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TEAM COLUMBIA’S TEUTENBERG FINISHES THE GIRO WITH FOUR STAGE WINS AND THE POINTS JERSEY
Desio, Italy, 13 July 2008 - Columbia’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won the final stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile today finishing the ten day tour with four stage wins and the Points Jersey.
“I think this week was something that happens once in a [...]

Blue Island, Ill. — For the second straight night, Rock Racing was unbeatable in a criterium at the Point Premium Root Beer International Cycling Classic.
This time it was Rahsaan Bahati who did the honors, winning the St. Francis Hospital Blue Island ProAm Saturday in Blue Island, Ill.
In Friday night’s opener to the 17-day race series, [...]

Bend, Ore. — Rock Racing’s Santiago Botero may have his sights set on next month’s Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, but his focus Wednesday was on winning in Bend, Ore.
Botero averaged more than 29 miles per hour (46.6 kph) as he soloed to victory in the 83-mile (133.5 km) Prineville Road Race that finished with [...]

Chateauroux, France, 9 July 2008 - Team Columbia’s Mark Cavendish blasted to a first stage win in the Tour de France on Wednesday’s stage from Cholet to Chateauroux. The 23-year-old Briton finished over a bike length ahead of three-times World Champion Oscar Freire of Spain, with German Erik Zabel in third.
It was Cavendish eighth [...]

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Yesterday, we said Stage 3 would be a major BORE-FEST.  In fact, if we underestimated anything [...]

Greenville, SC—H3O Partners, a strategic marketing and branding firm has formed a strategic partnership with Hincapie Sportswear, a leading manufacturer and marketer of distinctive clothing for the performance cyclist. George Hincapie is a partner in both firms, so the new partnership effectively links H3O’s brand with a premium consumer Brand. The investment is [...]

Full Men’s Team, Women’s Automatic Nominees Named for Beijing
Colorado Springs, Colo. (July 1, 2008)—USA Cycling announced today 21 of its 24 nominees to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, including all 16 men’s athletes across the disciplines of road cycling, track cycling, mountain biking and bicycle motocross (BMX). Additionally, USA Cycling formally announced five [...]

Bonn, Germany, 30 June 2008 - As the European editions of the National Championships come to a close, High Road counts nine new national champions, adding to the existing National Champions of Australia and the USA with Oenone Wood, Adam Hansen and Mara Abbott.
The stream of success began with the Italian Time Trial victory for [...]

First-Of-Its-Kind Fund To Benefit Professional Cyclists
Culver City, Calif. — Rock Racing today announced the creation of the “Professional Cycling Catastrophic Injury Fund,” a charitable entity to raise money for professional and elite amateur cyclists who suffer a catastrophic injury as a result of their participation in the competitive sport of cycling.
The first of its kind, [...]

You must admit that the idea of the Campagnolo Super Record’s return, now with a 11 speed groupo is nothing short of exciting. With a projected weight of 1,964 grams, the new Super Record is sure to be a huge hit. Although prices have not been released, you can be sure that this [...]

Host city research and industry feedback confirms Las Vegas is the best return on investment for exhibitors and attendees of North America’s
largest cycling trade show

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. - June 26, 2008 - After two years of collecting potential host city data and retailer, manufacturer and industry partner feedback, Interbike management today announced the trade [...]

UNITED STATES BEGINS 2008 UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH TEAM RELAY COMPETITION After its First-Ever Relay Medal in 2007, the U.S. Team Finishes Eighth in Italy
Trentino, Italy (June 17, 2008)-The United States National Team was hoping to repeat last year’s medal winning performance in the Team Relay competition on opening day of the UCI [...]

Carson, Calif. (June 16, 2008)-As the United States Cycling Team makes its final preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games, several track athletes attended USA Cycling’s Team Selection Camp June 15-16 at the ADT Event Center in suburban Los Angeles where records fell and automatic time standards were eclipsed by five riders.
Seventeen-year-old Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo.) [...]

Levi Leipheimer held on to his 3th place on the final podium of the Dauphiné Libéré. The whole team performed well and defended with success its first place in the ProTour Team Classification. Astana Cycling Team leads with 110 points. Team CSC is second, 17 points behind, Caisse d’Epargne third, 18 points behind.
While Andreas [...]

Team High Road Will Ride in the 2008 Tour de France as “Team Columbia” Under New Sponsorship Agreement Supporting Columbia Sportswear Company’s Outdoor Brand Leadership
GENEVA, Switzerland and SAN LUIS OBISPO, California – June 16, 2008 – Columbia Sportswear Company (Nasdaq: COLM), a global leader in the active outdoor apparel and footwear industries, and California-based High [...]

GRENOBLE, France, June 15, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d’Epargne team won the Dauphine Libere cycling race here on Sunday after the seventh and final stage.
Kazakh Dmitriy Fofonov of Credit Agricole won the 128km stage, with Valverde finishing among the leading peloton more than two [...]

