Written by: Ira Caminong (Road Shark) At the side of my bed is my bedside table. I have a habit of dumping a metric ton of random crap there. it is there that I have set my keys, glasses, cell phone, watch, wallet, opened and unopened mail, sunscreen, lotion, and lubricant cream. And yes, those last two objects can make a girl want to step back if she sees them at a guy’s bedside table. She … [Read more...]
2013 Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road & Time Trial National Championships
February 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Course Routes Unveiled for 2013 Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Men’s and Women’s Road & Time Trial National Championships Chattanooga, Tenn. – USA Cycling has announced the proposed course routes for the 2013 Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road & Time Trial National Championships and the U.S. Handcycling Criterium National Championships, to be held May 25-27 in Chattanooga. … [Read more...]
World Champion Cavendish Looks Forward To Olympics
September 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Written by: Justin Davis COPENHAGEN, Sept 25, 2011 (AFP) - Mark Cavendish added another significant line to his remarkable list of honors when he ended a 46-year wait for a British men's world road race title on Sunday. Barely minutes after his latest exploit, the 26-year-old from the Isle of Man was talking up his chances of becoming Olympic champion at London in 2012. … [Read more...]
USA To Host The 2015 World Road Championships
September 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept 21, 2011 - The International Cycling Union (UCI) selected Richmond, Virginia, as host of the 2015 road cycling world championships on Wednesday, the first US site for the event since 1986. Oman has challenged the American bid before pulling out as a candidate, leaving Richmond, about a two-hour drive south of Washington, to claim the event. The last US host city … [Read more...]
World Road Race Championships Schedule
September 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Race schedule for the world road race championships in Copenhagen from September 19-25: September 19 Time trial Junior Women, 13,9 km Time trial Under 23 Men, 35,2 km (2x17,6 km) September 20 Time trial Junior Men, 27,8 km (2x13,9 km) Time trial Elite Women, 27,8 km (2x13,9 km) September 21 Time trial Elite Men, 46,4 km (2x23,2 km) September 23 … [Read more...]
Sprinters Eye Rainbow Jersey Prize In Copenhagen
September 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Justin Davis PARIS, Sept 18, 2011 (AFP) - Trade team niceties are set to be thrown to one side and replaced with enmity on a national scale next week when the cream of the peloton descend on Copenhagen to battle it out for cycling's coveted rainbow jersey. And Mark Cavendish, the Briton who has taken sprinting to new levels in five years Tour de France domination, is the man … [Read more...]
Dutch Team For World Championships
September 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
BRUSSELS, Sept 17, 2011 (AFP) - The Netherlands team for the September 19-25 world cycling championships in Copenhagen released on Saturday: Road race: Robert Gesink, Bauke Mollema, Lars Boom, Maarten Tjallingii, Pieter Weening, Wout Poels, Johnny Hoogerland, Pim Ligthart, Niki Terpstra. Time-trial: Lieuwe Westra, Stef Clement. … [Read more...]
Renshaw Is 10th Man As Goss Leads Aussies At Worlds
September 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Sept 14, 2011 (AFP) - Milan-San Remo champion Matt Goss will spearhead Australia's bid for the coveted rainbow jersey at the world road race championships in Copenhagen, where compatriot Mark Renshaw will sit among the replacements. Renshaw has made his name in recent years as the main lead-out man for British sprinter Mark Cavendish, the winner of 20 stages on the Tour de France. … [Read more...]
Predator Cycling Announces New Carbon Fiber Custom Road Frame
September 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
September 7th, 2011 - Santa Monica, CA— Predator Cycling is pleased to announce a brand new carbon fiber road frame masterpiece, called simply the Road. Each and every Road frame is built right here in our Santa Monica facility in Southern California. Replacing the Carbon SL, the Road uses Predator’s new “Trifecta” layup process. The Predator Road is all about maximizing speed, stiffness … [Read more...]
Eight titles awarded on final day of Masters Road National Championships
September 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Bend, Ore. (Sept. 4, 2011) — The 2011 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships completed Sunday with nearly 500 riders contesting the second day of road races at Summit High School. Eight national championship jerseys were awarded to men 30-59 and women 30-39 in the road race. The men’s 55-59 road race started the day and nearly half of the 73-rider peloton separated itself after … [Read more...]