Erinne Willock
Age: 27 (Victoria, B.C.)
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Mary McConneloug
Age: 37 (Chilmark, Massachusetts)
EVENTS
Cross-countryPRIOR OLYMPICS
2004 McConneloug has been racing mountain bikes since 1997, but really made her mark in 2003 with silver medals in the national championships and the Pan-Am Games. She finished ninth in her Olympic debut and hopes to improve on that performance in Beijing. A real “road warrior,” McConneloug has eschewed a traditional home, opting instead to live out of her van, travelling around the U.S. and Canada to compete in mountain bike races.Martin Gilbert
Age: 25 (Chateauguay, Quebec)
EVENTS
MadisonPRIOR OLYMPICS
None A former triathlete who began road racing in 2000 and track racing a few years later, Gilbert is a member of the Kelly Benefits Strategy/Medifast team. Gilbert will compete in the Madison event with Zach Bell.Georgia Gould
Age: 28 (Ketchum, Idaho)
EVENTS
Cross-countryPRIOR OLYMPICS
None Gould’s involvement in cross-country mountain bike racing began relatively recently, but it didn’t take her long to come up to speed. She earned a spot on the Luna team in 2007 after only a year on a regional team in Idaho. She won the women’s national cross-country title in her first year with Luna and has produced consistently strong results throughout her professional career.Michael Friedman
Age: 25 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
EVENTS
MadisonPRIOR OLYMPICS
None Friedman has distinguished himself as a track racer, most recently winning a gold medal in the scratch race in last December’s World Cup event at the new Olympic velodrome in Beijing. A member of the Garmin-Chipotle team, Friedman – known as “meatball” to his teammates – has also pursued a solid road career, riding in his first edition of Paris-Roubaix this past spring. Friedman will team up with Bobby Lea in the Madison in Beijing this month.VeloNews’ Fred Dreier arrives in Beijing with a lot of questions
The collective gaze of professional cycling has shifted from the scenic switchbacks on l’Alpe d’Huez to the hazy skies above China’s capital city of Beijing. Over the course of the next three weeks — August 8-24 — the world will watch as the top road, track, mountain and BMX cyclists compete for 18 gold medals.
Marie-Hélène Prémont
Age: 31 (Chateau-Richer, Quebec)
EVENTS
Mountain bike cross-countryPRIOR OLYMPICS
2004 (Silver medal) Prémont has been one of the top women in the world for most of this decade, breaking into the top ranks with her bronze in the 2003 World Cup in Kaprun, Austria, and her silver medal at the 2004 Olympics. On the World Cup circuit, she was third overall in 2005 and then second overall in 2006 and 2007. She is leading the series this year, thanks to consistent top finishes, including wins at Mont Ste. Anne, Canada, and Fort William, Scotland, and three second-place finishes. Prémont, 31, races for the Rocky Mountain trade team. She plans to retire from racing after this season.Christian Vande Velde
Age: 32 (Boulder, Colorado)
EVENTS
Road racePRIOR OLYMPICS
2000 After years of serving as a top lieutenant for team leaders on U.S. Postal and CSC, Vande Velde has emerged as a top contender in his own right, finishing the 2008 Tour de France in fifth place, capping out an impressive debut for his new Garmin-Chipotle team. A former pursuiter, Vande Velde is the second member of his family to compete in the Olympics. His father John competed in both the 1968 and ’72 Games.SoCal Interscholastic Cycling League launched
OAKLAND , CA — The Northern California High School Mountain Bike Racing League (NorCal League) will launch the Southern California Interscholastic Cycling League (SoCal League), in the 2009 academic year, with grant support from the Easton Sports Development Foundation II (ESDF II). The new league is based on the successful model of the NorCal League, now in its eighth year, which currently has reached a membership of over 400 high schoolers, 150 coaches, and 35 schools from within the region.
Cycling Enthusiast
Cycling Enthusiast
Getting Ready To Race – MWCCC Regionals
Getting Ready To Race - MWCCC Regionals
Faster than your average Joe – (Cantwell and Hartley celebrate their Superweek titles)
Faster than your average Joe - (Cantwell and Hartley celebrate their Superweek titles)
Amber Neben
Age: 34 (Irvine, California)
EVENTS
Road RacePRIOR OLYMPICS
None Over the years, Neeben has distinguished herself as one of the world’s best road racers, twice winning France’s Tour de l’Aude. A former collegiate mountain bike racer, Neben made her road debut at the 1998 Hewlett Packard Women’s Challenge and earned a spot on the U.S. team for the world road championships that year.Taylor Phinney
Age: 18 (Boulder, Colorado)
EVENTS
Individual PursuitPRIOR OLYMPICS
None Phinney punched his ticket to Beijing back in January when he eclipsed a time standard at the third round of the 2007-08 UCI Track World Cup Classics series at the ADT Event Center in Los Angeles. His mark of 4:25.684 in the qualifying round of the 4,000-meter individual pursuit on Jan. 18 earned him an automatic nomination for that event in Beijing.National Sports Center Velodrome to host Midwest Sprint Challenge
Minnesota’s National Sports Center Velodrome To Host Midwest Sprint Challenge, August 8-9 Men and women speedsters to compete for $2000 purse Blaine, MN (July 22, 2008) – The National Sports Center Velodrome announced today that it will host the 2008 Midwest Sprint Challenge, August 8-9 – showcasing sprint races for fans in Minnesota.
Sam Atherton at Bromont WC 2008
Sam Atherton at Bromont WC 2008
Skins outfitting Olympics athletes
Speed. Agility. Grace. Strength. All traits that get Olympic athletes noticed and remembered. At this year’s Olympic Games though, something else will also command attention and require conversation – the athletes’ clothing. Shiny, performance enhancing compression gear takes center stage as Skins™ USA outfits numerous Team USA competitors.
New film on single-speed trans-continental ride to be shown at the Tour of Missouri
Adventures for the Cure: The Doc To be Screened After Rolla’s Tour of Missouri Stage 4 Finish Rolla’s Diabetes Education Fund announces that a screening of Adventures for the Cure: The Doc will be held in Castleman Hall after the Tour of Missouri Stage 4 award ceremony. Castleman Hall is located immediately behind the Stage 4 finish line and across the street from the Tour of Missouri Health and Wellness Expo. The documentary will be shown shortly after the Stage 4 awards ceremony, approximately 4:30. Admission is free and there will be door prizes.
CrossVegas registration opens
The wait is over for CrossVegas fans looking for details about the cyclocross race that has become the highlight of the Interbike show week. CrossVegas.com has been revamped with complete information about the September 24th race in Las Vegas.