Dr. Don Catlin named Chief Science Officer of ADSI
Los Angeles, California, June 9, 2008 – Anti-Doping Sciences Institute, Inc. (“ADSI”) and the Agency for Sports Ethics, LLC (“ASE”) have joined forces in support of their common goal of creating effective new approaches to combating doping in sports. The relationship provides for ADSI to advise ASE [...]

Philadelphia — Rock Racing’s Fred Rodriguez finished third Sunday at the Commerce Bank International Cycling Championship in Philadelphia.
Rodriguez scored his seventh top five finish in the most prestigious one-day race in the United States as Matti Breschel (Team CSC) won a field sprint ahead of Kirk O’Bee (Health Net presented by Maxxis) on a steamy [...]

San Luis Obispo, California, 7 June 2008 - High Road will take to the Dauphine Libere this weekend determined to snap up as many stage wins as possible.
“We don’t have a rider for the general classification here.” commented Allan Peiper, co-directing High Road at the prestigious French race with Jan Schaffrath.
“Michael Rogers is still heading [...]

Three days after capturing the 91st Giro d’Italia title, Alberto Contador gets his deserved rest. The last days were well filled with celebrations.
At a press meeting in Pinto, he was quick to react regarding the definite position of ASO excluding Astana Cycling Team from participation in this year’s Tour de France. “Honestly, [...]

7900 Series Dura-Ace – The Evolution of Perfection
Irvine, CA June 2, 2008 – Shimano introduces the all new 7900 series Dura-Ace. The new mechanical Dura-Ace group loses over 135g while maintaining it’s legendary durability and improving performance and ergonomics.
Since 1973, Shimano’s Dura-Ace components have been at the forefront of pro racing and pro-level technology. Dura-Ace [...]

Donation will help provide new bicycles for 1,000 underprivileged Utah children during May 31 Bikes for Kids Utah Event-making it possible for the schoolchildren to experience one of the joys of childhood:
riding their very own bike
SALT LAKE CITY - May 13, 2008 - Bikes for Kids Utah, today announced that the Sorenson Legacy Foundation has [...]

Upland Sports Group just sent Bicycle.net the latest Capoforma kits that are arriving in stores now, just in time for the summer riding season.
Today I took my first ride in the M1 kit and it lived up to and exceeded expectations. Not only does the kit look great but it is also one of [...]

Colavita/Sutter Home Men’s Cycling Team presented by Cooking Light delivers another podium appearance with his hard-fought third place finish at New Mexico’s Tour of the Gila. A true team effort, Tyler Wren, winner of stage two, and Alejandro Borrajo, who took 2nd in the Stage Four criterium, worked hard to maintain Anthony’s top [...]

One day added, four new cities announced
Jefferson City, Mo. (Jan. 30, 2008) – Twelve cities around the Show Me State have been selected as Start or Finish cities for the second edition of the Tour of Missouri, an elite, point-to-point cycling stage race to be held September 8-14, 2008.
The second Tour of Missouri has [...]

American George Hincapie of team High Road will participate in the Tour of Missouri international cycling race, September 8-14, race organizers announced today. Hincapie, a Tour de France stage winner, also will lend his image to marketing the race.
HIncapie Interview Video
“With my new team High Road, I will attend the Tour of Missouri this September [...]

National Governing Body Secures Office Building on City’s North Side
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (May 7, 2008)—USA Cycling announced today that the national headquarters for competitive cycling in the United States will remain in Colorado Springs.
Thanks to the generous support of Nor’wood Development group and the El Pomar Foundation combined with the collective efforts of the City [...]

Vogels Wins Tour of the Gila Criterium; Manion Wins Roswell Criterium
Bend, OR – The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team showed their character and spirit this weekend by answering the bell the very next day after learning Friday afternoon that the team’s title sponsor would not be renewing their sponsorship agreement at the end of the [...]

(May 5, 2008)
Report Filed by Colavita/Sutter Home Cycling Team Presented by Cooking Light
The talent, drive, and ambition of the Colavita/Sutter Home Cycling Teams presented by Cooking Light were on full display this week as the men’s and women’s teams divided to contest major races on opposite ends of the US. Sprinter Sebastian Haedo turned [...]

San Luis Obispo, CA, 2 May 2008 - “Racing well in the Giro d’Italia is a primary goal for Team High Road,” said Bob Stapleton. “We’re sending a very strong line up to a race with great tradition and a bright future. It’s also a personal favourite for our riders and management alike.”
The team’s roster [...]

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Concludes Pro Cycling Team Title Sponsorship
United Pro Cycling Team will Seek Replacement Title Sponsor for 2009
Los Angeles, CA – Team Owner, Sean Tucker, held a conference call earlier today with his riders, staff and management to announce to the team that Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. has decided [...]

So the story goes like this. Sean Tucker, the owner of Toyota-United promises Ivan Dominguez that he would put his picture on the Times Square Billboard if he wins a stage at the Amgen Tour of California. Ivan comes through on Stage 1, and so does Mr. Tucker.

