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Message by Alastair Hamilton
Roadside St.7: Today there was a big fast sprint into Orihuela, before that the fast men had to get themselves over a bit of a climb. Some got dropped, but they all got together for the gallop into town. Surprisingly I managed to see the hill and the sprint action...here it is: - [Read more]

Message by Dave Aldersebaes
Today was another sprinter’s delight with just one Cat 3 climb along the course, and a flat run in to town. The usual sacrificial break getting caught and today’s sprint was handled by a hard working Lampre team that delivered Ale-Jet just ahead of Mark Cavendish. - [Read more]

Message by Edmond Hood
Vacansoleil are making the headlines at the moment; there’s the Pro Tour application, Bjorn Leukemans’ win in the 1.1 Druivenkoers and last but not least, the recruitment of Stijn Devolder and a certain Riccardo Ricco. PEZ contacted the team’s commercial manager, Dutchman Frank Kwanten, to get the low down. - [Read more]

Message by Gordan Cameron
Race report: The Vuelta doesn’t do flat very well. Uphill – fine. Downhill – check. Rolling terrain – you got it. But flat? Nope. It was another day where the profile hurt and with a nasty second-category climb towards the finish no-one expected to see the pure sprinters in the shake-up. So we had the win going to a Classics fastman … - [Read more]

Message by Alastair Hamilton
Roadside St.5: A sprinter’s day and the best of them are here at the 75th Vuelta a Espańa. Who will take the honours and the champagne? What will I have for lunch? Will there be any Daily Distractions to photograph? All this and more “under-cover” at La Vuelta! - [Read more]

Message by Jered Gruber
Race Report: After the arduous profiles of the last two days, the sprinters got their chance in Stage 5. Not to say that today was an easy one, but it didn't finish with a final kilometer where the top speed was wrought by the little ring. The big rings got a good workout today as we were treated to a beautiful sprint on the streets of Lorca. - [Read more]

Message by NONE
Two times Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon lost his battle with cancer on Tuesday, and at only 50 years of age, his time came much too soon. PEZ offers this humble remembrance to the only racer who could carry off a nickname like “The Professor’ with dignity. - [Read more]

Message by Dave Aldersebaes
Race Report: The longest day yet of the ’10 Vuelta saw the riders tackling 183 km from Málaga to Valdepeńas de Jaén. Philippe Gilbert started the day in red, but a break of four went up the road early. - [Read more]

Message by NONE
It’s the final weeks of the summer and a long season of riding and training has gone under our wheels. For some, it’s a holding pattern before the “official” off-season. For others, it’s hanging onto fitness for one last big event. And a third group might be trying to transition from a full road season to cyclocross. What are some things that we can do to keep that morale mojo to the max? - [Read more]

Message by Gordan Cameron
Race report: You’ve got to hand it to the Vuelta organisers. Day three of racing and they’re already throwing some awkward slopes in front of the sprinters. Today, it was up from the start, and with the first of two nasty classified climbs rearing up from the off, we saw the outgoing leader’s red jersey slipping into the ..., well, red, early on! - [Read more]

Message by Alastair Hamilton
Roadside Pez: A late finish for everyone on Saturday’s team time trial made getting up early on Sunday a bit tricky for some; although the start wasn’t till after 1pm about 30 riders couldn’t make the sign on, but then there was an added reason for that, thanks to the UCI. - [Read more]

Message by Gordan Cameron
Race Report: The host town for stage two of this year’s Vuelta is Alcalá de Guadaíra and the temperature is already sloping up, up, up. It’s blazing by the mid-day start and the riders have been slow to sign in for their day at the office. The route profile is jagged but the biggest challenge will be remembering to eat enough, as well as drink enough, on a tortuously hot stage. - [Read more]

Message by Alastair Hamilton
Roadside Pez: A leisurely breakfast was followed by lots of writing and looking at photos, this was the lull before the storm! Down at the start/finish area of the team time trial it was like a war scene, helicopters, running people, men with guns and that usual chaos, but it was great fun! - [Read more]

Message by Jered Gruber
The narrow, technical course through Sevilla provided the hoped for spectacle, but the well lit course, provided none of the feared for danger. In all, it was a resounding success. The atmosphere in the Spanish town of Sevilla was nothing short of extraordinary with thousands of spectators lining the streets, and the blazing fast time from one of the world's best in the team time trial discipline capped off a splendid evening. - [Read more]

Message by Alastair Hamilton
Roadside Pez: It's still hot here in Sevilla, but at least things are starting to look like a bike race, with bike riders, famous ex-riders, podium girls and even one or two bikes! The presentation had to take place, but I think it was just a warm-up for the visit to the Brewery. - [Read more]

Message by Alastair Hamilton
Roadside Pez: The Vuelta starts on Saturday, so our man in Spain; Al Hamilton has shot down there to see what a nocturne team time trial looks like. The weather is hot, we hope the racing will be hot and we guess those Daily Distractions will be very HOT! - [Read more]

Message by NONE
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Message by Edmond Hood
Dozens of SMS and emails flash up on my BlackBerry each day, most are chaff and get deleted after a quick glance – but when one comes in to tell me that ‘Michael Morkov excluded from the Vuelta by WADA’ that makes me take notice. There’s only one thing to do – call the man himself. - [Read more]

Message by Leslie Reissner
The new book, “As Good as Gold,” by Kathryn Bertine, is the entertaining tale of a dedicated athlete, who had a singularly peculiar opportunity to try and make her dream of participating in the Olympics a reality. - [Read more]

Message by NONE
The Tour of Utah provided some of the most entertaining and difficult American racing of the year. PEZ was on the scene for the week along the arduous climbs and valley roads around the town of Salt Lake City. Nathan King takes a look back at the week that was at the race known as America's hardest. - [Read more]