U.S. Olympian and reigning world individual-pursuit champion Taylor Phinney will make his professional cycling debut next week in the Tour of Oman for BMC Racing.
Phinney missed  … Details
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The UCI has launched a series of events in 2011, the UCI World Cycling Tour (UWCT), which will qualify riders for the UWCT Final (formerly known as the Masters Road World Championships). Two of the seven confirmed events are set to take place in the United States; New York City on May 8 and Fort Collins, Colo. on Aug. 20.
The UWCT will be comprised of a maximum of 15 qualifier events at which riders must place in the top 10% of their respective age division in order to be eligible to compete in the final, slated for early fall in Liege, Belgium. For 2011, seven races have already been confirmed including two legs in the United States and one each in Australia, Portugal, Slovenia, Belgium and Switzerland. Negotiations are still under way for qualifier events in Spain, the United Kingdom, Greece, Denmark and France  … More
Two North Bay business owners are so passionate about bicycles, they’re helping thousands of people in Africa take the ride of their lives.
Ken Martin and Matt Adams have received 15 to 20 used bicycles as donations each day. These bicycles are kept piled high in their San Rafael warehouse before being delivered to the other side of the globe.
Their warehouse belongs to the nine-store popular Bay Area chain called Mike’s Bikes that Martin and Adams own.
“When I first came to work for a bike shop, I had no idea I’d be going to Africa every year,†Adams said … Pictures & More
ROME (AP)—The Italian Olympic Committee has banned an entire family for doping.
The ANSA news agency says CONI’s anti-doping tribunal handed down a five-year ban Monday to cyclist Lorenzo Bernucci.
His wife, Valentina Borgioli, mother Antonella Rossi and father-in-law Fabrizio Borgioli, got four years while … More