Getting Ready To Race – MWCCC Regionals
Getting Ready To Race - MWCCC Regionals
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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.
LPR Brakes team to ride the Tour of Britain
LPR Brakes to make Tour of Britain debut in 2008 Di Luca and Petacchi to lead Italian squad’s assault on this year’s Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain organisers are pleased to announce the identity of the 16th team who will ride the 2008 race, Italian squad LPR Brakes – Ballan, led by Alessandro Petacchi and Danilo Di Luca. Petacchi is one of the greatest sprinters ever, having won over 150 races in his career, while Di Luca will become the first winner of a Grand Tour to ride The Tour of Britain, following his win in the Giro d’Italia in 2007.