Racing News
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LifeWise Partners with Local Olympian Jennie Reed
June 25, 2012 The 2012 Olympics are just around the corner and LifeWise Health Plan of Washington is pleased to announce a partnership with one of our top local Olympians, Jennie Reed. London will be Jennie’s third Olympic games - and this time around the veteran athlete will be switching gears and racing for Gold in the Women’s Team Pursuit, a 3-woman track cycling event over 3 kilometers that takes place in the velodrome. Read More
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Aspen Women’s Race Gains Title Sponsor
June 25, 2012 Aspen, Colo. – A passion for cycling, food and an active lifestyle is what led chefs and and restaurateurs Eric and Bruce Bromberg to sponsor the former Aspen Snowmass Women's Pro Challenge in Aspen, Colo. Read More
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Australian Professional Cyclist Hilton Clarke returns to BC Superweek
June 25, 2012 Hilton Clarke has fond memories of Vancouver and BC Superweek, including a win at the historic Tour de Gastown in 2006, and finishing second in 2008. Read More
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Svein Tuft Wins Canadian National Time Trial Championship
June 22, 2012 Svein Tuft won his fifth consecutive Canadian National Time Trial Championship, his eighth time trial title in total, in Lac-Mégantic today. Posting a time of 47:25 on the 39 kilometer course, Tuft bested ORICA-GreenEDGE teammate Christian Meier, who took silver, by 2:08. Read More
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US Grand Prix of Sprinting Kicks Off Friday in Colorado Springs
June 21, 2012 Colorado Springs, Colo. - The hot weather that we have been experiencing in Colorado Springs has been appreciated by one group - the track sprinters from around the world who have gathered for the ProCycling US Grand Prix of Sprinting - held this weekend at the Velodrome in Memorial Park - Friday June 22 through Sunday June 24. Read More
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Summer of Cycling Sweepstakes from USA Pro Challenge
June 21, 2012 To celebrate the first day of summer (literally … it’s today!), the USA Pro Challenge is launching the Summer of Cycling sweepstakes. With a new prize and a new winner every day, the race is giving away more than $25,000 in prizes, including VIP hospitality passes, a Specialized bike, exclusive travel packages, awesome cycling gear and more. Read More
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Pendrel, Kabush and Plaxton to Represent Canada in London
June 20, 2012 June 20, 2012 — Cycling Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Olympic Committee, is pleased to announce the nomination of Catharine Pendrel, Emily Batty, Geoff Kabush and Max Plaxton to the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team set to compete at the Olympic Games this upcoming summer. Canada qualified the maximum two spots for the women’s race, and two spots for the men’s race. Read More
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Tacoma Twilight Criterium 2012 in North End's Proctor District
June 18, 2012 Tacoma, Wash. - Now in its 3rd year, the Tacoma Twilight Criterium bicycle race heads to the North End's Proctor District for an evening of fast-paced, corner taking, nail biting bike racing. Bring your lawn chairs, bring your cowbells and be ready to be entertained. Read More
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London Bound: Farrar, Horner, Reed, Armstrong and Martin Get their Olympic Tickets
June 15, 2012 Colorado Springs, Colo. (June 15, 2012) — USA Cycling announced today 21 of its 24 nominees to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team, including 10 male and 11 female athletes across the disciplines of road cycling, track cycling, mountain biking and bicycle motocross (BMX). Read More
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Significant Changes for 2012 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah
June 12, 2012 Salt Lake City, Utah – The internationally-sanctioned, professional cycling stage race known as “America’s Toughest Stage RaceTM” just got distinctly tougher. Organizers of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah revealed today that this year’s event, August 7-12, will increase the overall mileage from 409 miles to 545 miles of racing over six days. New and refreshed courses along the Wasatch Front will provide 37,500 vertical feet of climbing, including a new road race on the final day in Park City via the summit of Empire Pass. Read More
