BMC Racing Team’s Alessandro Ballan was resting comfortably Saturday after undergoing successful surgeries to remove his spleen and repair a double fracture of his left femur. The injuries were the result of a high-speed crash Thursday during a team training ride near Parcent, Spain. Receiving Good CareBMC Racing Team Chief […]
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Nissan Splits with RadioShack
Nissan will continue its financial obligations to the Radio Shack Nissan Trek team through 2013 as per its contractual obligations. But it would not be a visible sponsor effective immediately. It’s assumed that the Armstrong doping problems as well as Frank Schleck’s failed doping test and poor results were the […]
Degenkolb German Cyclist of the Year
John Degenkolb has been elected German Cyclist of the Year. The readers of RadSport Magazine appreciated the results of the German Team Argos-Shimano sprinter the most over the past season. World time trial champion Tony Martin finished second, André Greipel – who took three stage wins in the Tour the […]
Ballan Undergoes Surgery After Training Camp Crash
Alessandro Ballan suffered a broken leg, a broken rib and an injured spleen Thursday when he crashed on the penultimate day of the BMC Racing Team’s training camp in Spain. The injuries require at least two separate surgeries the first of which was taking place Thursday night, Chief Medical […]
Pikes Peak Open for Cyclists
Beginning January 1, 2013 the Pikes Peak Highway will be open for cycling. The road goes to 14,115′ and has been closed for cycling except for a few organized events. There was a trial program that worked out well sot he Forest Service and the city of Colorado Springs have […]
2013 Pro Challenge Announced
The race will start in Aspen on August 19 with a circuit race. New in 2013 will be a stop in Fort Collins, the time trial will be in Vail again instead of Denver which will end with a circuit race. Stage 1 August 19 Aspen/Snowmass Circuit Stage 2 August […]
2013 UCI Continental Teams and Women’s UCI Teams announced
USA Cycling on Wednesday announced the 8 teams registered as men’s continental teams in the United States as well as the 3 US-based squads registered as UCI women’s teams for the 2013 racing season. The 8 teams are in addition to the 2 US-based UCI ProTeams (BMC Racing Team and […]
Cyclo Cross World Championships
USA Cycling, Louisville Sports Commission and community leaders team up to stage Cyclo-cross World Championships USA Cycling and the Louisville, KY Sports Commission, have teamed up to stage the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, to be held Feb. 2-3, 2013 in Louisville, after the event found itself in danger of […]
2012 Pro Cyclo Cross
USA CYCLING PRO CYCLO-CROSS EVENT STANDINGSPro CX: Trebon claims top spot in elite men’s rankingsThis season’s USA Cycling Professional Cyclo-cross Calendar concluded 2012 with 3 recent events: the USGP of Cyclocross – Deschutes Cup in Bend, OR, and the rescheduled Supercross Cup in East Meadow, NY, on December 8-9, and […]
Why I’m Not Angry at Lance Armstrong
This article was written by Sally Jenkins for the Washington Post “By Sally Jenkins, Published: December 15 I like Lance Armstrong, have always liked him. Not the fairy-tale prince, but the real him, the guy with the scars in his head, both visible and invisible, the combative hombre who once […]