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Nov. 22, 2009Dombroski, Johnson double up in Hamptons
Amy Dombroski’s acceleration in the final corner of Sunday’s Whitmore Landscaping Super Cross Cup netted the Schlamm-Primus Mootry her second victory of the weekend. The race marked the final event of the 2009 North American Cyclocross Trophy (NACT) series. Dombroski’s ...
Nov. 22, 2009Evans named Aussie cyclist of year
World road champion Cadel Evans was named the 2009 Australian Cyclist of the Year at a ceremony late Sunday in Melbourne. Evans, 32, became only the second man to win the Sir Hubert Opperman medal for a third time in the 51-year history of the award. Peter Besanko received ...
Nov. 22, 2009Stybar takes round 4 of Superprestige
Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) won round four of the Superprestige on Sunday in Hamme-Zogge. Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) took second with Klass Vantornout (Sunweb-Projob) third. Series leader and world champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) ran out of gas late in the ...
Nov. 21, 2009Johnson, Dombroski take Southampton Day 1
Tim Johnson and his Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com teammates Jeremy Powers and Jamey Driscoll made winning appear easy at Saturday’s Whitmore Landscaping Super Cross Cup, held at Southampton Youth Services Park. The three men in green swept the podium of the UCI C2 race, which ...
Nov. 21, 2009Kazakhs back renewed Astana effort
Alberto Contador won’t lose sleep next season thinking that his paycheck is going to bounce. After a season of turmoil that nearly saw the Astana team fold under financial uncertainty, it appears that Kazakh officials have stepped up and are guaranteeing $22 million in ...
Nov. 21, 2009Vuelta to return to Covadonga
Details of the 2010 version of the Vuelta a España are slowly leaking out through the Spanish media. The official route won’t be revealed until December 16 in Sevilla, but a newspaper in northern Spain has reported that the Vuelta will return to the mountainous region of ...
Nov. 21, 20092010 Race for Tara date announced
Press Release The mountain bike park at Northstar-at-Tahoe resort will host the Race for Tara 4 on Oct. 2-3, 2010. Tara Llanes and Andy Buckley, Northstar’s director of resort experience, made the announcement on Nov. 20, about a month after the 2009 Race for ...
Nov. 21, 2009Pfannberger banned for life
Cyclist Christian Pfannberger has received a lifetime ban from sport for repeated doping offenses, the Austrian national anti-doping agency announced on Saturday. Pfannberger, 30, tested positive in March for the banned blood booster EPO as he prepared to start in the ...
Nov. 21, 2009Aussies tops at Melbourne World Cup
Anna Meares claimed a golden double as Australia finished the top nation at the UCI Melbourne track cycling World Cup leg on Saturday. Meares captured the keirin and 500-meter time trial gold medals as Australia completed the three-day event winning eight of the 17 events at ...
Nov. 20, 2009NACT concludes in Southampton
The 2009 North American Cyclocross Trophy series comes to a close this weekend in the posh Hamptons area of Long Island, New York. Southampton Youth Services Park, a large swath of green built atop a former landfill, hosts the Whitmore Landscaping Super Cross Cup on Saturday and ...
Nov. 20, 2009Joaquim Rodriguez hopes for Tour ride with move to Katusha
Joaquim Rodríguez might never get a ticket to the Tour de France riding for a Spanish team. Now the all-rounder is hoping to finally get to race in France next July after his move from Caisse d’Epargne to Katusha. Rodríguez is firming up his racing schedule with the ...
Nov. 20, 2009Quick Step to ride Merckx bikes for three years
In choosing its bikes for the next three years, Quick Step team will be going back to its Belgian roots, signing a new sponsorship deal with Merckx cycles. By inking a deal with Merckx, the team marks an end to its three-year relationship with California-based ...