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Ryan Anderson Atop KOM Standings at Tour de Suisse
June 11, 2012 (Verbier, SUI – June 10, 2012. Canadian cyclist Ryan Anderson (Vancouver, BC) is currently sitting in second place of the King of the Mountain classification, tied with cycling legend Frank Schleck, at the 2012 Tour de Suisse. Read More
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Intenational Teams Arriving for US Gran Prix of Sprinting
June 11, 2012 Colorado Springs, Colo. - The atmosphere around the Colorado Springs Velodrome has taken on a more serious feel this past week. Though the riders who normally train at this world-class facility are by no means casual in their approach to the sport, there have been some new international arrivals that have taken things up a notch. Read More
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New Zealand’s PureBlack Team to Race BC Superweek and Gastown Grand Prix
June 8, 2012 Vancouver, BC (June 7): PureBlack Racing, New Zealand’s top road cycling team, will travel 11,000 kilmetres to Vancouver this summer to take on North America’s best riders at BC Superweek (July 6-15) and the Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix presented by Allstream on July 11. Read More
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BC Road Champions Crowned At Robert W. Cameron Cycling Series
June 5, 2012 Victoria, BC – Perhaps it’s fitting that BC’s newest Road Cycling Champions – Kamloop’s Jenny Lehmann and Surrey’s Jacob Schwingboth – were today crowned almost a week after Ryder Hesjedal’s historic win on his stomping grounds at the 2012 Accent Inns BC Road Cycling Championships in Metchosin. Read More
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Sprinters Take All at Bastion
June 5, 2012 Victoria , BC – After a full weekend of cycling action, it was all over in a matter of split seconds with sprint finishes at The Condo Group Bastion Square Grand Prix. The day of criterium excitement ended with Vancouver’s Team H&R Block Justin Kerr leading the elite men’s field to the line in 1:19:27. Read More
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Zion's Bank National Championship Cross Country Deemed Truly Awesome
May 30, 2012 Sun Valley, ID—The USA Cycling National Mountain Bike Championships just got their dose of stoke for the amateur racers with the announcement of the Zion's Bank Cross Country National Championship Course for 2012. Read More
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Ryder Hesjedal Win Giro d'Italia
May 29, 2012 Victoria, BC, Ryder Hesjedal became the first Canadian rider to win a Grand Tour — the Giro d'Italia. Hesjedal, who was second in the standings, 31 seconds behind Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain, Katusha) before the start of the final stage, erased the deficit over the 28.2km time trial to finish 16 seconds ahead of the Spaniard on the overall classification. Read More
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Claudia Häusler Wins Exergy Tour Final Stage
May 28, 2012 Claudia Häusler won the final stage of the inaugural Exergy Tour in downtown Boise. The stage victory marks Häusler's first win of the season and the first victory of the Orica-GreenEDGE outfit on North American soil. Read More
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Herman & Martin Lead Elite Effort at BMX World Championships
May 26, 2012 Birmingam, U.K.—David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo./Free Agent-Rockstar) and Arielle Martin (Spanaway Wash./Intense BMX) led the American effort at the 2012 UCI BMX World Championships with fifth and fourth place efforts in their respective elite main events. Felicia Stancil (Lake Villa, Ill./Factory GT), Maliek Byndloss (Cape Coral, Fla./Ssquared-Answer-Troy Lee) and Danielle George (Palmdale, Calif./Supercross BMX) delivered the only championship (supercross) class medals of the day for the U.S. team in the juniors divisions. Read More
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BMX World Championships — van Ogle Takes Bronze
May 25, 2012 Birmingam, U.K.—Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev./Chase BMX) took the elite men’s time trial superfinal title at the 2012 UCI BMX World Championships while 17-year old Felicia Stancil (Lake Villa, Ill./Factory GT) earned the junior elite women’s time trial title. Lain van Ogle (Auburn, Wash.) added bronze in the junior men’s event to bring the U.S. elite medal tally to three on Friday. Read More
