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2012 Olympic Team Announced, SoCal Riders Selected
USA Cycling announced 21 of its 24 nominees to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team, including 10 male and 11 female athletes across the disciplines of road cycling, track, mountain biking and bicycle motocross (BMX). Six of these were automatic nominees and 15 were nominated to the Olympic Team via discretionary selection. All of USA Cycling’s …
SoCal Riders Qualify for Nature Valley Grand Prix Team
Thirteen amateur cyclists have been chosen to compete against the pros at the Nature Valley Grand Prix – one of the top professional bike races in America. Six men and seven women will be brought to Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the five day stage race and receive team support, clothing, travel stipends, mechanics, and lodging from …
Amgen Tour of California: Zabriskie and Armstrong Win Time Trials
Under cloudless skies and temperatures that reached above 100 degrees, David Zabriskie (USA) of Garmin-Barracuda outrode his competition and into the yellow Amgen Race Leader Jersey during the Stage 5 Individual Time Trial in Bakersfield, finishing in first place with an overall time of 35 minutes, 59 seconds. Coming in 23 seconds behind him was …
Amgen Tour of California: Sagan Repeats in Santa Cruz
Young Slovakian cycling sensation and overall 2012 Amgen Tour of California race leader Peter Sagan (SVK) of Liquigas-Cannondale crashed and punctured a tire on a wicked descent, but recovered to win Stage 2 of the race in Santa Cruz, Calif., his second consecutive stage in as many days. Ironically, the punctured tire was also the …
Stevens Wins Fléche Wallone Féminine
For the first time in the race’s 15-year history, an American won the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine on Wednesday in Huy, Belgium. Evelyn Stevens (Boulder, Colo./Specialized-lululemon), riding for her trade team, passed Marianne Vos (NED/Rabobank Women Team) on the second and final climb up on the Mur de Huy to win on a chilly and …
Fields and Post Earn National Titles at BMX Nationals
Connor Fields (Henderson, NV/Chase BMX) and Alise Post (Saint Cloud, Minn./Redline) took home elite national titles as the USA Cycling BMX National Championships wrapped up on Sunday. Nick Koehler (Tustin, CA) and Danielle George (Palmdale, CA/Supercross BMX) also earned junior elite national titles on the supercross track on the final day of an action-packed week …