"Cycling in the News" is a regular service of VeloNews.com. Readers, reporters and friends are encouraged to send links to current stories about competitive cyclists and cycling that appear in the mainstream media. If you come across a news item that you believe may be of interest to other VeloNews readers, we would be grateful if you choose to send it to rosters@InsideInc.com.

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Compton can taste the rainbow (Colorado)
Colorado Springs Gazette
Katie Compton pedaled her bike on rollers while watching TV in her living room on a recent snowy afternoon. It was too icy for a three-hour training ride. Instead, she was studying footage of past races, looking for weaknesses in her competitors. . - Full Story

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Dean aims for Tour stage (New Zealand)
TV3
Cyclist Julian Dean believes he can make history in July by becoming the first New Zealander to win a stage on the Tour De France. Dean left for Europe this morning to meet up with his new Slipstream team mates, hoping they can help him ride into the record books. - Full Story

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Age is no obstacle for cycling instructor (Oklahoma)
Tulsa World
Tom Sowell of Jenks will turn 72 on Jan. 22, but his birthday celebration plans do not sound like a party. Sowell, a certified indoor cycling instructor, will lead his class at Sky Fitness & Wellbeing, 10121 S. Sheridan Road, in a 72-minute workout that includes using heavy resistance on their bikes to simulate riding up a steep hill. - Full Story

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Hit-run cycling victim riding high again (Australia)
The Geelong Advertiser
A good Samaritan has put a smile back on the face of hit-run victim Adrian Roberts. Mr Roberts said he was deliberately run down and hit by a car in Moorabool St last week.…. - Full Story

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Delhi's fearless cycle enthusiasts (India)
The BBC
“Cycling may not yet be classified as an extreme sport, but a quick pedal around central Delhi in the evening rush hour suggests it may want to put in an application. Buses roar past, belching fumes. Cars weave in and out of imaginary lanes, and auto-rickshaws try to overtake you on the inside.…. - Full Story

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Portland, Ore., Acts to Protect Cyclists (Oregon)
The New York Times
“Ghost bikes,” riderless and painted white, were placed at two busy intersections in Portland, Ore., last October, makeshift memorials to two bicyclists killed when they were hit by trucks in accidents that month…. - Full Story

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Dean chases special national jersey (New Zealand)
The New Zealand Herald
National road cycling champion Julian Dean desperately wants to keep his black and white kiwi jersey. The Rotorua rider will defend his New Zealand title at the national road championships in Hawke's Bay this weekend…. - Full Story

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Lapthorne goes to great pains to win again (Australia)
The Age
THIS time last year a 23-year-old from Whittlesea was about to upstage household names in the men's road race at the Australian championships at Buninyong and announce himself to the cycling world by beating them... - Full Story

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How cycling kept teens slim (England)
The York Press
NORMALLY I wouldn't dare contradict the great Julian Cole, but my New Year resolution is to be more assertive, and, after all, a cat can look at a king so here goes. In his column about junk food, (The Press, January 3), he said teenagers in the 1960s and 1970s were not forced with endless places to buy fat-sodden foods - ie burger bars and sandwich chains, which meant most of them kept slim. - Full Story

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Pupil wins £10,000 to fuel bike campaign (Scotland)
The Scotsman
A TEENAGER has convinced the Scottish Government to get his cycle-to-school campaign up and running. Sixteen-year-old Tom Sparks came up with the Pedals Not Petrol scheme two years ago to encourage fellow pupils at James Gillespie's to cycle to school. - Full Story

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Ghana Cycling League (Ghana)
The Statesman
The Greater Accra Cycling Association will organise a novelty cycling league from April to November this year. According to Charles Johnson, the events director of the Association, the league, dubbed "Weekend Series" would be organised on Sundays among eight teams from Accra and Tema. - Full Story

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Aiken regains cyclocross crown (Ireland)
Independent.ie
Roger Aiken from Banbridge Cycling Club regained the Irish Cyclo-Cross Crown yesterday in Tymon Park, Dublin 24 which he last won in 2005 …. - Full Story

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Cycling gets safe with digital rear-view mirror (Great Britain)
Smart Planet
With the recent hefty rises in the price of season tickets, switching to commuting by bicycle is becoming more and more appealing -- free, no delays and of course no emissions. If safety is the one thing putting you off retiring your Oyster card, then that may be about to change because with the Cerevellum -- a new digital rear-view display gadget for bikes -- cyclists are given eyes in the back of their heads. - Full Story

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Jelajah Malaysia promises a battle (Malaysia)
New Strait Times
AN untold edition of a battle that has been fought many times before beckons when the Jelajah Malaysia flags off under threatening gloomy skies on a 176.8 kilometre opening stage from Putrajaya to Port Dickson today. - Full Story

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Wild Turkeys Down Under (Australia)
The Melbourne Herald Sun
WILD turkeys are what will make this year's 10th Tour Down Under cycling race a spectacular success, says race director Mike Turtur in Adelaide. The sound of angry wild turkeys will whip the crowd into a frenzy, says Turtur… - Full Story

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Young cycling champion dies suddenly (Great Britain)
Herts24
A BRITISH cycling champion has died suddenly while on a night out with friends. Peter Bissell, aged 21, a former member of Welwyn Wheelers, was with three friends in a pub in Stevenage town centre when he collapsed at around 9pm on Saturday.- Full StoryGulf Air to sponsor cycling team (Bahrain)
Gulf Daily News
GULF AIR will sponsor Bahrain's men's national cycling team for the prestigious Jelajah Malaysia road race, which takes place between January 7 and 13.

The deal was announced last night by Bahrain Cycling Association (BCA) president Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad bin Ahmed Al Khalifa during a Press conference at the National Stadium in Riffa. - Full Story

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Cycling Crash - Bollocks to those bollards! (California)
Chico News Review
The Friday afternoon before Christmas, about a dozen riders from the Chico Velo cycling club headed out for their regular ride. Their destination this week was Keefer Road. Off they went at 1, navigating the Madrone Avenue bike path through Lower Bidwell Park. - Full Story

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£50m lottery cash to help us get on our bikes (Great Britain)
icWales.co.uk
WE’RE getting fatter. Traffic is increasing. Temperatures are rising, as are sea levels. The way we are living is unsustainable. Put simply, it can’t go on. Environmental charity WWF has calculated that if everyone in the world lived like the Welsh we’d need the resources of three planets to meet our needs.- Full Story

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International cycling team chooses Albuquerque for winter training(New Mexico)
New Mexico Business Weekly
The Duke City will get a taste of the Tour de France later this month when the Astana Cycling Team trains in the city from Jan. 23 to Feb. 4.

The 2008 team is led by General Manager Johan Bruyneel, eight-time team director for the Tour de France. The team features Alberto Contador, the 2007 Tour de France champion, and Levi Leipheimer, the 2007 USA National Road champion. - http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2007/12/31/daily12.html " target= "new">Full Story

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"Cycling in the News" is a regular service of VeloNews.com. Readers, reporters and friends are encouraged to send links to current stories about competitive cyclists and cycling that appear in the mainstream media. If you come across a news item that you believe may be of interest to other VeloNews readers, we would be grateful if you choose to send it to rosters@InsideInc.com.

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