AND IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH

San Luis Obispo, CA, 25th April 2008 – Team High Road announced today its schedule for the remainder of the 2008 season.
Race highlights for the coming months will be the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, after which the team will have several team members attending the Olympic Games in Beijing. Over [...]

PRESS RELEASE
Astana Cycling Team, under the guidance of team directors Viatcheslav Ekimov and Alexandr Shefer, won the team classification in the Tour de Georgia (USA, April 21st to 27th). Astana had an advantage of 3:30 to Team CSC.
Levi Leipheimer finished 3rd in the GC, 14 seconds behind former U23 world champion Kanstantin Sivtsov (High [...]

A wet day in Atlanta brings down the curtain
The 101 km Atlanta circuit race provided the competing teams with one last chance to make a mark on the 2008 Tour de Georgia. Drenched with rain shortly before the start of the stage, the course never completely dried, adding one more facet to the already [...]

Atlanta: Fred Rodriguez capped Rock Racings first participation in the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T with a fourth place finish on the final stage in Atlanta Sunday.
The result by the three-time U.S. national road race champion was Rock Racings fourth top five finish of the seven-day, 600-mile stage race. Additionally, Rock Racings Oscar Sevilla [...]

Suwanee, Ga. — Team Type 1 and its sponsors will have a lot to offer fans Sunday at the team’s booth at the Health & Wellness Expo in Atlanta for the final stage of the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T.

Team Type 1 is one of 15 teams competing in the seven-day, 600-mile race that [...]

Bikes, helmets, shoes – they all get cooler every year, but the humble bike bottle has stayed pretty much the same.
CamelBak® Products, LLC, building on its successful innovation in the bottle category, has changed all that. We’re introducing the new Podium™ Bottle, featuring a high flow rate, self-sealing squirt valve. Rather than opening and [...]

Report filed by Toshiba Cycling
TOSHIBA-Santo Pro Cycling Team presented by Herbalife’s Managing Director Ravi Rajcoomar is excited by his team’s chances at this year’s Twilight and USA CRITS Series. “We have a solid team with threats for victory in every race scenario. We hope to have a little luck on our side on Saturday night [...]

Though the Tour de Georgia’s stage 3 offered up a challenging parcous, there was little doubt that the day would end in another bunch sprint. The 174 km route from Washington to Gainesville presented the racers with an undulating course, made more difficult by the fast pace set all day by the peloton. [...]

Dominguez sprints to 3rd place finish claiming four-second time bonus to retain yellow jersey and picks up the lead in the Sprint Competition
Toyota-United continues to lead the team competition
Los Angeles, CA – Ivan Dominguez of the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team held on to the leaders yellow jersey at the conclusion of today’s Stage 2 in [...]

[22.04 22:02] Juan José Haedo surprised in second stage of Tour de Georgia, when the slightly injured Argentinean won the 188-kilometer stage from Statesboro to Augusta after a bunch sprint.
Haedo has had some problems with his hand after breaking it a month ago, which is why his victory was so unexpected.
“We’d been discussing that we’d [...]

Stage 2 of the Tour de Georgia offered up another prime day for the strong sprinting teams in the race. The 188 km route was a northward trek from Statesboro to Augusta.
Though the parcours began pancake flat, it eventually offered a series of undulating hills ending in the first King of [...]

High Road’s Greg Henderson took second place in today’s second stage of Tour de Georgia. In a very close sprint finish, Henderson came in behind CSC’s JJ Haedo moving himself up to second place in the overall classification. Henderson goes into Stage Three tomorrow trailing the overall leader, Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United), by only three [...]

High Road Men’s Team and Women’s Team are both racing on Wednesday - in their respective versions of the Fleche Wallone in Belgium.
The men’s team have high hopes for their younger riders, whilst after Flanders and the Ronde Van Drenthe, the women’s squad aim to add a straight third win in the World Cup [...]

Tybee Island, Ga. — Team Type 1 brings an arsenal to the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T that is equipped to deliver a stage win during the seven-day, 590-mile (949.5 km) race that begins Monday.
Team Type 1’s roster for the race will be Emile Abraham (TRI), Moises Aldape (MEX), Fabio Calabria (AUS), Glen Chadwick [...]

There are a total of 15 professional teams who have accepted invitations to compete in the 6th edition of the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T. Each team will bring eight athletes to ride in the 600-mile, seven-day event, which begins Monday, April 21 in Tybee Island, Georgia and ends Sunday, April 27 in Atlanta, [...]

(April 15, 2008)
Wayne, Pennsylvania –Rite Aid Pro Cycling presented by Shebell & Shebell wins five of our last six races.
The winning streak began when Miles Watson soloed home for the win at the Kirkwood Road Race. One week later, strategies changed, and the team gave Bobby Lea the leadout resulting in victory number two. [...]

HINCAPIE, HORNER, JULICH, LEIPHEIMER HIGHLIGHT
TOP AMERICANS TO RACE AMONG INTERNATIONAL FIELD AT 2008 TOUR DE GEORGIA PRESENTED BY AT&T
Rock Racing Replaces Saunier Duval to Complete Field of 15 Teams
ATLANTA, Ga. (April 16, 2008) – Top-ranked American cyclists confirmed as competing in the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T include USA Cycling Pro Road Champion Levi [...]

