Rasmussen Shopping For A New Team

Yahoo Sports reports that Michael Rasmussen is looking for a new team to finsish the season. He has his sights set on the Giro di Lombardia, the final single day race of the season.

He met with the director of the Acqua & Sapone team on Wednesday for about 30 minutes. Director Palmiro Masciarelli states, "He wants to finish the season with us. He showed me all his papers. The problem is with the Danish federation."

You'll recall that Rasmussen was kicked out of the Tour and off of his team for allegedly lying about his whereabouts to evade doping tests. Masciarelli states that Rasmussen should not have been dismissed because he missed two tests, but if I recall correctly, the dismissal was over the lying, not the missed tests.

If I was a team director, I would be very reluctant to add a rider who was under such heavy scrutiny. In today's environment, one bad egg could bring down an entire team.

Racing News - Friday September 21st

Stage 18 : Luis Perez Rodriguez goes out with a bang, closing out his 13 year career with a stage win in his home country. 4 riders dropped out before the start of Thursday's, the most notable of which was World Chamion Paolo Bettini. 24 riders tried to make an early escape today, but were captured by the peloton at 40km. Soon after, another group of 19 riders broke away. Even that group splintered, and we ended up with a group of 12, consisting of chasers and breakers at the 56km mark. Some of the notable names in the break were Menchov, Sastre, Evans, Sanchez and Mosquera. Chasing closely behind (38 seconds back at 76km) was a 10 man group containing Efimkin and others. At 93km, the second group was caught be the peloton, while the leaders extended their advantage to 2 minutes and 45 seconds. The leaders cooperated well over the final climb and kept their lead. With 13km to go, Rodriguez put the hammer down and quickly pulled out to a 26 second lead. He managed to keep ahead al

The Fixed Gear Revolution Goes Upscale - The Opera Mercurio

Pinarello has extended their Opera brand with 3 new Luxury models. The Mercurio is a singlespeed city bike with butted aluminum tubing and interchangeable dropouts so a derailleur can be added if you so desire. This bike may just make you the envy of all the hipster kids down at the local coffee shop. Even if it doesn't you'll have fun getting there and can arrive in style. Other Luxury models were also announced: The Caravaggio, a sloping tube model with an 8-speed internally geared hub and a Brooks saddle The Artemisa, designed specifically for women, with a mixte frame, 26 inch wheels and a 3-speed internally geared hub. Check out the Opera line at: http://www.operabike.com/home_eng.php

Bicycling News Digest - August 2, 2007

All the news that's fit to sprint.... Patrick Sinkewitz admitted to using testosterone gel during the Tour. T-Mobile has fired him and the German police searched his house . Jonathon Vaughters continues to build his Slipstream team , with an eye on obtaining a wild card entry to the 2008 Tour. David Millar is coming over from Saunier Duval-Prodir and Dave Zabriskie and Christian Vandevelde are joining from CSC. Stuttgart will still host the 2007 World Championships after receiving agreements for addtional doping controls. USA Cycling names its team for the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup event in Beijing. Great photo gallery from the Tour on ESPN's web site Until tomorrow, keep the rubber side down.

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