Sagebrush Safari: Defining the MTB Classic
Ever wonder how a brand-new, first-time event can be called a “classic”? You see it all the time. Some podunk parks and rec department in eastern Maine hammers a few arrows into the ground and BAM — the Crab Cakes Classic. A classic is by definition “something of lasting interest or significance.” The ’57 Chevy. …
Results: Weekend Roundup
Once again, the weekend was loaded with great cycling events! America’s biggest Professional race, the Amgen Tour of California, left SoCal and worked it’s way up the coast to Northern Cal for some epic racing with a grueling climb up Mt. Diablo and journey across the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge. While things heated up at …
Report & Results: Amgen Tour of California – Van Garderen Clinches Overall, Sagan Takes Santa Rosa
After eight epic days of racing along nearly 750 miles of California’s most iconic roadways, highways and coastlines, BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen (Boulder, Colo.) sealed his first major stage race win at the 2013 Amgen Tour of California, which concluded today in Santa Rosa, Calif. “It’s a big relief. It’s a weight off …
Report & Results: Amgen Tour of California – König Wins on Mt. Diablo, Van Garderen Retains Yellow
In one of the greatest climbs ever in American cycling, the epic 3,865-foot uphill trail to the Amgen Tour of California’s first summit finish on Mt. Diablo in Stage 7 today served as a battleground for attacks and breakaways, with Team NetApp-Endura’s Leopold König (CZE) overtaking Team Jamis-Hagens Berman’s Janier Alexis Acevedo (COL) in the …
Clocking in at CA/NV State Time Trial Championships
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. William Shakespeare was probably not thinking about a state time trial championship when he wrote those immortal words. After all, they were written in 1599 (for the play “Henry V”). The bicycle was not invented until 1817, and it didn’t even have pedals at that point. …
Report & Results: Amgen Tour of California – Van Garderen & Stevens Victorious in Time Trial
In Stage 6 in San Jose today, BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen (Boulder, CO) conquered the most challenging individual time trial course in the history of the Amgen Tour of California to retain his Amgen Race Leader Jersey for a second day. His determined ride bested five national time trial champions of their respective …
