Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

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 [...]

Bernard Eisel broke the Quick-Step domination of the Tour of Qatar as he took the win ahead of Erik Zabel.
Velonews report

McDonalds joins the professional peloton as a major sponsor of Ivano Fannini’s Amore e Vita Cycling team. The longtime sponsor Beretta Salumifico (Salami company) is now gone, replaced by another fatty meat company. “I am very happy and honored to begin McDonalds involvement in professional cycling, thanks to Amore e Vita for helping to make [...]

Early season racing hits the Middle East with racing in Doha and the Tour of Qatar. The Doha International GP will take place on Jan 27th and will feature the debut of Erik “Zoom Zoom” Zabel with his new Milram team. Petacchi will not be present, so Zabel gets to test out the leadout train [...]

Allan Davis, the Aussie sprinter of Liberty Seguros took stage 2 of the Tour Down Under. The stage did not end in a sprint as Davis was in a two man break with Paul Crake of UniSA-Australia. Davis was able to outsprint his breakwaway companion to take the second stage win.
Stage 2 Results:
1 Allan Davis [...]

The T-Mobile Giro team is begining to take shape as Jan Ullrich and now Michael Rogers are looking to the Corsa Rosa as part of their agenda.

(Ulle:Hey Mick, you going to Italy with me?…Rogers: sure Jan, I am not going to push you up the climbs though…. Kloden:Yeah, Jan needs a push up climbs in [...]