Pro and elite racer web pages

Edited by Anthony Tan

In the last few years more and more professional riders (and a couple of top amateurs) have set up websites where you can keep track of their racing and general activities. These range in quality from Lance Armstrong's very detailed personal website to basic sites knocked up by neo-pros; what they all have in common is an insight into what the rider thinks of themselves that's sometimes missing from the regular media.

The following list is all the sites we've been able to find to date — if you know of others, please let us know. As always, our email address is cyclingnews@cyclingnews.com

Last update, December 15, 2002

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Sites are listed in alphabetical order by rider surname.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Djamolidine Abdoujaparov

www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Rink/3498/

With arguably the best name in professional cycling history, what better way to kick off the list. The Tashkent Terror enjoyed a chequered career, with drug suspensions and spectacular crashes interspersed with the odd Tour de France stage win (nine) and three green jerseys! This is a Spanish language site and features a detailed palmarès and photo library - albeit of varying quality.

Stefan Adamsson

www.syklingensverden.com/dagbok/adamsson/hoved.htm

Neat and simple site in Norweigan of the former Swedish champion, who rides for Team Coast in 2002. Includes a regular diary and a couple of pics.

Niki Aebersold

www.niki-aebersold.ch

Tidy and up-to-date site of the former Rabobank rider, now with Team Coast. Not heavily pictorial, but it's nice to see the handful here are good Cor Vos shots.

Frankie Andreu

www.Frankieandreu.com

The recently retired USPS uber-domestique's site is friendly, simple and fascinating.

Cool fact: Frankie's advice on shaving your legs is, "the main thing is to not cut yourself and bleed to death in the tub."

Lance Armstrong

www.lancearmstrong.com

Big, glossy site full of stuff about the Lancer and not surprisingly, the most popular personal pro site.

Cool fact: Armstrong turned pro as a triathlete at the startlingly tender age of 16.

www.lancearmstrongfanclub.com

Unofficial but extremely enthusiastic fan site.

Kurt Asle Arvesen

www.syklingensverden.com/dagbok/arvesen/hoved.htm

Neat and simple site in Norweigan of the former U23 World Road champion. Quoted by many Norweigan cycling fans to be "the biggest disappointment in Norweigan cycling" after winning the Worlds in 1997; Arvesen will certainly be aiming high in 2002 with Team Fakta in an effort to realise his full potential. Includes a regular diary and a couple of pics.

Ronny Assez

users.online.be/%7Easfra/personal/home.htm

This is one of the best sites we have seen yet! Firstly, the photo on the home page could leave one suspecting they had inadvertently happened across an "'adult actor's" page. The Flanders - Prefetex rider (Div II) keeps the boring cycling stuff to a minimum and spends more space detailing various travels he has undertaken - this guy is a bit of a character.

Travel tip: Ronny reccomends you bring a change of underwear if venturing onto Costa Rican roads!

Daniel Atienza

www.atienza.ch

Swiss born, former Saeco rider now with Cofidis but carries a Spanish passport. This is a neat site, in French, with all the basics well attended to.

Michael Barry

www.michaelbarry.ca/

A fantastic site from the Canadian ex-Saturn rider-turned-Postie. Includes a very comprehensive race diary, Michael's race schedule, a great bio and photo gallery - it even includes the race diary of his other half, Dede Demet, a United States National Cycling Team member. Our favourite is a section titled "In The Kitchen", a recipe list of recipes from Michael and Dede's favourite home-cooked foods.

Robert Bartko

www.robertbartko.de

Official site dedicated to the dual Olympic gold medallist from Sydney 2000 (4000m team and individual pursuit). Newly signed since with team Telekom, the neo-pro faces the transition to the professional peleton in 2001. Fairly basic site with bio, regularly updated diary and a few pics thrown in.

Michele Bartoli

www.michele bartoli.com

Bartolis's official Anglo/Italian site was launched early 2001, and now has some early problems ironed out - it has flash and HTML versions running side by side. The site is extremely professionally built with all sort of multimedia tricks, as well as his impressive palmarès and fan club.

Cool feature: You can order a customised audio greeting from Michele for just 5 Euros! All proceeds to a worthy cause though, the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

come.to/bartoli

This unofficial site is focussed on Italian star Michele Bartoli, his recovery from his disastrous June 1999 crash and subsequent knee surgery, and his return to racing at the top level.

Cool fact: Bartoli's physiotherapist Lievens Maesschalk also treated Johan Museeuw's knee problem.

Christophe Bassons

perso.wanadoo.fr/bassons.fan-club/

This French fansite details the career of the most famously self-declared clean rider in the peloton. Best know for his staunch anti-doping stance, run-in with Lance Armstrong in the 1999 Tour and subsequent early departure from the race. Ironically he was in the Festina squad in 1998-99.. and was probably the only rider to escape with reputation unscathed.

Antonella Bellutti

www.altea.it/bellutti

Italian-language site of the 1996 Olympic track medallist. Loads of pics.

Ben Berden

www.ben-berden.be.tf

Official site of the professional road and cyclo-cross rider from Belgium who rides for Vlaanderen/T-interim. Simple yet neat, and in Flemish.

Stephane Berges

www.stephane-berges.com

Extremely colourful official site of the AG2R - Decathlon rider. Somewhat chaotic in its presentation but everything you could possibly hope to know is here.. in French.

Rubens Bertogliati from Lampre-Daikin

www.skyboom.com/rubens/

A very snappy site, as long as you have a psychedelic bent. It would also be very handy to have a few language skills up your sleeve as well.

Lyne Bessette

www.geocities.com/lynebessette

Somewhat out of date fan site for the Canadian rider. Mostly in French, with a small area translated for English monophones.

Frederic Bessy

members.aol.com/fredonotrepro

Unofficial fansite, but with a very organised committee! The site details the structure including treasurer and president. Fredo is a starter for Credit Agricole in the 2001 Tour. Seems a little out of date - in French.

Paolo Bettini

www.paolobettini.it

Il grillo (the cricket) has recently revamped his official website and it's looking good. One drawback: it says that it's available in Italian and English, but the English version doesn't work yet. Bummer. So your enjoyment from Bettini's site will depend on your ability to read Italian. As well as a regular diary, Paolo's site has a nice selection of photos, Bettini trivia, palmarès and a fan club section. Some cool facts: his home town is called La California (a small village in Tuscany), he loves his moto-scooter and has a resting heart rate of 32 BPM.

Jeroen Blijlevens

www.jeroenblijlevens.nl

Nicely presented official tribute to this consistent Dutch sprinter, now riding with Lotto - Adecco. Blijlevens has won stages in each of the Grand Tours and the overall win in the 1994 Tour de l'Avenir - in Dutch.

Chris Boardman

www.chrisboardman.com or www.lunt.demon.co.uk/boardman.htm

This is a fan site, despite the name, though in these days of Internet trademark litigation you have to wonder how long that can continue. It's a huge, graphics-heavy single page, so making a cuppa while it loads is wise, but there's plenty of information here about Boardman's careers from his early days with Manchester Wheelers to his crowning Hour Record and retirement.

Michael Boogerd

www.michaelboogerd.nl

This is Boogie's official fan site. There's plenty of information - both current and historical - to keep you informed and amused, including his bio, palmarès, photos and downloads. You can even buy an official Michael Boogerd fan club T-shirt. So long as you're a Boogie fan and can read Dutch, you'll love this site.

go.to/boogerd

Only in Dutch, features bio, palmarès and interviews with Boogerd, along with up to date news.

boogerd.isverycool.com

Extensive fan site, slightly marred by Java gimmickry.