(April 14, 2008)
Race report filed by Health Net, presented by Maxxis
Ojai, CA – The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis played perfect team tactics to put Kyle Gritters and John Murphy on the top two steps of the podium of the Garrett Lemire Memorial Grand Prix Sunday.
Gritters won out of what started as [...]

(April 14, 2008)
Report filed by Slipstream Sports
he 24-year-old Dutch rider Martijn Maaskant (above and below) hung with the world’s best cyclists today to finish a fabulous 4th - and just off the podium - in his Paris-Roubaix debut.
Sticking to the front of the race as the main group gradually dwindled over the dusty pavé, Martijn [...]

Toyota-United Scores Two Victories from Colorado to New Jersey
Team secures seven podiums over the weekend
Los Angeles, CA – It what turned out to be one of the most successful weekends of racing Toyota-United has ever had, Ben Day and Dominique Rollin led the charge for the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team. It [...]

Tough Days in the Saddle
The BMC Racing Team has returned to the cold Low Countries’ spring and ventured out in two more semi-classic races. Thursday found the squad at the GP Pino Cerami in Belgium, while Saturday afternoon they duked it out at the GP Drenthe in the Netherlands.

Cerami: the team makes obvious improvements
The racing [...]

(April 9, 2008)
Race report filed by Toshiba Cycling
The sky’s above Georgia turned gray and began to spit rain as the Gainesville Georgia Cup drew near only to open up with torrential rain the morning of the first of three stages in what would be a race dominated by the TOSHIBA-Santo Pro Cycling Team presented by [...]

ROME, April 8, 2008 (AFP) - Eddy Mazzoleni, third in last year’s Tour of Italy (Giro d’Italia), has been handed a two-year ban by the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) for his involvement in the “Oil for Drug” affair, the FCI said on Tuesday.
The FCI also banned 28-year-old former Ceramica [...]

(April 5, 2008)
Report Filed by : Rock Racing Pro Cycling Team
Beaumont, CA Rock Racing’s Santiago Botero made the most of his first-ever victory in the United States Friday at Stage 1 of the Redlands Bicycle Classic.
In winning the 85-mile (138 km) Beaumont Circuit Race, Botero moved into the overall lead, he won the sprinter [...]

(April 4, 2008)
Report filed by Health Net, presented by Maxxis
Redlands, CA –Rory Sutherland of the Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis stormed the climbing 5 km opening prologue of the Redlands Classic, recording a time of 9:51.7, 0:02 ahead of Aussie Ben Day (Toyota-United) and 0:09 ahead of Canadian strong man Dominique Rollin [...]

(April 2, 2008)
Race report filed by Toshia Cycling
The TOSHIBA-Santo squad headed to South Florida to race in the highly anticipated Florida Cup weekend sponsored by Herbalife. This weekend was marked early on the racing schedule as a priority for the team due to its sponsor importance and hometown crowd enthusiasm.
The team did not disappoint.
Vista View [...]

In an Effort to be Included on the UCI Calendar,
Aqu, Inc. Reschedules Inaugural Tour of America Until 2009
Pressing forward with route details and sponsorship agreements,
Aqu also announces executive team
LUMBERTON, N.C. - March 31, 2008 - Aqu, Inc., organizers of The Tour of America, a multi-stage coast-to-coast professional bicycle road race, today announced rescheduling of the [...]

Team Type 1′ Ready For First National Racing Calendar Event
Redlands, CA. – Team Type 1 will field a roster that shapes up well to handle the first event on the National Race Calendar, the Redlands Bicycle Classic, which begins Thursday in Redlands, Calif.
Sport Director Ed Beamon said a talented field will once again be the [...]

HINCAPIE™ SPORTSWEAR NAMED OFFICIAL CYCLING APPAREL SUPPLIER FOR 2008 TOUR DE GEORGIA
Portable Sublimation Technology Helps Hincapie Print Leader Jerseys On-site
Greenville, SC - Hincapie™ Sportswear, Inc. (Hincapie), a leading manufacturer and marketer of distinctive clothing for the performance cyclist, has been chosen as the official cycling apparel supplier for the 2008 Tour de Georgia presented by [...]

Toyota-United finishes 2nd at San Dimas Hospital Road Race

Henk Vogels makes lemonade out of lemons, after Toyota-United has a string of bad luck on day two of the San Dimas Stage Race
Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team followed the first day performance at San Dimas with a second place finish by Henk Vogels. Vogels continues his [...]

U.S. Finishes 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships with Three Medals

Manchester, Great Britain (March 30, 2008)-Jennie Reed (Kirkland, Wash.) gave the United States its first world title in the women’s keirin on Sunday to close out the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. After winning the bronze medal in the sprint on Saturday, Reed [...]

