Archive for June, 2010
TRIPLE Exclusive: An Interview with Erica Allar – Part III
Present, Perfect While Erica Allar (Team Vera Bradley Foundation) and I have remained in touch over the years, it had been some time since we actually shared some decent face time. But that changed this past month as I was able to catch up with her in Arlington, Virginia, the site of her Clarendon Cup [...]
Team VBF Earn Silver Medals at Canadian & US National Championships
Samplonius Seconnd in Canadian Time Trial; Allar Sprints to Second in U.S. Criterium Nationals Anne Samplonious finished second at the Canadian Cycling Association Elite National Time Trial Championships in Devon, Alberta. She covered the 20K out and back course in 29:53. Just over two seconds separated Samplonious from winner Julie Beveridge (Vienne Futuroscope). Tara Whitten [...]
Shelley Evans, King Claim Criteriums – USA Cycling Elite National Championships
Of the several types of bicycle racing formats, criterium racing remains the most popular form in the United States. Fast and furious, it is the racing style to which many of us are first introduced and therefore the one to which we work to excel. On Friday, many of our country’s top criterium racers took [...]
TRIPLE Exclusive: An Interview with Erica Allar – Part II
Transitions Change, as they say, is inevitable. For many of us, the biggest transition usually occurs some time after our last final exam when we are finally thrust into a world without the structure, and constraints, of academia. Change can occur at lightning speed and in many instances, all at once during this important juncture [...]
Team VBF podiums at USA Cycling Elite National Champions
Powers rounds out podium in Bend; Cash wins back to back races in Wisconsin The 2010 USA Cycling Elite Women’s National Championships opened in Bend, OR with the 35K Skyliners Time Trial. Alison Powers, the 2008 U.S National Time Trial Champion, rounded out the podium in fifth place with a time of 49:53:20 behind Evelyn [...]
Stevens, Talansky Win Time Trial – 2010 USA Cycling Elite National Championships
Don’t Call Her Phenom, Just Call Her National Champion When she arrived on the cycling scene a little over a year ago, Evelyn Stevens (Team HTC-Columbia) was instantly labeled a phenom. Her Cinderella-esque arrival, from Wall Street worker and first-time racer to winner of multiple National Racing Calendar events, certainly justified the moniker. But the [...]
TRIPLE Exclusive: An Interview with Erica Allar – Part I
I was not privy to the conversation occurring in the row in front of me for most of the flight, not that I am particularly averse to eavesdropping, but mainly because I am the type that begins to yawn as soon as the door is slammed shut and the cabin is pressurized. But as the [...]
BMC Racing Team’s Cole House To Appear At Wheel and Sprocket Saturday
Milwaukee – Cole House of the BMC Racing Team will make a special appearance to sign autographs and greet fans Saturday, June 26, at Wheel and Sprocket bicycle shop’s North Shore location in Milwaukee. House, 22, is a member of the U.S.-registered pro continental squad that will be competing next month at the Tour de [...]
Team VBF looks to top strong fields at U.S. and Canadian National Road Championships
Bend, OR – Team Vera Bradley Foundation will be aiming for National Championship titles in both the U.S. and Canada this week. This is the first time that all National Championships – both in North America and in Europe – will be held at the same time. This is the second consecutive year that the [...]
Team Hotel San José Gains New Sponsor
Austin, Texas – Team Hotel San José/Mellow Johnny’s Presented by Subaru-Gary Fisher is getting a big boost thanks to a new multi-year sponsorship deal with solar energy power giant, juwi solar Inc. juwi solar Inc. (JSI), based in Boulder, Colorado, is a developer and turn-key engineering, procurement and construction contractor of solar power plants throughout [...]
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