Another US-based pro cycling team is getting a sponsor makeover in preparation for the Tour de France.
Pro continental cycling team Slipstream-Chipotle is changing its name to “Garmin-Chipotle presented by H30” after Garmin International signed on as a title sponsor.
The new sponsorship won't effect the ownership of the cycling team by Slipstream Sports LLC, a sports management company co-owned by Doug Ellis and Jon Vaughters. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/18/slipstream-chipotle-is-now-garmin-chipotle/
Did you get a nice, new High Road kit for a Father's Day present? I hope not. That uniform is as yesterday as the T-Mobile pink.
The ProTour cycling team — featuring American George Hincapie and British sprinter Mark Cavendish — is now sponsored by Portland, Oregon-based Columbia Sportswear. It takes effect with the Tour de France.
Originally based in Germany, the team was sponsored by T-Mobile for many years until the bad publicity connected with the teams loose doping controls persuaded the telecom to back out of its contract early. The team took its management company's name, High Road, and moved its HQ to California …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/17/team-high-road-is-now-team-columbia/
While many of us slept in our comfy beds, raw-boned RAAM cyclists began rolling into Annapolis overnight to end their coast-to-coast bike race.
Two guys who rode cross-country relay style on fixed-gear bikes were the first to arrive at the RAAM finish line on Monday night, completing the 3,000-mile journey from Oceanside, California, in 8 days and 4 hours. They're the first fixie riders to ever finish the race.
The 8-man teams of BMC Cycling and Team Type 1 were expected to follow in the wee hours of Tuesday, just 5 days after leaving Oceanside with most of the other teams last Wednesday.
Slovenian cyclist Jure Robic, in RAAM video clip above, is expected to arrive around noon on Tuesday; his 14 mph average speed bringing him across the finish some 18 hours ahead of David Haase and Mark Pattinson, his closest competitors. His fourth win would set a RAAM record …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/17/raams-fixie-duo-first-to-finish-in-annapolis-robic-expected-tuesday/
It looks like Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde is back in good form after winning this year's Dauphiné Libéré, which makes him a favorite at this year's Tour de France.
Last year's No. 2 Tour de France finisher Cadel Evans finished in second, followed by US's Levi Leipheimer in third.
Valverde and Evans, the Australian team leader of Silence-Lotto, are headed …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/15/valverde-wins-2008-dauphine-libere/
The miles and days click by, and solo RAAM leader Jure Robic is making his way to Hamilton, Ohio, just 505 miles from the finish in Annapolis.
The Slovenian ultra-athlete is averaging a steady 14.5 mph and is about 14 hours ahead of his nearest rival, David Haase. At left is a video of him greeting a fan in Missouri, about 500 miles ago.
Many of the solo and team riders have suffered cold and rainy conditions overnight as they race their bicycles across the US. One, Caroline Van De Bulk of Canada, is still riding after crashing in the fog. She cracked her helmet and skinned up her knees, but she's still riding. Her comment is typically brave, like all the RAAM riders:
“At least the pain in my right knee is distracting me from the soreness in my left!” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/15/raam-leaders-crossing-ohio-annapolis-finish-by-monday/
For those of you keeping score at home, US cyclists are tearing up the early stages of the Dauphiné Libéré that's happening through Sunday this week in France.
On Sunday, Astana's Levi Leipheimer beat the field to win the prologue into Avignon. He previously wore the yellow jersey this year as winner of the Tour of California.
On Tuesday, High Road's George Hincapie won Stage 2 in Vienne by launching an attack about a kilometer from the finish. The strong rider held off the field, avoiding a mass sprint at the finish. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/11/leipheimer-and-hincapie-winners-in-france/
Crews are stocking up on caffeine and butt blister creme in southern California this weekend as most solo cyclists in the 27th annual Race Across America prepare to set off from the Oceanside pier on Sunday.
Some 250 cyclists are participating in this year's cross-country ultra bicycling event in the solo and team categories. The route will take the cyclists some 3,000 miles to the new finish in Annapolis, Maryland.
Unbelieveably, the winner of the solo ride usually rolls across the finish line about 8 or 9 days after the start. For three of the past four years, that person has been Jure Robic, a Slovenian cyclist. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/06/race-across-america-starts-this-weekend/
Cycling's master tactician Johan Bruyneel released a book –“We Might as Well Win” — and plans to visit Seattle and Portland on his 11-city tour to peddle the tome.
Four of his book signings, including the two in the Pacific Northwest, occur during the Tour de France, July 5 – 27. That won't be a problem for the Belgian directeur sportif for the Astana squad, as the organizers of the Tour have publically stated they won't invite his team.
Of course, the Giro d'Italia officials said also said they wouldn't invite Astana up until a week before that race, when they changed their minds. Astana's Alberto Contador won the Giro last Sunday …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/06/johan-bruyneel-writes-book-11-city-tour-includes-seattle-portland/
After the first stage of the Giro d'Italia three weeks ago, I wrote an article, “Who is this Christian Vande Velde?” when he had won the pink leader's jersey in the opening team time trial.
Just last night I received an e-mail from Jim Freibert, the former race director for Chicago's West Suburban Wheelmen and track announcer for Northbrook Velodrome. He's a long-time friend of the Vande Velde family and was able to fill in the huge gaps in my story. He agreed to let me run the e-mail on the blog:
“Having ridden with the previous generations of Vande Veldes who were founders, mentors, and sponsors of Chicago's West Suburban Wheelemen – I know most of the old Midwestern bike racers from the '60's, '70's, and '80's knew Christian's grandfather, Al, and great uncles Babe Vande Velde, and Henry Van Leuven as regulars at Northbrook velodrome, and other races, especially in Illinois and Wisconsin.
This weekend, Al lost a long, hard fought battle with cancer. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/03/christian-vande-velde-more-a-star-than-a-water-carrier/
Updated April 22, 2008
Tragedy struck the Sea Otter Classic when an experienced mountain biker and component designer crashed and died during a downhill run on Saturday.
The man was identified by authorities as Mark Reynolds, 48, of San Jose. He was owner and product developer for Wicked Racin, a company that makes bike components for downhill, black diamond and free ride specialists.
According to reports, Reynolds failed to negotiate a narrow wooden bridge and struck a dirt embankment shortly after noon on Saturday. It was reported that he suffered head and neck injuries and was airlifted to Natividad Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
A medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death this week. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/04/21/mountain-bike-competitor-dies-at-sea-otter-classic/
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