Tom Boonen

www.tomboonen.tk

Simple, tidy site of the Belgian revelation from Balen, who surprised all (maybe including himself) with a podium position at the 2002 Paris Roubaix. Includes a bio, regular diary, palmarès, photos and a guestbook.

Wade Bootes

www.wadebootes.com

A great website for the 2000 ABA (American Bicycle Association) and Dual Slalom World Champion. Australian born Bootes began his cycling career in BMX aged 7 and continues both MTB and BMX disciplines more than 20 years son. Bootes' journal is a great laugh - aided by some very whacky photos of some very bored bike riders.

Cool fact: Bootes is an Aussie who arrived in the US in 1993 with $2,000 to his name. He did the BMX circuit in a clapped-out van that needed a quart of oil for every tank of gas.

Florent Brard

www.florentbrard.fr.st

French language site on the young Frenchman, pro since 1999 and currently with the Festina squad. Florent shows plenty of promise, with a close second in the 2001 Tour de l'Avenir and a 5th in the 2001 Tour de France prologue (100th overall).

Kevin Brody

www.kevinbrody.com

Brody is a significant US trials personality as a sponsored rider and Eastern Fat Tyre Association trials coordinator.

Cool fact: Also flies planes.

Yvonne Brunen

www.dameswielrennen.com

Yvonne has been 4 times Dutch champion (3 times on the road, 1 time MTB) and won, amongst others, several stages in the Tour Feminin. Cyclingnews.com is also listed as a favourite website, which is a very good thing.

The site is fine, in Dutch, and covers most of the areas a fan wants to know.

Alayna Burns

www.elitesports.com.au/Burns.html

An outline bio of this Australian track rider, by her sports-marketing agency.

Oscar Camenzind

www.oscar-camenzind.ch

Official site, in German, of the 1998 world champion.

Iker Camaño

www.ikercamano.com

Official website of the young Spanish rider from the Basque country who rides for Swiss outfit Team Phonak. In Flash and very neatly designed. Spanish only at this stage.

Francesco Casagrande

www.francescocasagrande.com

The current UCI number one ranked rider - this official site has a thorough palmarès, brief bio and pics. Easy to navigate and well designed, as befits the Fassa Bortolo ace.

Angel Casero

www.angelcasero.com  

In Spanish, this is a pretty comprehensive site, that gives another look at Casero's life

Dylan Casey

www.dylancasey.com

As for all of the Posties who have sites, Casey's is polished, professional and up-to-date.

Mirko Celestino

web.tiscali.it/celestinomirko

Official site of the 1999 Tour of Lombardy winner. Contains a solid summary of the Saeco rider's career highlights, with up to date news and a few pics.

Marco Christen

www.marco-christen.ch

The website of a promising young rider from Switzerland, currently riding for German squad Team Scheidegger-Giant. Contains a palmarès, photos and guestbook. Only in German.

Danny Chew

www.dannychew.com

A former pro road racer, Chew now competes in the even tougher (some would say mad) world of ultramarathon road racing. He won Race Across America in 1996 and 1999, was second last year and aims to ride a million miles before he dies. He's about halfway there.

Mario Cipollini

www.mariocipollini.net

'Super Mario' finally has his very own website. Early teething problems appear to have been sorted out, although it needs Flash. The very professional looking site features the Lion King's palmarès (154 victories to date), race calendar and some interesting photos - we like the one with Cipo (Superman) and Wonderwoman!

Andrea Clavadetscher

www.aaa.li/raam

Even if you don't understand the language, the pictures on this site capture the sheer unrelenting slog of the Race Across America.

Marion Clignet

www.marionclignet.com

Official site of the former French track World Champion - in French only. A little skinny on her career information, but focuses primarily on her involvement in the promotion of women's sport.

Baden Cooke

www.baden-cooke.com

The official site of the relevatory sprinter from Victoria, who has proven that determination, speed and class will eventually get you a ride on a Division 1 pro team no matter what the circumstances. "Cookie's" one of the new breed of sprinters that will follow in the footsteps of legendary sprinters like Cipollini and Zabel, and is already causing fear in the peloton during his short career at FDJeux.com. Looks like some guys at FDJ public relations have put this site together for him, because it's all in French - even though he's most definitely Australian.

Nicole Cooke

www.nicolecooke.com

The prodigiously talented rider from South Wales and multiple world champion certainly has her act together at an early age. A superbly designed and presented website that pays homage to a girl who just can't seem to stop winning - a great problem to have in life!

Cool fact: Nicole was triple Junior World Champion in 2001 - on the road, time trial and MTB. Scary rider!

Fausto Coppi

members.aol.com/CoppiRider/faustocoppi/

This indefatigable Italian rider captured the imagination of postwar Italy in a way that indelibly branded cycle racing into the national psyche. His legendary rivalry with Gino Bartali polarised the tifosi and his Giro/Tour double in 1949 and 1952 was not equaled by an Italian until Marco Pantani's triumphant 1998 season.

Cool feature: Try going into the site through a google search and translating. Apparently 'Coppi' is Italian for 'Goblets' so Goblets becomes the hero of the story - quite amusing!

Cycleve

www.multimania.com/cycleve

Remarkable personal site assembled by a 13 year old Quebecois junior. English version in progress, apparently.

Tom Danielson

www.tomdanielson.com

Superb site of the new climbing sensation who smashed Tyler Hamilton's record in the Mt Washington hillclimb. Danielson is set to ride for the Saturn Cycling Team in 2003, with ambitions of racing in Europe. The site is excellent, with a great bio, weekly news updates, photos, race schedule and comments from his partner, Kristen Johnson, also a champion cyclist. Click here for an interview with Tom Danielson.

Cool fact: Both Danielson and his partner Kristen Johnson are 2002 Collegiate MTB National Champions. A powerful couple.

Carlos Da Cruz

www.carlos-dacruz.fr.st

Fan site for the Festina rider, created by 17 year old Sylvia. Lots of photos, palmarès and race reports, and bang up to date. In French.

Julian Dean

www.juliandean.co.nz

Official site of the experienced pro roadie from New Zealand, who recently gave his country its best-ever result at the 2002 World Road Championships in Zolder, finishing in 10th place behind an unbeatable Mario Cipollini. Plenty of stuff, including a bio, features, news, race (and holiday) diary, photo gallery and forum.

Erik Dekker

http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/ErikDekker/Erik%20Dekker/Index.htm

Unofficial site, Dutch language. Fairly basic with palmarès, biography and a few photos of the star of Rabobank's 2000 TDF campaign.

Rahna Demarte

www.rahna.com

Well-executed professional official site for the multiple Australian junior track champion.

Pedro Delagdo

www.pedrodelgado.com

One of the more detailed sites we have com across, featuring the 1988 Tour winners career on a year by year basis from 1982 until 1994. Contains a good photo library, pre 1982 bio, curiosities and palmarès.

Cool fact: Delgado's peak yearly mileage was 31,000 km in 1992, 4,500 more than in his Tour triumph year of 1988.

Glenn de Schoenmaeker

www.glenndeschoenmaeker.homestead.com

Fairly basic site, with a brief bio of the young Belgian, along with sponsor info and pics.

