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Versus (OLN-TV) is as usual showing the spring and other cycling
classics throughout the season.

It is a chance to see and learn from the best. Tape some of it and
look at it when you have a bit of time. Study their riding techniques
and body positions as they time trial, climb, attack, chase, out-fox,
sprint, stand, sit, draft, rotate through the pace line, go through
turns on the way up and down, etc.

Each race has its own website in case you are interested in more details.


Sun, April 20th @ 4PM ET
Created in 1896, and the most famous one-day classic, the Paris-Roubaix.

Sun, April 27th @ 5PM ET
First held in 1892, Liège-Bastogne-Liège is known as the 'La Doyenne'
because it is the oldest classic on the cycling calendar.

Sun April 27th @ 5:30PM ET
Created 70 years ago this race is the first of 2 Ardennes classics in
Belgium. Along the 3-lap race are smaller climbs but the final climb
up the steep Mur de Huy is where the race is won or lost.

Sat, May 3rd @ 3PM ET
The Tour de Georgia is North America's premier, professional cycling
event and showcases one-of-a-kind towns and terrain of the Southeast.

Sun, May 4th @ 4PM ET
The Tour de Romandie is a short stage that tests rider's all round
ability. The six-day race always includes two flat stages for the
sprinters, a time trial, rolling stages in the hills and a tough
mountain finish in the breathtaking Alps.

Sat, May 11th @ 4PM ET, May 18th @ 4PM ET
Sun, May 25th @ 4PM & June 1st @ 3PM ET
The 2008 Giro d'Italia will be noted for its number of time trials –
four – and starts in Palermo on May 10 and ends in Milano on June 1,
and totals 3423.8 kilometres.

Sun, June 8th @ 5PM ET & Sun, June 15th @ 5PM ET
The week-long Dauphiné Libéré comes at a strategic moment in the
season as the leading stage race riders begin to fine tune for the
summer stage races. The route of the Dauphiné Libéré always includes
some of the legendary Alpine climbs as well mountain stages, time
trials and flat stages.

Wed-Sun, June 25th-28th @ 6PM ET & Sun, June 29th @ 5:30PM ET
The Tour of Pennsylvania, a six-day stage race covering more than 450
miles of Pennsylvania's rolling hills and city streets.

Sat, July 5th-27th (Complete TV Schedule Coming Soon)
Tour de France, the most prestigious bicycle race in the world. The
race leader wears a yellow jersey, or "Maillot Jaune" in French, the
color of a French newspaper, L'Auto, the race's original sponsor. The
King of the Mountains jersey, which signifies the best climber, is a
white jersey with big red polka dots on it. The Points jersey, which
signifies the rider with the most consistent finishes and intermediate
sprints, is the green jersey.

Sun, September 7th @ 5:30PM ET
The USA Cycling Professional Championships takes place in Greenville,
South Carolina. Two events - the individual time trial race against
the clock for 30 miles and a 145 mile road race.

Sun, September 21st @ 5PM ET
La Vuelta, the Tour of Spain is where climbers can celebrate. A return
to the gruelling Angliru, a very tough day in the Pyrenees, an uphill
time trial, a total of five summit finishes and just 40 kilometres of
flat time trial for the specialists against the clock; this is, in
truth, a Vuelta tailor-made for those who shine when it comes to
battling with gravity. Starting in Granada on August 30th and
concluding in Madrid 23 days and 3169 kilometers later.

Sun, September 28th @ 5PM ET
Tour of Missouri, twelve cities have been selected as Start or Finish
cities for the second edition of the Tour of Missouri.

Sun, October 12th @ 4PM ET
Paris-Tours, a race which covers over 250 k in one day, is the last
prestigious race on the cycling calendar.

Sun, October 19th @ 4PM ET
The last classic of the season, the Giro di Lombardia, "the race of
the falling leaves" will take place for the one hundredth time this
year in Italy.

Sun, November 9th @ 4PM ET
In less than 20 years, the Tour du Faso has become the greatest
professional race in Africa, reflecting the vitality of its creators.