Recent content by hoogerland

They're not coming to the TOC because the brand "Sky" means nothing in the US market as News Corp. already has a presence here. If they were called "Team Fox News", do you think they would come???

I live in Denver, so race conditions are mostly dry, though today it's nasty out. The main thing for me is confidence getting in and out. I don't want to think about it. I may give the Atac's a try. I tried on Mavic Chazm's yesterday and I really liked them - I may go with this...

I have been racing with Candy C's and some old Answer shoes. Though it is probably the cheapest pedal/shoe combo you can find it has worked well for me. I never get stuck in pedals, clip-ins are fast and feel comfortable with step through dismounts...it works. About a month ago I noticed the...

Does it really matter? Look at Cervelo, they had an excellent year, raced in a lot of great races and I am sure their sponsors were very pleased. Did they even apply for PT status? Dropping these two teams parallels Euro soccer, you come in at the bottom of the table and you get demoted...

The top US racers are all dinosaurs right now and probably need to rest up after a long season and to be honest they just don't care about worlds anymore. Heck, Lance chose Leadville. It will be a few years but a lot of up-and-comers that came through the system will race and compete in...

Trek huh? I guess you can't argue with their success.

Nice! It looks like October 6th all the details will be available. That mountain top finish will be at Big Bear. 12k of climbing then a 30 mile TT the next day...yikes!

Yes, the same time as the Giro. May 16 - 23. Which means teams will have to make a choice...actually I think sponsors will make the choice for them. With last years success and the U.S. market (est. 75 million cyclists) I'm sure the big teams will send their best (sans Italians). Not yet...

Now that would be cool. I like the idea of teams using local bikes. For example, Liquigas on C-Dales seem weird to me given the number of great Italian brands. I have never seen a Boardman up close, but they look pretty nice on the Website.

I think Stetina has a future. I'm not a huge Garmin fan (to close to home) and I think he would be better served on Columbia, who seem to be good at developing talent. He looked solid at Gila, nearly beat Levi on stage 1, and beat several very good riders.

Anybody know what brand of bike Sky and Astana will be using? What other changes, any announced yet? Last year there were several changes e.g. Rabobank (Giant), Silence (Canyon?), Milran (Focus), Saxo, Columbia, etc., etc.,