Tag Archive for ‘Nature Valley Grand Prix’
Evans Finishes The Nature Valley Grand Prix with Yellow Jersey; Stevens Wins Stillwater Criterium
by Cynthia Lou Today was an exciting day in women’s bike racing filled with aggressive attacks throughout the 13 laps of a 1.5 mile criterium race that included the infamous Chilkoot Hill and its 18% average-grade climb. Shelley Evans and her team Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 stamped their determination on the race by driving [...]
Sutherland Takes Nature Valley Grand Prix Overall for Third Straight Year
by Lyne Lamoureax Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare p/b Maxxis) did it again at the Stillwater Criterium, the nail-biting finish to the 2010 Nature Valley Grand Prix. Not only did the Australian overcome a three-second deficit to leader Scott Zwizanski (Kelly Benefit Strategies) but he also pulled out the stage win to claim his third consecutive [...]
Team Type 1 Claims Podiums at Tour de Beauce and Nature Valley
Atlanta — “This has been one of the best weeks ever for Team Type 1!” said Phil Southerland, Founder and CEO of Team Type 1. “We had our riders with type 1 diabetes perform famously. Fabio Calabria took 7th at Tour de Beauce, Martijin Veercshoor winning 6th at Nature Valley, Javier placing 2nd at Tour [...]
Webcor Builders’ Willock Wins the Menomonie Road Race; Villumsen in Yellow
by Cynthia Lou The two-woman breakaway of Erinne Willock (Webcor Builders) and Linda Melanie Villumsen (HTC-Columbia) held off an aggressive chase group to take first and second, respectively, at Nature Valley Grand Prix’s first-ever Menomonie Road Race in Menomonie, Wisc. The two had enough of a gap off the chase group to put Villumsen first [...]
Ken Hanson Steals Stage 5 Win in Nature Valley Grand Prix
by Lyne Lamoureax What a difference a day makes for Ken Hanson at the Nature Valley Grand Prix. Yesterday, the sprinter from Team Type 1 was disappointed in his second place finish behind repeat winner Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis). Today, Hanson waited patiently until the finale of the 95-mile Menomonie Road Race to launch [...]
Second Professional Win For Hosking at the Minneapolis Uptown Crit; Evans Claims Yellow Jersey
by Cynthia Lou, Nature Valley Bicycle Festival Chloe Hosking (HTC-Columbia) captured her second professional stage win at yesterday’s Minneapolis Uptown Criterium. Shelley Evans (Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12) won all three intermediate sprint competitions and took third in the pack sprint to gain an additional 21 seconds worth of time bonuses and secure the yellow [...]
Severe Weather Forces Cancellation of the Cannon Falls Road Race
by Cynthia Lou On a humidly sunny day as the Midwest knows so well, 92 women lined up at the start, adrenaline and anticipation in the air. The jersey-wearers were called up to the line and to the naked eye it seemed a race-start as usual, when race officials abruptly announced the cancellation of Stage [...]
Referees Cancel Men’s Stage 3 Nature Valley Grand Prix Road Race
by Lyne Lamoureax Fifteen miles into the Cannon Falls Road Race, with the skies darkening overhead the men’s peloton, Stage 3 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix was canceled. The cause was simply mother nature, or more precisely an advisory from the National Weather Service of strong winds, heavy rain and hail and tornado warnings. [...]
HTC-Columbia’s Hosking Takes the Stage In Bunch Sprint at Saint Paul Downtown Criterium; Starnes Keeps Yellow Jersey
by Cynthia Lou Stage 2 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix, the Saint Paul Downtown Criterium, was held together by the teams with general classification hopes, resulting in a shuffling of the general classification via time bonuses as Alison Starnes (Team TIBCO) maintained the yellow jersey for one more day. The race was strung out [...]
Stage 2 of Nature Valley Grand Prix Results in a Men’s International Podium
by Lyne Lamoureax Speed and control with an international flavor were showcased in front of an enthusiastic and appreciative crowd at the Saint Paul (Minn.) Downtown Criterium on Wednesday evening for Stage 2 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix. Australian Hilton Clarke (United Healthcare p/b Maxxis) crossed the line first with multiple bike lengths ahead [...]
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