Sevilla Overcomes Mishap To Deliver Rock Racing A Victory

San Dimas, Calif. — In his first race in the United States, Oscar Sevilla overcame a mechanical difficulty Friday to deliver Rock Racing an impressive victory at the San Dimas Stage Race.
A shifting problem with his rear derailleur forced Sevilla to get off his bike and remount [...]

Toyota-United takes 3rd at San Dimas Mountain Time Trial

Ben Day fires out of the gates with a strong showing in the first day of the San Dimas Stage Race
Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team came into the San Dimas race with strong early season momentum and rode away with another early podium showing Friday with a 3rd [...]

PRESS RELEASE
Astana Cycling Team in Belgian weekend

The team line-up for the next races:
E3-Prijs Vlaanderen (Bel) / GP E3 Flandres / E3 Price Flanders
Harelbeke
03/29/2008
Riders: Koen de Kort, René Haselbacher, Sergei Ivanov, Aaron Kemps, Dmitriy Muravyev, Gregory Rast, Michael Schär & Tomas Vaitkus.
D.S.: Alain Gallopin & Viatcheslav Ekimov
Brabantse Pijl / Flèche Brabançonne (Bel) / Brabant [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 28, 2008) Want to find information about who are America’s Pro Cycling Teams and their athletes? VELOBIOS is the ultimate website for cycling fans, journalists, team managers, and event organizers. VELOBIOS contains information on ALL THE UCI DOMESTIC BASED MENS TEAMS in one central location. Some of the rider bios [...]

HAMMER WINS SILVER AT 2008 UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Performance Marks Third Consecutive World Championship Medal
Manchester, Great Britain (March 27, 2008)-The United States Cycling Team claimed its first medal of the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on Thursday as Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif.) finished second in the women’s individual pursuit. Her silver-medal performance [...]

PRESS RELEASE
Contador and Astana score mountaintop win
When the profile shows mountains Team Astana fans know 2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will come out to play. Today’s fourth stage in the 23rd Vuelta a Castilla y Leon provided the perfect setting for the popular Spaniard to continue making his point that he and his [...]

MARK ABRAMSON ELECTED PRESIDENT OF USA CYCLING BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Wayne Stetina Elected Vice President, Jim Patton Secretary
Contact: Andy Lee (Tel.) 719.866.4867 (Mobile) 719.231.2041 (E-mail) alee@usacycling.org (Website) www.usacycling.org
San Francisco, Calif. (March 27, 2008)-The USA Cycling Board of Directors today elected three new officers - including Mark Abramson as its president - at its biannual [...]

Performance Expected to Qualify a Start Position for the U.S. at the Beijing Games
Manchester, Great Britain (March 26, 2008)-Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo.) continued his quest for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team on Wednesday, lowering his personal best time in the men’s individual pursuit by more than two seconds and recording a new world-record [...]

San Dimas, Calif. – Team Type 1 will field a much different lineup for its third stage race of the season – and its first in the United States – when it takes the start line Friday at the San Dimas Stage Race.
On Team Type 1’s roster for the three-day, three-stage race are Americans [...]

ACE PURE SPORT TEAMS’ SLIPSTREAM AND TEAM HIGH ROAD RECEIVE TOUR BIDS
BMC RECEIVES BID TO TOUR OF GEORGIA
Los Angeles, March 25, 2008: 
The Agency for Cycling Ethics, Inc., (“ACE”), a subsidiary of The Agency for Sports Ethics, LLC, (“ASE”), applauds the PURE SPORT Program participating teams’, Team High Road and Slipstream-Chipotle, invitations to the 2008 [...]

Henk Vogels doubles up with a pair of victories in Colorado,
Ivan Stevic returns to racing with a 2nd place finish

After a late spring snow storm dusted Boulder, Colorado Saturday evening, it was a bright and sunny Easter Sunday for the 100-man field toeing the line for the 60-minute Colorado University Research Park [...]

Broken Wrist Sidelines Team Type 1s Matt Wilson
Los Angeles What was supposed to be a routine training ride for Team Type 1s Matt Wilson instead resulted in a broken wrist that will keep the former Australian national road champion out of competition for a couple of weeks.
Wilson was training last Wednesday on the Pacific Coast [...]

With the health of athletes who participate in the Olympic Games being of the utmost importance to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the IOC’s Medical Commission has been appraising the air quality in the Chinese capital.
Over the past weeks, an analysis has been made of a set of data – including temperature, wind, humidity and [...]

Tapei City, Taiwan Team Type 1’s Shawn Milne fought to the end to defend his title at the Tour de Taiwan during a thrilling final stage criterium in Tapei City.
The race for the overall between Milne and race leader John Murphy (Health Net presented by Maxxis) came down to the final sprint thanks to a [...]

Supplement maker joins cycling’s anti-doping fight
Posted Mar. 4, 2008
WOODSTOCK, Georgia— Starting in March, leading sports nutrition and supplement manufacturer Dedicated Athlete will break new ground in the fight against illegal doping, unveiling a first-of-its-kind program that allows customers to make direct donations to the non-profit Cycling Ethics Foundation.
The progressive program will be run through [...]

