Stories by Neal Rogers

• Posted: Tue, Sep 30th
  VeloNews.tv cyclocross how-to videos
  With the seasons changing, more and more racers are turning to cyclocross as a way to utilize their late-season fitness, stay in shape or just have some fun in the process. Managing editor Neal Rogers teamed up with national masters 35+ champion and online ’cross diarist ...
• Posted: Thu, Sep 25th
  Armstrong press conference turns tense
  A scheduled Lance Armstrong press conference at the Interbike cycling trade show in Las Vegas turned tense Thursday morning when three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond questioned his plan to disclose his blood and urine values during Armstrong’s 2009 comeback ...
• Posted: Thu, Sep 25th
  Ryan Trebon and Katie Compton win CrossVegas cyclocross race in Las Vegas
  In front of an enthusiastic crowd of thousands, 2006 U.S. national cyclocross champions Ryan Trebon (Kona) and Katie Compton (Spike) won the CrossVegas UCI cyclocross race Wednesday night, held under lights in conjunction with the Interbike trade show in Las Vegas. After ...
• Posted: Tue, Sep 23rd
  Armstrong tackling 'cross? Trebon can't wait
  Outspoken Kona cyclocross star Ryan Trebon has his own thoughts about Lance Armstrong’s plans to race cyclocross this season — bring it on, champ. While Jonathan Page has been the most successful American racing at the European World Cup level in the years since Armstrong ...
• Posted: Sun, Sep 21st
  Johnson, Simms take Rad Racing GP
  Tim Johnson and Jeremy Powers of Cannondale-cyclocrossworld.com played the numbers on Kona's Ryan Trebon at Sunday's Rad Racing GP in Tacoma, Washington, with Johnson coming away with the win in a two-up sprint. Wendy Simms (Kona) won the women's race after dropping Sue Butler ...
• Posted: Sat, Sep 20th
  Powers, Butler take muddy Starcrossed
  The domestic cyclocross season began Saturday with a pair of upset wins under lights at the Full Speed Ahead Starcrossed event held at Marymoor Velodrome, in Redmond, Washington, near Seattle. Both the men’s and women’s victories were piloted aboard Cannondales, as Jeremy ...
• Posted: Sat, Sep 20th
  'Cross kickoff: A conversation with Tim Johnson and Jeremy Powers
  Six hours before kicking off their cyclocross season at the Full Speed Ahead Starcrossed UCI cat. 2 event in Redmond, Washington, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com riders Tim Johnson and Jeremy Powers sat down with VeloNews.com for a post-lunch, pre-nap chat on a rainy Seattle ...
• Posted: Thu, Sep 11th
  Barry solos to stage win in Missouri; Vande Velde holds lead
  Anyone thinking Christian Vande Velde had the overall win locked up at the Tour of Missouri was reminded Thursday that nothing is over in stage racing until the last finish line. The Garmin-Chipotle rider's 21-second lead over Columbia’s Michael Rogers looked to be in ...
• Posted: Wed, Sep 10th
  Christian Vande Velde time trials into Tour of Missouri lead
  Racing just a few hundred miles from his team sponsor’s headquarters, Garmin-Chipotle rider Christian Vande Velde won the Tour of Missouri’s difficult stage 3 time trial and is poised to take overall victory when the race finishes in St. Louis on Sunday.
• Posted: Tue, Sep 9th
  Mark Cavendish wins his second Tour of Missouri stage
  There were no surprises in Springfield. With his second consecutive field-sprint victory at the Tour of Missouri, a mad dash to the finish line in the university town of Springfield, Columbia phenom Mark Cavendish extended his 2008 win streak to 16 road victories as well as a ...
• Posted: Mon, Sep 8th
  Sources: Lance Armstrong coming back
  Lance Armstrong will come out of retirement next year to compete in five road races with the Astana team, according to sources familiar with the developing situation. Armstrong, who turns 37 this month, will compete in the Amgen Tour of California, Paris-Nice, the Tour de ...
• Posted: Wed, Aug 20th
  Old doping accusations lead to altercation
  It was over in an instant, but the altercation between a Tour of Utah race staffer and Garmin-Chipotle team doctor Prentice Steffen was years in the making. During the stage 3 criterium in Salt Lake City last Friday, Tour of Utah team liaison Marty Jemison, a former U.S. ...