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Erica Allar Rides Home with the USA CRITS Series Championship

Jonathan Cantwell steps on winner’s podium once again, while Isaac Howe takes over the Series lead Binghamton, NY – After a year of racing, Erica Allar held off Tiffany Pezzulo and Kacey Manderfield to win the USA CRITS Series at the women’s final event, the 27th Annual Chris Thater Memorial in Binghamton, NY last weekend. [...]

Chris Thater Memorial Hosts the Women’s USA CRITS Finals This Weekend

Athens, GA – This weekend marks the first time the Women’s USA CRITS Finals will be held in a city other than Sin City. The 27th Annual Chris Thater Memorial will serve as the grand finale for the women’s Series on August 28. The women’s event will be centerstage on Saturday, with a host of [...]

Team Vera Bradley Foundation Takes Over USA Crits Series Lead

Allar sprints to 2nd at Iron Hill Twilight; Cash and Roettger contest NRC’s Grand Cycling Classic Erica Allar set her sights on the USA Crits Series overall leader’s jersey after finishing third at Athens Terrapin Twilights. Allar raced Athens, the first of the five races that make up the women’s series, in April. Three months [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 VBF goes 1-2 at Tour of America’s Dairyland

Allar wins in Appleton; Cash moves into leader’s jersey Appleton, WI – Team Vera Bradley Foundation dominated the podium at the Appleton Criterium in Appleton, WI. Erica Allar sprinted to victory and Carrie Cash took second on day four of the Tour of America’s Dairyland. Cash’s finish moved her into the spotted yellow leader’s jersey. [...]

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