Bike World News

It’s been 5 days since the Landis bomb drop, and now that everyone’s had the chance to absorb things a little bit, I wanted to see where the world is with the news

A unique combination of gallery, shop and café, the Cycle Club is a meeting place where riders can share their passion for road racing.

Team Columbia-HTC again dominated the racing at the Tour of Britain on Thursday, with Edvald Boasson Hagen winning his fourth consecutive stage in Bideford.

No shortage of cycling news today! We have results from Fleche-Wallone and Italy, new additions to the disabled list, a new team for Ricardo Ricco, an early start to the ‘cross season, a late apology from Theo Bos and more…
Results:

Davide Rebellin won his third Fleche Wallone over Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre).
In the women’s event, Marianne Vos racked up her third consecutive win.
Astana’s Andreas Kloden won the opening time trial of the Giro del Trentino.

Disabled List:

Wim Van Huffel, who collided with a dog during Sunday’s Amstel Gold …

Pro Tour Integrated Into US Cup East/West Series to Elevate US Cross-Country Racing
Huntington Beach, CA – December 19, 2008 – Sho-Air International, a leading provider of International Trade Show Shipping Solutions, has signed a two-year agreement to be the presenting sponsor of the US Pro XC Tour (ProXCT).
Industry sponsors Specialized, Kenda, and Hayes Bicycle Group have also signed on to provide a solid platform for the development of Cross-Country mountain bike racing in the US.
Pro XC Tour Utilizes US Cup East/West Series
Utilizing the recently announced US Cup Series the Pro …

From Gazzetta dello Sport:
The Milan Bicycle Festival will run from November 26 to 30 and will celebrate the pride of cycling through music, film and art.
The Festival will include musical evenings, art exhibitions, street events, bike polo, urban races and cyclocross races. The festival will culminate with a dance party to be held in a large parking garage that will also feature a ring for indoor cycling.
Born eight years ago out of the Anthology Film Archive in New York, the Bicycle Film Festival is an expression of an international community …

New four-year agreement makes Blue the official Bicycle through the 2012 Olympics.
Norcross, Georgia – November 18, 2008 – Blue Competition Cycles today announced they will continue as the official bicycle sponsor for USA Triathlon for the next four years, through the 2012 Olympics in London. Blue Competition Cycles has been the official bicycle sponsor of USA Triathlon since 2005. During that time, athletes riding Blue Competition Cycles have won numerous events at both the elite and amateur levels.
“We are thrilled that Blue will continue as our official bicycle sponsor,” said …

This is the first year that I’ve really been following six day racing, and I finally decided to find out a little behind the history of this unique sub set of our sport.
Six day racing goes back all the way to 1878, when a professional named David Stanton sought a bet that he could ride 1,000 miles in six successive days, riding 18 hours a day. A gentleman named Mr. Davis put up £100 and the stake was held by the Sporting Life newspaper. Stanton started at 6am on 25 …

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Blue Competition Cycles Awards Triad Framesets to Winning Amateurs
USAT National Championship leading Amateurs will also get free wind tunnel time.

Norcross, Georgia – October 20– It always pays to be the fastest, but at the 2008 USAT National Championships in Portland, Oregon, two amateur triathletes received special rewards for their cycling results. Blue Competition Cycles presented new, state-of-the-art Triad ™ multisport framesets to Courtenay Brown, age 30 of Incline Village, Nevada and Curt Wood, age 30 of Chaska, Minnesota, the amateur female and male with the fastest …

The riders at the Tour are taking a well deserved rest day, so we have time to get out some other news:

Here’s the big bombshell: 17 of the 18 UCI Pro Tour teams and the organizers of the 3 major races (The Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta d’Espana) will not renew their licenses for next year. The organizers of the big races have had their difficulties with the UCI, most notably the Tour de France’s Amaury Sports Organization, so this was somewhat expected. That said, no one really knows …