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Haedo's First Victory For Team CSC

Juan José Haedo only needed three race days to get his first victory as a Team CSC rider, when he on Tuesday took advantage of great teamwork in the 186-kilometer second stage of the Tour of California from Santa Rosa to Sacramento. Haedo convincingly won the bunch sprint ahead of Luca Paolini (Liquigas) and Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole).

"I'm proud to have secured our team this beautiful victory and I would like to dedicate it to the two riders who crashed in yesterday's stage; David Zabriskie and Karsten Kroon. It was a tough day for us, following the crashes, but that just makes it even more satisfying to be able to come out on top the day after," said the Argentinean rider after his victory.

It was Jens Voigt, Bobby Julich and Stuart O'Grady who made sure Haedo was extremely well positioned for the sprint, which he won by a solid margin of 5-6 meters.

"I couldn't have been in a better position during the final stretch, so I more or less just had to keep up," said a modest Haedo, who continued: "From day one it's been a positive experience being on this team, so it was nice to be able to give something back to the team."

The victory came after a fairly easy stage for Team CSC, as other teams made sure to neutralize the break aways.

"We followed our tactics perfectly. In the end we moved forward, trying to keep a high pace and our riders up front, and it was nice to see “JJ”, who was in a league of his own in the sprint, which he really deserved to win," said sports director Kim Andersen.

Ivan Basso And Ironman Champion Chris Lieto At Yesterdays San Francisco Prologue

Leipheimer Still In Yellow Despite Crash Today

It Was A Great Day In SF!

Images Of The Prologue - From Graham Watson

Levi Leipheimer - Wins By 0.01

General classification

1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery 4.49
2 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream 0.01
3 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health 0.05
4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Maaxis 0.06
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) CSC 0.06
6 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile 0.07
7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 0.08
8 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.08
9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery 0.08
10 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.08
11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Maaxis 0.09
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.10
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) CSC 0.10
14 David Zabriskie (USA) CSC 0.10
15 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 0.10
16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC 0.10
17 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery 0.11
18 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Maaxis 0.13
19 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream 0.13
20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.13
21 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 0.14
22 Bobby Julich (USA) CSC 0.14
23 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery 0.14

Points classification

1 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream

Mountains classification

1 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health

Young rider classification

1 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream

World Champion Paolo Bettini

While the star power of the reigning world champion is one of the biggest attractions of this year's race, Italian Paolo Bettini (Quick Step-Innergetic) said through an interpreter that his desire to race was equal parts training and tourism. Bettini, who lives in a town called California on the Tuscany coast in Italy, is in the United States version of California for the first time.

"One of the nice things about cycling it that you get to see new places," Bettini said. "I don't know about my early-season form. I'm here to get ready for the big European races. My program is more or less the same, with this being the new event on my schedule. It's a long trip from Italy to California, but we're used to traveling, and I don't think it will affect my build-up to the classics. This is a great experience for me, in my life as well as a rider. I am happy to be here and I think it will be good for my early season."

Yesterdays Tour Of California Press conference

Ironman Triathlon Hawaii World Champion Normann Stadler Interview

Normann Stadler, the current Ironman Triathlon Hawaii World Champion talks to Simon Ward from thetriathloncoach.com on the Tri247.com stand at the TCR Show 10th Feb 2007.

More Team CSC Images

Hincapie Announces Plans For Performance Training Village

There are numerous golf communities designed and built for golfers, and now there will be a Cycling and Multi-Sport Community designed and built exclusively for cyclists and endurance sport enthusiasts. For the first time in history, a 300-acre, state-of-the-art, performance-training village is planned for the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Greenville, South Carolina. The village will give cyclists and multi-sport athletes the opportunity to live and train their passion in a world-class community designed to meet their unique lifestyle needs. Pla d’Adet (pronounced PLAH-da-day) is derived from George Hincapie’s first Tour de France Stage win at Pla d'Adet, in the Pyrenees Mountains of southwest France – known to be one of the most challenging stages in the 2005 Tour and the first stage won by a teammate of Lance Armstrong since 1999.

The concept is being developed by World-renowned professional cyclist George Hincapie and Rich Hincapie, George Hincapie’s brother and President of Hincapie Sportswear, Inc. The brothers have teamed up with other Greenville, South Carolina businessmen and investors, including Ron Vergnolle and Alex Crawford, owners of PHC Communities LLC, a South Carolina-based real estate development firm and John Helmers, the principal of Swiftwater Capital Management, LP, an investment firm.

“For years I have believed that cycling and multi-sport athletes needed a World-class training facility with World-class amenities. The Hincapie Performance Training VillageSM, called Pla d’Adet, will fulfill that need and provide performance enthusiasts an opportunity to further develop their skills,” explained George Hincapie. “I’m proud to call Greenville my home. One of the reasons I chose to live here is because of the World-class riding that is in this area. Pla d’Adet will provide a convenient link to some of the World’s most challenging rides.”

The village community will be comprised of 85 1.5 to 2 acre mountain home sites, a hotel for guest lodging, conference center, restaurant, media center, and state-of-the-art fitness and training facilities called the Hincapie Performance Training VillageSM. The 35,000 square foot training village will include an exercise arena with weight training, strength and conditioning equipment, a 25-meter indoor pool, aerobic studio, group cycling studio, spa and dry sauna. Two four-mile outdoor tracks, one for cycling, the other for mountain biking and trail running, will wind throughout the village community.

The 300-acre site is located 22 miles north of Greenville, SC and 33 miles south of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in the heart of some of Hincapie’s favorite training areas. Groundbreaking ceremonies are scheduled to coincide with the USA ProCycling Championships, which will be held over the Labor Day weekend (September 1 and 2, 2007). Completion of the Hincapie Performance Training Village expected in the spring of 2008. For more information visit www.pladadet.com.

