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On Tap: Grand Cycling Classic

Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by .

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Interesting battle is shaping up in downtown Grand Rapids on Saturday for the 4th Grand Cycling Classic presented by Herman Miller. One team, the defending team, is sponsored by Grand Rapids-based BISSELL. Another team includes a Tasmanian who won in 2007 and now resides in Grand Rapids. They will meet on a 1.2-km 6-corner circuit [...]

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BISSELL speeds up

Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by .

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Well known as a time trialing and stage racing squad, the BISSELL Pro Cycling team added speed to their roster this year. “Obviously we’ve been very competitive in the past years and we’ve been known as a time-trialing and tour team, we’ve always performed beyond what our expectations were in some of the tours and [...]

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Ben Jacques-Maynes’ courageous ride in the Tour of California

Posted on 17. Feb, 2009 by .

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With more than 100 miles to go in stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California, Bissell’s Ben Jacques-Maynes joined nine other riders in a strong early break to try and win the stage in front on his hometown fans in Santa Cruz. Jacques-Maynes, along with this break mates, battled the horrendous weather conditions that [...]

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Time trial, finishing speed and aggressivity for the Bissell team at Tour of California

Posted on 10. Feb, 2009 by .

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Time trial, finishing speed and aggressivity – the name of the game for the Bissell Pro Cycling team for the 2009 Amgen Tour of California. We met with the squad during the training camp in Santa Rosa where the team, under the leadership of Team Manager Glen Mitchell and new Team Director Eric Wohlberg, was [...]

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The man behind the wheel – Bissell’s DS Glen Mitchell

Posted on 25. Apr, 2008 by .

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The Bissell Pro Cycling Team executed perfectly in today’s stage at the Tour de Georgia. Stage Five was the Tour’s longest stage at 133.4 miles (214.7 kilometers), the first of two mountain stages with three Cat 3 climbs with the last one at only 4 miles to go launching the riders in a dive bomb [...]

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