Well, the Tour Down Under. The first big one of the year…Garmin-Slipstream’s first Pro Tour race. A big one? Yeah, I reckon. My preparation has been the same as always after the road season ends: gym, core work, strength and base km’s. It never changes. Although my prep was a little different this year because […]

Colby sent in this shot of Daniel Holloway in the process of crashing in the elimination final in Zuidlaren earlier this fall.

After a ridiculous number of laps around the 200 meter track in Zurich, two head colds (one for each of us), 3.5 weeks in Europe, the world’s worst weather, a local track race in Buttgen, and 9 days in Mettmann Germany, we are still alive! So something must have gone right. Significant events include, […]

Photo courtesy mikeadrianphoto.com.
Ryder Hesjedal has been busy putting in miles on Maui, where he has based his off-season training for the last few years. On this day, Ryder joins Andy Hampsten, “Waterman” Laird Hamilton and Maui Cyclery’s Donnie Arnoult for a training ride along Maui’s eastern coastline.
- courtesy MediaOne Multimedia

Oh crap. We are past halfway through December already. So that’s it. I’m no longer a neo-pro. No longer the new kid. It was kind of fun, 2008. Personally, I love a challenge. I went into last year thinking maybe I could start walking by the season’s end. The fact that I was in […]

Check out Biciciclismo’s Spanish version of Magnus Backstedt’s update.
After 13 years as a professional you would think that it might start to get a little tough each winter to motivate yourself for another season. Not so for the cycling world’s favourite big Swede Magnus Backstedt.
After finishing the season strongly at the Tour of Britain […]

A final report from the Zuidlaren Six:
Daniel Holloway and I survived the 6 days of Zuidlaren (or the ‘Zesdaagse van het Noorden’) to finish in 8th place in the final classification. In completing our second 6 day as a team (my third ever), we have now ridden 53 less six days than Bruno Risi has […]

A special report from the Zuidlaren Six Day in Holland:
Daniel “Hollywood” Holloway (left) and I have embarked on our latest adventure, the Zuidlaren 6 Day in (…you guessed it…) Zuidlaren, Holland. So far, we are in 8th overall and are doing our best to survive the race intact.
The 178-ish meter velodrome has been quite […]