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2012 NY Bicycle Film Festival

THE BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR COMMENCES IN NEW YORK FOR ITS 12th CONSECUTIVE YEAR!!!!  JOIN US FOR 4 DAYS OF FILM AND PARTIES CELEBRATING BIKES! BFF12: Bicycle Film Festival New York, June 28-July 1   Bicycle enthusiasts from around the world will flock to New York City this Summer […]

World Cup Development Wrap Up

The mountain bike portion of the USA Cycling National Development Program kicked into high gear with a pair of events. A World Cup in Canada and an event in Switzerland yielded strong results while the road racers contested national championships back in the United States. Mountain Bike At the RockyRoads.net […]

Champion System to Race at Home

The Champion System Pro Cycling Team will count all four of its Chinese riders among the seven on its roster for the Tour of Qinghai Lake when the Chinese race begins Friday.   China’s Kun Jiang, Pengda Jiao, Biao Liu and Gang Xu will be joined by Australians Will Clarke, […]

Eric Boyer Sacked By Cofidis

Eric Boyer, former teammate of Greg LeMond on the Z Team in the 1990s has been sacked as Cofidis team manager.  He’d been managing the team since 2005.  Lack of results was given as the reason for his ouster.  He’s been replaced by Yvon Sanquer who has been the director sportif […]

Jeannie Longo Not Going to London

Jeannie Longo didn’t make the cut for the London Olympic cycling team.  The Frenchwomen who will be there are Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Rabobank), Aude Biannic (Bretagne) and Audrey Cordon (Vienne Futuroscope). Longo is now 53 years old.  She finished in fifth place last week, one minute behind the leader at […]

Laurent Didier Luxembourg Nationals Winner

Laurent Didier is the new Luxembourgish road champion, after beating Ben Gastauer (AG2R-La Mondiale) and team mate Fränk Schleck in Tétange. Didier: “I’m incredibly happy with this result. It’s my first pro victory and pro title, so I’m really happy. It’s an honor to wear the colors of your country.” […]

Catharine Pendrel First at Mt Sainte Anne

Catherine Pendrel of Canada took first place in the elite women’s cross country Mountain Bike World Cup in Mont Sainte Anne, Canada with a time of 1:41:40.  She overtook Georgia Gould (also of the Fort Collins, CO Luna Pro Team) on the last lap.  Gould finished 23 seconds behind. Russell Finsterwald (Colorado […]

Paez First, Kerschbaumer 2nd at Mt St Anne

TX Active-Bianchi‘s Gerhard Kerschbaumer on Bianchi Methanol SL2 placed second at World Cup XCO stage-5 in Mont Sainte-Anne (Canada) on Saturday, June 23rd. Despite of two crashes, 2011 World Cup’s winner crossed the finish line 34 seconds behind Dutch Michiel Van der Heijden, preceding German Markus Schulte-Luenzum. In the general […]

Pellizotti Wins Italian Road Championships

The 2012 Italian National Championship, held in Valsugana-Trentino, turned out to be one of the most spectacular in recent memory. Franco Pellizotti was its clear and well-deserved winner, soloing on the finish line in Borgo Valsugana at the end of an extremely tough race. Danilo Di Luca took second place by […]

Fuglsang Danish TT Champion

After winning the Tour of Luxembourg, Fuglsang has shown he still has good form. In Hammel, he won the Danish TT Championships ahead of André Steensen (Glud & Marstrand) and Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank).  For Fuglsang it is his second national TT title. “For a Danish course, it was a […]