Here’s some news from the racing world from over the weekend:

Luciano Pagliarini took the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour de Benelux, but Nick Nuyens holds on to the leader’s jersey.
Stjin Vanderbergh stayed close enough to the front to hold on to the lead of the Tour of Ireland. This is the first stage race […]

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Here are some of the latest headlines from the world of cycling. 

Giro winner Danilo diLuca faces yet another hearing about doping allegations.
Michael Cavendish’s outstanding debut season continues with a stage win at the Tour of Benelux. Nick Nuyens of Cofidis is holding on to the overall lead.
Young rider Stijn Vanderbergh fended off the riders of […]

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Yahoo Sports reports that Michael Rasmussen is looking for a new team to finsish the season. He has his sights set on the Giro di Lombardia, the final single day race of the season.�

He met with the director of the Acqua & Sapone team on Wednesday for about 30 minutes. Director Palmiro Masciarelli states, “He […]

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After a 15 year hiatus, the Tour of Ireland has returned to the international racing calendar and is attracting teams from both Europe and the United States (Navigators Insurance, Slipstream/Chipotle and Colavita-Sutter Home).

The five stage tour starts in Kilkenny and ends up in Dublin, traveling through the rolling hills of Southern and Western Ireland. Tour […]

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Trek just held Trek World, their major product introduction event, in Madison, Wisconsin.
John Burke, the President of Trek, unveiled new bicycle models and accessories as well as a new advocacy program called One World Two Wheels.
We all know that gas is expensive (and getting more so every day) and, say what you want about global […]

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One of our stops on vacation to give the kids a break from the car was COSI Columbus.
Their IMAX theater was featuring the movie “Wired To Win - Surviving the Tour de France“. While the kids were off playing, I took the time to see this movie, which presented footage from the Tour interspersed with […]

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I’ve been away on vacation and haven’t been able to post, so some of this may be old news.

The Discovery Channel racing team has disbanded, leaving Tour de France winner Alberto Contador (as well as third place finisher Levi Leipheimer) looking for a new home for the 2008 season. Levi Leipheimer is reportedly being pursued […]

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I’ll be on vacation for the next week, so no new posts until around the 20th.�

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Pinarello has extended their Opera brand with 3 new Luxury models.�

The Mercurio is a singlespeed city bike with butted aluminum tubing and interchangeable dropouts so a derailleur can be added if you so desire. This bike may just make you the envy of all the hipster kids down at the local coffee shop. Even if it […]

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Ice cream may be one of the best post-ride recovery foods that you can find.�

A typical half cup serving of ice cream 3 grams of protein, vitamin A and 9 percent of your daily value of calcium. If your body doesn’t get around 1000 mg of clacium a day, your fat cells begin storing […]

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