Amy Dombroski has added the U23 United States of America Road Championship to her collection of stars and stripes jerseys. The Webcor-Builder all-rounder finished fourth place from a breakaway of five riders. “Meredith [Miller] attacked when she found out the chase group of climbers were coming,” said Dombroski, who was the only U23 rider represented in the move. “I should have followed her because that was smart. The rest of us were looking at each other and playing cat and mouse. …
The National Ultra Endurance (NUE) series will visit the Wilderness 101 in Coburn, Pennsylvania, on Saturday for its fifth stop of the 2009 season. The oldest 100-mile mountain bike race in the country will be celebrating this year by returning to its traditional course of 2005-2007 with over 10,000ft of climbing through the Rothrock and Bald Eagle State Forests. Situated outside State College Pennsylvania, Coburn epitomizes the small mountain villages that dot the landscape of central Pennsylvania …
With the announcement of Lance Armstrong’s newly formed RadioShack team, speculation is running rampant on who will join the Texan on his squad next year. Levi Leipheimer, with his success in Grand Tours and major stage races, is clearly a desirable rider for any ProTour team. Will he be riding alongside Lance in 2010? “There’s not really anything I can say about that,” said Leipheimer. “It isn’t always up to me.” But, the winner of this year’s Tour of California and Vuelta a …
Italy’s Riccardo Ricc
Thomas Peter will take over the role of managing mountain biking for the Swiss Cycling Federation effective in September. The federation called Thomas an “expert” regarding mountain biking and noted that he has worked with several teams so far in his career. He graduated from the sports school Macolin. Peter will take over the position of Sonja Stutz, who is returning to school in Lausanne to pursue a masters degree. The Swiss consistently produce internationally successful mountain bikers …
Liquigas, an Italian gas manufacturer known in the cycling world for sponsoring a pro road team, is also putting its support behind a team mountain bike race known as the “Pedalonga”. The event will be run on August 2 in the area of Sega Dion in Comelico Superiore in Italy. More than 300 teams are signed up to cover the 42km that passes near the summit of the Quatern
Despite the pressure leading up to the 24 hours of Adrenaline World Solo Championships, Rebecca Rusch (Specialized Factory Racing) had just what it took to win her third title in Canmore, Canada, last weekend. The former adventure racer from Idaho covered 180 miles over 18 laps with 30,000 feet of climbing in 23 hours. “I… achieved a goal that I had not dreamed possible: three consecutive 24 hour solo World Championship titles!” said a happy Rusch on her blog after the race. “The …
Linus Gerdemann will lead Milram in Spain’s Cl
The International Cycling Union (UCI) denied lengthening Riccardo Ricc
The French Cycling Federation (FFC) announced its long list for the 2009 World championships, September 23 to 27, in Mendrisio, Switzerland. FFC sports director, Laurent Jalabert, selected 18 men from whom the final team will be formed. France should have a strong team for the road race based on its riders strong performances in the Tour de France. Three stage winners from this year’s race are included in the list: Agritubel’s Brice Feillu, Bbox Bouygues Telecom’s Pierrick F