EVENTS FOR PATRICK BRADY
AUTHOR OF BICYCLING LOS ANGELES COUNTY
A GUIDE TO GREAT ROAD BIKE RIDES
In March, two Los Angeles area cycling shops will host Patrick Brady to sign copies of his recently released book, BICYCLING LOS ANGELES COUNTY:
• Cynergy Cycles in Santa Monica from 3-4pm on Sunday, March 9th
• [...]

U.S. TEAM FOR 2008 UCI TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ANNOUNCED
Nine Athletes Set to Compete at Final Major Event before Olympic Games

Contact: Andy Lee (Tel.) 719.866.4867 (Mobile) 719.231.2041 (E-mail) alee@usacycling.org (Website) www.usacycling.org

Colorado Springs, Colo. (February 27, 2008)—USA Cycling announced today its selections to the National Team for the 2008 UCI Track World Championships.
[...]

Pasadena, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2008) Michael Creed’s extraordinary ride Sunday capped an impressive performance for Rock Racing at the Amgen Tour of California.
Attacking from the start of the 93-mile (150 km) stage, Creed played an instrumental role in a pair of breakaways that stayed clear of the peloton on a rain-soaked, bone-chilling ride from Santa [...]

ENTHUSIASM FOR ASTANA CYCLING TEAM’S YELLOW JERSEY
 
 
Thousands of enthusiastic fans welcomed Levi Leipheimer and his Astana Cycling Team-mates at the end of the Amgen Tour of California in Pasadena. The team held control over the 7th and last stage of the race helping Levi Leipheimer win his second consecutive overall victory in the Tour of [...]

PRESS RELEASE
BOTT’S DOTS FATAL FOR VLADIMIR GUSEV

Vladimir Gusev (Astana Cycling Team) broke his right collar bone in the 6th stage of the Tour of California. While picking up bottles from the team car, at 26 km of the finish in Santa Clarita, his front wheel hit one of the typical Botts’ dots, the nonreflective [...]

PRESS RELEASE: SPONSORS DECLARE SUPPORT OF ASTANA CYCLING TEAM

After the recent unjust and irrational non-invitations handed to the Astana Cycling Team by race organizers RCS Sport and Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the Kazakhstan Cycling Federation, city of Astana and the Team’s Kazakh sponsors declared their continued support of Johan Bruyneel’s new squad. Meeting with [...]

ROCK THE CURE FOUNDATION TEAMS UP
WITH ROCK RACING FOR TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
What:         Rock the Cure and Rock Racing are providing a once in a lifetime opportunity to underprivileged children at this year’s Tour of California. Hosted by two of the sport’s brightest stars, Rashaan Bahati and Kevin Kline, these children will experience the intense competition, [...]

Unified Rock Racing Team Votes To Ride Short-Handed
Rock Racings Michael Ball Responds To AEGs Exclusion Of Three Riders
Palo Alto, Calif. (Feb. 16, 2008) Despite only being able to field a five-rider squad three short of the standard team roster Rock Racing will compete in the Amgen Tour of California.
Rock Racing Team Owner Michael Ball said [...]

ROCK RACING TO FIELD EIGHT RIDERS AT AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
Tyler Hamilton, Santiago Botero, Oscar Sevilla and Mario Cipollini Headline Team Roster
Team Owner Michael Ball Announces Need For Riders’ Union to Protect Individual Rights
Palo Alto, Calif. (Feb. 16, 2008) – Rock Racing Team Owner Michael Ball announced today that he stands by his riders and [...]

RENOWNED U.S. PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S CYCLING TEAMS CONFIRMED
FOR FIRST EVER AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S CRITERIUM
Accomplished Field of Professional Female Riders Assembled for Santa Rosa Race
LOS ANGELES, February 15, 2008 – The most well-renowned professional women’s cycling teams in the United States will be represented in the first edition of the Amgen Tour of California Women’s [...]

WOrld-Class FIELD ANNOUNCED FOR
2008 Amgen Tour oF California PROFESSIONAL Cycling road race
Race Draws Top Cyclists, Including Defending Champion Levi Leipheimer
and World Champion Paolo Bettini
 
LOS ANGELES, February 14, 2008 – Considered the best collection of talent to compete in a U.S. professional cycling stage race, the world-class roster of teams and cyclists scheduled to [...]

With surprise, disbelief, incomprehension, but dignity as well, Astana Cycling Team has been informed of the non selection of the team for the races of ASO, including Tour de France 2008.
“Since breaking with the ProTour, Tour de France is free to issue its own invitations. After the non selection for the Tour of Italy, we [...]

TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYED BY 2008 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA BRINGS
ENHANCED LIVE RACE ACTION TO FANS AROUND THE WORLD
February 17-24 World-Class Stage Race Available Via Internet
LOS ANGELES, February 13, 2008 – This year, watching the most popular U.S. professional cycling race from the comfort of home, office or finish lines will be easier and more enjoyable than [...]

