Articles by Neal Rogers
An interest in all things rock 'n' roll led Neal into music journalism while attending UC Santa Cruz. After several post-grad years spent waiting tables, surfing, and mountain biking, Neal moved to San Francisco, working stints as a bike messenger and at a software startup. He moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 2001, taking an editorial internship at VeloNews. He never left, and is now Velo's editor in chief. When not traveling the world covering races, he can be found riding his bike, skiing, cooking, or attending a concert.
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Giro GC favorites discuss 'seriously tough' stage 8 TT
- Published May. 10, 2013
The 54.8km race against the clock is undulating, with a finishing ramp of over 13 percent gradient
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Brailsford praises Cavendish; Cav praises Omega leadout
- Published May. 9, 2013
- Updated May. 9, 2013 at 5:06 PM EDT
Cavendish spreads the credit his former boss at Sky gives him over waiting for Bradley Wiggins and others after a crash on Thursday
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Degenkolb, others carry the weight of Germany's future
- Published May. 8, 2013
Now a six-time stage winner in the grand tours, German John Degenkolb shares the burden of his homeland's cycling future
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Wiggins: Time loss ‘partly my own fault’
- Published May. 8, 2013
Reigning Tour champion says Ryder Hesjedal was simply riding in his style when he attacked multiple times in stage 3
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Why Battaglin’s Giro stage win matters
- Published May. 7, 2013
- Updated May. 8, 2013 at 4:48 AM EDT
With a cadre of riders with checkered pasts vying for a Giro stage win, Enrico Battaglin's victory helps turn the focus to the future
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Durbridge 'into the unknown’ with eye toward Giro TT
- Published May. 7, 2013
After a failed team time trial experiment, Aussie double national champion says he's eying Saturday's 55km time trial
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Vande Velde returns to Giro to assist Hesjedal
- Published May. 7, 2013
Garmin-Sharp rider says he'd glad he decided to return to racing after his six-month, offseason doping suspension
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Hesjedal defiant over stage 3 attacks
- Published May. 6, 2013
"Everyone said I couldn’t win the Giro last year, and they got that wrong," says defending champ after critics question aggressive racing
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Sky's razor-sharp TTT draws first blood for Wiggins
- Published May. 6, 2013
Wiggins put time on all his rivals and emerged from the Giro’s first real test confident that his team is the strongest in the race
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Degenkolb has his eye on Giro's harder sprint stages
- Published May. 5, 2013
The stocky German is less of a traditional field sprinter and more of a strongman capable of taking a tough finale