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NAHBS looks poised for the second largest exhibitor turnout in the show’s history as builders from around the USA and abroad sign up for the Richmond, Va. show.

Sorry for the late posting. There were some server issues today.
LOTS of news about Omloop Het Nieuwsblad today, new Sky TV team aims to put a Brit on the TdF podium by 2012, Barloworld and Milram headed to Grand Prix Insubria & Gran Premio di Lugano, spring programs change for the Schleck brothers and MUCH more…

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Dan Atherton of Great Britain edged his brother Gee at the opening round of the American National Gravity Calendar series in Boulder City Nevada. Dan’s time of 3mins 9.15 seconds was 0.14 seconds better than ithe time posted by 2008 world champion Gee. In the women’s pre division, Jackie Harmony clocked a 3:48.65 to beat Lisa Myklak by 1.5 seconds.
Here are the top finishers among the men:
Place Name Time Bib
1 Dan Atherton 3.09.1463 39
2 Gee Atherton 3.09.2911 37
3 David Klaassenvanodrschot 3.14.6458 54
4 Espen Johnsen 3.14.6676 51
5 Kevin Aiello 3.15.1941 17
and women:
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A weekend of records and crashes just about sums up the three days the worlds best had at Copenhagen.
Star of the show has to be Taylor Phinney, setting, or should that be smashing the US records in both pursuit and kilo. Not only has Phinney set down a benchmark for future performances, but he may well have set the trend for future years with pursuiters racing the shorter event.
If Phinney walked away with a smile on his face Chris Hoy left the track with something else. A gold in the …

Copenhagen World Cup – Day 1
Talking point of the day was Taylor Phinney’s impressive ride of 4.15 to qualify fastest in the men’s individual pursuit. Taking a full 4 seconds off the US record (has a record ever been beaten by so much?) Taylor went on to gold, in a ride that he described as ‘Slayin’.
If Taylor’s ride was the surprise of the day it was pretty much business as usual on the rest of the track.
The men’s team sprint qualifying round saw the French and British each qualify two …

Professional cycling world shocked by two deaths, Paolo Bettini to race in Cremona Six Day, Contador now glad to have Armstrong as a teammate, Merckx thinks that Armstrong can best the hour record, Basso recons Giro and more….

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DOHA (AFP) — Belgian Tom Boonen claimed his first stage win of this year’s Tour of Qatar Tuesday, in the process taking the leader’s jersey from Britain’s Roger Hammond.
Boonen, of Quick Step, won a bunch sprint at the end of the third stage ahead of Italian Danilo Napolitano and Belgian Jurgen Roelandts.
Sprint rival Mark Cavendish, who won an impressive four stages at last year’s Tour de France, which Boonen missed because of events off the bike, punctured in the finale.
It was a successful day for Boonen on three fronts: as …

It’s already the second month of the year, another stage race is underway and the European race season is opening as well. Plenty of cyclocross news on the site as well, but here’s the news in road and track cycling:

Bradley Wiggins and Team Garmin-Slipstream won the opening Team Time Trial stage of the Tour of Qatar. (BBC Sport)
Dutchmen Danny Stam and Peter Schep still lead after the third day of the Six of Copenhagen. (Sportwereld.be)
Qatar’s cycling federation has made a request to hold a stage or two of the Tour …

Technology Innovations Continue to Help Garmin Athletes Break Away from the Pack
January 16, 2009 – Boulder, CO – Team Garmin-Slipstream, the top U.S. professional cycling team, today unveiled its 2009 team kits (image above).
The new team kit highlights title sponsor Garmin’s leadership role, while also bringing attention to Slipstream and its focus on ethical sporting and developing the next generation of American champions. Designed and produced by Pearl Izumi’s Colorado-based Advanced Development Team, the 2009 kits are highlighted by the ultra aerodynamic time trial Speed-Suit. Second skin fit and strategically …

I first became aware of these cycling tights when I read a review about them on the RoadCyclingUK website. When I decided to race this year and knew that I would be doing a lot of cold weather training, I wanted to give them a try.
I have to admit – the first thing that attracted me to these tights was the price. They retail for under $60 at current exchange rates. You would have a hard time finding a pair of non-insulated bib shorts at that price.

The Merston’s are made …