Stories by Fred Dreier

• Posted: Thu, Jun 19th
  Peter Sagan wins junior mens cross-country title at the World Mountain Bike Championships
  The final podium of the 2008 world junior cross-country championship looked eerily similar to that from ’08 cyclocross worlds, held in January in Treviso, Italy. Only this time it was Slovakia’s Peter Sagan on the top rung, with Frenchman Arnaud Jouffroy in second — a ...
• Posted: Wed, Jun 18th
  Slovenia’s Tanja Zakelj wins the U23 women’s cross-country in Italy
  Under course-drying Italian sunshine, Slovenia’s pint-sized wunderkind Tanja Zakelj swiped the U23 women’s cross-country crown from China, which had dominated the espoir field since 2006. The win earned Zakelj her third worlds medal in four years — she finished third as a ...
• Posted: Tue, Jun 17th
  France's Julien Absalon is looking for record fifth world championship.
  The world’s best cross-country riders must find their fast early this year, as the June 17-22 UCI world mountain bike championships, held in Val di Sole, Italy, fall nearly three months ahead of its traditional September date. August’s Beijing Olympics — fat tire racing’ ...
• Posted: Tue, Jun 17th
  France upsets Switzerland in the first event of the 2008 Mountain Bike World Championships.
  France’s four-person squad of Jean-Christoph Peraud, Arnaud Jouffroy, Laurence Leboucher and Alexis Vuillermoz stormed to a convincing win in the first event of the 2008 UCI mountain bike world championships, the team relay. The French led from start to finish, and stomped ...
• Posted: Fri, Jun 13th
  BMX Olympic Trials this Saturday
  Eight riders will compete in this weekend’s USA Cycling BMX Olympic Trials event, on Saturday at the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. With the overall winner of the event earning an automatic nomination to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, the ...
• Posted: Tue, Jun 10th
  BC Bike Race woos the fast crowd
  In 2007 the inaugural BC Bike Race served up seven days of technical singletrack, breathtaking scenery and predictable front-of-the-race action. Trek-Volkswagen’s duo of Chris Eatough and Jeff Schalk won every single stage en route to a 43-minute overall victory. That ...
• Posted: Sun, Jun 8th
  Cyclocrossers crush Teva Games cross-country
  Proving his form on the mountain bike is nearing its peak, Ryan Trebon (Kona) obliterated a field of the Rocky Mountain region’s best talent to win the Teva Mountain Games cross-country race, on Sunday in Vail, Colorado. Trebon, the 2006 U.S. cyclocross national champ, ...
• Posted: Thu, Jun 5th
  Kintner, Bennett headed to Beijing in BMX
  American BMX riders Jill Kintner and Kyle Bennett have earned two coveted tickets to Beijing — and two more men’s spots remain up for grabs. Both riders earned their respective spots on the inaugural American Olympic BMX squad by emerging as the No. 1 rider in a ranking ...
• Posted: Wed, Jun 4th
  2008 Olympic track cycling team nearly set
  Three American track riders are locked and loaded for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and five spots are still up for grabs. Californian Sarah Hammer, Coloradan Taylor Phinney and Washington’s Jennie Reed all own spots for Beijing based on their 2008 results. USA Cycling ...
• Posted: Wed, Jun 4th
  A Fred’s Eye View - A conversation with Filip Meirhaeghe
  Some of you might be surprised, or even shocked, to see Filip Meirhaeghe’s mug gracing the cover of VeloNews issue No. 10, now on newsstands and in bike shops. I can understand why.
• Posted: Wed, Jun 4th
  Memorial Fund established for fallen cyclists’ wife, newborn son
  It’s been half a year since Mike Janelle died in his sleep of sudden heart failure at his home in Vail, Colorado. A favorite in the mountain and endurance road cycling communities, Janelle was known just as well for his wide smile and large personality as his tenacious racing ...
• Posted: Tue, May 27th
  Soukup, Kraft win Bike the Rock
  Soukup, Kraft win Bike the Rock Austrian Christoph Soukup (Fuji) took the second round of Germany’s Bundesliga national cross-country series, the Bike the Rock race in Heubach on May 24. The Austrian climbed away from German Moritz Milatz (Multivan-Merida) and world ...