Here in the US, the Tour de France is synonymous with professional cycling.  If you’re an American pro or ride for a team based in the United States, your success in the sport will undoubtedly be measured by your performance in the world’s most popular bike race.  Win the Le Tour, and your popularity stateside can transcend the sport.  As much as I love the Grand Tours, though, nothing gets my cycling blood pumping like the beginning of the Spring Classics season.  And, my favorite of

In what had been an exceedingly difficult Tour de France so far for the Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda team, David Millar staked his claim as one of the more tactically-astute riders in the pro peloton today, winning the 12th and final Alps stage out of a five-rider breakaway group that was out front for most of the day.

Stage 12 followed two incredibly hard days in the mountains in which the GC contenders battled it out over several brutal passes, and today the peloton was in no mood to

Wow, what a weekend for Team CLIF.  Four of us desk jockeys who work to keep our athletes fueled traveled to the Sierras for the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run.  We got to chat with our athletes and some of ultra running's best known names at a dinner co-hosted by our friends at Montrail the night before.  We also attempted to make the smokiest camp fire ever and enjoyed some time sleeping outside.

Ricardo, Eric and Ryan trying to determine what direction the speeder bike

Following some solid time in the tropics a few weeks back and some meetings last week, I have finally come up for air and some fresh updates in the world of Team CLIF Bar’s FreeSports roster. A LOT, and I mean A LOT,  has gone down in the past month and much of it made the news the moment it happened.

I’m sure that many of you have seen some of what’s included here, but there’s no way that you could possibly be hip to it all.  There’s a ton in the mix here, so take your time with a

Last fall we worked with illustrator Steve Thomas (www.stevethomasart.com) to create a series of retro cycling prints featuring Team CLIF Bar athletes to be displayed at our Interbike booth.  The prints were so successful that we produced a limited-edition run of each, including a 2011 Paris-Roubaix commemorative poster featuring Garmin-Cervélo rider (and race winner) Johan Van Summeren.  We recently handed over 75 of these posters to the National Interscholastic Cycling Association