Road: Top Stories

• May. 10, 2008
  'Baby' Haedo takes Joe Martin stage — An Action Images Gallery
  Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home) took the stage 2 sprint win at the Joe Martin Stage Race in Arkansas. Action Images photographer Kurt Jambretz was there to catch all the action.
• May. 10, 2008
  Inside Slipstream's team time trial preparation
  Slipstream-Chipotle’s victory in Saturday’s team time trial began weeks ago. The building blocks of the team’s historic victory that put Christian Vande Velde as the first American in the pink jersey in 20 years started with the team’s ...
• May. 10, 2008
  Graham Watson photo gallery: The 2008 Giro d'Italia team time trial
• May. 10, 2008
  Giro Vibe: Lennard Zinn finds tech and atmosphere as the Giro prepares for take off
  I have been in Sicily since Wednesday and have been watching the buildup in excitement and preparation among the teams, both riders and staff members. The atmosphere has been light and was getting less so as the race draws closer. And here also ...
• May. 10, 2008
  David Millar says Ivan Basso is neither a hero nor a victim.
  Ivan Basso should not be held up as a model for young riders, Scottish rider David Millar said on Saturday. Millar said that despite 30-year-old Basso — who is allowed to ride competitively again from October 24, 2008, and has agreed a two-year ...
• May. 10, 2008
  AG2R's Cyril Dessel wins at the Four Days of Dunkirk
  France's Cyril Dessel, of the AG2R-La Mondiale team, won Saturday's 179.4km fifth stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk cycling race between Calais and Cap Blanc-Nez. Cofidis rider Stephane Auge of France, who won Tuesday's first stage, retained the ...
• May. 10, 2008
  Giro TTT: Slipstream's American Vande Velde in the lead
  Christian Vande Velde might have the pink jersey, but it was a team victory in every sense of the word Saturday for Slipstream-Chipotle in the 23.6km team time trial to open the 91st Giro ...
• May. 10, 2008
  Unexpected opportunity: Leipheimer at the Giro
  Levi Leipheimer was at home in California when he woke up a week ago with a surprise message. Instead of racing the Volta a Catalunya and the Dauphiné Libéré as planned, he was going to the Giro d’Italia. Leipheimer’s Giro debut in ...
• May. 10, 2008
  Toyota-United makes donation to paralyzed rider
  The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team has donated $5,000 cash to Fausto Munoz Esparza, the rider who was paralyzed in a high-speed crash in last Sunday’s final stage of the Tour of Gila in New Mexico. The team said ...
• May. 9, 2008
  The road to the Tour starts with the Giro for Menchov
  In Palermo, Italy Rabobank is trying a new approach this year for its quiet but steady Russian GC threat, Denis Menchov. After watching him win two of the past three editions of the Vuelta a España after racing the Tour de France, the ...
• May. 9, 2008
  Contador: from the beach to the Giro
  In Palermo, Italy Alberto Contador was sipping a beer on the beach in Spain last week when he received a phone call from Astana team boss Johan Bruyneel. The news caught the defending Tour de France champion by surprise: Pack your ...
• May. 9, 2008
  Collegiate Nationals: A Casey Gibson Gallery
  The USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships started Friday with the team time trial in northern Colorado. Photographer Casey Gibson was there. With traditional powerhouses shining in Division I and some impressive underdog ...