ALGERIA (1)
? Hichem Chabane (Konica Minolta / Bizhub)
ARGENTINA (3)
? Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Colavita / Sutter Home)
? Juan José Haedo (CSC Saxo Bank)
? Matias Medici (Scott-Marcondes Cesar-Sao Jose dos Campos)
AUSTRALIA (5)
? Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto)
? Simon Gerrans (Crédit Agricole)
? Matthew Lloyd (Silence-Lotto)
? Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank)
? Michael Rogers (Columbia)
AUSTRIA (2)
? Christian Pfannber
The racing hasn’t yet begun at the Laoshan Velodrome, site of the Beijing Olympics’ track events, but the USA track team has already been jumped. No, it wasn’t a team of big-legged brawny sprinters that pounced on Team America’s trackies, or a gang of cup-toting drug sniffs. It wasn’t the Germans, Russians or Dutch. It was a horde of camera toting news-hungry media men, eager for a story — any story. And on a slow news day, word travels fast.
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Component giant SRAM has a new minority owner: Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking. The fund manager is making an undisclosed investment in SRAM, which will retain its senior management, the company announced Thursday. SRAM, which markets products under the SRAM, RockShox, Avid, Truvativ, and Zipp brand names, expects 2008 revenues to approach $500 million. “We have now achieved scale where we believe it is prudent to add an experienced institutional investor to our shareholder base," Stan Day, SRAM's chief executive.
Team Columbia is sending 18 riders from twelve different nations to the Olympic games. While the riders will wear uniforms representing their home nation, it's still a remarkable turnout for the U.S.-based team. “To have so many riders representing their countries at the Olympics, a showcase event, is truly exceptional for Team Columbia. It’s actually made it a little tricky finding riders for all the usual competitions,” team owner Bob Stapleton said. The teams riders will race in the mens and womens road races and on the track.
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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.
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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.
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