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Holloway wins final stage; Veilleux takes overall at Tour of PA
Posted on 30. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
The current USA Elite Criterium Champion Daniel ‘Dholla’ Holloway (VMG/Felt) won the rain-drenched, slippery, stopped-for-tornado-warning, doesn’t-count-for-the-overall-GC, reduced-to-24-laps final stage in downtown Pittsburgh on Sunday to bring to an end the inaugural Tour of Pennsylvania. Keven Lacombe (Kelly Benefit/Medifast) finished second with Skyscraper Harlem Cycling Classic winner Erik Barlevav (TIME Pro Cycling) taking third [...]
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The story behind the photo
Posted on 29. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
how to fit a bike in a small space
Originally uploaded by monkey.wrench
Not a domestic racing story, but a great read nonetheless from High Road’s er Team Columbia’s mechanic Benny aka GreaseMonkey.
Tony Martin was in the yellow jersey at the Ster Elektrotoer in the Netherlands when disaster struck in the third stage. With about 5km [...]
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Veilleux wins his second stage and takes over yellow jersey after stage 5 of Tour of PA
Posted on 28. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
Yesterday after winning Stage 4 and moving into the second spot in GC, just 1 second behind Christoff Van Heerden (Konica Minolta), David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit/Medifast) clearly stated that the race was following the team’s plan perfectly and that the squad would go for the yellow jersey in Saturday’s 83-mile (46km) stage ending in 3 [...]
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Veilleux wins rainy Queen stage; Christoff Van Heerden in yellow at Tour of PA
Posted on 28. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
The field reduced to 91 riders faced rainstorms, 2 major climbs and wild descents in the Queen stage, the 60-mile (96 km) trek from Bedford to Latrobe. But stage winner David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit/Medifast) didn’t mind the weather.
“I don’t mind the rain, it’s kind of good weather for me, I kind of like [...]
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2 NRC races this weekend: Cox Charities Cycling Classic and Manhattan Beach Grand Prix
Posted on 27. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
The next race on the NRC is the 1.5-rated Cox Charities Cycling Classic, a men’s-only NRC event in Providence, RI on Saturday June 28, and the first event in New England Race Week, eight days of racing across four states, all within about an hour’s drive from Boston, MA.
In its [...]
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Jamie Driscoll sprints to win Tour of PA stage 3; Van Vooren sill in yellow
Posted on 26. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
After being on a solo break for 40 miles (64 km), gaining nearly 4 minutes to a dwindling field, Peter Stetina (VMG/Felt) was caught in the final 100 meters in a dramatic finish to the 104-mile (168 km) Stage 5 in the Tour of Pennsylvania.
“It was very tough out there on my own, [...]
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Keven Lacombe wins Tour of PA stage 2; Steven Van Vooren still in yellow
Posted on 25. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
As expected sprinters ruled at the Tour of PA stage 2, a mostly flat 91-mile (146.4 km) run from Downingtown to Carlisle, which took riders through the heart of Amish country.
Outsprinting the other 19 riders from a breakaway, Canadian Keven Lacombe (Kelly Benefit/Medifast) won the second stage, ahead of the South [...]
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Tour of PA – stage 1
Posted on 25. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
The first day of the Tour of Pennsylvania was a split-stage day, starting in the morning with a short 2.2-mile (3.5 km) prologue time trial, followed by an evening 25-mile criterium.
Steven Van Vooren (Johan Brunyeel Cycling Academy) set the fastest time of 4:18, 3 seconds faster than second place Keven Lacombe (Kelly Benefit/Medifast) and 4 [...]
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Interview with Steven Cozzas
Posted on 24. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
I had to chance to chat with Garmin/Chipotle’s Steven Cozza at Tour de Nez following the first stage where he had tried a few attacks, unsuccessfully.
I first talked to Steven after US Pro last year where he was so happy with being back to racing after his serious head injury which could have stopped his [...]
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