May. 8, 2008
91st Giro d'Italia: Another American in pink?
In Palermo, Italy
Perhaps it’s only appropriate that during the 20th anniversary year of Andy Hampsten’s historic 1988 Giro d’Italia victory that another American rider could recapture the maglia rosa.
While it’s too early to ...
May. 8, 2008
Tinker Juarez wins round 3 of the Ultra-Endurance series
Twenty-two-year-old Brandon Draugelis (SoBe/Cannondale) gave Tinker Juarez (MonaVie/Cannondale) a day long challenge at the 2008 Dirt Sweat & Gears in Tennessee May 4.
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The third stop on the USAC National Ultra-Endurance Calendar was a ...
May. 7, 2008
Madrid World Cup mountain bike race: a report card for the Olympic hopefuls
With help from Rob Jones
The third round of the 2008 UCI cross-country World Cup saw the world’s top riders battle on a sun-baked band of dust and gravel in the heart of Madrid, Spain. The fast, almost road-like course was a far cry from ...
May. 6, 2008
Another Canadian offroad stage race on tap for '09
Organizers in Kamloops, British Columbia, are close to finishing plans for a five-day endurance mountain bike stage race to be held in 2009. The Intermontane Challenge will run July 27-31 and boast 450km of riding in and around the city known as ...
May. 4, 2008
Absalon tightens grip on World Cup
It could have been 2006 at the Mountain Bike World Cup in Madrid, with Julien Absalon (Orbea) and Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (Multivan Merida) winning this third round of the series. For Absalon, it was business as usual, as he took his third straight ...
May. 3, 2008
MTB World Cup Round 3: Hot and fast in Madrid
The Mountain Bike World Cup moves from northern Europe to the southern climes of Madrid for round three in the cross-country series this weekend.
While the downtown location and non-technical circuit differs from the previous two races in ...
May. 2, 2008
The race for Beijing: An Offenburg report cardTwo rounds of the 2008 UCI World Cup are now in the books, and the North American chase for the Beijing Olympics is beginning to take shape. Round two saw riders tackle the 5.1km course in Offenburg, Germany, which many have referred to as the most ...
Apr. 30, 2008
NMBS Final moved to UtahOrganizers have announced plans to shift the National Mountain Bike Series final to Brian Head, Utah, after Idaho’s Tamarack Resort withdrew plans to host the event.
"I am really delighted that we have been able to resolve this crisis so ...
Apr. 28, 2008
Long macaroni, German singletrack and good legs in WC #2 make Offenburg awful fun.
Basically any time a week of racing bikes somewhere kicks ass, we’re going to do a Ten Reasons piece. There’s just so much to tell on these perfect weeks that there would be pages and pages for you, the unfortunate reader, to wade through. ...
Apr. 28, 2008
O'Dea and Wheeler take solo honors at 24 Hours of Vail Lake
Namrita O'Dea and Chuck Wheeler took top solo honors in the weekend’s 24 Hours of Vail Lake at California’s Vail Lake Mountain Resort.
The race, part of Granny Gear Production’s 2008 Suzuki 24 Hour Series, wrapped up Sunday morning, with ...
Apr. 27, 2008
The long trail back: A conversation with Liam Killeen
Two years ago, Liam Killeen was just a small step away from joining the top ranks of cross-country mountain biking. After years of slow but steady improvement, Killeen had a breakthrough 2006, winning the Commonwealth Games and the Sea Otter ...
Apr. 27, 2008
Mountain Bike World Cup: Absalon, Kalentieva victorious in Offenburg
It was standing room only in Germany’s Black Forest, as a crowd of some 17,000 crowded the 5.1km Offenburg mountain-bike course to catch a glimpse of the second World Cup of 2008. Reigning world and World Cup champs Julien Absaslon (Orbea) and ...