Ludo Dierckxsens

www.ludo-dierckxsens.cityslide.com/contents/contents.cfm/446782

The 36 year old former Belgian champion and 1999 TDF stage winner has had an excellent start to season 2001 with the Lampre squad. The Flemish language site is a little skinny on info on this veteran of the peloton, but does have some nice recent pics.

Danilo Di Luca

www.danilodiluca.com

Official site of the Cantina Tollo rider and Italian heart-throb. Very stylish, lots of pics and solid info.

Cool fact: Tapes of Di Luca's victories helped bring a young Italian out of a motorcycle crash-induced coma in early 2000.

Charles Dionne

www.geocities.com/charlesdionne_ca

An unofficial website for Charles Dionne, the Canadian roadie who shot to fame after winning the 2002 San Francisco GP, ahead of riders like Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie. Simple, but informative, comprised mostly of news clippings and results.

Leigh Donovan

www.leighdonovan.com

The 1995 World downhill champion's site offers a good batch of high-quality pics and Donovan's extensive palmarès.

Laurent Dufaux

www.coqualane.com/laurentdufaux

Official site of this versatile Swiss rider, who whilst never quite having cracked it for a major tour, has placed highly in several and had 32 career victories along the way. Not a lot in the site but has an up to date palmarès and a few pics.

www.laurent-dufaux.de

Unofficial site of the Swiss all rounder who rides for Allessio in 2002 after three unpredictable years with Saeco. In German.

Alison Dunlap

http://alisondunlap.com/html/home.htm

Official site of the 2001 World MTB Champion. Easy to read and navigate, and plenty of interesting stories from a veteran of the fat tyre scene. Comprehensive bio, great diary, race schedule with results, photos - it's all there - so long as you're a fan of Alison Dunlap.

Jacky Durand

www.jacky-durand.de or perso.libertysurf.fr/jackydurand

Two fan sites for the former champion of France. The first was created by German fans and is therefore currently all in German. An English version is in the works. The second is an extensive French-language site that's remarkably up to date.

Christophe Edaleine

http://edaleine.free.fr

The official site of the young French professional who rides for Jean Delatour. Very comprehensive, although exclusive as well - it's only in French. Contains a full bio and palmarès, news updates on Edaleine and the team, his race schedule, photos and a forum. It even his a table showing the number of kilometres he's ridden - a tad over 25,000 km in the 12 months to September 2002. Keep pedalling, Christophe!

Marcia Eicher-Vouets  

powertime.ch/sports/marcia.eicher

German language personal page of this Swiss rider.

Elizabeth Emery

www.goyoee.com

A rider on the Charles Schwab team, Emery's site has nicely written race reports and some useful info on racing beyond the usual bio and pics.

Addy Engels

www.addyengels.myweb.nl

The Rabobank rider leaves no doubt about his allegiances on this garishly orange site. Biography, results, latest news and 2001 programme are all included, along with guestbook and contact details.

Cadel Evans

www.cadelevans.com

Cadel has just launched his new website in light of the ex-MTB now pro roadie for the world's largest road squad, Mapei-Quick Step. With its retro styling that reflects Cadel's laidback personality and non-traditional cycling background, it would be fair to say that you can take Cadel out of mountain biking, but you can't take the mountain biker out of Cadel.

Gian Matteo Fagnini

www.gianmatteofagnini.com

Fansite of Erik Zabel's most trusted lead-out man. The usual bits and pieces one would expect, but don't expect to be blown away with anything truly special (only Cyclingnews does that!). At the moment, it's only in German; an English and Italian version is under construction

Peter Farazijn

www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/9863/pe_palm.htm

Unofficial fansite on the Belgian Cofidis rider. Plenty of info including palmarès, bio and a few pics but hasn't been updated for a while.

Michelle Ferris

www.michelleferris.com

A nice-looking and informative site from the rejuvenated dual Olympic silver medallist from Warrnambool in south-west Victoria; featuring a bio, race schedule, palmarès, photos and a regular diary - which is a great read, where Michelle reveals her thoughts as she travels down the Olympic road to Athens 2004.

Laurent Fignon

www.club-internet.fr/laurent-fignon/ma_vie.phtml or members.nbci.com/raythehammer/fignon.htm

The first one seems to be an official site, in French, but has one or two dead links. Does contain a nice photo montage of the career of this double Tour winner (83/84). The second is a rough fanpage with abbreviated palmarès and a few pics.

Cool Fact: Fignon's career will probably (unfortunately for him) be best remembered for his soul destroying loss on the streets of Paris in 1989, as the aero-bar equipped Lemond pipped him by the smallest ever Tour wining margin - 8 seconds.

Nicole Freedman

www.nicolefreedman.com

Nicole's snazzy, newly launched official website features the 2000 US Road Champ's palmarès, interviews and some great photography. The home page currently features a shot of Nicole's spectacular win at Redlands, CA over a prematurely celebrating - and crashing, Ina Teutenberg!

Thomas Frischknecht

www.frischknecht.ch

The site of the 1996 world MTB champion and dead-set legend. Probably the largest mountain racer's site, with lots of pics and a few nice touches of humour. A bit out of date, though.

Cool Fact. Frischy could have been a damn sight nastier than this: "Jerome's confession he made and the way he passed over the title shows  that Jerome Chiotti has a good character and style. And I truly believe this  rider earns our respect."

Annie Gariepy

www.geocities.com/veloptimum/ath/Gariepy/Annie.html

Another part of the veloptimum French language fan site for Canadian female riders.

Stefano Garzelli

www.garzelli.com

Official website of the 2000 Giro winner. Professional looking Italian language site with up to date palmarès, extensive bio and a few nice pics.

Mauro Gianetti

www.prismagroup.ch/mauro_gianetti

Official site of the former Swiss world championship runner-up, from Lugano 1996. Hasn't been updated since mid 1997 and is in Italian only. Does feature a nice photo of him crossing the line however.

Philippe Gilbert

http://users.swing.be/sw012291/gilbert/

A comprehensive fan site of a young Belgian rider who rides for the FDJeux.com junior development team. Includes a diary, regular news updates, photos and a short bio. A neat site but it's not gonna get you doin' cartwheels. In French only.

Bjoern Glasner

www.bjoernglasner.de

The official site of the team captain of German Division 2 squad, Team Cologne. A nice-looking site that contains a regular diary, race schedule and photos of Glasner in action. In German only.

Igor and Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano

www.gonzalezdegaldeano.com

The official site of the Spanish brothers riding for ONCE, Igor and Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano. Very detailed and user-friendly, but a bit of a prob if you can't read Spanish. However, if you're really keen, throw it into the Google's translation service - and Bob's your uncle.

Ivan Gotti

www.valbrembanaweb.org/gotti/

Very much a work in progress, with next to none of the links actually functional. One that does work is the link to his fan club and, naturally, the sponsor links! Another site with an impressive looking home page and very little else.

Tyler Hamilton

www.tylerhamilton.com

By far the best feature on Tyler's site is his diary, which is especially revealing during the grand tours. The next few years will be equally interesting, as the once Postal domestique turned co-leader at CSC-Tiscali aims to reach the same heights of glory as his compatriot Lance Amrstrong.

Cool fact: Hamilton's dog is a golden retriever called Tugboat.

Julie Hanson

www.juliehanson.com

Saturn team member Julie Hanson's site will focus on juggling racing and motherhood, but is currently a bit light on content. The recipe for pumpkin soup sounds good though.

