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Bill Peterson elected President of USA Cycling Board of Directors
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by lyne.
Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 11, 2010)—The USA Cycling Board of Directors elected Bill Peterson as president at its biannual meeting, Wednesday in Colorado Springs. The board of directors of the national governing body for the sport of competitive cycling in the United States also re-elected three additional officers.
Peterson takes office immediately and replaces Mark Abramson, [...]
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Tour of Utah shuffles stages
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by lyne.
“America’s Toughest Stage Race”, the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah has shuffled around its stages and added a new venue for its criterium in the 2010 edition held from August 17 to 22 this year.
The overall course is similar to last year with a plan of making it ‘tougher’ and the two final [...]
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News from Canada: Clara Hughes, Katie Compton, Track Worlds Team and more
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by lyne.
News from Canada: Clara Hughes wins another Olympic medal, Katie Compton to Paris-Ancaster, Team Nanoblur/Gears, 2010 U23 Men’s Sprint European Program, Canadian Track Team for Worlds.
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There’s an app for that – DrugSearch
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by lyne.
The DrugSearch 1.3 iPhone app is a free, advertising-supported app that puts the WADA (World Anti-Doping Authority) prohibited substance list at their fingertips as they walk the aisle of their grocery store or drug store. The application allows users to quickly browse or search the prohibited substances list to insure that the foods, vitamins, supplements, and medications that they are taking are legal.
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Tour of California starts with Women’s Racing
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by lyne.
Project Sport, LLC – producers of the San Francisco and San Rafael Twilight Criterium cycling races – announced today an agreement with the Sacramento Sports Commission and the Amgen Tour of California to present a professional criterium-style cycling race in conjunction with Stage 1 of the 2010 Tour, to be contested on the morning of [...]
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Women’s Prestige Cycling Series Announces 2010 Events
Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by lyne.
Minneapolis – The 2010 edition of the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series will feature four national-caliber stage races that promise to showcase the country’s top female cycling talent.
The four events take place in four different states, beginning in March and running through to July:
March 25-28 – Redlands Bicycle Classic (California)
April 28-May 2 – SRAM Tour [...]
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A closer look at North American women on European UCI teams
Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by lyne.
A closer look at the nine North American women, 4 American, 3 Canadian and 2 from Mexico that are racing with European-based UCI Women’s teams in 2010: Kim Anderson, Evelyn Stevens, Amber Rais, Liz Hatch, Audrey Lemieux, Julie Beveridge, Karol-Ann Canuel, Veronica Leal and Laura Morfin
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Radios banned for NRC races
Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by lyne.
Earlier today, USA Cycling sent out a release that clearly stated that radios will now be banned in all USA Cycling road and track races which means all NRC races and most of the UCI races. Only 5 road races in North America will not be impacted by the ban: Amgen Tour of California, Philadelphia International Championships, Tour of Missouri, le Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and le Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal.
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Evans and Hincapie chat BMC bikes – with photos
Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by lyne.
BMC Racing Team’s World Champion Cadel Evans and US National Champion George Hincapie talk about their BMC promachine SLC01 and BMC racemaster SLX01 bikes. Photo gallery.
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Monday News Roundup
Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by lyne.
Roundup of some of the news: Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, le Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, La Chrono Gatineau. Rock Racing-Murcia. Chance to ride with the pros at training camps for Team TIBCO, UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis and Colavita/Baci. Amber Rais joins Austrian team, positive B Sample for Tom ZIrbel, Clara Hughes is flag bearer for Canada
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