Posted: Mon, Sep 29th
Todd Wells heading to Specialized for ’09Two-time Olympian Todd Wells is heading back to his roots for 2009, leaving GT Bicycles to join the Specialized factory mountain bike team. Wells, 32, raced for Specialized as a semi pro and neo pro from 1996-1998, riding alongside Ned Overend, Steve Tilford, Shaun Palmer and ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 25th
MTB News and NotesNorCal League Heading SouthThe organizers of the NorCal High School Mountain Bike League, America’s largest interscholastic bike racing league at the high school level, have taken their successful model south. On August 4, the NorCal league helped launch the ...
Posted: Wed, Sep 24th
Forget Le Tour, Lance - how about tackling La Ruta?It’s no secret that every bike nerd in America was holding his (or her) breath in anticipation of Lance Armstrong’s press conference today in New York City, at which he fleshed out ...
Posted: Sat, Sep 20th
Kintner, GT parting waysGT Bicycles will not hire back Jill Kintner, the Olympic bronze medalist in BMX, for 2009. Kintner, 26, signed with the Madison, Wisconsin-based bicycle manufacturer at the onset of the 2006 season to race Four cross. During her three years with GT, the Seattle native won two ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18th
Minnaar, Atherton claim DH World CupGreg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) has won the 2008 the UCI downhill mountain bike World Cup. The South African finished fifth at the World Cup finals in Schladming, Austria, on September 13 to inch his way by two-time defending champ Sam Hill (Monster-Ironhorse) 1354 points to ...
Posted: Tue, Sep 16th
The U.S. Olympic Committee apologizes for slamming cyclists for wearing masks they supplied. The United States Olympic Committee has apologized to four Olympic track cyclists whose decision to wear facemasks into Beijing sparked controversy on the eve of the 2008 games.
In a letter to cyclists Mike Friedman, Bobby Lea, Sarah Hammer and Jennie Reed, USOC Chief ...
Posted: Tue, Sep 16th
Planet Bike cyclocross star Jonathan Page and Trek-Volkswagen’s Lea Davison win at Wisconsin’s Chequamegon 40.Cyclocross star Jonathan Page (Planet Bike) and Lea Davison (Trek-Volkswagen) escaped with overall wins at Wisconsin’s Chequamegon 40 on Saturday. The event is the highlight of the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival, a weekend of mountain bike races and events in and around Cable, ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 12th
Armstrong vs. Wiens Take TwoOne month after their head-to-head battle at the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race, Lance Armstrong and Dave Wiens will meet again. Both men are part of three-person squads for Sunday’s 12 Hours of Snowmass mountain bike race in Snowmass, Colorado.
Earlier this week ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 11th
Armstrong to race 12 Hours of SnowmassJust days since announcing his plans to return to the European road peloton, Lance Armstrong will compete in the inaugural 12 Hours of Snowmass cross-country mountain bike race on Sunday, September ...
Posted: Wed, Sep 10th
Olympic cyclists want apology after facemask incidentFour American Olympic track cyclists want an apology from the United States Olympic Committee for its actions in the wake of their decisions to wear protective facemasks in Beijing last month.
On August 4 Americans Sarah Hammer, Jennie Reed, Mike Friedman and Bobby Lea all ...
Posted: Mon, Sep 1st
Naef, Kalentieva win Down Under World Cup; new faces top podiums as NMBS series wrapsRalph Naef (Multivan Merida) and Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon Racing Team) won their respective races at the penultimate round of the UCI mountain bike World Cup over the weekend.
The competition, held August 29-31 at a new venue in Canberra, Australia, provided a preview ...
Posted: Mon, Aug 25th
A Fred's eye view - Close encounters of the blurred kindDuring his three-week assignment to cover the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, VeloNews reporter Fred Dreier roamed China's capital city armed with his point-and-shoot digital camera. A professional photographer he is not, but Fred managed to snap a few photos of a side of the ...
