Tag Archive for ‘George Hincapie’
Hincapie Claims Queen Stage, Van Garderen In Yellow – 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 2
Aspen, CO – While his lifelong objective has been to win the Queen of the Classics, Paris-Roubaix, American George Hincapie (BMC Racing) added a another Queen Stage to his palmares by taking today’s 130.3 mile Stage 2 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge from Gunnison to Aspen. Amidst a steady rainfall in downtown Aspen, the [...]
Return of Captain America, Busche Outduels Hincapie – 2011 USA Cycling Professional Road & Time Trial Championships
David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) is not exactly a super hero, but his consistency and reliability out on the road has certainly earned him the title of “Captain America.” The 32-year old Utah native would follow up his Stage 6 Individual Time Trial victory in the Amgen Tour of California by taking the USA Cycling Professional Time [...]
Easy Ryder, Rogers Up To Challenge – 2010 Amgen Tour of California, Stage 8
In an eight-day battle against the best field ever assembled to compete in the United States, which included Tour de France winners, Olympic medalists and World Champions, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Transitions) claimed the Stage 8 win. “Once I made it up to the remainder of the break, I knew I had a shot to win, so [...]
Monumental, Cancellara and Verbeke Take De Ronde
Molenberg Proves Crucial For Both Men and Women It should come as no surprise that a man nicknamed Spartacus is quickly becoming a folk hero whose legend seems to grow with each victory. Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) proved to be the strongest of an exceptional field, and cruised to his first Ronde van Vlaanderen [...]
Snap Judgment – 2010 Amgen Tour of California Route
The Amgen Tour of California returns next year in May, rather than in its traditional February calendar spot with an eight-day stage race that will take participants from Nevada City to the Thousand Oaks area, home base of Amgen. Many of the top American riders, including defending champion, Levi Leipheimer, have already announced their intentions [...]
Forget About Jan: Hincapie Joins T-Mobile
As widely expected, George Hincapie has signed a two-year contract with T-Mobile. Hincapie helped Our Boy Lance win all of his record seven Tour de France races between 1999 and 2005. The 34-year-old American formerly rode for the disbanding Discovery Channel and U.S. Postal teams and recently won the Tour of Missouri. Hincapie will ride [...]
King George
It happened again. First at the 2007 Tour of Georgia and then at the Inaugural Tour of Ireland, a break succeeded in not only winning a stage, but possibly the entire stage race. The fortunate recepient of the lack of an organized chase was Discovery Channel’s George Hincapie, who won the 202km Stage 2 from [...]
And So It Begins…
Although highly speculated, but not formally confirmed or announced, George Hincapie will not go down in the books as the first Discovery Channel rider to find a new employer [T-Mobile]. That distinction belongs to Antonio Cruz, who inked a new contract with American Continental Professional team BMC. Right on the heels of his signing was [...]
Is That George?
Big George in/around SolvangPhoto: Liz Kreutz Sure this post probably falls somewhere in the “inane” category, but Oude Granny had to wonder: The glasses match the new US National Champion kit, but what’s George Hincapie without his signature Oakely Racing Jackets? Related Posts:Hincapie Claims Queen Stage, Van Garderen In Yellow – 2011 USA Pro Cycling [...]
Hincapie’s Plans Spring Eternal
The Discovery Channel’s sometimes forgotten George Hincapie will, once again, pursue the Spring Classics in 2007, according to CyclingNews.”With Hincapie, we have a deal that he will going after the Classics again this year,” said directeur sportif Dirk Demol. “In 2006, Hincapie focused on the Tour, which didn’t work out. He was disillusioned with his [...]
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