Racing

After years of an aggressive but linear progression, the BMC Racing team is making a huge leap with the addition of World Champion Cadel Evans, three-time US National Champion George Hincapie 2008 world champion Alessandro Ballan in its quest to race at the Tour de France in 2011, if not earlier. The riders made their … Read more

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Earlier today, the UCI announced their ruling on the final three teams that had appealed after their initial registration for a Pro Continental license has been refused. After a hearing involving the teams, the Management Committee decided to reject the registration of the US team Rock Racing while it approved Androni Giocattoli (VEN) and Xacobeo … Read more

On December 27, Tom Zirbel announced that his A sample from the USA Professional Time Trial Championships tested positive for exogenous DHEA.  Zirbel has proclaimed his innocence and is confident that he will find the answers. Following his notification, Zirbel hired Paul Scott to make sure that protocol was followed when his B sample was … Read more

Earlier this month, Nicola Cranmer, Managing Director of the PROMAN Women’s Cycling Team, was invited to speak with Bay Area Women Cycling members about the state of women cycling in the US. The PROMAN Women’s Cycling Team is a Marin County, California based elite women’s cycling team comprised of race veterans and junior stars. Though … Read more

Teammates on the Clif Bar Development team, brothers Yannick and Robin Eckmann turned heads in Colorado when they went 1-2 in the two NACT Junior races at the beginning of November. On the muddy Blue Sky Velo course on Saturday, Yannick caught and passed the entire Cat 3 field which had started two minutes earlier … Read more

Slow news week as we enter the final month of the year.   Rock Racing denied Pro Conti. The UCI approved the registration of the following 19 UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2010 season, and as expected the BMC Racing Team registered in the USA is part of the list. The other teams are: … Read more

More than time to work on the women’s transfer-o-rama. First, a quick recap on news and information on the women’s teams for next year. Only one team has applied for the UCI Continental status with USA Cycling and that is Team TIBCO.  The Columbia-HTC women’s team, also a UCI team, is registered in Germany. The … Read more

We have a new leader in the very tight race in the Men’s Jr 17-18 series of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross.  Young Yannick Eckmann (Clif Bar Development Team) discovered that he loves the mud at this weekend’s  Mercer Cup Races as the almost 16 year old swept the two races to take over … Read more

Photo Gallery of Day One of the USGP Derby City Cup in Louisville, Kentucky: Elite Women, Elite and U23 Men and Jr Men 17-18. See related posts: Nash and Trebon take over USGP lead. Elite and U23 Men (Click for larger images) Elite Women (Click for larger images) Men Jr 17-18 (Click for larger images) … Read more