TEAM PURSUIT, 500-METER TIME TRIAL TITLES AWARDED IN CARSON
Phinney Claims Second National Championship of the Week
Carson, Calif. (October 3, 2008)—Four more national champions were determined Thursday as the 2008 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships continued at the ADT Event Center at the Home Depot Center with team pursuit and women’s 500-meter time trial contests.
In the men’s 4,000-meter team pursuit, Taylor Phinney (Boulder, [...]
Scheduling Conflict Means Hamilton Will Miss Worlds
Boulder, Colo. — Rock Racing announced Thursday that Tyler Hamilton has declined his automatic selection to represent the United States at the World Championship road race due to a scheduling conflict with a ride for his charity.
Speaking earlier this week at an appearance at Harrods of London following the team’s participation at the Tour of [...]
U.S. Team For Road World Championships Announced
Olympic Gold Medalist Kristin Armstrong Looks to Join Elite Company with Fourth World’s Medal
Colorado Springs, Colo. (September 16, 2008)—USA Cycling announced today the team that will represent the United States at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships, Sept. 23-28 in Varese, Italy. Seventeen athletes will compete in Elite and U23 categories as part of [...]
VANDE VELDE CROWNED USA CYCLING PROFESSIONAL TOUR CHAMPION
Garmin/Chipotle Earns Team Title
Colorado Springs, Colo. (September 16, 2008)—With his overall victory at the Tour of Missouri last weekend, Christian Vande Velde (Boulder, Colo./Garmin-Chipotle) won the season-long USA Cycling Professional Tour with a total of 272 points over runner up and defending champion Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Astana), who finished the season with 244.
In the [...]
Sunday’s News Today: Vande Velde Wins Tour of Missouri!
What year-long coming out party it has been for the former hyper-domestique Christian Vande Velde, who - now keep this a secret, please - just WON the Tour of Missouri by CRUSHING the individual time trial.
Being a real-time or sooner news service, we felt it unnecessary to wait until they make this all official on [...]
Floyd Picks up Momentum - Momentum Picks up Floyd
Floyd Landis is back. Rumors are flying that Floyd is coming back to Momentum, though by the time he gets back on a bike it’ll no longer be the HealthNet/Maxxis team. Our sources at HealthNet/Maxxis confirm that the rumor is true, and Floyd and Lance will be riding head to head [...]
Rock Racing’s Hamilton Wins National Title In Photo Finish
Greenville, S.C. — Rock Racing’s “Fast Freddie” Rodriguez predicted it. Tyler Hamilton made it happen. But ultimately it took a photo to decide it.
Hamilton edged Blake Caldwell (Garmin-Chipotle presented by H3O) by two-thousandths of a second Sunday at the Greenville Hospital System USA Cycling Professional Road Race Championship. The thrilling finish capped the 115-mile (185 [...]
David Zabriskie Makes It Three Straight At USA Cycling Pro Time Trial
Zirbel a Close Second, Vande Velde Third as Garmin-Chipotle Puts Four in Top Five!
Greenville, S.C. (August 30, 2008)–David Zabriskie (Salt Lake City, Utah/Garmin-Chipotle) remains the only athlete to win a USA Cycling professional time trial championship after successfully defending his national title on Saturday - his third straight since the event’s inception in [...]
Rock Racing Becomes Sponsor of USA Cycling Pro Championships in Greenville, S.C.
Culver City, Calif. – Rock Racing is set to rock Greenville, S.C., as an official sponsor of the prestigious Greenville Hospital System USA Cycling Professional Championships on Aug. 30-31. As part of Rock Racing’s commitment to the sport of cycling, Team Owner Michael Ball said it is important to him to support the event [...]
