Several days ago an interesting debate broke out on Twitter between Joel Felicio (AKA @JoelFelicio), Versus’ cycling producer, and Joshua Hunt (AKA @Autofact), a communications studies and Japanese language student at Portland University. As someone who has been involved in Twitter debates...

We are over halfway through the month of April (AKA spring classics month) and knee deep into the Monuments of cycling. These Monuments are cycling’s Seven Wonders of the World and include Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liege-Bastone-Leige, and the Giro di Lombardia. Of...

I’ve been meaning to write this opinion piece a while ago and actually started at one point, but I’d seen it was so well covered I didn’t think I could add more to the debate. However, as the countdown to the Amgen Tour of California is down to double digits, I once again...

The latest edition of the Tour of Flanders was a resounding hit. The last 100 kilometers were exciting with attacks, counter-attacks, and the occasional crash. The proponents of banning race radios couldn’t point to this year’s Ronde and say that the action was predictable. And in...

Another week of the Vuelta is in the can and there was drama. Race leader Igor Anton of the Bleeding Carrots, err…I mean Euskaltel-Euskadi and his teammate Eroi Martinez either touched wheels or hit a pothole and came down in a heap. Anton suffered from multiple abrasions and later that...

We’ve had some exciting stage race news of late, the Tour of Colorado…err… The Quiznos Pro Challenge was announced. The Colorado stage race is light on details but with Lance Armstrong being the Colorado governor’s BFF I’m sure the first year will go off without...

This past Sunday the third annual Brentwood Grand Prix took place in sunny Southern California. The field contained two national champions from two different cycling specialties – reigning time trial champion David Zabriskie and former criterium national champion Rahsaan Bahati. Two...

It’s the age-old issue – equal pay for equal work. For bike racing this is a touchy subject as men and women’s prize lists are rarely equal. Not only is the pay rarely equal but the race distances are also significantly shorter. Local race promoters are stuck between a rock...

The New York Times today posted on their website more doping news – but it really wasn’t news. According to the New York Times a rider has corroborated Floyd Landis’ claims of doping during the Postal Team years. The rider wished to remain anonymous because,...

Last week the news “leaked” about a stage race that had been brewing for a while: the Tour of Colorado. Lance Armstrong had some conversations with the Governor of the Centennial state, Bill Ritter, last year with the idea that the state would host a UCI-level stage...