The team was not included in the list of 22 squads invited to the 2010 Vuelta, set to start Aug. 28 in Sevilla. Sixteen teams were already selected, but RadioShack was not among the final six wild-card selections revealed Monday.
Two-time defending champion Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis) will open his three-peat attempt Wednesday morning in St. Paul, Minnesota, when the 10th annual Nature Valley Grand Prix kicks off. In the women’s race, the top U.S.-based professionals will battle for the podium step left open by the retirement of 2006-2009 champion Kristin Armstrong.
Scott Zwizanski (Kelly Benefit Strategies) took advantage of a small field and severe weather Sunday in St. Louis, Missouri, to take home the Tour de Grove title in a shortened men’s race. Laura Van Gilder set foot in town just long enough to solo away from the women’s field, collect her earnings and get back to the airport for a flight home Sunday afternoon.
The Beti Bike Bash set for June 12 in Colorado is rescheduled for August 1 because of bad weather and trail conditions.
Miller. Photo: Courtesy Team Tibco Miller. Photo: Courtesy Team Tibco At only 23 years old, Team TIBCO-To The Top’s Amanda Miller is already something of a jack-of-all-trades. A podium finisher at both the cyclocross and mountain bike collegiate national championships in 2008, Miller has now proven her versatility on the road as well, winning everywhere from the flat Blue Dome criterium course at Tulsa Tough to the 12 percent cobbled climb at Iowa’s Snake Alley.
After a few days of battling headwinds, sleep issues and severe weather that forced him to retreat to his motorhome on Saturday, RAAM solo mens leader Jure Robic has accepted that his quest for a new record is over. Now he just needs to deal with a surging challenger, Austria's Gerhard Gulewicz.
Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) takes the overall lead in the Tour de Suisse as Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) wins stage 3.
Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse stage 3
Despite heavy pressure from the French cycling community, the highly touted Romain Sicard will not be racing this year’s Tour de France.
2010 Tour de Grove results
A day after netting the Clarendon Cup win with new recruit Hilton Clarke, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis showed just how deep its talent runs, sweeping the podium at the U.S. Air Force Cycling Classic in Arlington, Virginia.
Winners of each race across all categories during the Tour of America's Dairyland presented by Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, June 17-27, will be awarded the coveted black and white cowprint jersey as they did in 2009 but this year, Cat 2 amateur riders will be competing for the green.
Over the weekend men's leader Jure Robic seemed to have recovered from issues that slowed his pace on Friday. His pace and appearance were greatly improved on Saturday and he once again seemed to be enjoying himself.
RadioShack management told Janez Brajkovic not to get his Tour de France hopes too high despite securing his biggest ever stage-race win at the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré.
Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) wins stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse as Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) retains the overall lead.
Janez Brajkovic (Team RadioShack) crosses with the bunch to win the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré as Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) solos to victory in the final stage.
Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse stage 2
Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen has overcome a potentially serious Achilles problem to virtually secure his place in Team Sky's Tour de France squad, according to his team.
Alejandro Valverde has no chance of seeing a lengthy doping ban reduced by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) if he admits to doping, according to the UCI.
Results from the 2010 Clarendon Cup.
Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis) and Brooke Miller (TIBCO-To The Top) take top honors at the 13th annual Clarendon Cup in in Arlington, Virginia.
Nature Valley Pro Ride has finalized its six-rider men and women’s rosters.
Jure Robic is leading the Race Across America despite a bout of stomach upset.
Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse prologue
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) takes the leader’s jersey at the Delta Tour Zeeland in Holland.
Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Columbia) survived a harrowing stage up one of the steepest and hardest climbs in cycling to defend a podium spot at the Critérium du Dauphiné in Saturday’s summit finish up Alpe d’Huez.
Defending champion Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) won the first stage of the Tour du Suisse on Saturday.
Astana's Alberto Contador won atop L'Alpe d'Huez on Saturday as RadioShack's Jani Brajkovic defended his overall lead in the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré.
Start List, 2010 Tour de Suisse
2010 Giro Donne stage 10 results
RAAM Update: Robic holds lead, two Americans in top-5
This Saturday, the modern Merckxes and Gimondis will be contesting a much shorter time trial, over one lap of a hilly circuit on the other side of town, but it could have great significance in the outcome of this Tour de Suisse.
A drought of world-class mountain biking in the States won't happen again, as Windham Mountain, New York has signed a contract with the UCI to host a World Cup over the next three years.
The Lyons Outdoor Games is a three-day multi-sport event that includes mountain biking.
