Stories by Neal Rogers

• Posted: Thu, Apr 24th
  Slipstream wins TTT, Henderson in yellow
  Starting the day one man down after Timmy Duggan’s frightful crash on Wednesday, an inspired Slipstream-Chipotle won the Tour de Georgia’s stage 4 team time trial Thursday at the Road Atlanta automotive raceway. Slipstream rode four laps ...
• Posted: Wed, Apr 23rd
  Did politics and money work their way into the Tour's "most subjective" award?
  Eyebrows, and a few voices, were raised at the conclusion of stage 2 of the Tour de Georgia Tuesday when race officials announced that they had awarded the day’s most aggressive rider prize to G.E.-Marco Polo’s Rhys Pollock rather than Toyota-United’s Justin England.
• Posted: Tue, Apr 22nd
  A conversation with Bissell Boss Glen Mitchell
  Domestic team Bissell opened up its caravan vehicle passenger seat to VeloNews during stage 2 of the Tour de Georgia. And with four and a half hours of racing, there was plenty of time for small talk with team director Glen Mitchell. Mitchell, a two-time member of New ...
• Posted: Mon, Apr 21st
  Danielson: protected leader, or opportunist?
  One of the most interesting moments of the Tour de Georgia’s opening stage developed midway through the race, when two former overall winners, Chris Horner and Tom Danielson, jumped into a 13-man breakaway following the second intermediate sprint. Also in the breakaway ...
• Posted: Fri, Apr 18th
  2008 Tour de Georgia preview
  With no individual time trial and a trip planned up the steep Brasstown Bald mountain, the seven-day 2008 Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T, appears to be a climber’s race. Odds-on race favorites include 2006 overall winner Tom Danielson ...
• Posted: Tue, Apr 15th
  Saunier Duval won't be in Georgia, Rock will
  The line-up for the upcoming Tour de Georgia changed Tuesday when ProTour team Saunier Duval-Scott announced that it would not be able to attend the race. Replacing the Spanish ProTour team is domestic squad Rock Racing, which had filed
• Posted: Fri, Apr 4th
  Despite rocky road, Hamilton enjoys the ride
  Tyler Hamilton is looking at the glass half full. After the Rock Racing team captain was prohibited from racing at the Amgen Tour of California and his team was not invited to this month’s Tour de Georgia, it would be understandable for Hamilton to be discouraged following ...
• Posted: Fri, Mar 21st
  Road Warriors: Jelly Belly
  The name on the team jersey is new, as are many of the riders wearing it. But the mission remains the same after nine years under the Jelly Belly banner — to provide a home for developing riders and win some key races along the way.
• Posted: Fri, Mar 21st
  Ball, Birrell debate Georgia snub
  The past week has been one Rock Racing’s Michael Ball would likely rather forget. On Tuesday the team owner and Italian star Mario Cipollini announced that they had
• Posted: Mon, Mar 17th
  ACE founders split over Landis
  There's been a split at the company launched two years ago to provide cycling teams with independent anti-doping programs. The fissure leaves one of the founders working with Rock Racing and the other with Slipstream-Chipotle, BMC and High Road. Paul Scott and Paul Strauss, ...
• Posted: Sun, Feb 24th
  Soigneur: Leogrande confessed to me last summer.
  A former team soigneur says Rock Racing’s Kayle Leogrande told her last July that he used performance-enhancing drugs at Wisconsin's International Cycling Classic, also known as Superweek.
• Posted: Fri, Feb 22nd
  The Tour of California peloton is sporting the season's latest styles
  It wouldn’t be California without sizing up everyone’s appearance, so here is one observer’s take on the new-for-2008 designs unveiled at this year’s Amgen Tour of California. With all the problems our sport has faced over the last few years, perhaps it’s no wonder ...