Today's Forum Winner Announced
4/28/06 - Forum user, SDBC, was selected to win a free SoCalCycling.com T-Shirt or socks in our final April drawing. Thanks to all of those that participated and visited our forum. We invite all of you to check it out and join in the conversation. join now >

San Diego Omnium Road Course has Changed to the Boulevard Course
4/28/06 -The San Diego Omnium Road course will use the "Boulevard" course, but will stage at the Golden Acorn Casino. The race will be named the Golden Acorn Road Race. Details concerning the other races in the omnium will not change. Please check back next week for a revised race flyer.

Chris Horner Wins Stage 2 in the Tour de Romandie and is the Lead
4/27/06 - American Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) attacked with perfect timing to win the second stage of the Tour de Romandie on Thursday and take the race leader's yellow jersey from prologue winner Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel). Horner began racing while living in San Diego and riding for Swamis in the early 90's. I remember when he beat all of the Chevrolet / LA Sheriff pros in a early season San Diego race and everyone was wondering who the heck he was. Now, we can see that those early results weren't a fluke. more >

The San Luis Obispo Criterium Returns
4/26/06 - After 5-Year Hiatus, San Luis Obispo Criterium makes its resurgence at Prado Business District, launching an exciting preview of things to come. SLORoots Productions and Team SLO Nexus, in successful cooperation with the City San Luis Obispo Parks and Recreation Department, announce The San Luis Obispo Criterium Festival, making its resurgence into the world of cycling on June 4th, 2006. more >

Conquer the Canyons Stage Race - By Dan Vinson
4/25/06 - The first annual Conquer the Canyons Stage Race consisted of three stages including: 1) a short, mostly uphill time trial, 2) a fairly flat circuit race, and 3) a challenging road race. The two day, three stage event was held in beautiful Malibu, Westlake Village, and Agoura Hills. more >

Mountain Bike Schedule Posted
4/24/06 - In an effort to make SoCalCycling.com a more complete resource for our loyal readers, we have added a mountain bike schedule to help you plan your off-road racing schedule, in addition to your road racing & fun ride schedule. If some of you roadies have never done a mountain bike race, you should try it. It's a lot of fun! Mountain Bike Schedule >

The Bonelli Park mountain bike race was held this weekend,
as part of the Cal State and AMBC Series.

Tour de Georgia Coverage on VNTV
4/24/06 - The folks at Velo News have some awesome video coverage of the recent Tour de Georgia. You have to watch the Stage 5 highlights as Discovery Channel teammates, Tom Danielson and Yaroslav Popovych, try to tag team Floyd up Brasstown Bald giving him the ol' one two punch. If you listen closely, you can here the camera and moto guys getting into it. more >

Danielson Beats Landis on Brasstown Bald, but Landis Holds Lead
BRASSTOWN BALD MOUNTAIN, Ga. (April 22, 2006) –  Like a championship boxing match, Tom Danielson (USA) of Discovery Channel exchanged attacks with fellow American Floyd Landis, but on the steep pitches of Brasstown Bald Mountain, and Danielson won Stage Five of the 2006 Ford Tour de Georgia.  Danielson won this same stage last year, but with both cyclists receiving the same time, 4:04:56, Landis holds on to a slim four-second advantage over Danielson for the lead in the General Classification. more >

Fast Freddie Rodriguez Wins Stage 4 of Ford TDG, Landis Keeps Lead
DAHLONEGA, Ga. (April 21, 2006) –  Sprinter Fred Rodriguez (USA) of Davitamon-Lotto out-sprinted a field of 53 riders to strike it rich for his second mountain stage victory in Georgia in four years, today winning Stage Four in Dahlonega, site of the first gold rush in America.  Italian Matteo Tosatto of Quick Step-Innergetic finished second in the "Gold City", followed by third place Yaroslav Popovych (Ukraine) of Discovery Channel.  more >

Landis Wears Yellow After Winning Time Trial at Ford TDG
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (April 20, 2006) –  American Floyd Landis of Phonak Hearing Systems repeated as the winner of the Individual Time Trial at the Ford Tour de Georgia, which he won in 2005.  He was followed by Americans Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) and David Zabriskie (Team CSC) in second and third position, respectively, with Danielson, a close four seconds behind and Zabriskie 24 seconds back. more >

Justin England (Toyota-United) on his way to 13th in the TT.
photo © Casey Gibson

Discovery Channel's Popovych Gets Stage Two Win and Lead at TDG
ROME, Ga. (April 19, 2006) –  With 100 yards to go, Ukranian Yaroslav Popovych of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team broke away for a Stage Two victory at the Ford Tour de Georgia.   Juan Jose Haedo (Argentina) of the Toyota-United Pro Cycling team finished second and American Fred Rodriguez of Davitamon-Lotto finished third. more >