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Czech domination at Croc’ Trophy continues
The Czech Republic made it a six-pack of stage victories at Australia’s Crocodile Trophy Sunday as VIG+ Racing’s Kejval Lubos delivered on the promise he showed during Saturday’s stage at Chillagoe. This time there was no blowing up at the death as Lubos and breakaway partner Tomas Kozak made it another “Czech-one-two” when the race reached its annual stop-over at Mount Mulgrave Station, a cattle grazing property almost as large as some European principalities.
Jittery Joe’s drops Pro status
The Athens, Georgia, based Jittery Joe’s professional cycling team will be moving to amateur status for the 2009 season according to the team’s management company Spin Sports. Unable to secure a secondary sponsor for the coming year, the team will now focus on racing regionally while rebuilding its program for 2010.
Cunego wins Japan Cup
Lampre’s Damiano Cunego won the Japan Cup on Sunday, edging out Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) and Liquigas’s Ivan Basso who was competing in his first race since being swept up in the Opera?ion Puerto doping scandal. The 30-year-old, now riding for the Liquigas team, finished behind compatriots Damiano Cunego — winner of the Tour of Lombardy — and former national champion Giovanni Visconti in the 151 kilometers Japan Cup.
Kona, Luna Dominate Day 1 in Louisville
Ryan Trebon (Kona) and Katerina Nash (Luna) took impressive solo victories at the opening day of the 2008 Crank Brothers U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross, at Champion’s Park in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday.
Another day for the Czechs at Crocodile Trophy
The Czech VIG+ Racing team made it five straight stage victories from five attempts Saturday as Ivan Rybarik scored his second stage win at the Crocodile Trophy of 2008. With the leaders in the general classification taking it easy during today’s 99 kilometer “out and back” stage from Chillagoe, VIG+ Racing showed its incredible depth at this year’s outback classic by stealing a stage victory with two of its domestiques.
Tabor Cyclocross World Cup to be broadcast on cycling.tv
THE UCI CYCLO- CROSS WORLD CUP ON CYCLING TV * October 26 2008; 12:20 - 13:30 (GMT) - Elite Women, Tabor * 13:50 - 15:30 (GMT) - Elite Men, Tabor * Live, 'as live', and highlights every day Worldwide (excluding USA) at up to 1800 kbps * Available in UCI or Gold packages DON'T MISS IT! Go to: www.cycling.tv/tabor The UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup on Cycling TV
Richard Sachs ‘cross bicycle raffled to Whitmore’s entrants
Myles Romanow, promoter of the Whitmore's Landscaping Super Cross Cup, rounds 8 and 9 of the MAC Powered by SRAM Cyclocross series, is proud to announce that one lucky entrant to his races in the Hamptons of Long Island will receive an otherwise unobtainable, made-to-measure Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team bicycle completely outfitted with SRAM Parts and Mavic Wheels.
National collegiate cross country champions crowned
The cross country competition kicked off the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships on Friday as nearly 200 collegians raced through the campus of Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina, for the second year in a row. The first day of competition set the stage for an old-fashioned shootout between host Lees-McRae College and last year's overall team winner Fort Lewis College in Division I, while riders from nearby Brevard College and Appalachian State earned the Division II men's and women's crowns respectively.
Shimano issues wheel advisory
Shimano found that the spoke plugs shipped in lieu of rim strips with its Dura-Ace WH-7850-C24-CL wheels have a greater likelihood of producing a puncture due to the surface texture of the rim and the spoke holes coming in contact with the tube. Therefore, Shimano has issued a voluntary recall of the spoke hole plugs. The wheelset will not be recalled. The fix is to remove the spoke hole plugs and replace them with a 18mm high-pressure rim strip.