U.S. Cycling This Week: Elvis, knobby tires and soup pots
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Coryn Rivera (Peanut Butter & Co.-Twenty12) strung her junior gears out in front of the capitol building as she bested a top field in the Sacramento Grand Prix Sunday. Fresh off a European stint with the U.S. National Team, the second-year pro stole the bunch sprint on the finishing circuits of stage 1 at the Amgen Tour of California.
It's all California
Amber Neben will race for the Webcor Builders team for the balance of 2010, she confirmed Thursday. The 2008 world time trial champion will be at the start of Sunday’s Sacramento Grand Prix criterium with the team.
A women's criterium will be held in Sacramento on May 16, just prior to the arrival of the men's Amgen Tour of California peloton in the city. The Sacramento Grand Prix at the 2010 Amgen Tour of California will begin at 10 a.m. and will circle the Capitol building duplicating part of the finishing circuits that will be used in the men's race.