PureBlack Racing will celebrating Canada Day on Sunday by competing in the CHIN Picnic Criterium in Toronoto. The criterium is a feature in the Canada Day festivities and attracts a number of local riders as well as profession criterium specialists. PureBlack Racing will be looking to crash the party, with notable criterium rider, Roman van…
Month: June 2012
Luis Leon Sanchez Extends Rabobank Contract
Red-hot Spanish time trial champion Luis Leon Sanchez (28) has extended his contract with the [W:Rabobank Cycling Team]. The Spaniard, who has ridden to victory five times already this year, has signed on for another two years. Luis Leon Sanchez came over to Rabobank in 2011, in which year he won the ninth…
Jelle Vanendert Talks About His Second Tour de France
A remarkable debut, that?s how we can describe the 2011?[W:Tour de France] of Jelle Vanendert. A win and a second place in two stages, a couple of days the mountain jersey and a top 20 place in the general ranking. Q: Does this rise too high expectations for this year? Jelle Vanendert: ?Last year I…
Flick Wardlaw – 3 Day Northern Combine
By Flick Wardlaw (Twitter @flickkkkk) Firstly, Thank you to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for granting us a long weekend in June to celebrate your Birthday. If her Majesty doesn?t already know, in the cycling fraternity, celebrating the Queens Birthday is often tagged as the ?Tour? of weekends and the Bikegearnow Northern SuburbsThree Day (3DT)…
Biological Passport Disciplinary Hearings Opened Against Leonardo Bertagnolli
Team Lampre-ISD informs that it received by cyclist Leonardo Bertagnolli a communication about the notification of the opening of potential antidoping rule violation in relation to the biological passport. In the full spirit of fairness and of the clean sport, Lampre-ISD acknowledges the information, pointing out with surprise that, as explained by Bertagnolli after he…
Greater Shepparton Region To Host Cycling’s Generation – Next
The Greater Shepparton region of Victoria will be home to cycling?s generation-next this weekend when it hosts the 2012 Cycling Australia U19 Road National Championships. Hundreds of Australia?s brightest young cyclists will contest the four-day event from Thursday June 28 to Sunday July 1, with 2012 national champions to be crowned in the individual time…
2012 Perth Winter Track Cycling Grand Prix
The 2012 Perth Winter Track Cycling Grand Prix, held on the 24th June, was a ?Festival of Cycling? and was a thrilling sight to see for all Cycling enthusiasts. The Siberian Pine boards of the magnificent Midvale SpeedDome venue were abuzz with flashing Lycra and spectacular track cycling which included the historical ?Westral Wheelrace? as…
Grace Phang – NCC ITT & Preston Mountain Classic
By Grace Phang (Twitter @grac3fifty) 23 June 12: Northern Combine ITT Championships. A couple of road closures, diversion signs and google maps pointing us to the middle of the road left us going in circles hunting around for the start of the bike race. A little too keen, we had arrived a bit earlier than…
Balancing The Scales Of Justice
By Caelli Greenbank (Twitter @gallipoligirl) It wasn’t exactly what the clean and untarnished world of Australian cycling hoped to wake up to on June 20th. Stars of the track, professional road cyclists and Olympic gold medal hopefuls Jack Bobridge and Michael Hepburn were involved in what’s being described by the media as a ‘drink-driving incident’…
Tommy Nankervis – 22 Questions With Tommy; Taylor Shelden
By Tommy Nankervis The next rider on the Team to be asked ?22 questions with Tommy? is Taylor Shelden, of Boulder, Colorado. Taylor grew up in Breckenridge, Colorado, and entered cycling through Nordic skiing, where he was part of an NCAA winning collegiate ski team. Taylor attended the University of Denver where he completed a…