IrishCycling.com reports on Dan Martin’s participation in a series of professional criteriums in the south west of France this past week.
From the article: “It’s a nice experience”, Dan says. “I enjoyed riding these Criterium for ambiance. People are so keen on cycling that they can pay €14 [in Castillon-la-Batille, Ed.] to access to the circuit […]

Here’s little video snippet from last year’s Volta a Portugal to get everyone in the mood for the ten-day stage race that kicks off with a 6.4 km prologueon Wednesday. Have no idea what they are saying but I am sure it is going to be hot and exciting!

Christian Vande Velde checks in from China with some answers to a few of your burning questions on the Olympic road race:
What were the conditions like - hot and massively humid? I read that they had cooling jets or something along the course.
CVV: Cooling jets? Hell no! They had some shower heads that reminded […]

The argyle podium from left: Tom Peterson, Kirk Carlsen and Peter Stetina.
Today’s U23 National had a decisively argyle flair with a clean sweep of the podium. VMG/Felt’s Kirk Carlsen took top honors, followed by his VMG/Felt teammate and Team Garmin-Chipotle H30 stagiere Peter Stetina in second, with Team Garmin-Chipotle rider Tom Peterson finishing 3rd. […]

Previewed as one of the hardest road races in Olympic history, today’s hot and humid 245.5 km course proved to be a race of attrition for the 143 cyclists who started the day at Yongdingmen Gate. Of the 90 riders who finished, Team Garmin-Chipotle H3O Christian Vande Velde (left) was 17th and the second […]

Yahoo! Sports talks to young Taylor Phinney about his cycling background and his hopes for the sport in this special video interview.

stuff.co.nz talks to Kiwi cyclist Julian Dean about his preparedness for the Olympic road race, which kicks off events on Saturday, August 9.
From the article: “My condition and my form came good in the last week and I was good on the climbs in the last week (the Tour de France) and probably […]

Chicago Tribune columnist Philip Hersh writes about his recent interview with Christian Vande Velde as one that was unlike any other he had ever had with an athlete in his almost 40 years of work as a sports writer.
From the article: “Vande Velde was very upset with a column about doping I had […]