ESPN.com talks to team owner Doug Ellis about their Tour de France invite and hopes.
Said Ellis: “We’re not only going for publicity. We are going for the yellow jersey, to take it and try to hold on to it. It’s a new year in cycling. We want to bring innovating tactics into the race. We […]

Half of the team have raced Milan-San Remo six or seven times. But for the rest of us, this was our very first time! Each of us was given a job. Mine was riding in support for Julian Dean and others, like Will and Maggy, were given free range to follow attacks. If they […]

Cyclingnews.com talks to Jonathan Vaughters about the teams plans for the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France.
Vaughters explained: “It may seem kind of old school, but we’re going to race the Giro – and we won’t be fiddling around there, we’re really going to race – and then we’re going to take a break […]

The Denver Post reports on the buzz Slipstream/Chipotle’s recent Tour de France invite has generated around Boulder and in the state of Colorado. Said Brandon Dwight, owner of Boulder Cycle Sport:
“It couldn’t have come at a better time. We need some positive things to happen to the sport.”

Steven Cozza writes a regular blog for CycleTo.com from his Spanish base in Girona. Look for updates on his efforts at Castilla y Leon this week.

In its 99th year, the 2008 Milano-Sanremo is the longest of all professional one-day cycling races and is known as “la classica di primavera”. Though the route includes the Poggio, Cipressa, and the ‘capi’ series of climbs, it is still known as a sprinters’ classic.
Taking place this year on Easter weekend, the race course was […]

With clear, sunny skies above and a looooooong road ahead, Will Frischkorn jumped in on the day’s break just 35 km into the nearly 300 km Milano-Sanremo. He was joined by three other riders, that eventually dwindled to two. The escapees stayed off the front, working the gap up to 16 minutes at one […]

ESPN Cycling profiles the two American teams - Slipstream/Chipotle and High Road - who will be competing in the 2008 Tour de France.
“Everyone on our team has a chance to ride in the Tour, and that gives a lot of hope to young Americans, a lot of momentum,” said Slipstream’s Christian Vande Velde.