12 years ago in Barcelona, Italian Fabio Casartelli won the last Olympic Gold Medal for amateur cyclists for Italy and today, perhaps the late gold medalist was smiling down on his countryman Paolo ...

All three of cycling's major disciplines are represented at the Olympics, making the Games a unique event from a cycling point of view: the only time that elite-level competition brings together the ...

5-15 Tour of Hainan Island (cancelled) (Chi) 2.6 MEL 7-8 Doble Miramar (Arg) NE 8 SE Qld International Crit #3 (Aus) NE 15 South Bank International Criterium (Aus) NE 17-29 Vuelta Ciclista a Costa ...

Mapei is one of the teams favoured by the patronage of Ernesto Colnago, the bike builder whose history goes back to mechanicking and building bikes for Eddy Merckx. The carbon fibre C40 is one of the ...

27-8/12 - Tour du Faso - Burkina Faso 2.5 ...

This article will discuss the mounting and gluing of tubular tires. The tubular tire is made from a tire casing that is then sewn around an inner tube. The stitching is covered with a strip of cloth ...

Most European countries hold their National Road Championships in the last week of June although there are several exceptions. The table below lists all 2005 national championships and links to ...

With hundreds of thousands of spectators lining the roads of France to catch a glimpse of their heroes flash by, any amusement is better than no amusement. The Tour Caravane is almost as old as the ...

This article will describe the use of the Road Positioning Chart for competitive road bicycles. A similar article for MTB bikes is at MTB Bike Positioning. The chart is intended primarily for the ...

Coppi, Gimondi and Pantani are all names associated with Bianchi, and in recent months, another name was added to the list: that of Jan Ullrich. With the demise of Team Coast and its metamorphisis ...

To get the low-down on Lance Armstrong's rig, we caught up with his mechanic Jean-Marc Vandenberghe as the team were preparing the day before Milan-San Remo. Jean-Marc is from Moorslede, in the heart ...

Cyclo-cross has been around since the 1940's or so, and was originally a way for road racers to maintain their fitness level through late fall and early winter. It was started in Europe where it has ...