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The successful event from Whistler, British Columbia, sets some roots south of the border in Colorado's Winter Park. As a first-year affair, the U.S. version has nowhere to grow except up.

As a paradise of outdoor sports, Bend, Oregon, once again hosted the longest-running professional stage race and provided cycling fans with an exciting and picturesque venue of racing.

Organized by the same promoters as the Tour de Beauce, the Great White North nationals featured a familiar course through the Québec countryside.

Despite the wet and viscous conditions, the pro cross-country race produced few surprises as Marie-Hélène Prémont garnered her fifth and Geoff Kabush won his third consecutive title.

This ain't no Tour! In the succinct if not eloquent words of Giant's Adam Craig, "there isn't a f--ing pill out there that helps you ride down a mountain faster"

Health Net-Maxxis and Symmetrics trade blows throughout 10 days of racing in Vancouver, British Columbia.

On Aaron's pro team squad, teamwork is an exercise both on and off the bike, proving a man can work from sun to sun, but a woman's work is never done.

Four professional women from Santa Fe put the power of pink to the pedal and turned a weeknight mountain-bike ride into a 160-strong,



DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS

South African sprinting sensation Robbie Hunter's Cannondale Super Six.

Time-trial gear.

2008 Trek and Gary Fischer mountain bikes.

Kona's 2008 bikes and its new clothing line.

Road nationals for women, U23 and junior men.

China's Tour of Qinghai Lake.

Catherine Pendrel wins the Pan American Games in Brazil.

Male osteoporosis, plus tapering strategies.

with Maynard Hershon.

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