R&A Cycles and FIT Multisports Announce New Team

By Jason Goldberg

R&A Cycles in conjunction with FIT Multisports is proud to bring to the 2007 triathlon season the R&A/FIT Multisports Professional Triathlon Team. The newly formed R&A/FIT Multisport Team is going to be the most exciting team this season to watch.

The small but powerful team roster is:

Jonas Colting- Sweden- Ultraman World Champion and Silver Medalist
Ragnar Alne- Norway- Devilman Champion, Norwegian National Champion
Paul Fritzsche- USA- 3rd Place Ironman Korea
Kristy Gough- USA- 3rd Ironman UK
Eva Nyström- Sweden- 1st Långdistans-SM triathlon (Swedish Record Holder 9.21.13 Ironman)

Unlike other teams, programs and sponsorships, the R&A/FIT Multisport Team is a true professional triathlon team giving some of the best triathletes in the world the chance to train and race with the unconditional support of the worlds largest triathlon retail shop and multisport coaching and management company. The Team is being run in a similar fashion to a Pro Tour Cycling Team with support coming from many different resources.

R&A Cycles is the title sponsor providing bonus structures, fitting services and mechanical help at all of the races that the athletes attend as well as covering any equipment that is not covered under sponsorships.

FIT Multisports, a premiere multisport coaching and management company is the official management and coaching company of the team and is providing coaching, testing and training for each athlete on the team overseeing each athlete’s season ensuring they stay injury free and on track for their goals.

Quintana Roo, known in 2007 as QROO previously worked with Timex for several years but is now working with the R&A/FIT Multisport Team exclusively is the Official Bike Sponsor of the team providing each athlete with their race and training bikes providing a custom made Lucero for the Team for the race weapon!

HED Wheels is proving the race and training wheels as well as aerobars for the team. HED is also providing the most profound “brain” in the industry pertaining to aerodynamics and fit. HED will be working with the R&A/FIT Multisport Team in a similar capacity as they do with the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team.

Ergomo is providing the power meters for each athlete’s bicycles to aide in their training and racing.

Spiuk will be providing the Team’s training and racing helmets as well as eyewear.

CapoForma is the official apparel supplier to the team providing the team with training gear, race gear and casual wear. Other Team Supporters are Rotor Cranks will be supplying Q Rings to the athletes’ bikes while InfinIT nutrition is providing the team’s nutritional needs and Look Cycles is supplying pedals for the athlete's bikes.

The R&A/FIT Multisports Team is looking to make its mark on the 70.3, Ironman and Tri One O One Circuits. While podium finishes are the Team’s focus, sending as many athletes to the Hawaii Ironman World Championships is the ultimate goal. Look for the red and black swirls at a race course near you!

R&A Cycles will continue with its successful grass roots age group team program from the 2006 season as well.

For more information contact Jason at R&A Cycles at Jason@racycles.com or at 718-636-5242

Big Hitters Coming To California

When half a dozen of the world's top professional cycling teams showed up for the start of the inaugural Amgen Tour of California in February 2006, they didn't quite know what to expect. Was this going to be an early-season event only half-heartedly contested by Tour de France riders nervous about peaking too soon? Or would the stars allow their lieutenants to race for the win while using the race as training for themselves?

In the end, the efforts made by overall winner Floyd Landis and his main challengers Dave Zabriskie, Bobby Julich, George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer and Cadel Evans proved they could race hard in February and still peak later in the year.

That fact, along with the glowing testimonials that teams took back to Europe, encouraged three more ProTour teams - Quick Step-Innergetic of Belgium, Rabobank of the Netherlands and Liquigas of Italy - to sign up for the 2007 race. And that should make this second Tour of California even more competitive than the first.

Indeed, Quick Step is sending one of its superstars, 2006 world champ Paolo Bettini, and that means he will probably be racing to win a stage or two, not just coming to ride an exhibition on his new Specialized team bike. Also, Rabobank's Aussie sprinter Graeme Brown, who was competitive at the recent Tour of Qatar, has already laid down his intention of winning a stage or two, while Liquigas has talented riders, like Italians Vincenzo Nibali, who excel at weeklong stage races.

One sure thing about the 2007 Tour of California is that there will be a new champion. Landis, whose Phonak team has been disbanded, is currently appealing the positive drug-test result that has put his 2006 Tour de France victory on hold. In his absence, several other North Americans head the list of contenders for the California podium.

Former Gerolsteiner team leader Leipheimer, from Santa Rosa, has joined forces with South Carolina-based Hincapie as the team leader at Discovery Channel - while their teammate Tony Cruz will be shooting for a stage win in his hometown of Long Beach. The CSC squad will again be headed by top time trialists Zabriskie, from Salt Lake City, and Reno, Nevada's Julich. And the re-named Predictor-Lotto team has two California boys in its line-up: Chris Horner will be looking at the overall title while Fred Rodriguez will be eager to please his fans with a stage win. Also, we can expect Canadian Michael Barry, who finished last year's Tour of California in 16th place when riding as a team worker for Discovery, to play a bigger role for his new team, T-Mobile.

The nine domestic teams should also play a stronger role than they did last year, when Aussie Nathan O'Neill of Health Net-Maxxis was the only non-ProTour rider to finish in the top 20. Health Net has hired powerful Canadian Ryder Hesjedal to ride alongside O'Neill; Navigators Insurance now boasts Aussie Ben Day and promising Brit Kristian House as team leaders; and Team Slipstream (formerly TIAA-CREF) has added ex-ProTour rider Pat McCarty to assist fellow Americans Craig Lewis and Danny Pate.