Posted: Sun, Apr 6th
High Road's Judith Arndt wins women's Tour of FlandersGerman ace Judith Arndt out-kicked American Kristin Armstrong to win the women’s Tour of Flanders, the third round of the 2008 UCI women’s World Cup. It was the fourth career World Cup victory for Arndt, the silver medalist from the 2004 Olympics, and the first for her team ...
Posted: Wed, Apr 2nd
Cannondale-Vredestein team holds lead in EpicThe winners of the 2007 Absa Cape Epic, the Bulls squad of Stefan Sahm and Karl Platt took their first victory of the 2008 race, winning the fifth stage from Swellendam to Bredasdorp. The two out sprinted the Alb-Gold team of Hannes Genze and Joschen Kaess for the win. The ...
Posted: Tue, Apr 1st
Brentjens, Lakata take Cape Epic stageThe Dolphin-Trek squad of Alban Lakata and Bart Brentjens took the fourth stage of the Absa Cape Epic, winning the 121km journey from Riversdale to Swellendam in 4:28:38. The duo finished 23 seconds ahead of MTN Energade and race leaders Cannondale-Vredestein.
Posted: Mon, Mar 31st
Men's lead changes at Cape EpicThe lead has again changed the men’s division at South Africa’s 2008 Absa Cape Epic as the Cannondale-Vredestein squad of Jakob Fuglsang and Roel Paulissen won the stage 3 journey from Calitzdorp to Riversdale, and assumed the yellow leader’s jersey after the Songo.info ...
Posted: Mon, Mar 31st
Wicks, Gould score wins in Fontana STXCBarry Wicks’ transition from top-tier cyclocrosser to mountain bike strongman appears to be going well.
The 26-year-old Kona rider, already a household name on the domestic ‘cross scene, took his first-ever NMBS victory at Sunday’s short-track in Fontana, California. ...
Posted: Sun, Mar 30th
Songo.com, Rocky Mountain lead Cape EpicDay three of the 2008 Absa Cape Epic produced a third stage winner in the men’s category, as Jakob Fuglsang and Roel Paulissen (Cannondale-Vredestein) took top honors.
The two, runners-up in 2007, gapped race leaders Christoph Sauser and Burry Stander (Songo.info) on the ...
Posted: Sat, Mar 29th
Sauser, Stander take over at Cape EpicReigning world marathon cross-country champion Christoph Sauser and his young teammate Burry Stander grabbed the overall lead of South Africa’s Absa Cape Epic in winning the race’ stage 1 from Knysna to George. The Rocky Mountain duo of Pia Sundstedt and Alison Sydor took ...
Posted: Fri, Mar 28th
South Africa's Cape Epic kicks off with prologueTrek-Volkswagen’s Susan Haywood and Jenny Smith took the women’s category while Kevin Evans and David George (MTN-Energade) won the men’s in the opening prologue of South Africa’s 2008 Absa Cape Epic on Friday.
The two women completed the 17km course, which spun a ...
Posted: Fri, Mar 28th
NMBS/NORBA turns 25 in FontanaOn a foggy December day in 1983 the newly formed National Off Road Bicycle Association held its first event in the Los Padres National Forest outside of Solvang, California. A bushy haired Kansas kid named Steve Tilford escaped with the win that day, riding in his first ever ...
Posted: Wed, Mar 26th
Cape Epic promises top fields, epic stagesA deeper pro field, a longer course and a heftier prize purse highlight the 2008 Absa Cape Epic, the world’s premier mountain bike stage race, which begins this Friday, March 28.
In its fifth year, South Africa’s self-coined “Magical and Untamed African MTB race” ...
Posted: Tue, Mar 25th
Trek-Volkswagen gears up in MoabThe five members of Trek-Volkswagen’s factory team, as well as members of the squad’s regional team, gathered in Moab, Utah, this month for a warm weather training camp. The group spun big miles on Moab’s famous trail systems, hitting Amasa Back, the Sovereign trail and ...
Posted: Sun, Mar 23rd
Women's World Cup, round #2, is Monday in ItalyThe world’s premier female road racers will take to the tarmac this Monday, March 24th, for the second round of the 2008 UCI women’s World Cup, held at Italy’s famed Trofeo Alfredo Binda race, just north of Varese.
The race marks the first time since 2005 that Italy ...