Horner: ‘I will be Lance’s guardian angel’
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Staff was a member of the gold-medal winning team sprint squad at the Beijing Olympics. His other accolades on the track include a keirin world title (‘04) and team sprint world titles (’02 and ’05). The 38-year-old got his start in BMX, winning a world title in that discipline in 1996 and attaining world number one status in 2000 and 2001. He will begin his tenure with USA Cycling in July.
Team TIBCO/To the Top will be one of the participants in the first edition of La Grande Visite de Gatineau, two days of UCI-sanctioned races in Gatineau, Quebec, just across the Ottawa river from the hometown of Team TIBCO founder and managing director Linda Jackson.
VeloNews.com readers will find live daily text reports from the Tour de Suisse, June 12-20. The site also will feature daily race reports, complete results and photo galleries by Graham Watson.
Team RadioShack announces its Tour of Switzerland roster
RadioShack sports director Alain Gallopin says no one can stay with Contador when he is in top form
Former Tour de France King of the Mountains Mauricio Soler is in doubt for next month's race because of a knee problem, his Caisse d'Epargne team said Thursday.
Danny Pate has gone to the Tour de France for the past two years, but he’s not sure if he’s going back for a third.
Four-time RAAM winner Jure Robic is in a familiar position — out in front and pulling away.
Singletrack.com readers have spoken: The winner of the May Phat Phat-Tire Photo Contest is Anthony Fry's entry.
Austrians drop trafficking charges against Kohl and Rasmussen
Vogondy takes stage at Dauphiné, Brajkovic keeps lead
Cervelo TestTeam directors have released a 12-man pre-selection roster for the Tour de France. The team will make the final nine-man selection before the July 3 Tour start in Rotterdam.
Edvald Boasson Hagen is back from an Achilles injury and hoping for a Tour start with Team Sky
2010 Critérium du Dauphiné results
Once again, the NRC is split between the mid-Atlantic and the Midwest. And another event in Oklahoma will draw the speedsters.
The Explainer offers a follow-up on a case involving a fatal encounter with a seriously bad driver.
Team Milram on Wednesday, announced six of the nine riders it will bring to the Tour de France next month. The remaining three will be chosen based on their performances at the Criterium du Dauphine, the Tour de Suisse and the riders' respective national championships.
Zack Vestal gives Time's new carbon-sprung I-Clic pedals a spin
Ray's Indoor Mountain Bike Park partners with Trek Bicycle to open second location in Milwaukee. Opening set for November 2010.
The Swiss rider underwent surgery Wednesday. He is being replaced by Portugal's João Correia on the Tour de Suisse team roster.
A bike fitter asks why so many clients require spacers for their left pedal spindles.
RAAM's first starters roll out of Oceanside, California
VERSUS' coverage begins on Saturday, June 12, with daily one-hour stage recaps from June 14-18, as well as a two-hour show on June 20 that will feature highlights of stage 8 and full coverage of the final stage.
Among the 500 racers to start the seven-day MTB stage race on June 27 in Vancouver are Catharine Pendrel, Geoff Kabush, Manny Prado, Melanie McQuaid and Chris Sheppard.
Brajkovic takes over at Dauphiné
Landis, Lance, motors and the code of silence
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Hilton Clarke, overall winner this year of USA Crits SpeedWeek, has signed with UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis for the remainder of 2010. Clarke, who was released by the Bahati Foundation team last week, will officially join his new team June 10th and will add needed firepower to the UHC sprint train.
Cycling super-sprinter Mark Cavendish explains his phenomenal rise to stardom in his new book, Boy Racer: My Journey to Tour de France Record-Breaker.
Cervelo TestTeam announces its Tour de Suisse squad and reveals more information about Carlos Sastre's injuries.
Slovakia's Peter Velits is all but certain to miss the Tour de France after fracturing his collarbone in a fall on the second stage of the Citérium du Dauphiné on Tuesday.
If you think France is all about the Tour, think again. Get on a mountain bike and ride alpine singletrack under the sunshine of the Côte d'Azur in France's Alpes-Maritimes region.
Floyd Landis, who last month admitted doping throughout his cycling career and accused Lance Armstrong and others, has hired a law firm that once represented cyclist Greg LeMond. The UCI also has sent a "strongly worded" letter to Landis asking him to stop making claims that Lance Armstrong conspired with UCI official to suppress an alleged positive doping test.
David Millar concedes finishing on the podium at the week-long Dauphine Criterium would prove a considerable morale boost to his Garmin-Transitions squad ahead of its biggest test of the season next month.