Posts Tagged ‘Alison Powers’
Wilcoxson Claims Blue Ribbon Alpine Challenge
Aspen, Colo. – Prior to the men’s Stage 3 finale of the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, the streets of downtown Aspen hosted the Blue Ribbon Alpine Challenge. Originally planned as a three-day stage event, the Aspen Criterium nonetheless brought out some of best riders, including London Olympics track heroine, Lauren Tamayo (Exergy TWENTY12), former [...]
Top Sprinters Ready to Race for the Crown at NRC’s Sunny King Criterium
April 9th races will be streamed live on the VeloNews website Anniston, AL – Some of the domestic cycling peloton’s fastest sprinters will head south for the ninth Sunny King Criterium, the second stop on USA Cycling’s prestigious National Racing Calendar (NRC) and the first of fourteen criteriums throughout the season. Pro and amateur cyclists [...]
Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY 12 Misses Clean Sweep of Women’s Prestige Cycling Series
By Sean Weide Minneapolis – Coming into the last event for the 2010 Women’s Prestige Cycling Series, Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY 12 held all of the jerseys and the team classification. However, they let the sprinter’s jersey slip from their grasp, just missing the clean sweep. U.S. national road champion Mara Abbott won both [...]
Abbott Still Leads Women’s Prestige Cycling Series
Minneapolis – With one race remaining in the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series, new U.S. national road champion Mara Abbott (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY 12) holds a slim lead over Alison Powers (Team Vera Bradley Foundation) and Evelyn Stevens (HTC-Columbia). Abbott has held the lead in the individual standings since her win at the SRAM [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Nature Valley Grand Prix Next Stop For Women’s Prestige Cycling Series
Minneapolis – The Women’s Prestige Cycling Series continues with this week’s Nature Valley Grand Prix, the third of four stops for the Series. Mara Abbott (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12) is the favorite to retain the lead in the individual competition, although second-placed Alison Powers (Team Vera Bradley Foundation) is within striking distance and could [...]
Team VBF Victorious at Joe Martin Stage Race
Alexis Rhodes wins criterium; Powers, and team, win overall By Lisa Hunt Fayetteville, AR – Team Vera Bradley Foundation put a stamp on the Joe Martin Stage Race today, with Alexis Rhodes attacking with two laps to go and winning the criterium. Alison Powers sprinted to third place, with Webcor’s Katheryn Mattis taking 2nd place. [...]
Rhodes & Menzies Capture Finale – Joe Martin Stage Race, Stage 4
The 33rd Joe Martin Stage Race concluded on Sunday with a challenging 12-turn criterium. A pair from down under ruled the day as Australian Alexis Rhodes (Team Vera Bradley Foundation) and Tasmanian Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis) took the women’s and men’s race, respectively. Rhodes’ teammate, Alison Powers finished in third on the day and claimed the [...]
Team VBF’s Powers takes the lead at Joe Martin Stage Race
Powers Takes 3rd on Stage, Assumes Overall Lead By Jessi Braverman Fayetteville, AR – Alison Powers sprinted to third place today at the Joe Martin Stage Race. Powers’ 4 second time bonus ensured that she moved into first place on general classification. Colavita-Baci’s Modesta Vzesniauskaite won the stage, with Veloforma’s Christina Smith taking 2nd. Today’s [...]
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