Archive for July, 2011
Quick Step’s De Maar Makes Debut In Curaçao National Champion’s Jersey
There’s a new, colorful jersey in professional cycling this year! Today, for the first time in cycling history, Marc De Maar lined up for the start of the first stage in the Tour de Pologne wearing the Curaçao National Championship jersey he earned last June. “The jersey is really beautiful,” explained De Maar, who drew [...]
Colavita Forno D’Asolo Wins Women’s Prestige Cycling Series Team Title
Minneapolis – Colavita Forno D’Asolo presented by Cooking Light walked away with the team title in the final standings of the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series followng the last Series race, the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic. The squad also claimed the sprinter’s jersey for Leah Kirchmann, whose standing got a big boost when she [...]
Grand Tour Veterans Danielson, Hincapie, Leipheimer, Vande Velde, Van Garderen and Zabriskie Headline International Rosters for 2011 Tour of Utah
BMC Racing Team, HTC-Highroad and Team Garmin-Cervélo Bring Top Talent from Successes at Tour de France Salt Lake City, UT – Fresh from Paris and the Champs-Élysées, a number of noted professional cyclists next eye the Wasatch Front and the Tour of Utah. Race organizers for the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah confirmed team [...]
Dahon Initiates Authentic Hologram System to Battle Counterfeit Products
Leader in folding bikes combats illegal products from infiltrating markets through security seal Duarte, CA – Dahon, the world leader in folding bicycles, is introducing an authentic hologram program to protect its partners and consumers from counterfeit products being misrepresented under the Dahon brand. The system will make it easy to distinguish fake products being [...]
Pretty In Pink
By Amber Pierce Earlier this month, I raced the Giro Donne, ten days of racing over some of the most beautiful (and cruel) terrain in Italy. Many racers postulated that it was perhaps the hardest Giro to date. I wouldn’t know, because this was the first year I’ve raced it. Upon arrival to our hotel [...]
Interbike Bringing ‘Circulus’ to September Show
San Juan Capistrano, CA – Celebrating urban, fixed and track bike culture, Interbike is installing Portland Design Works’ Circulus, a 132-foot circumference (40.2m), 45-degree wooden mini-velodrome inside the Sands Expo and Convention Center. Sponsored by Paved magazine, Yakima, All-City Cycles and Portland Design Works Circulus Poster(PDW), Circulus will be the site of multiple events at [...]
Cadel and Cavendish Mark Historic Day – 98th Tour de France, Stage 21
For the most part, the final day of the Tour de France is a rolling celebration for the man and the team holding the maillot jaune at the start of the day. Champagne is poured and drank, photo-ops are prevalent and the pace is equivalent to most touring rides [at least until the peloton reaches [...]
Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY 12’s Tayler Wiles Fifth in Downtown Criterium – 2011 BMC Cascade Cycling Classic, Stage 4
McGrath and Armstrong maintain third and fourth in the overall By Nicola Cranmer
Cadel Is The Truth, Truth; HTC-Highroad’s Martin Takes Time Trial – 98th Tour de France, Stage 20
As a confident and subsequently victorious Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) crossed the line in Grenoble with hand raised, the race for the 98th edition of the Tour de France raged from behind. Race leader, Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek), in his first full day in the maillot jaune, would have the benefit of seeing the race unfold [...]
Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY 12 maintains GC Placings Under Severe Attacks – 2011 BMC Cascade Cycling Classic, Stage 3
McGrath takes a fifth place in the stage By Nicola Cranmer Bend, OR – The gorgeous 71 mile Cascade Lakes Road Race was the third stage of the Cascade Cycling Classic. Another mountain top finish with plenty of climbing prior tested the now fatigued legs of the riders. In the end it was once again [...]
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