Mellow Johnny's Classic

Plaxton gets a big-money win in Texas, Boonen and Stannard split the opening weekend in Belgium, and Johansson rings up a couple of podiums

Shots from the 2013 Mellow Johnny's Classic

Results from the 2013 Mellow Johnny's Classic

Judy Freeman is on the ground in Austin, Texas, for the Mellow Johnny's Classic and psyched up for a new cross-country season

Pro riders will also pair up with high school athletes over race weekend

Event on Lance's Texas ranch now a Category 1 UCI race

Check out a video wrap-up of the Mellow Johnny's Classic held over Memorial Day weekend on Lance Armstrong's Texas ranch.

Race results from the 2010 Mellow Johnny's Classic Pro XCT event.

Men's elite resutlts: Mellow Johnny's Classic Pro XCT Dripping Springs Texas 2010

Georgia Gould and Max Plaxton overcame what one pro racer deemed "oppressive" heat to win the Mellow Johnny's Classic at Lance Armstrong's Texas ranch on Saturday.

The Singletrack.com crew made a trip to Dripping Springs, Texas to find out how the Mellow Johnny's Classic course has changed for 2010.

Local Austin riders Erin O'Neill and Paul Garcia, along with MJC race director, Tobin Behling rolled through the Mellow Johnny's Classic course earlier this spring.

Two sign-up days will be used for the second Mellow Johnny's Classic on Lance Armstrong's Texas ranch over Memorial Day Weekend; first reg day to support Livestrong.

The most notable addition to the 2010 Pro XCT is the Mellow Johnny's Classic, to be held Memorial Day weekend on Lance Armstrong's Texas ranch.

Word from Lance Armstrong's Austin bike shop is that an application is in to USA Cycling for a May 29-30 spot for the Mellow Classic on the national calendar.

Despite the fact that the barbecue wine was Silver Oak and the bonfire was stoked with old art crates, a weekend at Lance Armstrong's ranch was still just a bunch of great folks enjoying the mountain bike lifestyle.

Lance flatted out of his own Mellow Johnny's Classic race on Sunday and became a spectator. Check out what he was watching in the Singletrack.com slideshow.

JHK, Irmiger win at Lance's place

Jeremy Horgan Kobelski and Heather Irminger win the first Mellow Johnny's Classic

Steady rain — road-closing, trail-soaking, river-swelling rain — kept anyone from getting an early taste of the singletrack at Lance Armstrong's Juan Pelota Ranch on Friday.

Lance Armstrong floated the idea of a mountain bike race on his ranch on Sept. 22, 2009. The race, coming this weekend, was sold out in a matter of days.

The first ever Mellow Johnny's Classic will be held at the Juan Pelota Ranch near Austin, Texas.