Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

The United Pro Cycling Team will be revealed today. The new venture tries to create a new model for cycling team formation where they are not completely reliant on a sponsor for the teams survival.
“United Pro Cycling Team is a new concept, as far as this sport is concerned,” said team owner and founder [...]

The Tour de Georgia’s route was unveiled yesterday.
Stage 1: Tuesday, April 18 � Augusta, Ga. to Macon, Ga. � Augusta: Third year to host the Tour, with a Stage Start venue in 2003 and Overall Start in 2005 � Macon: Fourth consecutive year as a host city, having participated as a Stage Finish and Stage [...]

Some more details out in the news about the Tour of California. Other than Amgen being the title sponsor, ESPN2 will return to broadcasting cycling by showing daily one hour recaps during the race.
–cycling on tv rant –
Glad to see that more than one network is interested in cycling. This also helps to weaken the [...]

The Tour of California will be announced today with an interesting sponsor. AMGEN, the maker of EPO is th etitle sponsor of the race. Very odd that the maker of the substances which cause the biggest contreversy in cycling is choosing to support the sport. They want to change their image and promote the drug [...]