Stories by Fred Dreier

• Posted: Fri, Jul 18th
  Stars and Stripes in the Green Mountain State
  The 2008 USA Cycling national mountain bike championships opened on Thursday, July 17, with a host of youngsters battling for much-coveted cross-country titles. First to grab a stars and stripes jersey was Tad Elliott, who took his first national title in the men’s U23 race. ...
• Posted: Wed, Jul 16th
  Mud and glory awaits at Mount Snow's national mountain bike championships
  All eyes will be on the skies above Mount Snow resort this week, as the U.S.’s best professional and amateur off-road racers gear up for the 2008 USA Cycling national mountain bike championships. The typically damp ski hill in Vermont has seen weeks of sunshine and unusually ...
• Posted: Tue, Jul 15th
  “Rad Ross” Schnell crushes Downieville
  In just his first attempt at California’s Downieville Classic, Colorado’s Ross Schnell marched into the lion’s den of NorCal’s fiercest all-around mountain bikers and came out without a scratch. He also came out toting the trophy for race’s self-coined All Mountain ...
• Posted: Mon, Jul 14th
  Chris Jongewaard wins his appeal, gets a place on Australia's Olympic team
  Australian mountain biker Chris Jongewaard has won his appeal against Cycling Australia for omitting him from the 2008 Olympic squad. The Cycling Australia High Performance Management Committee (HPMC) has decided to allow the 29-year-old to represent his country at the August ...
• Posted: Mon, Jul 14th
  Tokyo Joe's Henry wins at Snowmass
  The 2008 Mountain States Cup headed to Snowmass, Colorado, for the “Blast the Mass” racing weekend, the fifth event of the Colorado-based racing series. With the National Mountain Bike Series not hosting an stop at Snowmass this year, the ...
• Posted: Fri, Jul 11th
  Will California's Downieville Classic crown the best all-around mountain biker?
  California’s Downieville Classic, which runs July 12-13, has earned a reputation for crowning North America’s best all-around mountain bike racer. The two-day stage race, titled the “All Mountain World Championships,” includes a lung-busting cross-country to challenge a ...
• Posted: Sat, Jul 5th
  Paulissen, Dahle-Flesja take Marathon world titles
  Belgium’s Roel Paulissen and Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå of Norway have won the 2008 UCI marathon mountain biking world championships, in Villabassa, Italy on Saturday. The 119 km course wound a long lap through the Südtirol Dolomiti area of northern Italy.
• Posted: Sat, Jul 5th
  Jeremiah Bishop and Sari Anderson win national marathon titles in Breckenridge
  Jeremiah Bishop wore a face of bewilderment and agitation as his Trek-Volkswagen teammates doused him in beer at the finish line of Breckenridge, Colorado’s Firecracker 50 on Friday. Bishop, 32, had no idea he’d just won the race and taken the marathon national championship, ...
• Posted: Thu, Jul 3rd
  National marathon cross-country championship awarded at Breckenridge's Firecracker 50
  The Firecracker 50 cross-country mountain bike race will rumble through the streets of Breckenridge, Colorado, Friday as the nation’s best battle for the U.S. national marathon title. The grueling 50-mile race, known for its 10,800 feet of total elevation gain, kicks off at 11 ...
• Posted: Sat, Jun 28th
  Olympic-bound: A conversation with Todd Wells
  Todd Wells is heading to China. With his impressive World Cup results this year, Wells grabbed the first of the United States’ two men’s spots for the Beijing Olympics. For the second-straight Games, the Durango, Colorado, resident is donning the stars and stripes to ...
• Posted: Sun, Jun 22nd
  Margarita Fullana, Christoph Sauser win 2008 Mountain Bike World Championships cross-country titles
  Christoph Sauser finally has his rainbow stripes. After four years of riding in the shadow of Frenchman Julien Absalon, Sauser took an emotional cross-country win at Val di Sole, Italy. The rail-thin Swiss star crushed the men’s field, soloing to a 2:54 margin of victory ...
• Posted: Sat, Jun 21st
  Rule Britannia: Athertons own Downhill worlds
  “God Save the Queen” received plenty of airtime on Saturday at the 2008 UCI world mountain-bike championships in Val di Sole, Italy, as British riders took three of the four downhill races. Brother-sister duo Gee and Rachel Atherton (Animal-Commençal) dethroned the once ...