Quite a bit of news today. Sorry for the late publication of yesterday’s news. I’m still getting used to the new Wordpress dashboard.

Land Rover has signed on to be the title sponsor for the Orbea development team based in Portland, OR. Land Rover-ORBEA will benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation and has two core missions, raising [...]

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Cyclocross World Champion Lars Boom (Rabobank) won the 3rd round of the World Cup cyclo-cross, Sunday at Pijnacker. This was the first win this season for the 22 year old Dutchman. Niels Albert (Palmans) took second place and Belgian champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) took 3rd. Another Belgian, Bart Wellens, ranked 4th.
Boom didn’t waste any time [...]

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It was classic cyclocross racing in Koppenberg today. This was a the first major European race this season to see rain and mud, resulting in riders covered from head to toe, low speed crashes, slippery run-ups and more.
Sven Nys edged out Lars Boom for the win, with Niels Albert coming across about 45 seconds later.
Let’s [...]

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Time to get out the cold weather gear! Here at BWN Headquarters, the sun came out long enough today to drop below the horizon. Here’s the latest news:

Ivan Basso had his official team presentation with Liquigas yesterday and says that he is ready to race. He’ll compete at the Japan Cup on October 26th, then [...]

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Lance, doping, transfers, hurt feelings and a little more today:

Depeche du Midi groups Lance Armstrong in with cycling’s worst culprits, including Michael Rasmussen, Ibin Mayo, Ivan Basso, Patrick Sinkewitz, Matthias Kessler, Floyd Landis, Ricardo Ricco, Andrei Kashechkin and Alexander Vinokourov. Of course, with the exception of Lance, all of those listed either doped, said that [...]

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