Duarte to represent Colombia at London Olympics The Federacion Colombiana de Ciclismo communicated in an official release that Colombia Coldeportes‘ Fabio Duarte will be one of the athletes representing Colombia at the forthcoming Olympic Games in London. Duarte, Team Sky’s Rigoberto Uran and Sergio Henao will sport the Colombian […]
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Bianchi Special Edition Bike at TdF
Bianchi to celebrate Fausto Coppi at Tour de France with Vacansoleil-DCM’s special Oltre frame Bianchi will provide the whole World Tour team Vacansoleil-DCM with an Oltre special edition bike on the occasion of 99th Tour de France. In addition to yellow inserts along the tubes, on both sides of the headtube, […]
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, […]
2012 Tour de France Stats
4500 people: organization – sports groups – media – partners – publicity caravan – providers Riders 198 riders at the start (22 teams of 9 riders) 300 escorts 17 members of the College of Commissioners Course 2012 3497 km (20 stages + prologue) 37 stage towns 695 towns […]
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 He’s been replaced by Yvon Sanquer who has been the director sportif […]
Prudhomme Comments Before Tour Start
Race Director Christian Prudhomme was interviewed in advance of the start of the Tour de France on Saturday. He noted that some big names will be missing, but once the race starts, the focus will be on who is there. Cadel Evans was last year’s winner, so he’s at the […]
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 […]
Aspen Womens Race Gets Title Sponsor
A passion for cycling, food and an active lifestyle led chefs and and restaurateurs Eric and Bruce Bromberg to sponsor the former Aspen Snowmass Women’s Pro Challenge in Aspen. The newly-renamed “Blue Ribbon Alpine Challenge” will take place Aug. 20-22, at the same time as the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Blue Ribbon Restaurants […]
