Neal Rogers
BACKGROUND: Rogers came into cycling through mountain biking in the redwoods while a student at the University of California, Santa Cruz. After a few post-graduation years spent competing in road, mountain bike, cyclocross and triathlon events, he moved to San Francisco, where he briefly worked as a bike messenger before joining the dot-com boom. Once the bubble burst, he moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 2001 to take an unpaid internship at VeloNews, threatening to never leave. He still hasn't.
BIKES IN THE GARAGE: '05 Seven Axiom, '08 Cervélo P3C, '07 Kona Major Jake, '98 Hunter custom steel hard tail, '01 Hunter custom steel road bike
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Posted: Mon, Oct 12th
Lowe's back in the saddle after fighting chronic fatigueOne man competing at the Jayco Herald Sun Tour after a long spell off the radar is Garmin-Slipstream’s Trent Lowe, who has been absent from the pro peloton for nearly the entire 2009 season.
Posted: Mon, Oct 12th
Kirsipuu takes sprint, race lead at Jayco Herald Sun TourProving that age is just a number, 40-year-old Estonian Jann Kirsipuu of the Malaysian team LeTua took the opening stage of Australia's Jayco Herald Sun Tour Monday in Ballarat.
A four-time Tour de France stage winner, Kirsipuu out-sprinted Garmin-Slipstream’s Chris Sutton ...
Posted: Sun, Oct 11th
Cantwell takes criterium win at Sun Tour openerIt was a pair of Australian sprinters battling for opening honors at the Jayco Herald Sun Tour Sunday in the former gold-mining town of Ballarat, with Fly V Australia’s Jonathan Cantwell edging out Garmin-Slipstream’s Chris Sutton in a bike throw to the line.
Cantwell got ...
Posted: Mon, Oct 5th
More than 3,500 hit the roads of Santa Rosa for the first Levi Leipheimer Gran FondoIt wasn’t a race. There was no prize money or podium ceremony. But crossing the finish line first Saturday at Levi Leipheimer’s inaugural King’s Ridge Gran Fondo, presented by Road ID, was a victory of sorts for Scott Nydam.
On a sunny, if breezy, October day in Santa ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 2nd
Sell-out crowd of 3,500 expected at Leipheimer’s Gran FondoAn expected 3,500 cyclists will take to the streets of Santa Rosa, California, at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning for the start of the inaugural King Ridge Gran Fondo, a mass-participation ride promoted by local cycling star Levi Leipheimer.
Posted: Tue, Sep 29th
For Phillips, just making it to Mendrisio was a victoryAmerican national time trial champion Jessica Phillips didn’t win the elite women’s world time trial championship last week. She didn’t take a medal, or even finish in the top 10. And, designated as an alternate, she didn’t participate in Saturday’s road race, either. ...
Posted: Sun, Sep 27th
Planet Bike 2: It's Compton and VerveckenKatie Compton (Planet Bike) made it two-for-two on Sunday at the Planet Bike Cup, once again riding Luna’s Katerina Nash and the rest of the women’s field right off her wheel. Belgian Erwin Vervecken (Revor-Baboco-Champion System) came out on top in the men’s race, which ...
Posted: Sat, Sep 26th
Compton, Powers rule USGP of Cyclocross openerFor the entire elite women’s race, and half of the men’s, the title sponsor of the Planet Bike Cup looked poised to sweep the top step of both podiums.
Held in near summer heat on Saturday at the Angell Park Speedway in the Madison suburb of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 25th
US Gran Prix of Cyclocross kicks off Saturday in WisconsinHeading into its sixth season, the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross kicks off Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin, with The Planet Bike Cup, a new event to the series.
The timing of the addition makes it possible for riders such as Katie Compton and Jonathan Page, both sponsored by ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 24th
UCI World Road Championships: U.S. women's team strongest in yearsRiding the momentum of Kristin Armstrong’s gold-medal performance at Wednesdays’ world time trial championship, the U.S. women’s road team is hoping to extract a little more hardware out of the UCI world road championship on Saturday.
Posted: Wed, Sep 23rd
Boston hosts Mayor’s Cup Criterium SaturdayWhile most domestic road racers view either the Tour of Missouri or the USA Crits series finale in Las Vegas as the end of their long season, a select few are extending it through this weekend for the inaugural
Posted: Tue, Sep 22nd
Van Garderen primed for worldsWhen American Tejay Van Garderen rolls out of the start house at the under-23 world time trial championship on Wednesday in Mendrisio, Switzerland, he’ll do so as a medal favorite.
The Colorado native, who spent 2008 and 2009 riding with the Rabobank Continental ...
