HOOD RIVER, Oregon (VN) – After four days of racing around the Columbia River Gorge and surrounding mountains, the duel between Olympians Kristin Armstrong and Clara Hughes came down to the last 500 meters of the 2011 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic.
Pat Malach shoots the stage-2 time trial at the 2011 Mount Hood Cycling Classic.
Clara Hughes and Nathan English win the stage-2 time trial at the Mount Hood Cycling Classic. Alison Starnes and Chad Haga hold the overall lead going into the twilight criterium.
The old American classic in Philadelphia is back this weekend for the 27th year (18th for women). The young and incredibly versatile Peter Sagan will take on his second Philadelphia International Cycling Championship as favorite, while Ina Yoko Teutenberg will chase the record books in the women’s Liberty Classic.
HOOD RIVER, Oregon (VN) — Kristin Armstrong fired the opening salvo in the showdown with fellow Olympian Clara Hughes Thursday at the prologue time trial of the 2011 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic.
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Sparling takes wet Mt. Hood criterium as de Maar seals overall
2010 Mt. Hood Bicycle Classic women's results
As they pedaled side by side during the 2006 Giro d’Italia, American Pat McCarty and Dutchman Marc de Maar probably would not have guessed that four years later they would both taste success at a national-level stage race at Mt. Hood, Oregon.
De Maar takes stage, adds to overall lead at Mt. Hood
Thursday’s second road stage of the Indie Hops Mt. Hood Cycling Classic provided a rollercoaster of surprises and upsets, resulting in a dramatic solo stage win ahead of a hard-charging peloton for one rider and the loss of the race lead due to a time penalty for another.
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The Mt. Hood Cycling Classic is one of most difficult stage races in the U.S., with tough climbing and beautiful scenery. The popular event has been on and off the National Racing Calendar in recent years, but always delivers a top-notch field.
Under lights and heavy rain, defending champion Paul Mach (Bissell) took the prologue win at the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic Tuesday night, proving that he’s the man to beat again in 2010.
2010 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic prologue results
The U.S. peloton spreads across the country this week, as marquee events are on the calendar in Oklahoma, Oregon and Pennsylvania.
The Giro d’Italia may not be the only stage race sending the pro peloton into snowy conditions this spring.
The 2010 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic has a new sponsor and is adding two new stages for pro men, and breaking with tradition by traveling from Oregon into the state of Washington on one stage. However, the challenging 6-day event, held June 1-6, has canceled its pro women’s race for this year, citing conflicts with two major women’s events.
The Mt. Hood Cycling Classic’s Wy’East Road Race lived up to all expectations, delivering suffering, anguish and heartbreak for many of the day’s stage and overall contenders, and ultimately relief for the GC leaders of the pro men’s and women’s fields. Saturday’s epic 89.5-mile slog from Cooper Spur Mountain Resort to Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort dished up 9200 feet of elevation gain and saw a pair of first-time Mt. Hood stage winners in Darren Lill (Navigators Insurance) and Felicia Gomez (Aaron’s Corporate Furnishings). Neither rider was able to take over the general classification,
With just 10km remaining of the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic’s hilly stage 3 Cooper Spur Circuit Race, Navigators Insurance rider Glen Chadwick was the virtual race leader on the road, nursing a 45-second lead over a dwindling peloton. But the final climb proved to be a few kilometers too long for Chadwick to take the yellow jersey from Ben Jacques-Maynes (Priority Health-Bissell) — and almost a bit too long for Chadwick to take the stage win. Chadwick entered the day seventh on GC, 24 seconds behind Jacques-Maynes. Three and a half hours later, the Aussie attacked off the front of a dwindled
Heading into stage 1 of the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, Navigators Insurance rider Phil Zajicek had never heard of Devon Vigus. Neither had defending champion Nathan O’Neill of Health Net-Maxxis, nor Toyota-United veteran Burke Swindlehurst. But Vigus, who races for the amateur team California Giant Strawberries-Specialized, was the surprise winner of the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic’s 3-mile stage 1 time trial — the only rider to finish in under six minutes, with a time of 5:50. O’Neill finished second, 12 seconds back, with Priority Health-Bissell’s Ben Jacques-Maynes in third at 20 seconds
The next stage race on USA Cycling’s National Racing Calendar, the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, kicks off Tuesday in Hood River, Oregon. Now in its fifth year and its third as an NRC event, the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic has quickly emerged as one of the top stage races in the U.S., drawing professional and amateurs from several different categories. But with the Commerce Bank Triple Crown series beginning in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, June 3, the final day of Mt. Hood, many teams are either splitting their squads or simply skipping the Oregon race. That’s not to say that the six-stage