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Ogden hosts USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championshi...

OGDEN -- The Weber State University cycling team is looking forward to a little home-road advantage this weekend, as the Top of Utah hosts the biggest event of the year in collegiate road biking. About 400 cyclists from more than 100 s [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Time-trial champion Tony Martin in hospital after crash with...

The time-trial world champion Tony Martin has been taken to hospital after losing consciousness when he was hit by a car during a training ride, his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team said on Thursday. "According to preliminary reports, Ma [...]

Posted On : Apr, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Track Cycling World Championships: Britain's women set new w...

The GB trio of Laura Trott, Dani King and Jo Rowsell produced the fastest ride of all – a remarkable 3 mins 16.850 secs for the 12 laps – to qualify in first place but the final has the makings of being a showdown every bit as [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

CYCLING / WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Acid test Down Under

MELBOURNE: THE Olympic gold-winning credentials of track superpowers Great Britain faces a crucial test this week when traditional rivals Australia host the 2012 World Championships. Held over five, action [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Sarah Storey wins gold at Para-Cycling Track World Champions...

Storey, from Manchester, who could attempt to win five gold medals at the London Paralympic Games in the summer, made it look almost effortless and posted a new British record and personal best with a time of 37.371 seconds, leaving her h [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Police arrest husband of French cycling champion Jeannie Lon...

The husband of the Olympic cyclist Jeannie Longo has been arrested over the alleged purchase of the banned performance enhancer erythropoietin, known as EPO, according to reports in France. A police official confirmed that Longo's apa [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Tour De France champion Evans adopts Ethopian boy

The wife of Tour de France champion Cadel Evans says the couple are adopting a 12-month-old Ethiopian boy. Chiara Passerini told Australia's Fairfax Media on Tuesday that the couple hope to take the boy to their home in Switzerla [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Records keep falling at Oceania Championships

The records kept tumbling on the final morning of qualifying at the Oceania track cycling championships in Invercargill today. It was the chance for the sprinters to shine, with four New Zealand records broken at the ILT Velodrome. New [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

PAPILLON BANNED FOR DOPING AT CANADIAN ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cyclist Arnaud Papillon received a two-year ban from the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport on Wednesday for the use of erythropoietin (EPO) during the Canadian road championships. Papillon, who was tested multiple times before, durin [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Thomas among best of British at European Track Cham...

OLYMPIC champion Geraint Thomas has been included among the 15 British riders who will compete at the European Track Cycling Championships taking place from in Apeldoorn next weekend. Thomas has been included in the European endurance squ [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Cyclists compete in state time trial championships

Walnut played host Saturday to the 2011 Kansas State Time Trial Championships for the sixth time. Over 60 cyclists streamed into town from all over Kansas and surrounding states with some coming as far as from St. Louis and Oklahoma City. [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Team HTC-HighRoad's Alex Rasmussen Sprints to Victory in 201...

Team HTC-HighRoad's Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) took his first win of the season today at the 2011 TD Bank Philadelphia International Pro Cycling Championship in Philadelphia. In a long sprint through the circuit finish of a 254 ki [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Hughes wins 2nd gold in Pan Am Championships

Canada's Clara Hughes continued to impress in her return to cycling Sunday, fighting off severe cramps to win the road race at 2011 UCI Pan-American Championships. The Winnipeg native completed the 96-kilometre course in two hour [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2011: Great Britain fo...

The men’s team sprint squad have been running third behind France and Germany for most of the season and closed the gap significantly in terms of time last night with two very solid rides, the last of which, 44.235 sec, saw them ho [...]