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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 [...]
Atlanta, GA (April 25, 2008) – As part of the team’s commitment to supporting the 2008 Tour de Georgia presented by AT & T, Rock Racing is donating $250,000 to the official beneficiaries of the event, Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Georgia Cancer Coalition. Team [...]
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 [...]
Join the forum discussion on this postRock Racing has announced that they are breaking ties with world champion Mario Cipollini effective immediately.
Rumors have been circulating for weeks about the tenuous relationship between team owner Michael Ball and Cipollini, and even on the final day of the Tour of California there was evidence of discontent.
Michael [...]
Mario Cipollini made his return to the pro peloton last week in the Tour of California. Riding for the controversial Rock Racing team, “Super Mario” arrived in California the day before the race was to begin. He brought his own bike with him as well, instead of the De Rosa bikes the Rock team were [...]
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 [...]
Enjoy the Bicycle.Net podcast Stage 7 edition with our host, David Bernstein of The FredCast Cycling Podcast.
Preview of Today’s Stage 7
Interviews with:
Mark Cavendish, Team High Road
Bob Stapleton, Team High Road
Freddie Rodgriguez, Rock Racing
Chris Horner, Astana
Jose Luis ‘Chechu’ Rubiera, Astana
Scott Nydam, BMC
Michael Creed, Rock Racing
Summary of the Day’s Racing Action
Final Standings
Post-race Interview with Michael Creed
Press Conference [...]
Late-Race Crash Sidelines Rock Racings Star Sprinters
Santa Clarita, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2008) A crash in the final miles of Saturdays Stage 6 of the Amgen Tour of California dashed the hopes of Rock Racings star sprinters, Mario Cipollini and Fred Rodriguez.
The pair tumbled to the pavement in the final 2.5 miles (4 km) of the [...]
Rock Racings Rodriguez Scores Top 10 Finish
Santa Rosa, Calif. (Feb. 18, 2008) Freddie Rodriguez earned Rock Racing a top 10 finish Monday in Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California.
Rodriguez and Rock Racing teammate Doug Ollerenshaw were among 73 riders in the lead pack as the race entered the streets of Santa [...]
Stage One. Sausalito to Santa Rosa. Jackson Stewart fighting, Hincapie crashing, Haedo winning. Today’s race had it all. So what does tomorrow look like. Listen to David Bernstein of The FredCast Cycling Podcast as he brings you Bicycle.Net’s exclusive in depth audio coverage of the Tour of California.
Here’s the [...]
Bicycle.Net Tour of California Podcast - Stage 1 Edition [30:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (97)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, [...]
With so much focus on the the hardness and hyper-competitiveness of the professional cycling circuit, its nice to see that these guys out on the bikes are true sportsmen and truly nice guys.
Our creative director was working his way through Palo Alto on the day before the prologue and came upon the bad boys [...]
Sunday’s Prologue to the Amgen Tour of California, was a warm beautiful day, great crowds and tons of excitement. Listen here to Bicycle.Net’s podcast wrapup, with our host David Bernstein of The FredCast Cycling Podcast
Preview of Today’s Stage
Summary of the Day’s Racing Action
Interview with Phil Liggett
For more great audio, check out our [...]
Bicycle.Net Tour of California Podcast - Prologue Edition [18:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (85)Bicycle.net this year is thrilled to bring you fantastic exclusive interviews and podcasts. Here are some thoughts on what this year’s Tour of California is going to bring you.
For more great audio, check out our host David Bernstein at The FredCast cycling podcast (The Fredcast.com).
Three Rock Racing riders not welcome at Tour of California
PALO ALTO, California, Feb 17, 2008 (AFP) - Tour of California organizers have rejected the entries of Rock Racing riders Tyler Hamilton, Santiago Botero and Oscar Sevilla, who have been linked with the Operation Puerto doping probe in Spain.
The trio have been the [...]
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 team owner Michael Ball called a press conference at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto today to discuss, according to a team spokesman, “the Rock racing team for 2008, some of the anti-doping policies and integrity of Rock Racing, the changes needed in the sport today, specifically the need for a rider’s [...]
On Saturday January 19th at 2:30pm Mr. Super Mario Cipollini and his new Rock Racing team mates where spotted training in the Santa Monica Mountains in Malibu, California. They were riding on Kanan Canyon. A few things that I found interesting about the Rock Racing Team. One, where were the helmets? I can only [...]
On 1/16/08 one of my team mates was out for a afternoon ride and who did he see in Malibu, CA, none other than Mario Cipollini. Read the quoted text below to read about his experience. then read the news article below that.
As usual Bicycle.net is getting the inside stories that no one [...]