Up next here in the US, the Tour of Utah starts today with a 101 mile “flat” road race. Looking at the profile, it wouldn’t normally be labeled flat, with almost 5000 ft of climbing. But it’s pretty mellow compared to stages 2 and 4. With a team of strong climbers here, we’re looking […]

Riding his first event after crashing out of the Giro d’Italia, David Zabriskie finished 12th on today’s eerily quiet two-circuit, 47 km time trial course. Canadian Ryder Hesjedal finished 16th and the win went to world champion time trialist Fabian Cancellara.
Olympic individual time trial results
1. Fabian Cancellara 1h02′11.43″, avg speed 45.633 kph
2. […]

The longest stage race I have ever ridden starts today. So far, Portugal has impressed. Awesome hotel, good roads for training at least, weather isn’t great yet but that will get better, and a lot of fans. I have heard good things about the number of spectators at this tour, and judging by the crowd […]

The opening prologue of the 2008 Volta a Portugal is 6.4 km long.
Today’s stage is scheduled to start at 14:30 and finish at 17:30.
Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O start times
15:11 Steven Cozza
15:28 Christian Meier
15:45 Lucas Euser
16:02 Chris Sutton
16:19 Pat McCarty
16:36 Dan Martin
16:53 Tyler Farrar

As you can tell, I have been experimenting with various riding machines. I own two vintage Mustangs - a ‘66 and ‘68 - and figured I ought to keep the ball rolling on the track. What I have chosen here is a 1950 Chinese Flying Pigeon.
Please notice all its performance features. The basket […]

Taylor Phinney has been getting in some training time on the Laoshan track this week.
NBCOlympics.com talks to Taylor Phinney about his preparations for next weekend’s individual pursuit and the fast conditions of the Laoshan Velodrome.
From the article: “I think everybody’s going to be a lot faster,” said Phinney, who was fourth at the […]

Tour of Utah preview from DS Chann McRae
Our now seasoned Tour riders Danny Pate (above right) and Will Frischkorn (above left) will be looking to back up their impressive results in France with top rides here in Utah. As well, newly crowned national U23 time trial champion Peter Stetina will be hitting the climbs […]

Race preview from DS Johnny Weltz
It’s extremly hot here, around 38 degrees Celsius. And that’s very normal for the Volta a Portugal. We have a good mix of riders with our fast guys Tyler Farrar and Chris Sutton and our climbers Dan Martin, Pat McCarty and Lucas Euser. We have our new guy Christian Meier. […]