trial of the San Dimas stage race, Peter Stetina (right) of the VMG/Felt U23 team finished a strong second and just 8 seconds off winner Oscar Sevilla. Stetina managed to hold his own on a hilly stage 2 circuit in San Dimas, rolling in with the lead group. After […]

The second of two stages for the day and the final event of the weekend is a short, fast 8.3 km time trial.
The first rider goes off at 14:40 and the last rider finishes at 16:50.
Slipstream Squad
Julian Dean
Timmy Duggan
Christophe Laurent
Trent Lowe
David Millar
Kilian Patour
Tom Peterson
David Zabriskie
Reserves
Pat McCarty
Danny Pate
Chris Sutton

The first of two stages for the day is only 98.5 km long, but jagged as all get out with no less than nine hills, between 200-400 meters with some relatively steep, leg-breaking slopes.
The stage starts at 8:35!! and finishes between 10:59-11:15, in time for a little lunch and a nappy before the afternoon’s […]

To add insult to today’s already injurious day of racing, the final 8.3 km individual time trial was wet - again! David Zabriskie (left) was the top Slipstream/Chipotle finisher in 5th with David Millar coming in 13th for the afternoon event.
After more than seven hours of weekend racing, Trent Lowe put in a […]

It seemed bad enough that the riders had to be up by around 5 am in order to be ready for the morning stage that started at 8:30 am. Then the race was furiously fast from the get-go. Attack after attack went as riders tried to stick their breaks and gobble up as many […]