After another seven-hour day in the saddle, Canadian Ryder Hesjedal finished a strong 17th on today’s penultimate stage. He endured the evil 12.8 km Passo del Mortirolo, snow on the Gavia (pictured right), and average grades ranging from 7-10.3%.
“The last two days have been the definition of epic in every way! Yesterday I was […]

Beginning tomorrow, the Argyle Armada will embark on a week long tour of the east coast that kicks of with the CSC Invitational in Arlington, VA and wraps up next Sunday with the Philadelphia International Championship in Philadelphia, PA. The 24-year-young Martijn Maaskant (left in front of White House!) is looking forward to competing […]

Stage 19 took the guys back into the mountains for nearly seven hours of wet, hard riding. While the favorites battled each other for position and critical seconds, the dwindling Argyle Armada held tough and finished with the grupetto again.
Still suffering from his injuries earlier in the race, Julian Dean didn’t take the […]

We’ve been quiet regarding blog entries because this race allows us no time for such activities. I’m so tired now. I was not mentally prepared for this, the hardest bike race in the world. Unofficially. I’ll take a vote in Milan and make it official if that is the consensus amongst my experienced peers.
Christian […]

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 […]