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• Hincapie and Dempsey To Participate In Breakaway Rides
  February 18th, 2010
  

  AMATEUR CYCLISTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE TWO OF THE 2010 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA ROUTES
  Two April Cycling Events will Raise Funds and Awareness for Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer® Initiative
  LOS ANGELES (February 17, 2009) – Patrick Dempsey and George Hincapie today confirmed their participation in the ‘Breakaway Ride presented by Specialized,’ two cycling [...]

• A Focus On Team BMC Pro Cycling
  February 6th, 2010
  

  So when was the last time you got to ride with two world road champions, and one US road champion at the same time? Well, for me this dream come true happened on January 27th, 2010 at the Team BMC Pro Cycling training camp media day.
  Bicycle.net was invited to the training camp [...]

• Team BMC Pro Cycling Training Camp Photo Gallery
  January 30th, 2010
  

  On January 27th Bicycle.net was invited to attend the Team BMC Pro Cycling training camp in Agoura, CA. We had the rare opportunity to not only interview the riders but to actually go on a ride with the team. Just for a minute imagine the thrill to ride with;
  *Cadel Evans – 2009 World [...]

• George Hincapie Re-signs With Northwave
  January 16th, 2010
  

  George Hincapie re-signs a two year contract to remain sponsored and support Northwave shoes. Northwave, the innovative Italian company, has partnered with George Hincapie to sponsor and supply him with cycling shoes till 2012. The recently crowned US Pro Champion has ridden Northwave Aerlite SBS shoes the past 2 cycling seasons with several [...]

• BMC Racing Team Awarded UCI Wild Card For 2010
  January 12th, 2010
  

  The BMC Racing Team learned Monday it has been granted Wild Card status for the 2010 season by the International Cycling Union (UCI).
  The decision by the UCI’s license committee earns the U.S.-registered professional continental team the right to be invited to races on both the UCI ProTour schedule and the Historic Monuments of [...]

• Team BMC Ready For 2010
  December 19th, 2009
  

  Already Training at full steam, BMC Racing Team is ready for the new year
  With just a few weeks until the 2010 season gets underway, the members of the BMC Racing team are taking stock of their fitness and ambitions for the new season. The team has invested in two different team meetings, one in [...]

• More Freedom With New Team BMC, Says Evans
  November 2nd, 2009
  

  SYDNEY, Nov 2, 2009 (AFP) – Australia’s world road race cycling champion Cadel Evans said Monday his switch to the American BMC team gives him the freedom to plan his own programme.
  Evans, a two-time runner-up on the Tour de France, in 2007 and 2008, has announced he will leave [...]

• 2010 Amgen Tour of California Route Announced
  October 22nd, 2009
  

  2010 Amgen Tour of California Host Cities and Top Competitors Announced via Twitter
  May Timing Allows Route Changes and New Host Cities for Eight-Day Stage Race
  LOS ANGELES (October 22, 2009) – The host cities for the record-setting Amgen Tour of California professional cycling road race were announced this morning via a Twitter exchange that took place [...]

• BMC Announces the Signing Of Two More Riders For 2010
  September 9th, 2009
  

  On the heels of signing some of the most established riders in the peloton such as Georges Hincapie, Karsten Kroon, Alessandro Ballan, Marcus Burghardt and Steve Moribito, BMC is reiterating its dedication to building a team of youthful talents by signing Mauro Santambrogio (25) from Italy and Alexander Kristoff (22) from Norway.
  Cut his [...]

• BMC Racing Team Signs “Big George” Hincapie, Alessandro Ballan, And More
  September 1st, 2009
  

  BMC Racing Team announces the signing of the current World Professional Road Champion, current US Professional Road Champion and proven, successful new riders for the 2010 season. They look forward to an aggressive 2010 schedule focused on a higher level of professional racing
  The BMC Racing Team has acquired the current World Professional Road Champion from [...]

• George Hincapie Captures His Third US Pro Road Championship
  August 30th, 2009
  

  Greenville local Hincapie wins his third professional road championship as event announces return to Greenville for 2010
  Greenville, S.C. (August 30, 2009)–One of the most decorated American cyclists of his generation, George Hincapie (Greenville, S.C./Columbia-High Road) added a third Stars-and-Stripes jersey to his collection, winning the Greenville Hospital Systems USA Cycling Professional Road Race Championship in [...]

• Hincapie Sportswear Releases Documentary Film, “A Ride With George Hincapie”
  June 27th, 2009
  

  Award Winning Director Captures the Life of One of America’s Greatest Cyclists
  Greenville, SC­­­­—Hincapie™ Sportswear, Inc. (Hincapie), manufacturer and marketer of distinctive clothing for the performance cyclist, will release “35 Years, 677,000 Kilometers, 81 Minutes: A Ride with George Hincapie,” a documentary film on the life of one of America’s greatest cyclists. The official movie [...]

• Hincapie Has High Hopes In Hell For The 14th Time In Roubaix
  April 11th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis
  If prizes were given for obstinacy George Hincapie might already have given up his lifelong quest to stand atop one of cycling’s most prestigious podiums.
  But as the 35-year-old New Yorker admits, Paris-Roubaix is never a race you win with ease.
  On Sunday [...]

• DINNER WITH MR. HINCAPIE
  September 18th, 2008
  

  What a coup!  The Tour of Missouri ends and our hearty bike troupe has the good fortune – courtesy of our shop’s relationship with Hincapie Apparel – to have the company reps come by and have dinner with us at an Irish pub/restaurant in St. Louis’ ever-trendy Central West End. 
  Oh yeah, and we’re told in [...]

• Can Cadel Evans Pull Off A Feat Lance Never Faced? or, “Why Cadel Can’t Win This Year’s Tour”
  July 12th, 2008
  

  Watching the Tour thus far, it’s hard not to be impressed by Cadel Evans’ steady performance. That’s what people say when they think of him — steady, consistent, and strong. He can climb with anyone, he can time trial with the best, and his head is always in the game.
  Clever like [...]

• Tom Zirbel Delivers More Than Pizza, Hincapie Charges to the Stage Win, Levi Leipheimer Keeps the Yellow Jersey
  February 24th, 2008
  

  The Amgen Tour of California came into Metro LA today with a point to point course from Santa Clarita to Pasadena. The finish line was close enough to the Beverly Hills headquarters of your Bicycle.Net crew that we were able to gather up the wives and kids.
  Yes, even Velowife pulled it together and [...]

• George Hincapie crashes at Tour of California – Exclusive Photos
  February 18th, 2008
  

  George Hincapie of Team HighRoad took a pretty nasty crash in the final circuits around Santa Rosa in stage one of the Tour of California. Here are Bicycle.Net’s exclusive photos.

  Back on his feet:

  Photos by Michael Roe