Directors Matt White and Lionel Marie (right) test drive a couple of sweet Felt cruisers before the start of stage 14 in Verona. Felt Bicycles was at the start in Verona with a fleet of their finest for everyone to check out.
Christian Vande Velde (below) looks especially at home on his red low rider.

The Washington Post takes a hard look at cycling and its struggle with doping controversies. The story talks to a number of the sport’s top personalities and interviews David Millar on his past mistakes and current hopes.
From the article:
This year, Millar is racing on Vaughters’s new Slipstream team, of which he is part owner. […]

As the last relatively flat stage of the 2008 Giro, stage 18 featured a long breakaway that resulted in a solo victory. Most of the five Slipstream/Chipotle H3O riders finished the day with the main grupetto. With two mountain stages tomorrow and Saturday, and a final time trial on Sunday, there is still much to […]

The New Zealand Herald profiles national road champion Julian Dean on his heroic efforts at the 2008 Giro d’Italia.
From the article: New Zealand cyclist Julian Dean looks like completing cycling’s Giro d’Italia despite battling pain for nearly the duration.The three-week tour finishes in Milan on Sunday and Dean admitted he was looking forward […]

Though not considered a climbing stage, the 192 km stage 17 does include two 2000 meter-plus passes. The stage includes these back-to-back climbs: Passo dello Spluga (2115 m) and Passo di San Bernardino (2065 m) before descending to a fast finish in Locarno, Switzerland.
Stage 17 is scheduled to start at 13:45 and finish between 17:08-17:29.

David Millar, Danny Pate and Christian Vande Velde cruising Italy.
As the shortest non-time trial stage, today’s 146 km course was relatively uneventful and predictable. A breakaway went early and was eventually caught before the finish. A dozen riders participated in the bunch sprint with most of the peloton finishing just a few seconds behind.
Tomorrow […]

Competitor Socal profiles Slipstream/Chipotle H3O and the team’s progression as one of the sport’s new hopes.
From the article: “Getting an invite to the Tour de France might seem to be the culmination of a dream, but Vaughters has a larger vision: he wants to nurture the next generation of great American cyclists, while also […]

Competitorradio.com interviews Tyler Farrar about the trials and tribulations of life as a professional cyclist. Check out the podcast.