Ahhh. My favorite time of the year. Fall is definitely returning to the Midwest. While this means fewer daylight hours for evening rides, it also means cooler days.
Here’s some of the latest news:

Is he or isn’t he? (He is!) Rumors continue to swirl around about Lance Armstrong’s supposed return to the pro peloton. There’s no [...]

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Young Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) improved on an already good year by taking the first  Grand Tour stage victory of his career. He got away in a group of 11 riders after approximately 53 kilometres of racing managed to outpsrint Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), [...]

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The folks from Competitive Cyclist always have an interesting perspective on things, so when they filed a report from Eurobike, I knew it was worth reading the whole thing.
They touch on (deep breath!) Dura Ace Di2, the battle between Cervelo and Specialized and Trek, look at new bars, stems and seatposts from Deda, heap praise [...]

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The Vuelta is on a rest day today, so I actually have time for some other news:

Equipment changes continue:

Roadcycling.com reports that Silence Lotto will be riding Canyon bikes next year
Felt will continue to supply bikes to Garmin Chipotle through 2011
Milram will be riding bikes from the small UK company Focus. Their bikes are made in [...]

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Today’s stage runs 150km from Ciudad Real to the storied town of Toledo. This is the last chance for the sprinters to make a big move as the race heads into the real mountains after a rest day tomorrow. Everyone is expected to kick up the pace today as the train that will transfer the [...]

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