Tag Archives: darren lill
Louder Soars Above The Carnage In Park City
Posted on 21. Aug, 2010 by lyne.
What a crit! Expectations were high for the Park City Criterium, words like smashfest, bloodbath were used and riders were nervous as they started to stage 20 minutes before the start of stage 4 of the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah. You could see it in their faces as they looked up Main Street [...]
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Leipheimer Takes Over At Utah
Posted on 19. Aug, 2010 by lyne.
Riding solo, Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny’s) rode away from select group of riders on the tough climb up Mt Nebo to win stage 2 of the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah. He also rode away with the yellow jersey with three stages to go. Can he defend without a team, especially on the tough [...]
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Darren Lill Tames Unleashed Gila Monster
Posted on 02. May, 2010 by lyne.
Darren Lill (Fly V Australia) and Cath Cheatley (Colavita/Baci) tamed the monster and the weather for the stage win. Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny’s) and Mara Abbott (Peanut Butter Co TWENTY12) won the overall, making it two victories for each of them. Videos, Photos.
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Fly V australia takes out La Vuelta de Bisbee
Posted on 26. Apr, 2010 by lyne.
Darren Lill wins first stage and takes overall victory; David Tanner wins third and final stage. In his first major race since sustaining a serious wrist fracture in December last year Lill soled from the break of 7 to take stage 1 of the Tour de Bisbee. Team Fly V Australia is racing the Tour [...]
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Sulzberger wins final stage and Mancebo takes overall in Utah
Posted on 24. Aug, 2009 by lyne.
After slogging up and down the mountains, the sprinters finally had a chance to play at the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah, on the final stage, the 90-minute criterium in Salt Lake City. As typically happens in the four-corner crit, positioning at the last corner was key, and Australian Crit Champion Bernie Sulzberger of [...]
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Howes flies the stars and stripes on Snowbird
Posted on 22. Aug, 2009 by lyne.
In a show of force and humor, young Alex Howes of the Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin team, the U23 development arm of the Slipstream organization, grabbed a hot dog and attacked the dwindling break at the bottom of the final brutal climb up to Snowbird and soloed away for the win at the Queen stage of the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah. Rock Racing’s Francisco Mancebo solidifies the yellow jersey. Photos.
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Lill gives himself a great birthday gift – a solo win atop Mt Nebo
Posted on 20. Aug, 2009 by lyne.
Team Type 1′s Darren Lill took the matter into his own hands at the bottom of the tough 30 km climb and flew away from a select lead group of 9 riders to take the win atop of Mt Nebo at stage 2 of the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah. Lill quickly established and [...]
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BMC sweeps stage 1 at Tour de Beauce; Wyss takes lead
Posted on 09. Jun, 2009 by lyne.
Continuing with their trademark agressive racing, the BMC team had a great day in the opening stage at the Tour de Beauce. Danilo Wyss outsprinted his breakmates to take the stage win, the yellow leader’s jersey and the white points jersey. Chad Beyer took the polka dot KOM jersey and the red best young rider jersey. Updated with quotes and photos.
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Catching up with BMC riders
Posted on 13. Sep, 2008 by lyne.
I caught up with the BMC team at the start of the 2008 Tour of Missouri stage 5, in St James where the riders were getting ready for another aggressive stage in high humidity. Mike Sayers announced his retirement earlier this year, and is racing his last big race at the Tour of Missouri. Going [...]
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BMC did it the old-fashioned way – no team cars, no mechanics, no radios
Posted on 21. May, 2008 by lyne.
The BMC team came in under radar at Mt Hood Cycling Classic, as the race was not an official scheduled race for the team. Six riders decided to go to Oregon on their own to refine their form, and have some fun. Jonathan Garcia, Jackson Stewart, Darren Lill, Mike Sayers, Ian McKissick and Nathan Miller [...]

