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Robot Chicken has their take on Lance Armstrong.

The Japan Cup sees continental Euros head over to the far east to close out the season. Coverage of this race is minimal since it is a lower category race and is far off in Japan. Thanks to The Internets and The Google (for buying YouTube) you can now watch almost any bike race. In [...]

The 2007 Tour de France Route has been unveiled in a posh ceremony in Paris. To no one’s surprise, the Tour will start in London with an 8km prologue. David Millar is licking his lips at the prospect of winning this first stage. The rest of the Tour is what is being called a classic [...]

The Inaugural Wildcat Cyclocross Race saw Andy Melchenko (Colavita-CNY) dominate the Masters Men category while Frenchman, Pierre Roussel (University of Rochester / VC Chaumontais) took an equally dominant victory in the Open Men. The new event saw a very challenging course which included a creek crossing which was wetter than usual thanks to some recent [...]

Tuttobiciweb reports that Ivan Basso is seeking to rejoin the peloton very soon but not with the Discovery Channel team. The small continental squad LPR is the latest team to show interest. The Swiss based team’s DS is Davide Boifava of the legendary Carerra team of the 90s featuring Claudio Chiapucci and of course Marco [...]

Here is a collection of videos from the Syracuse Grand Prix of Cyclocross. Check out Dan Timmerman (fiordifrutta) hop over the barriers and ride up the sandy hill without even putting a foot to the ground. The race is low key and is getting bigger every year. Next week is the Wildcat Cyclocross race http://wildcatcrossing.com/. [...]

(pic from http://www.team-csc.com/)
Ivan Basso and Bjarne Riis are no longer working together. The fallout from the Operation Puerto scandal has tarnished the relationship between Riis and rising star Basso. The close working relationship took a severe blow when allegations arose over Ivan Basso’s involvement with Dr. Fuentes who is at the picenter of the Operation [...]

Here is a video from the Syracuse Cyclocross Grand Prix fromt his past weekend. The clip is of the hill climb.

Here is the first video from the Syracuse Cyclocross Grand Prix. This is the first part of the Open Men race which had a very large field. Dan Timmerman of Fiordifrutta dominated partly due to his mastery of the barriers. He did not dismount his bike until the race was well in hand. Scott Hannan [...]

The Syracuse Cyclocross Grand Prix saw Dan Timmerman (Fiordifrutta) run away with the win in the Open Men Category.
Andy Melchecnko of Colavita CNY took the win in the Master’s Men race.

Dan Timmerman was impressive in the win as he jumped many of the barriers without getting off of his bike. Only later in the [...]