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Alessandro Ballan – looking forward to riding the Classics and the Giro for BMC Racing Team
Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by stephanie.
The decision to sign with BMC Racing Team was relatively easy for Alessandro Ballan. It was based on a desire to try something new.
“I liked that BMC was a smaller team,” commented Ballan. “I wanted to try a new approach to racing. When I heard that George Hincapie was part of the team, I called [...]
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Burghardt is Ready to Win for BMC Racing Team
Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by stephanie.
After spending five years of his professional life with T-Mobile and Columbia –HTC, Marcus Burghardt is ready to ride and win for BMC Racing Team in 2010.
“I was on Columbia for a very long time,” stated Burghardt. “There just comes a time when you need to change. Most of the time I was riding for [...]
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Nicola Cranmer on the state of women cycling in the US
Posted on 28. Dec, 2009 by stephanie.
Earlier this month, Nicola Cranmer, Managing Director of the PROMAN Women’s Cycling Team, was invited to speak with Bay Area Women Cycling members about the state of women cycling in the US.
The PROMAN Women’s Cycling Team is a Marin County, California based elite women’s cycling team comprised of race veterans and junior stars. Though currently [...]
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TIBCO’s Miller Sweeps
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by stephanie.
Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO) made it a clean sweep this afternoon with her win at the Tour of Missouri Women’s Series Stage 4 – St. Louis Criterium. In winning her fourth straight race of the Gateway Cup, she took home the omnium’s leader’s jersey.
“It’s hard to win a bike race and the competition was great,” [...]
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Dramatic Win by TIBCO’s Miller
Posted on 06. Sep, 2009 by stephanie.
Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO) out sprints Kelly Benjamin (Colavita/Sutter Home) by mere inches at the finish in a dramatic win at the Tour of Missouri Women’s Series Stage 3 – Giro Della Montagna.
Despite several break attempts by Lip Smacker, Team Type 1 and Webcor, it all came down to Team TIBCO vs. Colavita/Sutter Home.
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Brooke Miller Makes it Two
Posted on 05. Sep, 2009 by stephanie.
Colavita/Sutter Home dominated most of the race today….controlling many of the attacks and maintaining a tight lead out in the final two laps. What was not expected by Colavita/Sutter Home was the 1-2 punch of Kat Carroll and Brooke Miller of Team TIBCO in the final lap. With the help of Carroll, Miller took the [...]
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Brooke Miller easily wins first stage in Missouri
Posted on 05. Sep, 2009 by stephanie.
With three team mates supporting her, Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO) easily wins the first stage of the Tour of Missouri Women’s Series – Studio 2108 Presents the Tour de Lafayette.
“My girls were so awesome,” declared Miller. “It was so much fun tonight. Colavita had several riders out there. It was awesome to have four riders [...]
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On tap: Tour of Missouri Women’s Series
Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by stephanie.
Some of the best women cyclists will be competing over the Labor Day weekend in St. Louis, MO at the Tour of Missouri Women’s Series. The women’s series will be featured at the THF Realty Gateway Cup, which is now a four day event. The last stage is being held on Monday, September 7th and [...]
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Catching up with Team TIBCO’s Amber Rais
Posted on 04. Jun, 2009 by stephanie.
Team TIBCO’s Amber Rais is one busy rider. Now in her fourth year as a professional, and based in Austria, she divides her time between Europe and racing here in the US. I caught up with this very talented rider at the Sugar CRM Memorial Criterium in Morgan Hill, CA to see how the year [...]
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PROMAN Women’s Professional Cycling Team Establishes a New Junior Development Program
Posted on 02. Jun, 2009 by stephanie.
In April, the PROMAN Women’s Professional Cycling Team formally established a new and very exciting junior development program. “We’re hoping to boost junior cycling at the national level by supporting young women who have already distinguished themselves at the regional and state levels,” stated founder and General Manager, Nicola Cranmer.
The members of PROMAN’s inaugural junior [...]
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