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Major Mountain Races
- Piney Hills Fall Classic
Oct. 25, 2008
- Mountain’s Edge Cactus Cup
Sep. 19, 2008
- The Fall Classic (USAC National Calendar)
Sep. 6, 2008
- NMBS Finals
Aug. 31, 2008
- Laddies Loppet (USAC National Calendar)
Aug. 30, 2008
- Leadville Trail 100
Aug. 9, 2008
- Mountain States Cup/Sol Vista (USAC National Calendar)
Aug. 1, 2008
- Transalp 2008
Jul. 19, 2008
- USAC-MTB National Championships
Jul. 17, 2008
- NMBS at Windham Mountain (USAC National Calendar)
Jul. 12, 2008
- Mountain States Cup #6/Blast the Mass (USAC National Calendar)
Jul. 11, 2008
- Deer Valley NMBS (USAC National Calendar)
Jun. 29, 2008
- BC Bike Race
Jun. 28, 2008
- 3 Legged Dawg (USAC National Calendar)
Aug. 25, 2008The Badger State prevails in the inaugural Border Battle Trophy
Despite a strong showing by Minnesota riders, Wisconsin took home the trophy after the inaugural Border Battle race on Sunday afternoon.
The contest pitted over 350 racers from the Wisconsin Off Road Series (WORS) against nearly 250 racers ...
Aug. 25, 2008A Fred's eye view - Close encounters of the blurred kind
During his three-week assignment to cover the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, VeloNews reporter Fred Dreier roamed China's capital city armed with his point-and-shoot digital camera. A professional photographer he is not, but Fred managed to snap a ...
Aug. 23, 2008US, Canada record worst days ever in Olympic cross-country
Both Canada and the United States recorded their worst ever finishes in men’s mountain biking in Laoshan, as Geoff Kabush’s 20th place finish — 7:56 down on Absalon — marked the top North American result. Seamus McGrath and Todd Wells were ...
Aug. 23, 2008"Unbeatable" Absalon wins his second gold
Frenchman Julien Absalon took his mountain bike status to new heights on Saturday when he became the first rider to defend the men's Olympic cross country title.
US and Canadian men had a dismal day, with Canadian ...
Aug. 23, 2008Spitz wins scorcher in Beijing
Germany’s Sabine Spitz owns a closet full of silver and bronze medals from mountain bike racing’s biggest events — the Olympics, world championships and World Cup. The 36-year-old patiently rode in the shadows of ’04 Olympic champ Gunn-Rita ...
Aug. 22, 2008BMX in Beijing - A Casey B. Gibson gallery
Aug. 22, 2008Chausson scores gold in BMX's Olympic debut
France’s Anne-Caroline Chausson out-pedaled, out-jumped and out-maneuvered the world’s best female BMX riders to win the inaugural Olympic BMX race at the Laoshan cycling venue. The Frenchwoman, who also owns 16 world titles in gravity mountain ...
Aug. 21, 2008Strombergs takes gold in BMX
Maris Strombergs put Latvia on top of the BMX world by taking the inaugural Olympic gold medal in flying fashion. The 21-year-old Latvian, who won the BMX world title earlier this year, earned Latvia its first medal of the 2008 Olympics, crossing ...
Aug. 21, 2008Zimbabwean ready to make history in Olympic mountain bike race
Antipass Kwari is under no illusions about his chances of medal glory ahead of this Saturday's Olympic mountain bike gold race.
But his coach Wayne Davidson is getting excited about the opportunity Kwari, the first Zimbabwean to compete in ...
Aug. 21, 2008Rain delays Olympic BMX and MTB events
The women's Olympic mountain bike race has been postponed until Saturday because of rain damage to the course, the UCI confirmed on Thursday.
The decision follows the postponement of the sem-final rounds of BMX competition earlier in the ...
Aug. 20, 2008Olympic MTB course tougher than predicted
A year ago, the world’s elite mountain bikers poured into Beijing for a test event on the Olympic course and the results were not encouraging.
Riders were gagging on the oppressive heat and thick smog. Some were literally vomiting from the ...
Aug. 20, 2008Fred Dreier’s Olympic Notebook: Jill Kintner’s long road to Beijing
The Jill Kintner that will compete in Wednesday’s Olympic BMX finals is not the same woman who took her third world title in four-cross mountain biking just 11 months ago. Sure, she still boasts the same chatty personality, curly ponytail and ...
