It took just a handful of months for Esteban Chaves to taste his first pro victory after being addressed as one of the most intriguing Colombian prospects in 2011 with his great win at the Tour de l’Avenir. But El Chavo seems to have liked it, as he didn’t wait […]
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BMC’s Tschopp Winner of 2012 Tour of Utah
Johann Tschopp held on during the most difficult stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Sunday to earn the overall victory and help the BMC Racing Team win two races in one day for the first time in its six-year history. A Double Victory Day Just hours after […]
BMC Ballan won Muur de Geraardsbergen
BMC Racing Teams Alessandro Ballan won the final stage of Eneco Tour with a late attack before the conclusion of the 207.7-kilometer race. After a decisive attack during the last climb of Muur van Geraardsbergen, with 5 km to go, Alessandro Ballan scored his second victory on roads for the […]
Todd Wells Highest Placed Olympic American MTB
The American men posted the best results in the country’s Olympic mountain bike history as they each placed in the top 15 of the race on Sunday to close the cycling portion of the 2012 Olympic Games. Three-time Olympic performer Todd Wells (Durango, CO/Specialized Factory Racing) finished in 10th place […]
Armstrong vs USADA Delayed a Week
Austin Federal Court Judge Sam Sparks met with Armstrong’s lawyers and the USADA on Friday. Lance’s lawyers claim the USADA has overstepped its authority when they charged him as running a conspiracy of doping. The USADA wants the judge to dismiss Armstrong’s suit because he was supposed to have accepted […]
Gould Takes Bronze in Olympic Cross Country
Georgia Gould, on a warm, but windy Saturday finished third to earn the bronze medal in the Olympic mountain bike cross-country race at Hadleigh Farm in Essex, United Kingdom. Gould finished third, 1:08 behind gold medalist Julie Bresset (FRA) and six seconds behind Sabine Spitz (GER), who earned the silver […]
Taylor Phinney Second Best in Eneco TT
BMC Racing Team’s Taylor Phinney scored the second best time of Eneco Tours individual time trial in Ardooie. The U.S. Olympian Taylor Phinney was one of the favorites of Saturdays 17.4-kilometres individual time trial. “It was a good time trial for me, I really wanted to win today. In the […]
Chaves Wins GP Camaiore in Tuscany
Colombia Coldeportes’ Johan Esteban Chaves took the lion’s share at GP Camaiore in Tuscany, Italy, clinching victory on the saddle of Bianchi Sempre on Saturday, August 11th. After 199km the 22-year-old rider out-sprinted Sergei Chernetckii and Italian champion Franco Pellizotti on a Bianchi Oltre bike. Chaves was the quickest among five […]
Tyler Hamilton stripped of Olympic gold medal by IOC
Tyler Hamilton was to be stripped of his 2004 Olympic gold medal today by the IOC. They were running up against the 8-year statute of limitations. They were expected to adjust the standings so that Viatcheslav Ekimov is now the winner of the gold, Bobby Julich will receive silver and […]
US Mountain Bikers Comment Before Race
Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo.) ON HOW SHE’S USING HER PREVIOUS OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: This (participating in the Olympics) doesn’t become old hat. It’s an amazing experience both times. Knowing how to do your best and tune stuff out and not worry about trying to meet family. I was just telling the new […]