Mathew Hayman

surf.to/mhayman

A web page devoted to Australian Rabobank pro, Mathew Hayman. The site will focus on up to date information directly from Mathew. The page will keep abreast of events with race to race progress of Mathew as he rides in the classics and stage races in Europe. Mathew's diary, photos, an email newsletter and more are featured.

Hannes Hempel

www.hanneshempel.com

Thus Spake...Hannes Hempel! This young Gerolsteiner rider's official website opens with the theme composed by Richard Strauss but credited to Bryan Adams...

Plenty of stuff in it though, including pics, news, results, training, and interesting Hempel info.

Roberto Heras

www.robertoheras.net

Official site of the 2000 Vuelta a Espana winner. Heras switched from Kelme to US Postal at the conclusion of the 2000 season to become Lance Armstrong's super domestique. Neat, functional site with some nice pics and brief bio/palmarès.

Pascal Hervé

www.pascal-herve.com

Richard Virenque's long-time lieutenant offers up a couple of dozen pics, palmarès and diary.

Stephane Heulot

www.stephane-heulot.fr.st

Neat, official site, detailing the lengthy career of this consistent French stage racer (and former national champion), who enjoyed 3 days in yellow in the 1996 Tour. Includes interviews with family, friends and teammates.

George Hincapie

www.hincapie.com

Similar in structure to Lance Armstrong's site, a professionally-done contact point for the US Postal rider.

Cool fact: In an effort to keep the team's relentless diet of pasta interesting, US Postal's team cook Willy makes curry sauce for it.

Bernard Hinault

members.tripod.com/~CyclingArchive/frhtml/hinault.htm or www.multimania.com/regaliz/bernard_hinault.htm

Any five time winner of the Tour surely deserves an extensive web homage, these are the pick of the Hinault sites we could find.. with some pics, a sketchy palmarès and a few copies of stories covering his bigger wins...plenty of dead links though. Would like to hear of any better sites.

Leigh Hobson

www.golden.net/~dhobson/lei.htm

Official page of the Canadian team member with race reports, a few pictures and bio.

Frank Høj

idol.dk/idol_dagbog.asp?idolnavn=frank

This site chronicles the life of rising Danish star, Frank Høj, who is riding for Team Coast in 2001. The key feature is his diary, which is quite an entertaining read if you can understand Danish.

Mari Holden

www.mariholden.com

Mari Holden's official site, and as well-written and thoughtful as you'd expect from a philosophy major.

Cool fact: After winning silver at Sydney, Holden was mystified to find herself being shadowed by two big blokes, who turned out to be her athlete security bodyguards.

Chris Hoy

www.chrishoy.com

The official site for British Track Sprinter, Chris Hoy, winner of Olympic and World Silver medals in the past two years. The site is fairly basic, but there are some good photos and his full CV.

Jan Hruška

www.janhruska.cz

Another Jan, although not as well-known as Jan the German. This is the official site for the talented time-trial specialist from Czechoslovakia. It is very comprehensive, and includes his biography, chat forum, palmarès, photos, his bicycle profile and some interviews. But wait, there's more - you can even view or download his heart rate data for specific races, and Jan will throw in a free set of steak knives, all for $49.95. OK, so I lied - you can only do the first bit. In English and Czech.

Clara Hughes

www.geocities.com/clarahughes

Athlete extraordinaire, Canadian Clara Hughes, can do it all - whether it be speed skating at the Salt Lake City Winter Games, or dicing it up with the best sprinters in the world in Atlantic. A simple site, but plenty of stuff to keep you occupied during those innumerable down-times we all tend to have at work.

Rolf Huser

homepage.swissonline.net/rolfhuser

"Just the facts" page with a few pics.

Thor Hushovd

www.hushovdonline.tk

Official site of Thor Hushovd, and very professional. Contains a regular news column, multimedia extracts from Hushovd's stage 18 win in the 2002 TdF and an online forum where you can talk about anything from the latest computer training simulations to lending your thoughts on your favourite (or not so favourite) riders. It is currently under construction, so it's a bit low on content at the moment.

www.syklingensverden.com/dagbok/hushovd/hoved.htm

Norweigan fan site of a former U23 World ITT champion, who is riding for Credit Agricole. A basic site, containing a regular diary, some photos and...that's about it. I told you it was basic.

home.no.net/dagboken/hushovd/

The Norwegian Credit Agricole rider is in the squad for the 2001 Tour. This site is more of a guestbook, with a few photos thrown in. (In Norwegian)

www.cyclingthor.cjb.net/

This site is in English, and describes Thor's exploits as a pro with Credit Agricole. Included are a detailed biography, palmarès, photos, news, and of course, his diary. The results section is quite detailed, and gives the UCI points earned at each race.

Shannon Hutchison

hometown.aol.com/shannonhutchison

'Bare bones' page with Shannon's 1999-2001 results, and a few pics.

Cool fact: The Atlanta, Georgia resident majored in music at university.

John Christopher Ibbotson

www.ibboworld.com

A very cool, very informative site from the British neo-pro riding for second-division Belgian pro-team RDM-Flanders. Judging by the depth of his site, John's obviously very proud of all his achievements. Includes a race diary, photos, cool things for the week, an "all about me" page (who else?) - even a "how to survive Belgium" guide!

Miguel Indurain

www.arrakis.es/~angelman/induing.htm

This popular site (over 250,000 hits) chronicles the career of the only man ever to win five consecutive Tours de France. Thankfully, it also contains an English version.

Laurent and Nicolas Jalabert

utopia.knoware.nl/users/jalabert

Idiosyncratic but rather wonderful site of the Jalabert fan club. Sadly not being updated much lately, with 2000 results being the only recent material.

Rolf Jäermann

www.jaermann.ch

This former pro now makes his living as a web designer, and it shows in this sparse and elegant site.

Joerg Jaksche

www.joergjaksche.com/e_home.htm

The former Telekom rider has a new home in 2001 at ONCE - Eroski.. and his website is accordingly yellow. Plenty of info on the young German who finished third in Fleche Wallone 2001and a good up to date diary as well. In English and German.

Genevieve Jeanson

www.geocities.com/genevievejeanson/ or www.rona.ca/genevievejeanson/htmen/index2.htm

The first is one a Veloptimium fan site for this Canadian team member, with its conent mostly in French and some sections translated into English; the second a polished official job, with Jeason's diary for the 2000 Olympics as its highlight.

Marty Jemison

www.martyjemison.com

Basic, straightforward site — will Jemison spread the Postie site craze to Noble House?

Jose Maria Jiminez

www.uco.es/~lf2rocal/chaba/

Spanish site with a small photo gallery of the Spanish climbing star in action.

Benoît Joachim

http://www.homepages.lu/martben/default.htm

Official site of the US Postal domestique from Luxembourg. Fairly sparse in content, with a brief news section, photos, race and training schedule, bio and guestbook.

Tim Johnson

www.timjohnson.net

Results, diary and a few titbits on the US Cyclo-cross star and climbing specialist, riding for Team Saturn.

Bobby Julich

www.bobbyjulich.com

The best part of this site is the comprehensive early history — if you have a fast net connection you'll enjoy the video clips too.

Cool fact: Julich was inspired to start riding by seeing Greg Lemond on TV.

Mark Kelly

www.markkelly.info

Not related to Sean, but a talented rider nonetheless, born on the Isle of Man which is located in the centre of the British Isles. Kelly used to ride for the now defunct Linda McCartney cycling team, but now rides for the French team UC Liancourt, based on Northern France.

