Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam Team Astana. He won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 to 2005. He is the only individual to win seven times, having broken the previous record of five wins.
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The world’s best professional women’s team will take the start Friday at the San Dimas Stage Race. After camp in the team’s NorCal hometown of San Luis Obsipo, HTC-Columbia prepared for San Dimas and the Redlands Bicycle Classic before heading to Europe. Some of the team are veterans — the world’s top female sprinter Ina-Yoko Teutenberg returns for 2010, as does Judith Arndt and Kim Anderson — but many of the 11-woman roster are relative newcomers. VeloNews caught up with a few of the riders plus Rene Wenzel, who joins the squad this year as a director.
Kim Andersen, 42
Andersen enjoyed a successful 2009 with the team, capturing the overall at the Route de France — “That was just huge for me,” she said — following her overall win in 2008 at San Dimas and second place at the Swedish World Cup. For 2010, she’s hoping for the positive trend to continue.
“Being on this team, everyone is a pretty amazing athlete, and when you come together, it makes it easier at races,” Andersen said. “You get opportunity often, because there are so many riders that other teams have to watch.”
Andersen said racing alongside the likes of internationally decorated riders such as Teutenberg and Arndt doesn’t add pressure.
“We don’t really look at it this way. I don’t really feel pressure. This is what we’ve trained for,” she saids. “We are provided with so many opportunities, and many things that other teams don’t have. It means a lot to me, because Bob has fought so much for women’s team. We’re very fortunate. There are not many women’s teams that are treated like equals to men’s teams.”
As for goals this year, Andersen said she simply doesn’t have specific targets, aside from wanting to return to nationals after a few years’ absence.
“I don’t really have any personal races,” she said. “Overall I just want to do well in every race. We have (the Tour of) Flanders coming up as our first race in Europe. I would like to make it over the hills and be there in the end. It’s really fun to be riding really well at the World Cups.”
Evelyn Stevens, 26
(L to R) Evelyn Stevens, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Rene Wenzel, Kim Anderson, Emilia Fahlin, Ronny Lauke and Chloe Hosking
Former Wall Streeter Stevens made a splash in the American pro ranks last year, coming out of nowhere to win the overall at three stages races — the Cascade Classic, Fitchburg Longsjo and Green Mountain — as well as taking a stage and second overall at Route de France behind Andersen and second in the U.S. national time trial championships.
Still living in New York City when not racing, Stevens said her friends and former Lehman bank coworkers enjoy updates about her new life.
“Most of them really don’t understand it, per se, they call it my bike thing,” Stevens said. “But they love it. Everyone is really supportive.”
Stevens will do San Dimas, Redlands and then Fleche Walloone, but not Flanders.
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, 35
The current German national champ will return to Flanders this year with the #1 bib. But showing up at a big race really isn’t anything new for Teutenberg, who began racing at age 6 and has won hundreds of events since then. A sampling of her wins include multiple World Cups, 11 stages of Tour de l’Aude and six stages of the women’s Tour de France.
This year, Teutenberg is focusing on the spring classics, and then will take some time off to come back fresh for worlds in September.
“I want to be fit for the worlds, so I will take a bit more time off this year to reboot,” she said. “Last year I found that my body just couldn’t really cope that well anymore with the long season, so we’re trying prevent that.”
If Teutenberg was tired last year and can improve this season, the women’s peloton is in trouble — Teutenberg won 24 races in 2009.
This season she’s already racked up wins at the Merced criterium, road race and team time trial. Next, she returns as the defending champion at both San Dimas and Redlands.
Rene Wenzel, director
Former racer and longtime coach Rene Wenzel came on board with HTC women’s squad this year. Wenzel has coached hundreds of athletes over the years, with management experience at the U.S. national team, the powerhouse American pro team Saturn, and other squads. He and his then-wife Kendra started the coaching company that is now Wenzel Coaching in 1994.
“For how good our superstars are, I can’t improve on that,” Wenzel said. “My challenge, which I view in a positive way, is the new girls, and the young ones. I really like to be a part of helping them develop into the next superstars. I think that’s where my coaching and management value really comes into play. I can’t make Ina win more than she already has.”
