The mountain bike portion of the USA Cycling National Development Program kicked into high gear with a pair of events. A World Cup in Canada and an event in Switzerland yielded strong results while the road racers contested national championships back in the United States. Mountain Bike At the RockyRoads.net […]
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Champion System to Race at Home
The Champion System Pro Cycling Team will count all four of its Chinese riders among the seven on its roster for the Tour of Qinghai Lake when the Chinese race begins Friday. China’s Kun Jiang, Pengda Jiao, Biao Liu and Gang Xu will be joined by Australians Will Clarke, […]
2012 Tour de France Stats
4500 people: organization – sports groups – media – partners – publicity caravan – providers Riders 198 riders at the start (22 teams of 9 riders) 300 escorts 17 members of the College of Commissioners Course 2012 3497 km (20 stages + prologue) 37 stage towns 695 towns […]
Eric Boyer Sacked By Cofidis
Eric Boyer, former teammate of Greg LeMond on the Z Team in the 1990s has been sacked as Cofidis team manager. He’d been managing the team since 2005. Lack of results was given as the reason for his ouster. He’s been replaced by Yvon Sanquer who has been the director sportif […]
Prudhomme Comments Before Tour Start
Race Director Christian Prudhomme was interviewed in advance of the start of the Tour de France on Saturday. He noted that some big names will be missing, but once the race starts, the focus will be on who is there. Cadel Evans was last year’s winner, so he’s at the […]
Jeannie Longo Not Going to London
Jeannie Longo didn’t make the cut for the London Olympic cycling team. The Frenchwomen who will be there are Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Rabobank), Aude Biannic (Bretagne) and Audrey Cordon (Vienne Futuroscope). Longo is now 53 years old. She finished in fifth place last week, one minute behind the leader at […]
Aspen Womens Race Gets Title Sponsor
A passion for cycling, food and an active lifestyle led chefs and and restaurateurs Eric and Bruce Bromberg to sponsor the former Aspen Snowmass Women’s Pro Challenge in Aspen. The newly-renamed “Blue Ribbon Alpine Challenge” will take place Aug. 20-22, at the same time as the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Blue Ribbon Restaurants […]
Laurent Didier Luxembourg Nationals Winner
Laurent Didier is the new Luxembourgish road champion, after beating Ben Gastauer (AG2R-La Mondiale) and team mate Fränk Schleck in Tétange. Didier: “I’m incredibly happy with this result. It’s my first pro victory and pro title, so I’m really happy. It’s an honor to wear the colors of your country.” […]
Catharine Pendrel First at Mt Sainte Anne
Catherine Pendrel of Canada took first place in the elite women’s cross country Mountain Bike World Cup in Mont Sainte Anne, Canada with a time of 1:41:40. She overtook Georgia Gould (also of the Fort Collins, CO Luna Pro Team) on the last lap. Gould finished 23 seconds behind. Russell Finsterwald (Colorado […]
Bruyneel to Skip the Tour
Johan Bruyneel will not be at the Tour de France next week so as to not distract from his team in the race. It’s all because of the recent doping allegations. His decision was made in conjunction with the key sponsors and Leopard team principal directors. He has said it’s […]
