Velochimp

He is from Argentina, but he gave the newest American team their first win. Draped in the stars and stripes the only feature giving away Juan Haedo as a non-US citizen would be the Flamenco-style sideburns.

Here is the official announcement as seen in Daily Peloton: http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=8902 See if you can guess which rider is the Velochimp New New York Regional Team Announced Colavita-Spokepost.com SYRACUSE, NY — The newly formed amateur cycling team, Colavita-SpokePost.com CNY Region bike racing team, has announced it’s roster for the 2006 racing season. The team consists (…)

The Devil has been a cycling fixture for many years. The German cycling fan has been paying his own way to races around the world to ride next to pro cyclist at key moments. Now, Specialized is looking to give their riders a bit of good luck or protection by having their own Specialized Angel (…)

The rise in gas prices and the fattening of many waistlines have lead to increased bike sales througout the US. A certain Mr. Armstrong may have helped spur along the visibility of the bike too. Now, where do you park your bike? The Cool Hunter shows a very modern designed bike rack that also sends (…)

Race websites vary in their quality. The Tour de France website has been the best so far because of their great design and real-time race updates in just about any language you like. The Tour of California’s website now trumps any other cycing race website ever created. With the backing of Adobe and Google a (…)

Alessandro Petacchi is pumped from is 2-1 edge over World Champion Tom Boonen in the recent Rute del Sol. AleJet’s eary season form is showing that the team is gelling to his liking. Erik Zabel’s string of second place victories is showing that the once formidable sprinter just doesn’t have the extra snap needed to (…)

I could also title this entry as No Respect I Tell Ya. The Tour of California TV coverage….what can I say…no respect. Tonight as the images of Levi Leipheimer storming up to Coit Tower make their way onto TVs of insomiancs everywhere, I will be tucked into my bed snoozing away as my DVR hums (…)

Looks like Levi Leipheimer has been training to win the first edition of the Tour of California. Levi stormed up to Coit Tower using his big chainring just about the entire way until 500 meters to go. Leipheimer’s final time of 4:53 was 5 seconds better than second place Bobby Julich. That would be a (…)

Sorry, this title had to be used at some point. The Tour of California starts Sunday with a prologue Time Trial in San Francisco that sweeps along the Embarcadero and finishes at the famous Coit Tower. The first edition of the hopefully long running Tour of California will kick off with plenty of American riders (…)

Tom Boonen got on the board in the Petacchi V Boonen supersprinters duel. The fifth and final stage of the Ruta Del Sol showed that Boonen took the win ahead of Petacchi. No foto finish was necessary as the win was taken by 1/2 wheel. Final vicotry went to Spaniard Carlos Garcia Quesada (Unibet.com). The (…)