Anthony Lowe (Die Hard) won the Pro-1-2-3 race in the first round of the Lucarelli & Castaldi Cup in Prospect Park today.
(Continue reading)NYC cycle racing Week 8 is upon us, if you’re keeping count. Now, is it me or is the racing scene in this city, well, brought down by a bunch of complainers and angry people? Who are these anonymous people? Where do they live? Where do they come from? Do they just get a lot [...]
(Continue reading)Greg Olsen of Adler beat breakaway companion Chad Butts of Champion System at the Bethel Spring Series Pro-1-2-3 criterium. View results at Carpe Diem Racing. Photos below best viewed via PicLens, then in full screen.
(Continue reading)Evans King of the Mur at Fleche Wallone Despite race organizers’ attempts to stave off the typical “sprint” finish at the midweek Fleche Wallonne classic, today’s race did indeed end with a big bunch hitting the bottom of the famed Mur de Huy. Of course, a sprint up the Huy is akin to watching a [...]
(Continue reading)Contador Drives From Spain to Belgium Because of Volcano As the Icelandic volcano continues to wreak travel havoc across Europe, some pro riders are taking matters into their own hands. After wrapping up the overall Sunday at the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, Alberto Contador hopped into his custom-painted Audi wagon and drove 1,900 k [...]
(Continue reading)BOOK YOUR ZIPCAR NOW. Here’s the preliminary 2010 UCI cyclocross calendar for the New England/Mid-Atlantic (plus Nats). OK, cross is still five months away, but if you’re like me you’ll have these race dates memorized soon enough. There will of course be dozens of other races in the region (and we’ll be sure to bring [...]
(Continue reading)Caleb Fairly of Holowesko Partners Wins Pro Battenkill Race—NYC racer Pavel Gonda 14th Covered in dirt from a day battling the elements on unpaved roads, Caleb Fairly of Garmin’s U23 team Holowesko Partners won the inaugural UCI-ranked Tour of the Battenkill race yesterday. Fairly dispatched Floyd Landis (Bahati Foundation) on the day’s final climb and [...]
(Continue reading)Editor’s note: Sal Scotto is a Cat. 1 rider in the US. For the past few years Sal rode for New York–based GS Mengoni. He got an offer to race in Belgium this season with team Revor-Baboco, headed by three-time world cyclocross champion Erwin Vervecken, who’s focusing on the road this year. Sal’s been sending [...]
(Continue reading)Rolling up to Week No. 7 of road racing in NYC … But wasn’t Paris-Roubaix the most boring in years? I mean, Cancellara was awesome, as was Cervelo Test Team, but, um, kinda not very exciting. Almost an afterthought coming a week after the battle at Flanders, which was much more to my liking. Still, [...]
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