Sean Kelly

www.seankelly.com

The official site of the legendary Sean Kelly.

Cool fact: Kelly was known for being about the last pro rider to switch to clipless pedals. The reason? According to his FAQ section he was simply worried about knee injury and perfectly happy with clips and straps after using them for so long. He has now gone clipless and doesn't regret it.

Shane Kelly

www.shanekelly.com.au

Official site of the Aussie Olympic medallist and owner of the most famous slipping shoe/pedal set in history. A nice selection of pics and a bit of background.

Cool fact: When he gets the chance, Kelly trains with his three bothers, Jamie, Dean and Paul. A regular Kelloton.

Steffen Kjaergaard

www.kjaergaard.no

Official, simple yet informative site of the former Norweigan champion, in both English and Norweigan. Kjaergaard's site is not updated during the off-season, so stay tuned to his site only during the European road season.

Rob Kish

robkish.homestead.com

Official site of the triple RAAM winner (and 16 time finisher!). Rob put in another stellar performance in 2001 to finish 2nd overall.

Andreas Kloden

come.to/andreas-kloden

A small but well presented site featuring the 2000 Paris - Nice winner and heir apparent to Jan Ullrich.

Servais Knaven

www.geocities.com/servaisknaven

2001 saw the biggest win of the 30 year old former Champion of Holland's career, as Paris - Roubaix bared its teeth and became the monster it can be in wet weather. The site has a great photo librabry of that day, as well as a good bio, palmarès and some other pics.

Dennis Kraft

www.denniskraft.com

The official site of one of the new breed of talented young german riders. Interestingly, Dennis aspired to be a pro tennis player, but switched to cycling in 1998 when he was 17 years old. He's no dummy either, speaking no less than six languages, including "Spanish-Russian", and enjoys finance (online broking is one of his "hobbies") and politics. Quite a detailed site, containing his race news, biography and palmarès, guestbook and a special section, titled "favourites". Here you will find both strange and interesting facts about Dennis' interests, such as his favourite drink being water (???!!!), and citing Anna Kournikova as one of the people that brought him to cycling - I would have thought that Ms Kournikova would have encouraged Dennis to keep up with his tennis career.

Karsten Kroon

www.karstenkroon.com

A tidy, well organised site developed and maintained by Karsten's brother, Maarten for the Dutch professional from Rabobank. Contains photos, Karsten's racing calendar and results - in Dutch only.

Karen Kurreck

www.allstarracingsports.com/Athletes/KKurreck.html

As well as the usual palmarès and journals the 1994 world time trial champion offfers a useful handful of training articles.

Cool feature: Nice photo section including podium shots from the Sydney Olympics 2000.

Jorunn Kvalø

www.syklingensverden.com/dagbok/kvalo/hoved.htm

Official site in Norweigan of the former winner of the 1998 Tour of Holland. Contains a regular race and training diary and some pics.

Kenny Labbe

www.cyclingphotonews.com/CycPhotoNews/KennyJournal/KenJrnlMain.htm

Labbe is one of those pros on the US Postal Service cycling team that we rarely hear from because a certain guy called Armstrong seems to dominate most of the headlines. It's not an official website, but part of a cycling photos and news portal. Journal entries usually come after he's just finished major events on the USPRO Tour or other National Series races.

Christian Lademann

www.christian-lademann.com

Official site in both English and German. Includes a profile, palmarès, guestbook, postcards, team roster and related news items. There is a unique section called "friends", which contain photos of Christian hanging out with his mates; a personal favourite is Christian in the act of tongue-pashing his lady friend - who obligingly responds with equal dignity.

Floyd Landis

www.floydlandis.com

Judging from his website and online diary, the mountain biker turned US Postal pro roadie still has a bit of fat-tyre humour left in him. Floyd's site is regularly updated, with bits and pieces of news and gossip ('The Scoop'), an online diary ('The word of Floyd'), bio, race schedule and photos - mostly taken by Graham Watson. So, for all you homie Floyd fans out there, check it out - NOW!

Steve Larsen

www.larsencycling.com

Mountain biker Steve Larsen narrowly failed to make the US Olympic selection in 2000 and went on to stamp his authority all over the rest of the year's national series.

Cool fact: Larson has the wisdom to point out in his reader Q and A section that it's not the bike, something weight-obsessed MTBers often forget: "the engine of the rider is much more important than the weight of the bike."

Sanna Lehtimäki  

www.saunalahti.fi/~kalevi6

This Finnish pro rode for Timex in 2000. This page page has a bio, palmarès and a selection of pics.

Greg Lemond  

www.greglemond.com/

The official site of US legend, Greg Lemond, is built using Flash, but there's plenty of stuff to keep the fan entertained. News, tips, bio, photos, fan club, and adventure tours are all part of the site.

Cool quote: "It doesn't get any easier, you just get faster."

Kashi Leuchs

www.kashileuchs.com/

The official site of the half Kiwi, half German Volvo/Cannondale pro mountain bike rider who considers himself more Kiwi but lives in Europe for six months every year?! A very clean looking website - it's worth looking at just to read Kashi's life story - a real interesting read.

Kevin Livingston

www.kevinlivingston.com

Livingston has recently signed for Telekom, and you can read about that here as well as his racing history and personal info.

Rachel Lloyd

rachellloyd.8m.com

Official site of this rising star of the US MTB and cyclo-cross scene.

Magen Long

www.magenlong.com

Results and race schedule for this US junior road and MTB racer, and reigning US junior cross champion.

Jeannie Longo

www.jeannielongo.com

Longo's site is irritatingly gimmicky, but you can get away with anything when you've broken 37 world records and won 12 world championships. Worth wading through.

Brian Lopes

www.brianlopes.com

Recently-created and somewhat incomplete official site of the downhill and dual slalom mountain bike star. Lots of nice pics and webmaster Stikman promises lots more to come.

Marc Lotz

www.lotsie.nl

Simple but well executed site, and clearly regularly updated with current results and programme. Only one criticism though - apparently no palmarès included.

Cassie Lowe

www.cassonbike.com

Neat, well presented site detailing Australia's reigning RAAM (Race Across America) champion's career. An amazing 2001 race saw her finish in fourth place overall - though her assault on the race record was stymied by unfavourable winds.

Fabiana Luperini

www.italbusiness.it/fabiana

Official site, in Italian, of the Italian climbing star of the 90s. Check out the pic of her with Papa Luperini in the 'Io e il ciclismo' section. Obviously a family passion.

Peter Luttenberger

http://www.luttenberger.com

Official Italian/German/English site on the Austrian rider, although only the German news section is updated. As the site quite openly states,'..it would be too time consuming to continuously update this page in all three languages.. !' Luttenberger is currently employed by Tacconi Sport/Vini Caldirola, the site is a little out of date in that department, though it does feature a bio and palmarès up until 1999.

Glenn Magnusson

www.glennmagnusson.com

Niocely done tri-lingual site (Swedish, English, Italian) of the Domo-Farm Frites sprinter and 1998 Giro stage-winner. As well as the usual array of pics and palmarès, the sites is sufficiently up-to-date that there's a list of Glenn's scheduled races for the coming months.

Nico Mattan

www.nicomattan.be

We were alerted to this site by a confessed member of Beligans "most famous fan club" The Matten Ultra's. Marc promises us that on the site you can find everything you ever wanted to know about Nico, and a whole lot more as well. Such as where the Matten pub is, and details on Nicp's infamous party with Vdb.