RAD Racing NW Announces 2008 Junior Cycling Program
10th Anniversary/New Sponsors Unveiled
Olympia (Wash.) RAD Racing NW launches the 10th Anniversary season for the program in 2008 with several announcements. From its humble beginnings as a 5-rider grassroots mountain bike team in 1998, RAD Racing has grown into one of the top junior teams in [...]

ROCK RACING ANNOUNCES AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP
LOS ANGELES (February 6, 2008) – Rock Racing, founded by cyclist and Rock & Republic CEO/Creative Director Michael Ball, and AEG today announced a sponsorship agreement that names Rock Racing as the official fashion apparel sponsor of the 2008 Amgen Tour of California professional cycling road [...]

PRESS RELEASE: NO ASTANA IN GIRO d’ITALIA
The Astana Cycling Team regrets that it has not been selected to participate in the Tour of Italy 2008. The team, which has undergone major changes during the last several months, received only a brief explanation from Giro organizers, RCS who cited a lack of interest among Astana [...]

FEBRUARY 18TH DURING 2008 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
Professional Women’s Cycling Event to be Held During Stage 1 of the 2008 Amgen Tour of California
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2008 – Adding to the excitement generated throughout the last two years in Santa Rosa, the state of California and throughout the international cycling community by [...]

LOCAL ASSOCIATION PAYOUTS REACH $1.4 MILLION
USA Cycling Welcomes Two New Local Associations from New Mexico and Indiana/Kentucky
Contact: Andy Lee (Tel.) 719.866.4867 (Mobile) 719.231.2041 (E-mail) alee@usacycling.org (Website) www.usacycling.org
Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 30, 2008)—USA Cycling announced today the establishment of two new Local Associations (L.A.) and the restructuring of one existing organization as payouts reach [...]

LEW RACING BECOMES PART OF USA CYCLING HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM
Aerodynamic Technologies Company Looks to Give American Cyclists Competitive Advantage
USA Cycling Contact: Andy Lee (Tel.) 719.866.4867 (E-mail) alee@usacycling.org (Website) www.usacycling.org
Lew Racing Contact: Lee Vaccaro (Tel.) 702.205.5766 (E-mail) leevaccaro@yahoo.com (Website) www.lewracing.com
Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 24, 2008)—Looking to give American cyclists a competitive advantage, USA Cycling announced [...]

The Agency for Cycling Ethics Makes Further Enhancements to its Proprietary “Whereabouts” System
Los Angeles, California
January 23rd, 2008

As part of its on-going efforts to develop the most robust “whereabouts” system in the field of anti-doping, the Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE) announces it has made further enhancements to its proprietary whereabouts system. This latest [...]

2008 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA WILL SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND ANTI-DOPING TESTING AND PROCEDURES FOR UPCOMING RACE
Partnership with USADA, UCI, USA Cycling and AEG Created to Develop Unprecedented Approach to Anti-Doping Policies

LOS ANGELES, January 22, 2008 – The upcoming 2008 Amgen Tour of California cycling road race will adopt the most comprehensive anti-doping protocol in cycling history [...]

MORE THAN 400 ELITE TRACK CYCLISTS COMPETE THIS WEEKEND AT THE HOME DEPOT CENTER
Record Number of Competitors Likely to Alter Event Schedule
Carson, Calif. (January 15, 2007)–The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Track Cycling World Cup Classics return to the United States Jan. 18-20, 2008 at the ADT Event Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, [...]

MARC GULLICKSON NAMED USA CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE AND CYCLO-CROSS PROGRAM MANAGER
Ten-Time World Championship Veteran, Team Manager to Guide Development and Elite Athlete Programs
Contact: Andy Lee (Tel.) 719.866.4867 (Mobile) 719.231.2041 (E-mail) alee@usacycling.org (Website) www.usacycling.org
Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 11, 2008)—Following the departure of Matt Cramer from the organization late last year, Marc Gullickson [...]

3T inks sponsorship with Team CSC
[05.01 11:12] Team CSC has signed a sponsorship deal with the New 3T, in a pact that links the historic handlebar brand to the world’s leading cycling team. Bjarne Riis, team owner of the 2007 ProTour winning Team CSC, signed the contract with Rene Wiertz, CEO of the New 3T.
“The [...]

Ritchey Design Signs Contract to Continue Sponsorship of
Health Net and Symmetrics Professional Bicycle Road Racing Teams
SAN CARLOS, Calif. - Dec. 20, 2007 - Ritchey Design Inc. today announced the re-signing of separate sponsorship deals with the Health Net Presented by Maxxis and the Symmetrics Fuelled by FarmPure top-tier North American-based bicycle road racing teams.
The 2008 [...]

GT Bicycles and Ritchey Design Sponsor Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team
LAKE FOREST and SAN CARLOS, Calif. - Dec. 18, 2007 - GT Bicycles and Ritchey Design Inc. today announced the signing of sponsorship agreements with the Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team, a continental road cycling team.
As a direct result of a strategic partnership with Jelly [...]

