Certain sections of the Dalby World Cup course will be open for amateur mountain bikers looking to test themselves and their times against those of the pros at the eve of the British World Cup on April 24.

The 30-kilometer race, dubbed as the Dalby Dare, will be held in the afternoon of the day before the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup cross country race. Participants will get the opportunity to ride selected sections of the course that’s going to be used for the World Cup, which will include Medusa’s Drop, Worry Gill, and Dixon’s Hollow.

After these sections, the race will shift from the World Cup course onto several other Dalby trails, including a zigzagging ascent up Addersback and a speedy downhill ride down the rocky trails of Dargate Slack. Climbers will again enjoy the technical challenge of the Tom Milners Grain ascent, before…

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Team Milram captain Linus Gerdemann and teammate Johannes Fröhlinger has been removed from the injured list and will be back in action in time for the upcoming 2010 Milan-San Remo race this Saturday.

The two cyclists have been recovering from intestinal problems that have plagued them since the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race in Italy, where they had to be taken out and replaced by two other teammates. Now they are back on the saddle and will be joined by teammates Christian Knees, Luke Roberts, Markus Fothen, Roy Sentjens, Niki Terpstra, and Paul Voss.

However, Team Milram will have to put two other riders on the sick list, as fellow team captain Gerald Ciolek has still yet to get back on the saddle from a shoulder operation, and Fabian Wegmann is out due to a broken collarbone. Ciolek is currently based in an altitude training camp and undergoing rehab with physiotherapist Christian…

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Team Jamis showed up at Israel and Utah with their best foot forward as a factory racing team. Cyclists Jason Seger and Rotem Ishay closed several top ten finishes with their new member Robbie Squire.

Sal Crochiola of Jamis welcomes Robbie Squire, 19, together with Rotem Ishay, 23 to the group. Crochiola says,” These guys will be anchoring the team in UCI and World Cup cross country events in Europe and North America as they prepare for their respective national championship races and ultimately, the World Championship mountain bike events in Canada later this summer.”

Adam Snyder, Omar Kem and Blake Harlan are the other members of the team, returning to compete in all mountain, cross country and endurance mountain bike races. Jason Seger, manager of the team, shares the team’s ambition to leave a mark in whatever competition they participate. “Our goals are race podiums and to ride the most shredable…

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Leif Hoste of Omega Pharma-Lotto will not be in the Nokere Koerse race due to his back pain. An incident in the Tirreno-Adriatico left the rider to be in continuous pain. Omega Pharma-Lotto will continue to ride with a seven-man squad.

The Belgian news agency, Belga, reports that Hoste will postpone his attending the Dwars door Vlaanderen on March 24. It would seem that Hoste was feeling better but the pain came back and has continued to be a burden for the cyclist.

Hendrik Redant, Omega Phram directeur sportif, feels that Hoste should not push himself to race immediately. He also stressed that they have no choice but to go ahead and compete with only seven men because it was also already too late to get someone to sub for Hoste.

Graeme Brown of Rabobank will be coming back to Nokere Koerse to defend his title and further hope to make two…

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After his victory at Paris-Nice, Alberto Contador reschedules his calendar for the next two months. He believes it would be good sense to take it easy during the earlier part of the season.

“I’ve had very good results in my first two races this year,” Contador commented. “My preparation is well underway – ahead of schedule, in fact – so we decided to change our plans, to put less wear on me and my team.”

Contador found the Paris-Nice race stressful on both mental and physical levels. This led to his decision not to join at the Volta a Catalunya on March 2-28 and the Vuelta al País Vasco on April 5-10.

However, Contador will definitely ride in the Criterium International because he feels the race suits his form and personality. He will also race at the Vuelta a Castilla y León on April 14-18, the Fleche Wallonne on April 21…

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Prologo comes out with a new saddle that boasts of Italian quality and innovative design. The Scratch Pro is the saddle that combines comfort, performance and value. This is what makes it the most popular saddle in Prologo lineup. It is the saddle of choice by 53% of the Pros sponsored by Prologo. It is also the one Robert McEwen chooses to use.

The Scratch Pro saddle retains a traditional domed structure which allows the platform suitable for canter and to support cyclists with narrow hip bones, hamstrings and the gluteus muscles. The saddle is also equipped with Active Density (AD). This is one of Prologo’s patented saddle construction techniques. With AD, the padding is distributed to three zones of the saddle.

The Scratch Pro saddle has a light and durable base. It has the Carbn Fibre Injection Base which is made a composite scompound with 16% carbon fiber. This allows the…

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A new Australian domestic cycling team named Virgin Blue-RBS Morgans was just launched in the Brisbane BMW showroom last night. The new team will be competing for the National Road Series (by Cycling Australia) and Caribou Publication’s Scody Cup.

Team sports director Patrick Jonker says that he is looking forward to working with the young squad, and adds that his role in the team will be “not only to lead the team ensuring success, but to mentor the riders.” Jonker says that his mentoring role for the young riders will be one that he’ll enjoy most.

Team Virgin Blue-RBS Morgans will be seeing action in events like Melbourne to Warrnambool, Tour of Tasmania, Tour of the Murray River, and the Tour of Geelong as part of the National Road Series and the Scody Cup.

Chris White, the team owner, says that being able to gather a squad of “Australia’s brightest young…

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