Marc also tells us that Nico has acquired a new nickname, Mr P. This comes about because many of Nico's victories have started with a P (Paris-Nice; de Panne, Plouay, Poitiers, Piemonte).

Unfortunately unless my knowledge of Flemish hits a steep learning curve, I'll never know the real story as the site is in Flemish.

Gordon McCauley

www.gordonmccauley.net

"Gordie's" a pro road racer for Belgian Division II team RDM-Flanders, and originates from the wonderfully scencic land of kiwi fruit and sheep, New Zealand. McCauley's not a shy character and doesn't mind speaking his mind, so be warned. But that's also what makes the site appealing, where you'll find an assortment of titbits - ranging from commentary from his wife Rebecca (who produces her own sports and injury range of goodies), to the more usual stuff that includes a regular race report, bio, pics and race program. Enjoy!

http://robbiemcewen.tripod.com/welcome/

Robbie McEwen

http://robbiemcewen.tripod.com/welcome/

Unofficial fan site of the precociously talented sprinter from Queensland, Australia. Well built by a young-un from Belgium, Robbie's place of residence during the European season.

Bradley McGee

www.bradleymcgee.com

The site of Aussie FDJeux.com star and Commonwealth, Olympic and World Champion. Not surprisingly, despite his young age, his achievements are already a mile long. The usual suspects are there, including his bio, palmares, media clippings - as well as some interesting titbits, such as his training schedule and recipes for his favourite meals.

Scary fact: McGee's average wattage for the 4000m individual pursuit is 390-410 watts at 195-205 bpm, and has a VO2Max of 89/mmol/min/kg!

Melanie McQuaid

www.racergirl.com

Melanie McQuaid is behind this site, but it's not the usual ego-fest. Racergirl is mostly a resource for female MTB racers, current and aspiring, with fitness tips and a guide to MTB lingo. Dig deeply enough, though, and you'll find McQuaid's journal and her tale of talking her way into Sydney's 'Home' nightclub after the 2000 World Cup.

Chann McRae

www.channmcrae.com

Very much a work in progress, McRae's site looks set to have the usual array of interviews, pictures and palmarès.

Scott McGrory

www.scottmcgrory.com

Olympic Gold Medalist in the Madison, Scott McGrory (Australia) has launched his own site. It's complete with the obligatory diary, profile, racing schedule, photos and a Q & A. The diary is great reading, as it gives an insight into the top echelons of professional track racing.

Filip Meirhaeghe

www.filipmeirhaeghe.com

Comprehensive site dedicated to the successful Belgian, winner of multiple World Cup cross country events. Whilst primarily an MTB racer for Team Specialized, the Sydney Olympic silver medallist also finds time to do a little road racing for second division team Landbouwkrediet/Colnago.

Cool fact: Filip's nickname is Popeye and the site even contains the words to the song!

Axel Merckx

www.axelmerckx.com/main.html

A well-organised site that does a good job of charting Merckx' impressive rise in 2000 from 131st to 20th in the UCI rankings.

Cool fact: Axel started riding a bike at age 2. We're surprised it wasn't earlier.

David Millar

www.itsmillartime.com

David Millar's site went from 'under construction' to 'open for business' in early March, and very nice it is too. There are lots of good quality pics, a brief palmarès and a handful of interviews and articles, including an insight into his training.

Sven Montgomery

www.svenmontgomery.ch

Neat, well presented site, featuring the Francaise de Jeux rider in current team strip. Not much in the way of palmarès but some nice pics and 2001 race calendar included.

Cool fact: Sven is of Swiss/American descent and his nickname is 'cowboy'.

Christophe Moreau

www.christophemoreau.com

Brand spanking new site - excellently designed with a concise and attractive layout. Just in time for Moreau's 2001 Tour Prologue victory and maillot jaune. In French.

mtbchick

www.mtbchick.com

This may blow you away, but funnily enough, this website is all about chicks who ride mountain bikes. The riders in the team race at various levels, from beginner to pro, but all embrace the idealogy of "empowering women to achieve their goals, in mountain biking and in life." Aaaww, dat's so cute :)

Roli Müller

www.roli-mueller.ch

Relatively new site, but very active, with diary, palmarès and a handful of pics. In German.

Ishmael Muscat

www.ishmaelmuscat.com

Ishmael Muscat is an elite cyclist from the island of Malta; a hop, skip and a jump away from the southern-most part of Italy. Ishmael is the current Malta mountain bike national points series overall winner, road champion and MTB champion - quite a handy cyclist.

Johan Museeuw

www.johanmuseeuw.com

The official site of the Lion of Flanders. A great site that includes a daily news update, a personal diary updated almost every day, photos, and a list of Johan's extensive palmarès. Very comprehensive and easy to navigate.

users.pandora.be/jmuseeuw/index2.html

Museeuw's Flemish-language site is generally nicely done, but somewhat half-finished. There are no pics from 1999 or 2000 in the photo section, for example, and the palmarès is incomplete.

Daniele Nardello

www.danielenardello.it

A neatly presented site in Italian that includes a daily diary, photos, news updates on major races and fan club details. The pages download very quickly and navigation is molto facile (very easy), provided you can understand Italian!

http://www.danielenardello.cjb.net/

A fan site for "Dani" Nardello, who, after a long serving as a super-domestique-sometimes semi-Classics leader at the world's #1 team, Mapei-Quick Step, is heading north to race for Team Deutsche Telekom in 2003. Simple and unpretentious, just the way Nardello is and how he likes to live his life.

Grischa Niermann

www.grischa-niermann.de/

Beautifiully-executed site, in German, though Flash is required. Bigger pics than the postage stamp-sized ones presented here would be nice, and it's a good thing you can turn the music off.

Sven Nys

www.svennys.com

Fan site of the cross ace, in Dutch.

Stuart O'Grady

www.stuartogrady.com.au

New English-language site of the TDF green jersey contender, packed full of goodies for his fans. Includes a personal race diary and calendar, photo gallery, online forum and guestbook.

Abraham Olano

www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Bleachers/4001/Olano.html

www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Midfield/2555/

These are both unofficial fansites (surprisingly no official site we could find) and are well out of date. However they have the odd good photo and the second site has a comprehensive biography up until 1997.

Christophe Oriol

www.perso.wanadoo.fr/christophe.oriol

This fan site, in french, is pretty useful. Oriol will ride with AG2R in 2002.

Tarja Owens

www.tarjaowens.com

A very professional looking site for Ireland's only professional female rider. Tarja Owens (pronounced Taria) is a mountain bike rider but is riding for the professional road team TwoKTwo in preparation for the Olympic Games in Athens, where her aim is to win the XC event. Tarja is also the only athlete observer for the CAFDIS project; a project financed by the European Commission whose aim is to create a network for collecting information on actions undertaken in the fight against doping in sport.

Marco Pantani

www.pantani.it

Not just the Pirate, but this Italian language site details the entire Mercatone-Uno team.

start.be/pantani

A Dutch fan site dedicated to the prodigious climber from Cesenatico. Regularly updated, with the latest pirate-related news, inlcuding Marco's results, season photos, guestbook and palmarès.

Dominique Perras

www.geocities.com/dominiqueperras

Québec-born Perras now has his own site that is updated on a regular basis. Plenty of info there, but the content could be structured a little better.

