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Tour of Utah Preview – climbs, climbs and more climbs. oh all at altitude
Posted on 12. Aug, 2008 by lyne.
From From August 13 until August 17, riders from 17 teams will battle it out in 5-day, 5 stage, 336 mile race with 30,000 feet of climbing, the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.
The roster is chockfull of mountain goats and 7 of the top ten overall in 2006 are returning. Some serious competition at [...]
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Talking Utah with Burke Swindlehurst
Posted on 12. Aug, 2008 by lyne.
Billed as America’s Toughest Stage Race, after taking a hiatus in 2007, the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah is back in 2008, bigger than ever. From August 13 until August 17, the 17 teams will be challenged by the 5-day, 5-stage, 336 mile race with 30,000 feet of climbing will all take place within [...]
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2008 USA Cycling Junior, U23, and Elite Road National Championships – day 3/4/5 results
Posted on 10. Aug, 2008 by lyne.
The final three days of the 2008 USA Cycling Junior, U23, and Elite Road National Championships were the road races for all categories.
On Friday, the Juniors 10-16 competitions for men and women were held. With the National Criterium title already in her pocket, 12-year-old Katrina Howard (Central Valley Cycling) won her seventh national [...]
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Next up: Rochester Omnium
Posted on 07. Aug, 2008 by lyne.
The next event on the USA Cycling Professional Tour, the 2.2-rated Rochester Omnium, takes place this weekend, August 8-10, in Rochester, N.Y.
The race that used to be known as the Saturn Rochester Twilight Criterium, which began in 2004 and which last year drew 35,000 spectators, has grown into the 3-day Rochester Omnium.
The first [...]
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2008 USA Cycling Junior, U23, and Elite Road National Championships – day 2 results
Posted on 07. Aug, 2008 by lyne.
Day 2 at the 2008 USA Cycling Junior, U23, and Elite Road National Championships was all about criteriums.
Justin Williams (Rock Racing) won the U23 men 60k crit winning the sprint ahead of Jake Keough (Kelly Benefit/Medifast) and Dan Holloway (VMG/Felt) who is now a stagiaire for Garmin/Chiptole.
Beatriz Rodriguez (SC Velo) won the U23 women 35k [...]
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2008 USA Cycling Junior, U23, and Elite Road National Championships – Schedule
Posted on 06. Aug, 2008 by lyne.
Four more days of 2008 USA Cycling Junior, U23, and Elite Road National Championships.
Thursday, August 7th – Criterium (2 kilometers)
The Junior and U23 riders will use a common criterium course. The course will be laid out at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The course is flat, fast, and technical. There are seven turns, long straight-aways, and [...]
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2008 USA Cycling Junior, U23, and Elite Road National Championships – day 1 results
Posted on 06. Aug, 2008 by lyne.
The 2008 USA Cycling Junior, U23, and Elite Road National Championships started today in Orange County, CA and will continue until August 10.
During the next 5 days, new National Champions for Elite women, Elite (amateur) Men, U23 and Juniors will be crowned and will have the right to wear the Stars and Stripes for the [...]
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Teddy King and Brooke Miller win the Hanes Park Classic
Posted on 03. Aug, 2008 by lyne.
Bissell’s Teddy King soloed away from his breakaway companion Jonathan Cantwell (Jittery Joe’s) to win the 1.4-NRC rated Hanes Park Classic in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living) won the bunch sprint for third.
Tibco’s Brooke Miller avoided a crash and took the sprint ahead of USA Criterium Champion Tina Pic (Colavita/Sutter Home) for [...]
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Huff wins final stage and Veilleux takes overall at Tour of Elk Grove
Posted on 03. Aug, 2008 by lyne.
At the end of yesterday’s stage, second place on GC David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit/Medifast) clearly announced his intention of throwing everything he and his team could at leader Hilton Clarke and his Toyota-United squad to move to the top step, and they did, and it worked.
Veilleux has already had quite a season so far, [...]
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Hilton Clarke wins second stage at Elk Grove and takes over lead
Posted on 02. Aug, 2008 by lyne.
The second stage of the Tour of Elk Grove, the 105-mile (170 km) Citi Men Pro road stage came down to a bunch sprint which was marred by the multi-rider crash but 2006 winner Hilton Clarke (Toyota-United) avoided the problems to win ahead of David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit/Medifast) and Nic Sanderson (Jelly Belly). [...]
