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Hong Kong, SAR – The Champion System Pro Cycling Team – Asia’s first pro continental squad – will field a roster for the Tour of Utah that includes three Chinese riders, two each from Australia and the United States and one from Germany. Champion System General Manager Ed Beamon said […]
Jimmy Watkins (Bakersfield, Calif./Project London 2012) gave the United States its best Olympic finish in the men’s sprint in 12 years, finishing sixth at the Olympic Velodrome on Sunday. Bobby Lea (Topton, PA/Pure Energy Cycling-ProAirHFA) recorded a string of personal bests to place 12th in the men’s omnium. MEN’S SPRINT […]
The most challenging stages of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah will be well-suited to the strengths of climbers Brent Bookwalter, Mathias Frank, Ivan Santaromita and Johann Tschopp, BMC Racing Team Assistant Director Michael Sayers said. Hardest Days At The End The six-day race begins Tuesday and includes a […]
Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio’s first professional win has finally come. One out of Colombian jewels Claudio Corti gathered this season under the new Colombia-Coldeportes project, winner of 2011 Tour de l’Avenir, clinched today the Vuelta a Burgos queen stage (Areniscas de los Pinares – Laguna de Neila, 155km) with an […]
Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./BMC Racing) placed fourth in the men’s time trial, finishing the 44-kilometer race against the clock in 52:38.07. In the men’s time trial, Phinney finished 1:58.53 behind the gold medalist, Bradley Wiggins (GBR), who completed the course in 50:39.54. The silver medalist, Tony Martin (GER), was 42 […]
Kristin Armstrong won the gold medal in the women’s cycling individual time trial, covering the 29km in 37:34.82. The silver medal went to Germany’s Judith Arndt, whose 37:50.29 was 15.47 off Armstrong’s pace. The bronze medal was won by Olga Zabelinskaya of Russia in a time of 37:57.35. Amber Neben (Irvine, […]
BMC Racing Team’s Adam Blythe sprinted to his first victory of the season Wednesday in the opening stage of Paris-Corrèze. Good Leadout From Lodewyck Blythe said the technical nature of the finish at the end of the 168.1 kilometer race, which included a chicane leading into the final 100 meters, […]
Kristin ARMSTRONG (Boise, Idaho) – Start time: 1:04 p.m. local time On first impressions of 29km course: “It’s a challenging course. It’s a true time trial course. It has a little bit of everything. It has some technicality to it. It has some rollers going and coming back in. It’s […]
Taylor Phinney (Boulder, CO/BMC Racing) finished fourth in Saturday’s 250-kilometer Olympic road race around London. With the dramatic backdrop of Buckingham Palace, Phinney just missed in the bunch sprint for the bronze finishing just off the wheel of Norway’s Kristoff Alexander, who finished third. Alexander Vinokurov (KAZ) took the win […]
Alexander Vinokourov just won the Mens Olympic Road Race in London. Following a break around the streets of London, he and Rigoberto Uran of Colombia broke away from that group. 200 meters from the line, he sprinted around the less experienced Uran and raced to the finish alone to take […]
