I just received a press release from Lance Armstrong’s Manager Mark Higgins concerning Pierre Bodry’s proposal to retest samples from the 1999 Tour de France. While conspiracy theorists on either side of the issue will have a field day whatever the results, Lance issued the following statement today.

Today, Mr. Pierre Bodry, the new head of [...]

Thursday morning’s press conference fireworks with Lemond overshadowed what I thought was the best question from the floor. When VeloNews’ Neal Rogers (who, by the way, was seated between me and Lemond) asked Lance to put himself in Alberto Contador’s Sidis for a moment and consider the young Spaniard’s reaction to Armstrong joining Astana… his [...]

CrossVegas, the first UCI C1 race on the calendar was already brimming with talent, but the last-minute appearance of Lance Armstrong (his flight landed an hour before the start) amped up the racing under the lights on a course that suited pure power over technique. Defending champion Ryan Trebon took the win with a late [...]

Saturday I spent the day in Los Gatos, CA shooting the 35th edition of the Cat’s Hill Classic, a race who’s storied history includes wins by Greg Lemond, Ron Kiefel and more recently by Ben Jacques-Maynes and Jackson Stewart. The circuit is named for a leg-busting 23% ramp in the middle of the course.

I concentrated [...]

Last night I took the plunge and purchased a year’s subscription to Cycling TV so I could get up at the crack of dawn to watch Paris Roubaix. After a few technical hiccups logging into the service (probably due to the volume of traffic) I settled in with Anthony McCrossan and Brian Smith for the [...]