Ben Delaney
BACKGROUND: Delaney is editor in chief for VeloNews. A journalism graduate of the University of New Mexico, Delaney is responsible for all editorial content online and in the magazine.
Delaney joined VeloNews in 2005 as managing editor, having worked previously for The Santa Fe New Mexican, Bicycle Retailer & Industry News and as a freelance writer for various titles. He's a former (but never very good) Cat. 1 racer. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife and two children.
BIKES IN THE GARAGE: '09 Cannondale CX9, '09 Specialized Tarmac SL2, '08 Giant TCR Advanced, '00 Santa Cruz Roadster, '02 XS Trek 4500 (the wife's), '08 20-inch Trek (the boy's), '04 Chariot Cougar (the baby's).
Stories by Ben Delaney »
Posted: Thu, Oct 22nd
The road to France? ATOC organizers explain the race’s move from February to MayThe Amgen Tour of California has been a great early season race since its inception in 2006. Its organizers want it to be a great race, period.
“We aspire to be an important part of the cycling calendar,” said Andrew Messick, AEG Sports president. “We felt as ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 22nd
2010 Tour of California route unveiledThe 2010 Amgen Tour of California will venture high up into the Sierra Nevada, dispense with the traditional prologue, include a time trial in Los Angeles and feature the first mountaintop finish in the race’s history at Big Bear.
The biggest change for the eight-day event ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 25th
Interbike 2009: Where's the catch?With its RZR wheelset, Reynolds has plenty of buzz in its booth at Interbike. But the company’s forthcoming 92.2 rim is equally as remarkable, as the carbon model redefines how a clincher tire mounts to a rim.
Paul Lew works as a consultant for Reynolds. In addition to his ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 25th
Team Mountain Khakis dominates series finale in Las Vegas — Barlevav wins the night, Hekman takes the series.Eric Barlevav won the final race of the USA Crits series Thursday night in Las Vegas, with his Mountain Khakis teammate Mark Hekman winning the field sprint behind to claim the series title. To put the cherry on top, Mountain Khakis won the team overall prize for the 2009 USA ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 24th
Thursday's Interbike Tech Report: Rocks for your shirt, cork for your sole, but no springs for your pedal.With hundreds of brands crammed into the Sands Convention Center, there are plenty of products — ranging from the humbug to the showstopper, and from the truly helpful to the truly useless. We found three companies with some innovative improvements to current standards and ...
Posted: Tue, Sep 22nd
New hardware from Kuat, Lezyne and TrigonKüat, Lezyne and Trigon may not be huge names in the bike industry, but they've got some cool stuff. We checked out the latest at Outdoor Demo.
Posted: Tue, Sep 22nd
It’s not all 13-pound carbon road bikesFrom Banshee Bikes and Bell Sports to WTB and Xtracycle, more than 120 companies exhibited their wares at Outdoor Demo in the two days preceding Interbike. In the desert heat of Boulder City, just east of Las Vegas, thousands of bike shop owners and their crews wandered from ...
Posted: Tue, Sep 8th
Cav' keeps streak aliveMark Cavendish has not left a stage race since March of last year without at least one win to his name. The Columbia-HTC sprinter handily kept that streak alive in Missouri, grabbing the first and second stages.
This year Cavendish has won stages at nine stage races, ...
Posted: Tue, Sep 8th
Cav' doubles down in MissouriRace leader Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) rocketed past Cervélo's Thor Hushovd on Tuesday to win stage 2 of the 2009 Tour of Missouri.
It was another chaotic finale as ProTour and domestic teams butted heads in Cape Girardeau, battling to set up their sprinters in the final ...
Posted: Tue, Sep 8th
In his racing return following a horrific Tour crash, Jens Voigt gets a warm welcome from Missouri fans.The last time many American fans saw Jens Voigt on television, he was sliding along the road on his face, unconscious. Many of those fans in St. Louis saw a much healthier Voigt take the start of the Tour of Missouri Monday, and gave him big cheers.
Posted: Mon, Sep 7th
Vande Velde fractures hand in stage 1 crashChristian Vande Velde (Garmin-Slipstream) hit the deck within sight of the finish line on stage 1 of the Tour of Missouri, and X-rays later disclosed that he fractured a bone in his hand. Still, he said he plans to start stage 2 — without a cast.
“Luck hasn’t been on my ...
Posted: Mon, Sep 7th
Cav' motors to Missouri winMark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) survived a chaotic finale to win stage 1 of the 2009 Tour of Missouri on Monday in St. Louis.
Cavendish's train was derailed in the final kilometer, and a pair of crashes threw additional monkey wrenches into the works, but he managed to close ...
