How Big is a Skoda? – By Matt Bigos
This is part 2 of my “round the world in 30 or so days”. After finishing up racing in Africa last week, I flew with a teammate from the States to Frankfurt for a smaller UCI race in Cologne. Something I’ve found far different over the years of racing in the States and racing in …
Amgen Tour of California: Alaphilippe & Guarnier Win Overall, Cavendish & Wild Take Final Stage
After 782 miles and eight days of racing, 23 year-old Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) of Etixx – Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team clinched the 2016 Amgen Tour of California championship, becoming the youngest rider to hold that title in the race’s 11 years. U.S. National Road Race Champion Megan Guarnier (Glens Falls, New York) of Boels-Dolmans Cycling …
Amgen Tour of California: Vos and Kristoff Sprint to Victory in Santa Rosa
With thousands of fans lining the streets of Santa Rosa, Team KATUSHA’s star sprinter Alexander Kristoff (NOR) catapulted to a stage win, his eighth of the season, by a rim over all-time Amgen Tour of California stage win record holder Peter Sagan (SVK) of Tinkoff, who had spent much of the 109.1-mile day in a …
Amgen Tour of California: Fast Times in Folsom
The name of the game was “fast” in Folsom today as the 140 men competing in the 2016 Amgen Tour of California raced the clock in their individual time trial event, with Australian Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) recording the fastest time. Eighteen women’s teams in the Amgen Breakaway from Heart Disease™ Women’s Race Empowered …
The Elite Class . . . Tour de Big Bear HC
Tour de Big Bear, Southern California’s favorite riding experience, is raising the bar yet again with a new event category to reach and attract cycling’s very best. Saturday, August 6, 2016, in Big Bear Lake, California professional riders, racing community, ultra-endurance and elite athletes from all across the country will experience hors categorie (beyond category!) …
Amgen Tour of California: Skujiņš and Guarnier Take Wins in South Lake Tahoe
After a long day in the breakaway as the peloton cruised from Lodi to South Lake Tahoe, Cannondale Pro Cycling Team’s Toms Skujiņš (LAT) led a group of three out ahead of the leaders, up the mountains where elevations approached 8,600 feet at the apex, and over the finish line at Heavenly Mountain Resort. “It …