USA Cycling announces 2007 ‘Club of the Year’ recipients
Colorado Springs, Colo. (December 14, 2007)—USA Cycling announced today the recipients of its annual Club of the Year awards. Ten USA Cycling-sanctioned clubs received recognition for outstanding programs throughout the 2007 season and will receive complimentary registration fees for the 2008 racing season.
Clubs were judged on several [...]

Responding to feedback from racers, organizing bodies and the media, the new route is shorter and more consistent with professional road racing standards
LUMBERTON, N.C. - Dec. 13, 2007 - Aqu, Inc., organizers of The Tour of America, a multi-stage coast-to-coast professional bicycle road race, today announced revised dates and tentative race route for its September [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Toulca Lake, California resident, Lauren Jacobsen, has won the UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships and set a new world record. Representing the USA and racing for cycling team NOW MS Society, Lauren won the gold medal in the women’s age 50-54 500 meter Time Trial on October 16th, at the Dunc Gray [...]

AEG Announces Route Details For 2008 Amgen Tour of California Professional Cycling Road Race
World-Class Cycling Field to Compete Across 650 Miles of California Roadway in Eight-Day Stage Race
LOS ANGELES (November 13, 2007) – Specific route details for the 2008 Amgen Tour of California professional cycling race were revealed today by AEG, presenter of [...]

Join the Movement and Start to Finish MS
Hundreds ride for multiple sclerosis from Camarillo to Santa Barbara at the 2007 Southern California Start to Finish MS Bike Tour
Camarillo — The Southern California Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society held its Start to Finish MS Bike Tour, from
Camarillo to Santa Barbara on Saturday [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VELO CLUB LA GRANGE NAMED OFFICIAL CLUB
OF THE START TO FINISH MS BIKE TOUR
LOS ANGELES, September 24th, 2007: Velo Club La Grange, one of Southern California’s largest and most established cycling organizations, has been named the Official Bike Club of the 2007 Santa Barbara START TO FINISH MS BIKE TOUR. In [...]

What’s Fair is Clear
Dear Friends and Supporters,
I’m of course disappointed and in fact angry about the split decision ruling against me last week.
If any good has come out of this, we have shown that the anti-doping system is corrupt, inefficient and unfair. The content of this decision unfortunately highlights this once again. The straightforward and [...]

Interbike 2007 Shaping Up to Be Yet Another Record
Bicycle and Accessory Trade Show
Interbike reports increase in exhibit footprint over last year’s record and strong
pre-registration numbers for the 2007 OutDoor Demo and International Bicycle Expo
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. - August 24, 2007 - Interbike today announced its annual OutDoor Demo and International Bicycle Expo, to be [...]

PRESS RELEASE
PRO CYCLIST RAISIN OVERCOMES NEAR-FATAL CRASH TO RETURN TO SPORT IN SEPTEMBER
Georgia Native Will Compete at the
2007 Greenville Hospital System
USA Cycling Professional Championships
Contacts:
Chris Aronhalt, Medalist Sports (Executive Director) Jackie Tyson, Peloton Sports (PR) [...]

Pro Cyclists Join Giro to Launch New Eyewear Line
SANTA CRUZ, CA (BRAIN)–Tour de France winner Alberto Contador of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team and popular French pro cyclist Nicolas Portal of the Caisse d’Epargne Cycling Team, have signed agreements to exclusively use Giro’s new line of sport performance sunglasses.
The riders have put the Havik [...]

HOST CITIES ANNOUNCED FOR 2008 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
World-Class Cycling Field Will Return to California in February to Compete Across 700 Miles of California Roadway in Eight-Day Stage Race
LOS ANGELES (July 25, 2007) – The 2008 Amgen Tour of California professional cycling road race will take place February 17-24, 2008, as confirmed today by [...]

HOST CITIES ANNOUNCED FOR 2008 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
World-Class Cycling Field Will Return to California in February to Compete Across 700 Miles of California Roadway in Eight-Day Stage Race
LOS ANGELES (July 25, 2007) – The 2008 Amgen Tour of California professional cycling road race will take place February 17-24, 2008, as confirmed today by [...]

For Immediate Release:
Pro Cyclist to Continue Miracle Comeback at Porcupine Hill Climb in Salt Lake City, Utah On July 7, 2007 Saul Raisin Will Ride His First Post-Accident Race
“Saul Raisin may have been an virtual unknown until he had that frightening crash. But he deserves our attention as another example of what is right with [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Interbike Sponsors Inaugural Las Vegas World Criterium Championship

The final race in a 10-city national series, the World Criterium Championship coincides with Interbike’s international bicycle expo in Las Vegas, Nevada
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. - June 7, 2007 - Interbike today announced it is the presenting sponsor of the World Criterium Championship, to be held [...]

Trek unveils the new Madone.

PARIS, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) - Cyclists due to compete in the Paris-Nice stage race have asked organisers to make amendments to a proposed teams’ contract, which in midweek prompted anger from the sport’s world ruling body.
The first major European stage race of the season will be held under a cloud after organisers controversially [...]