Paola Pezzo

www.ns.net/~BDavis/paola/main.htm

Rather rough-and-ready fan site for the double Olympic champion. Results to 1999 are here, but it needs updating.

Arvis Piziks

http://medlem.jubii.dk/arvizpiziks/

Official site of the Latvian hardman, now riding for CSC-Tiscali. Piziks is an experienced pro, so it's not surprising to see his site packed full of results, news and information on the guy.

Christian Pfannberger

www.pfannberger.com

The young Austrian has just been signed to a two year contract with the German second division Nuernberger squad. His biggest victory to date has been the World Military Championship. Very organised site with a brief bio, palmarès, news and pics.

Jo Planckaert

home.planetinternet.be/~gbouttry/hoofdpagina.htm

Despite the convoluted URL, seems to be the official site of the Cofidis star. Flemish language only, but is obviously lovingly maintained with a very up to date news section and plenty of photos of Jo and team mates in his new livery.

Christian Poos

www.christian-poos.com/

Official site of a rider from Luxembourg that currently rides for the Belgian Div II squad Marlux-Ville de Charleroi. Plenty of stuff to read and browse through, and available in not one, not two, not three - but four languages!! Includes a bio, palmarès, race program, photos and a bunch of useful links.

Postiefans.com

www.postiefans.com

As expected, this is a site dedicated to loyal US Postal Service fans the world over. Mostly news snippets about members of the Postal squad, which take you to a link on another cycling website. Warning: for die-hard Postal fans only.

Edita Pucinskaite

space.tin.it/sport/bhjros

A colourful site for a colourful rider. Edita Pucinskaite certainly enjoys the big events, cleaning up the 1999 World Road Race Championship and the overall in the 1998 TDF - maybe her nickname should be Puc-woman. The site includes her lengthy palmarès, a short life story, some photos, and a fan club section. Cool fact: Pucinskaite's favourite dish is gelato, gelato and more gelato - you go girl!

Roman Rametsteiner

www.rametsteiner.at

Official site of the Austrian National Cross Country MTB Champion. Well designed site that features a very regularly updated news section and a few pics/bio.

Michael Rasmussen

www.worldchamp99.dk

As you probably gleaned from the URL, this one doesn't beat around the bush.. Michael was the 1999 Cross Country MTB World Champion. Neat, official site with brief palmarès and bio plus some pics - and liberal use of the rainbow stripes!

Dominik Raza

www.dominikraza.com

The official site for Dominik Raza - simple, but clean, with some news and results, guestbook, photos and a short bio.

Nicole Reinhart

www.nicolesbench.com

Simple tribute page for the Saturn rider, who died in a racing accident in 2000.

Hans Rey

www.hansrey.com

The Swiss trials rider's personal site has useful info about trials techniques and lots about Hans' globe-trotting adventures in search of silly places to do silly things on bikes.

Cool fact: Hans once rode/abseiled down a high rise building in Auckland, New Zealand. Even he describes that as a 'publicity stunt'.

Pascal Richard

www.pascal-richard.ch

This thoroughly professional site contains only the barest of details of the 1996 Olympic champion's palmarès, instead focussing primarily on a cycle touring event bearing his name and of course, la boutique - where you can purchase your very own official watch! Thankfully, has a non flash-dependent version.

Bjarne Riis

www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Loge/7812

In English, dedicated to the 1996 Tour winner. Unofficial site (the extensive coverage of doping allegations gives it away), features lots of pics and a bio.

Stephen Roche

www.sroche.com

This official site is of a fairly commercial bent, with little information on the career of the '87 Tour winner. French and English versions are available.

Fred Rodriguez

www.fredrodriguez.com

There are plenty of big, good-quality pics of the US Pro champion here, plus bio, palmarès and the like. Somewhat in need of updating though.

Cool fact: Despite racing under the US flag, Freddie was actually born in Bogota, Colombia.

Toni Rominger

www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/4116/rominger.html

Lovingly put together site with detailed palmarès and some nice photos, including the homepage shot of the time trial ace in action for Mapei.

Cool fact: Rominger won 3 Vueltas and a Giro but never quite cracked the Tour, second to Indurain in 1993.

Florian Rosseau

www.florianrousseau.com

Official site of the French track star who is a three times Olympic Champion and ten times World Champion. The site is clean and comprehensive, which befits Rosseau's attitude toward the sport and his palmarès.

Pam Schuster

www.pambike.com

Reports and reults from the 1999 and 2000 seasons from this member of the Autotrader team.

Max Sciandri

www.maxsciandri.com

Sciandri's is probably the only multi-lingual site, with its content in Italian, English,French and Spanish,and it looks great. Unfortunately it's hard to read and slow to load because all the text is presented as images, however does promise an inside view of bike racing, and may be worth keeping an eye on.

Roy Sentjens

www.roysentjens.com

Official website of the young Dutch/Belgian rider currently riding for Rabobank who won the under 23 Tour of Flanders. A very sexy, professional looking site, featuring both Dutch and English versions. Includes a bio, palmares, photos, news (in Dutch only) and a guestbook.

Gilberto Simoni

www.simonigilberto.it

Official page, still predominantly under construction though has his full 2001 calendar listed. Features a funky front page in Lampre colours.

Kristjan Snorrason

www.snozza.com

The Australian rider from Melbourne, Victoria, they call "Snozza" has a great site, jam-packed full of goodies. His diary is a great read, with loads of irreverent humour, but unfortunately it's not updated as regularly as his fans would like it to be. So c'mon Snozza - get with the program and give us another taste of your whacky humour!

Rolf Sørensen

www.rolfsorensen.webside.dk

Sørensen's Danish language site doesn't appear to have been updated since 1999, but it's very nicely done with a wealth of career information and lots of pics.

www.scoopmodels.dk/models/special/rolf-s/modelpage.htm

You can book Sørensen as a model through this page.

Cool fact: Rolf rides unicycle.

Michael Sandstød

www.sandstod.dk

Professionally-done assembly of pics and palmarès, with an up-to-date question and answer forum.

Tom Steels

tomsteels.homestead.com

Nice site, albeit unofficial and in Flemish only. Seems to be very regularly updated and details the Belgian sprinter's 56 wins (to date) and some nice pics to boot.

Wenche Stensvold

www.syklingensverden.com/dagbok/stensvold/hoved.htm

Not the most flattering of names in the English language, Wenche Stensvold certainly cuts a flattering figure, on and off the bike. A simple site in Norweigan that includes a bio, regular race and training diary, and some pics.

Christophe Stevens

www.stevens-c.net

A very professional-looking site for the Flandrian who comes from the famous Belgian town of Geraardsbergen, an often decisive point in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders). Includes a regular diary, photos, team profile, palmarès, and biography. In Dutch only for the moment, but watch out for an English and French version shortly.

Franz Stocher

www.stocher.at

Austrian veteran of both the track and road, Stocher's palmarès includes 2 World Military Championships and 4 Olympic Games campaigns, including a 6th in the Sydney 2000 Points Race. Nice site, but German only.

Alison Sydor

www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/2186/index.htm

Excellent fan site (this is the European version; the US version is being rebuilt) and home of the official Sydor fan club.

Cool fact: Sydor plays hockey in the winter (of course she does, she's Canadian) and those cyclist leg muscles come in handy for outskating everyone.

