Tag Archives: pure black racing
Van Uden Suffers To Win Sprinter Jersey At Utah
Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by lyne.
Going into the Queen Stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, Roman van Uden of PureBlack Racing was in second place, five points down in the XO Communications Best Sprinter competition. All he had to do on the final was to get six points in the two intermediate sprints during in the 106-mile [...]
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Stage 2 In Their Own Words
Posted on 11. Aug, 2011 by lyne.
Stage 2 at the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah was supposed to be a fast stage for the sprinters that was supposed to be quiet for the GC contenders. While it did finish in a sprint, the winner Jack Bauer (Endura Racing) surprised all by launching early and before that, the field was split [...]
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Van Uden On The Hunt For More Sprint Points
Posted on 11. Aug, 2011 by lyne.
After making it into the early break on stage 1 at the Larry H Miller Tour of Utah, Roman Van Uden (Pure Black Racing) easily won the first two intermediate sprints to ignite his quest for the sprinter’s jersey. “I jumped them on the first one, I got a good gap and they didn’t really [...]
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Borrajo Wins Close Sprint At Joe Martin
Posted on 06. May, 2011 by lyne.
Sprinter Anibal Borrajo (Jamis/Sutter Home) waited in the field, quietly resting as much as possible, while the field reeled in the break with 2 km to go. And then he hit the gas to overtake Roman Van Uden (Pure Black Racing) and Francisco Mancebo (RealCyclist.com) at the line to win stage 2 of the Joe [...]
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Mancebo Wins Joe Martin TT
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by lyne.
Once again, Francisco Mancebo (RealCyclist.com) clocked the fastest time at a time trial, this time it was the opening stage of the Joe Martin Stage Race. His time was 8 minute flat on the 2.5-mile (4 km) uphill course in Devil’s Den State Park, in Northwest Arkansas. A beautiful lush park with an undulating course [...]
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Lewis Wins Chaotic Silver City Crit At Gila
Posted on 30. Apr, 2011 by lyne.
The Trek-Livestrong kids did it again at stage 4 of the SRAM Tour of the Gila. Seventh out of the final corner, Australian Joe Lewis opened and sprinted to the line to take the bunch sprint, making two years in a row for Trek-Livestrong following Taylor Phinney‘s win last year. Alejandro Borrajo (Jamis/Sutter Home) took [...]
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Van Uden Wins Redlands Crit
Posted on 03. Apr, 2011 by lyne.
Emerging from a late-race break, Kiwi Roman Van Uden (Pure Black Racing) won the Redlands criterium, the second stage of the Redlands Bicycle Classic. Going for the green sprint jersey, Van Uden made his way into break after break, on the hunt for the points. Van Uden was successful as he takes over the sprint [...]
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Pure Black Racing Adds Color
Posted on 29. Mar, 2011 by lyne.
Success is the only way that can describe Pure Black Racing’s first race in the USA, the San Dimas Stage Race. The Kiwi team added some color to its black kit with Roman Van Uden and Mike Northey winning the KOM polka-dot jersey and the Green Sprint jersey respectively. After a week of training at [...]
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Team and transfer news
Posted on 24. Nov, 2010 by lyne.
A closer look at the road transfers and team news for the men’s teams. Transfer-o-rama for the UCI registered men’s teams in Canada and the USA. News from other teams.

