With over 800 riders already registered, the streets of Augusta, Ga., will be filled with high quality racing for the 2012 USA Cycling Juniors, Under-23, Elite & Paralympic Road National Championships, Wed., June 20 until Sun., June 24. Over the five days, riders will compete for national titles in the […]
Other News
2012 RadioShack NissanTrek Tour Roster
Radio Shack Nissan Tour de France 2012 Roster includes the following nine riders: Fabian Cancellara Tony Gallopin Chris Horner Andreas Kloden Maxime Monfort Yaroslav Popovych Frank Schleck Jens Voight Haimar Zubeldia Team Directors Alain Gallopin and Dirk Demol
4 Veteran US Cyclists Decline Olympics
AP has reported that four top U.S. cyclists—all former teammates of Lance Armstrong—removed their names from consideration for spots on the Olympic team before its announcement Friday. Leipheimer, Hincapie, Vande Velde and Zabriskie asked to be taken out of the running for places on the road-cycling team for the Summer Games, […]
Dirk Bockel Takes First Ironman in Regensburg
35-year-old Dirk Bockel has won the third edition of the Ironman Regensburg in Germany, his first Ironman victory. The Luxembourgish triathlete of LEOPARD TREK bested Michael Raelert for the win and finished with a time of 8h11m59s, a new course record in Regensburg. “I’m incredibly happy with this result. I […]
Fahlin Rowney 1,2 at Nature Valley
Emilia Fahlin and Loren Rowney finished first and second at the Menomonie Road Race stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix after 131k of racing. It was a sprint finish. “I really wanted to win a stage here,” said Fahlin. “I’ve been trying in the crits. But actually in this […]
Kittel Wins ZLM Toer Stage
Marcel Kittel, edged Australia’s Mark Renshaw in the bunch sprint. Belgium’s Jurgen Roelandts come in third. It is the seventh victory of the Team Argos-Shimano rider this season. Mark Cavendish won the general classification, his first ever stage race victory. The last stage was of no danger for the lead […]
Forero Takes the Sprint in Colombia
There are moments, seconds, happenings that prove to be complete game-changers in terms of the unfolding of a season for a rider. For Juan Pablo Forero, that moment came when he crossed the line in first at the end of a 191 km effort from Armenia to Cali. It was […]
Bruyneel Says He’s Innocent
“I have never participated in any doping activity and I am innocent of all charges,” read a statement on Bruyneel’s personal website. “I am dismayed that once again doping allegations have been raised against me, this time by USADA. “Following a Department of Justice Grand Jury investigation, no charges were […]
LEOPARD SA Statement on USADA Investigation
LEOPARD S.A. (with its cycling team known as « RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK ») has been informed of the content of the document whereby the USADA has opened formal disciplinary proceedings against some individuals, including Mr Johan BRUYNEEL. After a first review of this document, LEOPARD S.A. takes note that none […]
USADA Bringing Doping Charges Against Armstrong
According to an article in the Washington Post by Amy Shipley, The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency brought formal doping charges against Lance Armstrong that could cost him his seven Tour de France titles, according to a letter sent to Armstrong and several others Tuesday. As a result of the charges, Armstrong […]
