Here’s some of the latest news from the world of cycling:

Alberto Contador will travel to Italy to testify about his (lack of?) participation in the Operation Puerto affair. I’m sure that he’d like you to think that he’s doing this out of the goodness of his heart, but since the Tour de France dips into […]

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Team Slipstream-Chipotle was dealt a major blow today as Magnus Backstedt, one of the team’s leaders, went down in a crash in the final 500 meters and broke his collarbone.
Tom Boonen managed to hold on to his leader’s jersey today, but saw yet another Italian rider, Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) slip by him in the final […]

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The day began at Khalifa Stadium under sunny skies and pleasant temperatures.
Attacks started with the drop of the starter’s flag. These put pressure on Boonen as he had an early puncture.
The first riders to build a healthy lead were Christophe Laurent and Martijn Maaskant of Slipstream Chipotle-H3O at the 15 kilometer mark. They both had […]

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Today’s stage started at the Camel Race Track (don’t hear that one every day) and was characterized by a strong headwind that made it difficult for riders to control the stage. Despite all of that, Tom Boonen and his Quick Step team once again rolled to victory for the third day in a row.
Some of […]

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From usacyling.org:
USA Cycling and the United States Olympic Committee cut the ribbon on a new BMX training facility at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. on Monday, January 21. The USOC and the national governing body celebrated the opening of only the third permanent Supercross BMX track in the world. Even more […]

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Lars boom took the momentum from winning the last two races of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup to ride into the lead in Treviso, Italy.
Boom took charge early in the race, hitting the first turn in the lead, but hewas not able to jump away for a solo ride to the finish. Boom fought hard […]

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Team Jelly Belly will be riding on GT Bikes this year.

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Not all of the pros are on their 2008 bikes yet, but Cycling News had a good look at what they were riding at the 2008 TDU.

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Stage 1:
The opening stage of the Tour of Qatar was a team time trial.�
The Slipstream-Chipotle team made an impressive debut on the world stage, clocking a time of 6:37 over the 6 km course, but it was the Belgian powerhouse Quick-Step that took the day, finishing 2 seconds ahead of the upstart American squad.
Tom Boonen was just […]

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I’m a little late on getting the results out, so I’ll summarize as best I can.
Stage 5:
Germany’s Andre Greipel (Team High Road) took his third stage win, as well as the leader’s jersey on the penultimate day of the TDU.
Early attacks were expected, but the day started out with the peloton setting a quick pace […]

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