Posted: Sun, May 11th
Blue Cycles' Ryan Barnett is recovering from a serious accident in Atlanta.Category 1 racer Ryan Barnett is recovering in an Atlanta hospital from a collision with a car on May 3.
Barnett, who is the marketing manager for Blue Competition Cycles, was out for a quick spin prior to Sunday's Sandy Springs Classic criterium when the accident occurred, ...
Posted: Tue, May 6th
Fausto Esparza Munoz, who crashed in the Tour of the Gila, remains partly paralyzed. Fausto Esparza Munoz, the Tecos-Trek rider who crashed Sunday at New Mexico's Tour of the Gila, remains in an El Paso hospital paralyzed below his midsection. Doctors say the likelihood of a full recovery of movement is "discouraging," according to a source familiar with ...
Posted: Sun, May 4th
Ladino and Goldstein win Tour of the Gila overall titlesTeam Tecos-Trek's Colombian climber, Gregorio Ladino Vega, used the Tour of the Gila's mountainous final stage on Sunday to regain the race lead he lost in the stage 3 time trial.
[nid:75825]Bissell's Burke Swindlehurst, a three-time winner of ...
Posted: Sat, May 3rd
Vogels and Heal are heroes in Gila critThe last turn of the Tour of the Gila's criterium is key for daredevil sprinters with the nerve to attack into the narrow left-hander and charge to the finish less than 300 meters away. The riders enter the turn at top speed thanks to a wide-open descent, and a mistake means ...
Posted: Fri, May 2nd
Bissell's big boys take control of the Gila time trialOn another blustery day in southwestern New Mexico, Bissell's big men Tom Zirbel and Ben Jacques-Maynes hammered on the GC contenders to take the first two spots in the 16.4-mile Tyrone time trial.
Zirbel turned ...
Posted: Thu, May 1st
Stage 2: Wren takes stage at Gila; Vega leadsTyler Wren (Colavita-Sutter Home) won Thursday's second stage of the Tour of the Gila with a final kilometer solo attack, while overall leader Gregorio Ladino Vega's Team Tecos-Trek put on another powerful show, setting a blistering pace over 80 miles of wind and hills.
The ...
Posted: Wed, Apr 30th
The Mexican Team Tecos-Trek takes two podium spots at the Tour of the Gila's opening stage.Team Tecos-Trek continued its domination of Southwestern road cycling Wednesday by taking two of the top three spots on the first stage of the Tour of the Gila, a 94.1-mile stage that ended with a brutal climb to Mogollon, New Mexico.
Colombian Gregorio Ladino Vega won the ...
Posted: Sat, Apr 26th
Tour de Georgia 2008 Stage 6 Live Updates10:20 PM: Stage 6 Live CoverageRace starts at 11:00 a.m. ET
11:02 AM: Good ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 18th
Michael Ball: Georgia's promoters had one condition,"Don't freak us out."Rock Racing team owner Michael Ball said Friday that his team earned an invite to the Tour de Georgia based on just one simple condition.
"They said, 'can you conduct yourselves in a way that doesn't freak us out?' " Ball said in a conference call with reporters.
He said ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 11th
Rock Racing sues to get into Tour de GeorgiaRock Racing is suing the Tour de Georgia's owner and its organizing company, asking to be let into the race that starts April 21.
The team's owner, Rock Racing LLC, filed a complaint April 8 asking for an injunction against the race's owner — the Tour de Georgia Foundation, ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 11th
U.S. Open postponed until next yearThe U.S. Open of Cycling, whose inaugural event last year will be remembered for its epic snowy conditions and network television coverage, will not take place this year, the race's promoter said Friday.
The event was run last year in Virginia. Promoters
Posted: Tue, Apr 8th
Trek announces an end to deal with Greg LeMondTrek Bicycle Corp. is dropping LeMond Bicycles from its line and going to court to sever a 13-year licensing agreement with three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, Trek president John Burke told employees Tuesday morning.
Burke cited LeMond's public comments regarding ...