HTC-Columbia roster:
Kim Andersen, USA
Judith Arndt, Germany
Noemi Cantele, Italy
Emilia Fahlin, Sweden
Chloe Hosking, Australia
Luise Keller, Germany
Evelyn Stevens, USA
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Germany
Ellen Van Dijk, Holland
Linda Villumsen, New Zealand
Adrie Visser, Holland
The Redlands Bicycle Classic launches the 2010 National Racing Calendar March 25-28. Race promoters have released the preliminary start lists for men and women.
The men’s lineup includes Andrew Bajadali (Kelly Benefit Strategies), the last overall winner (2007) present in 2010; 2009 U.S. u23 national road and criterium champion Alex Howes (Holowesko Partners); multiple-time runner-up Chris Baldwin (UnitedHealthcare); and former stage winner Nathan O’Neill (Bahati Foundation).
2008 and 2009 women’s overall winners Alex Wrubleski (Webcor) and Ina-Yoko Teutenberg will be in Redlands. 2009 NRC overall champion Alison Powers (Vera Bradley Foundation) will launch her defense; 2009 U.S. road champion Meredith Miller (Tibco) and Canadian road champion Alison Testroete (Vera Bradley Foundation) will also take the start.
VeloNews will be on the ground with coverage from start-to-finish at Redlands. Stay tuned to VeloNews.com for race reports, photo galleries, results and video.
Women start list | Click for: Men
- Ina Teutenberg HTC-Columbia 301
- Chloe Hosking HTC-Columbia 302
- Emillia Fahlin HTC-Columbia 303
- Kim Anderson HTC-Columbia 304
- Evelyn Stevens HTC-Columbia 305
- Amanda Miller Tibco – To The Top Pro Cycing311
- Meredith Miller Tibco – To The Top Pro Cycing312
- Alison Starnes Tibco – To The Top Pro Cycing313
- Brooke Miller Tibco – To The Top Pro Cycing314
- Emma Mackie Tibco – To The Top Pro Cycing315
- Kristen Lasasso Tibco – To The Top Pro Cycing316
- Jo Kiesanowski Tibco – To The Top Pro Cycing317
- Rebecca Much Tibco – To The Top Pro Cycing318
- Alison Powers Team Vera Bradley Foundation 321
- Kristin Sanders Team Vera Bradley Foundation 322
- Leah Goldsrein Team Vera Bradley Foundation 323
- Robin Farina Team Vera Bradley Foundation 324
- Alexis Rhodes Team Vera Bradley Foundation 325
- Alison Testroete Team Vera Bradley Foundation 326
- Erica Auar Team Vera Bradley Foundation 327
- Lauren Hall Team Vera Bradley Foundation 328
- Angela Mcclone Roosters – Edge composite wheels 331
- Roosters – Edge composite wheels 332
- Patricia Bailey Roosters – Edge composite wheels 333
- Jadine Rolcik Roosters – Edge composite wheels 334
- Marie Rosada Roosters – Edge composite wheels 335
- Melissa Sanborn Roosters – Edge composite wheels 336
- Suz Weldon Roosters – Edge composite wheels 337
- Nichole Wangsgard Roosters – Edge composite wheels 338
- Anne Samplonius Team Nano Blur Gears 341
- Anne Guzman Team Nano Blur Gears 342
- Veronique Labonte Team Nano Blur Gears 343
- Joanie Caron Team Nano Blur Gears 344
- Krysta Jeffs Team Nano Blur Gears 345
- Kaitlin Michener Team Nano Blur Gears 346
- Megan Hottman Treads.com/dft 351
- Tiffany Pezzulo Treads.com/dft 352
- Liza Rachetto Treads.com/dft 353
- Linsey Sandoval Treads.com/dft 354
- Kasey Clark Treads.com/dft 355
- Kat Carr Treads.com/dft 356
- Gwen Inglis Treads.com/dft 357
- Amy Gray Smith Treads.com/dft 358
- Katheryn Mattis Webcor Builders 361
- Erinne Willock Webcor Builders 362
- Alex Wrubleski Webcor Builders 363
- Andrea Graus Webcor Builders 364
- Joelle Numainville Webcor Builders 365
- Ally Stacher Webcor Builders 366