Andrea Tafi

www.andreatafi.bin.it

The official Tafi site, in Italian. palmarès and bio, an old racing schedule, Paris-Roubaix pix, and a details of his fan club.

mapeifan.tripod.com/tafi/

"Io Tifo Tafi" is the name of this site, that is dedicated to the Gladiator of Italian cycling, Andrea Tafi. The site contains information about his career, photos and personal details.

Cool quote: Tafi is like a Chianti, and the other big reds from his region- able to keep old age in check... in fact, to get even better, to improve with each new spring. (La Gazzetta dello Sport).

Andrei Tchmil

www.chez.com/velonet/tchmil.htm

Without wanting to be overly critical, this is the best we can find for this legend of the classics, including wins at Paris Roubaix, Tour of Flanders and Milan - San Remo. We would love to hear if there are any more comprehensive sites out there paying homage to the 38 year old former Russian national champ.

Jan Ullrich

www.janullrich.de

What more is there for this man to do? Tour de France (1997), Olympic Champion (2000 - Road) are just two entries on his awesome palmarès. This official site has a fairly commercial bent, one or two diary entries and a season calendar - along with plenty of stuff to buy.

come.to/jan-ullrich or users.pandora.be/ullrich/english/index2.html

Enormous fan site dedicated to Germany's top pro and Olympic champion.

Cool fact: Ullrich is a banana addict who eats about ten a day. Can you say 'potassium overdose'?

Romans Vainsteins

www.vainsteins.com

The 2000 world champion's official site is a comprehensive professional effort with pics, background, personal details and couple of 'coming soon' areas like a diary.

Cool fact: "Twice a week he undertakes wearying massages." Not clear if he's the masseur or the recipient (we assume the latter) but isn't massage supposed to feel good, if only when it stops?

Tadej Valjavec

www.valjavec.de.tf

An unofficial site of this promising young rider from Slovenia, who won the Baby Giro in 1999 and rides for Giancarlo Ferretti's Fassa Bortolo squadra. The site is still under construction and fairly simple but thankfully in English, which suits most of us.

Christian van de Velde

www.christianvandevelde.com/

Another Postie, another website. As ever, nicely done, with palmarès, up to date information, journal and good pics.

Kurt van de Wouwer

kurtvandewouwer.homestead.com

A basic yet functional official site for the Lotto rider who appears to be improving with age, just like a good bottle of vino. Includes a brief bio, palmarès, a regularly updated race programme with van de Wouwer's results and a guest book.

Frank Vandenbroucke

www.vdb-online.be

Our on again, off again anti-hero - adored by many, depised by some, criticised by thousands - you can never say Franky's not a character. The new site (in Flemish only) is certainly very professional looking, containing a bio, news, photos, guestbook, links, downloads - all sorts of stuff really, but Franky, where are the results?

www.gevaert5.yucom.be/

This site features a nice picture of the Walloon Whirlwind a.k.a. Frank Vandenbroucke in his new Lampre colours. Contains a curiously disparate photo collection including Julich and Blijlevens' post stage stoush in the 2000 Tour... not sure what Frank had to do with it but a good pic nonetheless. In Dutch.

Stefan van Dijk

www.stefanvandijk.nl

Brand new site of this Dutch Bankgiroloterij - Batavus rider.

Max van Heeswijk

go.to/maxfanpage

Not an official site but one of the better looking fan sites we have seen. Recent photos of Max in the new Domo kit, palmarès, bio and news.

Leontien van Moorsel

www.leontienvanmoorsel.nl

The official site of the star of the Sydney Olympics, requires flash and Dutch language only at this time. Contains a thorough review of her stunning triple gold Sydney performances with pics, bio and current season programme.

Cedric Vasseur

www.cedricvasseur.com

Neat unofficial fansite (despite the name) for the French USPS rider, best known for his time in yellow in the 1997 Tour and his valiant attempted defence of said jersey on the slopes of l'Alpe d'Huez. Features up to date palmarès in English... photo section under construction and coming soon. Also contains a link to the French fanclub site.

fanclubvasseur.free.fr

Jonathan Vaughters

www.vaughters.com

The official site of "The professor of the peloton", who recently announced his decision to move back to his home in Boulder, CO, after almost a decade in Europe. As befits The Professor, Vaughters site is mostly in order, with links to plenty of stories and interviews - although there are a few things yet to be updated. Maybe that's the Nutty Professor side of JV coming out. Cheerio from Europe JV, and good luck with Prime Alliance in 2003.

Rik Verbrugghe

www.rikverbrugghe.com/

A very comprehensive site of the popular Belgian Lotto rider, with more features than you could poke a spoke at. Includes a forum, interviews with Verbrugghe, palmarès, photos, chatroooms and regular news updates. The only downside is that it's only in French and Dutch. Bummer.

Richard Virenque

www.richard-virenque.com/anglais/presenta.htm

Not a lot to this tribute to the man from the Mediterranean, and suprisingly little news on recent suspensions etc. English site, appears not to have been updated for a little while.

Jens Voigt

www.geocities.com/jens_voigt2001/jens_voigt.html

Enthusiastic, unofficial homage to the German Credit Agricole star. In English and seems to be regularly updated. Also has some nice pics and links to relevant articles.

Piotr Wadecki

http://piotrwadecki.prv.pl/

Official site of the talented Polish Domo-Farm Frites rider from Elblag, who shot to fame after winning the Peace Race in 2000 while riding for local pro team Mroz. Most of the Polish version of the site has also been roughly translated into English, apart from the interviews. All the usual suspects you'd expect on an official site.

Bart Wellens

www.bartwellens.com

'Coming soon' English language site. Currently just contains a rather nice snowy pic of Bart riding. Wellens fan club site is here: www.bartwellens.cjb.net.

Christian Wegmann

www.christian-wegmann.de

German language site, with a thorough scrapbook of press articles chronicling the young Saeco rider's career. Some reasonable photos, though one or two dead links.

Todd Wells

www.toddwells.net

The official site of the 2001 US Cyclo-cross champion. Generally speaking, the best parts of a rider's website is their diary, and Todd's relaxed perspective of the US 'cross is both funny and refreshing. And if you're up for more reading, Todd's other half also writes a diary on his site. One (important) thing missing is a bio, a must for any fan who wants to know the man behind the lycra.

Robyn Wong

www.robynwong.com/

Official site of the 2002 New Zealand XC MTB champion and Oceania Games XC silver medallist. Includes a regular journal while Robyn's overseas racing on the World Cup circuit, her profile, palmarès and some nice pics.

Marcel Wust

www.bullteksports.com/wust/

Though a racing accident in 2000 has prematurely ended Marcel's career, it seems as though he will continue to be involved in the sport, both with the Festina squad and in journalism.

Jeremy Yates

www.thejeremyatesite.homestead.com/

This barely commenced site features nothing much besides a photo of the 2000 Junior World Champion from Plouay, France and a couple of sponsor links.

Eric Zabel

come.to/erik-zabel or users.pandora.be/zabel/main.html

An unofficial fan site with bare bones bio and history and over 100 pics of the Telekom sprint star.

Markus Zberg

www.markuszberg.ch/

The German language site of this Swiss rider is tidily done, with photos, palmarès and full results from last year.

Alex Züelle

www.alex-zuelle.de/

A predominantly German language site with some English translations. Includes a comprehensive photo section, including one that Alex would probably wish would disappear (see the very first photo in 1991!)

Cool feature: A thorough chronology of the 1998 Festina affair.