Contador and Armstrong continue verbal jousting
The verbal tennis between 2009 Tour de France champ Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong continues. The latter has just tweeted that the former should "drop this drivel and start thanking his team" as "without them, he doesn't win". More
More and more Dutch cyclists going electric
The Dutch have apparently been spending more on electric bikes than they did on city bikes since 1997. More
Cycle Gladiators wine banned over 'bicycle lady' image
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board have reportedly banned Cycle Gladiators wine because of an "inappropriate" label on bottles featuring the image of a long-haired woman flying alongside a bicycle wearing nothing which is based on a 1895 poster advertising bicycles. More
Contador disses Armstrong for being 'difficult' during Tour
So, newly-crowned Tour de France champ Alberto Contador hates his Astana teammate and never really got along with him during the recent event? He also apparently dissed Armstrong for being a "dickhead" throughout the race in a recent interview. More
Armstrong skips Contador's victory bash to party with Team Radioshack backers
So, Lance Armstrong is pissed that his teammate Alberto Contador got the Tour win instead of him! How else would you explain his skipping Astana's victory bash for the Spaniard to attend a function with the backers of his new Team Radioshack? More
Missouri professor killed during RAGBRAI
Missouri engineering management professor Donald Myers, an avid cyclist, reportedly died from injuries he suffered in an accident during the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) on Saturday. More
Alonso's Spanish cycling dream team taking shape
The cycling team that Spanish Formula 1 ace Fernando Alonso hopes to form for next year's Tour de France is apparently taking shape with 2009 Tour de France champ Alberto Contador and McLaren sponsor Santander close to signing a deal. More
Japanese Tour rider hopes to inspire others
Japan's Fumiyuki Beppu (Skil-Shimano), 26, who won the Tour de France's combative jersey on the 21st and final stage on Paris' Champs Elysees, apparently hopes to inspire other cyclists from the land of the rising sun. More
Oops, sorry Alberto... wrong anthem!
Newly-crowned Tour de France champ Alberto Contador of Spain was in for a surprise when the organisers played the Danish national anthem by mistake during the podium ceremony to honou him. More
Now that Greg LeMond's road bikes are not part of the Trek family anymore, good old Gary Fisher has dived in to fill the void with a line of road bikes for 2010. At the apex is the Cronus Ultimate, a 6.67kg racer that boasts a 900g carbon frame and shares the same BB90 bottom bracket shell as the Trek Madone. It's decked out with SRAM Red and high-end Bontrager components, including Bontrager Race X Lite FCC wheels, and is expected to retail for around $5,000 when it hits the stores in August. Other offerings include the aluminium/carbon Ion, the all-aluminium Rail, and the Presidio cyclocross range. More
Briton Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) was unstoppable again, taking the final stage of the 2009 Tour de France in Paris, while Spaniard Alberto Contador (Astana) was crowned Tour champ for the second time, with Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) in second place and seven-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong (Astana) in third. More / GC
