Enervit Energy & Recovery Products Review First Impressions: We received these products in a race-ready pack, which had a lot packed in it. A quick perusal of the products included followed, and we agreed that Enervit had thought of all the stages at which you require sup...11/27/11 12:05
Contador Faces CAS Panel Alberto Contador took the stand yesterday at his Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) hearing, giving his version of how the Clenbuterol found in his system found its way into his body. Witnesses in the hearing have been app...11/24/11 17:29
Gokiso Aerospace Hubs Review Exceptional ride but at a price Gokiso is a Japanese brand that was created by the Kondo Machine Corporation, a company that specializes in ultra precision metal cutting. That experience, combined with the fact that Kondo is a leading bearing manufacturer for jet engin...11/22/11 18:07
Europcar Denied ProTeam License Ag2r, FDJ and Euskaltel-Euskadi awarded licenses The UCI yesterday confirmed that Spain’s Euskaltel-Euskadi and France’s Ag2r and Francaise des Jeux have been awarded ProTeam licenses for 2012, but Team Europcar, whose Thomas Voeckler and Pierre Roland rode so well in...11/22/11 15:59
Maxxis Cup: A Rider’s Perspective A climb to Heaven... and Hell ‘This just can’t go on... I can’t go on... another 8km still left... my head is going to explode... No! Come on fight through it, come on! You’ve never let a hill beat you... but this isn't right... and I paid...11/21/11 18:36
Oscar Pereiro Says Media Bias Favors Soccer Doping in soccer rife, goes unreported, says Pereiro Speaking on a Spanish television show, former professional cyclist Oscar Pereiro blasted the media for its bias towards soccer players suspected of doping and its bias against cycling. The discussion grew tense as Pereiro then began to n...11/20/11 17:28
Sylvain Chavanel Faces Back Surgery New sponsor also joins QuickStep team After struggling for some time with a back problem, QuickStep’s Sylvain Chavanel underwent successful surgery on Wednesday to remove the troublesome disk. Chavanel will need time to recover and that delay will push back the ...11/19/11 20:36
The Paleo Diet for Athletes Could the distant past hold the future to your future health? Pasta, wholegrain brad, brown rice. The staples of any sensible athlete’s diet. Right? Well, perhaps so but maybe they shouldn’t be. In a book titled The Paleo Diet for Athletes, published in 2005, Loren Cordain PhD and Joe F...11/18/11 12:40
Velocite Magnus 1.0 2012 Review The industry's best-kept secret? After a season on a two-year old bike I’m convinced that carbon can actually become gooey after enough races, training and being stuffed into bike boxes and put under pressure in a cargo hold at 9000 meters. So after quite a while ...11/17/11 16:42
Long Slow Distance Anybody for LSD? No we aren’t talking about Lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD as the psychedelic drug is known, but LSD - Long Slow Distance. LSD (the distance kind) has long been heralded as the ideal off-season preparation for racin...11/17/11 16:25
SunGard Pulls Out of Cycling Saxo Bank to become sole title sponsor Citing the reason as being “a business decision,” George Thomas, SunGard’s Vice President of Communications announced that his company will no longer be supporting Bjarne Riis’ team in 2012, leaving Saxo Bank as t...11/17/11 14:54
Niels Albert Hit by Car Belgian cyclocross star breaks wrist Belgian cyclocross star Niels Albert suffered a broken wrist after being hit by a car whilst out training and will be out of competition for at least three weeks, having to wear a cast for two. The injury comes at a bad time...11/16/11 16:54
The Maxxis Taroko International Hill Climb 2011: Route Preview A long hard day in the saddle The Maxxis Taroko International Hill Climb up the eastern side of Wuling is a very special climb that puts great stress and demands on the riders, both physically and mentally. Firstly there is the length of the climb, 90.5k...11/15/11 16:18
Sicard Arrested, Issues Apology Blushes all round for the Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Euskaltel-Euskadi’s Roman Sicard ended up in custody on Friday morning after being caught by police placing a road sign in the trunk of his car. The rider, from the French Basque area, was found to be over the legal alcohol limit f...11/15/11 15:09
Contador Ruling Expected in January Reasons emerge for WADA's separate case Alberto Contador’s clenbuterol case hearing will begin next week in Lausanne, France, with a ruling from the three-man Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) panel expected in January. Many cycling fans have been frustrated at what th...11/15/11 13:08
Sneak Peek: Gokiso Hubs Big promises from the Japanese hub manufacturer For $3200 US for the front and rear hub set alone, we’re expecting these hubs to be pretty darned good. The manufacturer says that these hubs give “such a light and smooth ride as you would be flying in the air,” someth...11/14/11 16:11
CyclingTime.com Interview: Dodici's Jacopo Italian framebuilder on his passion, his bikes and my car keys... Dodici make simply beautiful single speed and fixed gear bikes. The Italian brand has been going form strength to strength in recent years, and we caught up with the founder of Dodici, Jacopo. Lee Rodgers: Who are you a...11/12/11 19:13
The Best Images from CycleMode International 2011 - Part 1 The Japanese bike show goes from strength to strength The 2011 CycleMode International bike show, held annually in Japan in the cities of Tokyo and Osaka, brings together brands from all over the world with Asian cycling fans. This successful show, which grows each year, reflects the...11/11/11 15:11
Carlino Cleared of Death of Marco Pantani Parents angered by decision Almost seven years after Marco Pantani’s death from a cocaine overdose, the man who supplied him with the drugs has been cleared of any crime. Nightclub owner Fabio Carlino was originally jailed in 2008 for supplying P...11/11/11 13:31
Gilbert: "I can win Paris-Roubaix" Belgian star identifies Worlds as main goal for 2012 Man of the year Philippe Gilbert has been speaking about his goals and objectives for 2012 with Eurosport, identifying the World Championships’ road race as his main objective for the coming season, though he also has the legendary...11/10/11 15:13