- Lindsay Myers Webcor Builders 367
- Gina Grain Webcor Builders 368
- Moriah Macgregor Specialized Mazda Samson 371
- Andrea Bunnin Specialized Mazda Samson 372
- Sarah Coney Specialized Mazda Samson 373
- Denise Ramsden Specialized Mazda Samson 374
- Leah Guloien Specialized Mazda Samson 375
- Vice Leslie Specialized Mazda Samson 376
- Sarah Stewart Specialized Mazda Samson 377
- Sabrina Savage Trisportscycling/eclipseracing 381
- Kathryn Bertine Trisportscycling/eclipseracing 382
- Anna Sanders Trisportscycling/eclipseracing 383
- Chloe Black Trisportscycling/eclipseracing 384
- Tamara Lamb Trisportscycling/eclipseracing 385
- Maryjo Ford Trisportscycling/eclipseracing 386
- Cara Busseu Trisportscycling/eclipseracing 387
- Stacy Sims Thirdpillar 391
- Heather Pryor Thirdpillar 392
- Yukie Nakamura Thirdpillar 393
- Karla Kingsley Thirdpillar 394
- Amanda Seigle Thirdpillar 395
- Rae Brownsberger Thirdpillar 396
- Jasmin Hurikino Thirdpillar 397
- Kendall Ryan Now Mssociety 401
- Julia Lafranchise Now Mssociety 402
- Jenna Kowalski Now Mssociety 403
- Jennifer Johansen Now Mssociety 404
- Lauren Liscinski Now Mssociety 405
- Tammy Wildgoose Now Mssociety 406
- Shontell Gauther Colavit/bac/cookinglight 411
- Rushlee Buchanan Colavit/bac/cookinglight 412
- Kate Bates Colavit/bac/cookinglight 413
- Kelly Benjamin Colavit/bac/cookinglight 414
- Heather Logan Sprenger Colavit/bac/cookinglight 415
- Cath Cheatley Colavit/bac/cookinglight 416
- Carmen Small Colavit/bac/cookinglight 417
- Modesta Vzesniauskaite Colavit/bac/cookinglight 418
- Alice Pennington Veloforma 421
- Christina Smith Veloforma 422
- Whitney Shultz Veloforma 423
- Lisa Turnbull Veloforma 424
- Becka Hartkop Veloforma 425
- Teri Sheasby Veloforma 426
- Lindsay Fox Veloforma 427
- Lisa Reeve Veloforma 428
- Courtney O’donnell Herbalife Lagrange 431
- Melinda Weiner Herbalife Lagrange 432
- Anna Dralulich Herbalife Lagrange 433
- Jennifer Weinbrecht Herbalife Lagrange 434
- Sara Painter Herbalife Lagrange 435
- Morgan Kapp Herbalife Lagrange 436
- Lana Atchley Herbalife Lagrange 437
- Ruth Clemence Specializedd4w/bicyclehaus 441
- Chloe Forsman Specializedd4w/bicyclehaus 442
- Cara Gillis Specializedd4w/bicyclehaus 443
- Melanie Meyers Specializedd4w/bicyclehaus 444
- Katie Donovan Specializedd4w/bicyclehaus 445
- Heather Sborz Specializedd4w/bicyclehaus 446
- Sarah Caravella Bmw-Bianchi 451
- Rachel Warner Bmw-Bianchi 452
- Cora Olson Bmw-Bianchi 453
- Kathleen Billington Bmw Bianchi 454
- Hilary Billington Bmw-Bianchi 455
- Mara Abbott Peanut Butter & co. twenty12 461
- Katharine Carroll Peanut Butter & co. twenty12 462
- Coryn Rivera Peanut Butter & co. twenty12 463
- Ruth Winder Peanut Butter & co. twenty12 464
- Olivia Dillon Peanut Butter & co. twenty12 465
- Nicole Evans Peanut Butter & co. twenty12 466
Men start list | Click for: Women
- Benjamin Day Fly V – Australia 1
- Bernie Sulzberger Fly V – Australia 2
- Phil Zajicek Fly V – Australia 3
- Charles Dionne Fly V – Australia 4
- Jonathan Cantwell Fly V – Australia 5
- Jay Thomson Fly V – Australia 6
- Jai Crawford Fly V – Australia 7
- Darren Rolfe Fly V – Australia 8
- Brad Huff Jelly Belly-Kenda 11
- Carter Jones Jelly Belly-Kenda 12
- Jacob Rathe Jelly Belly-Kenda 13
- Sean Mazich Jelly Belly-Kenda 14
- Kiel Reynen Jelly Belly-Kenda 15
- Will Routley Jelly Belly-Kenda 16
- Mike Friedman Jelly Belly-Kenda 17
- Jonathan Chordoff Jelly Belly-Kenda 18
- Andrew Bajadali Kelly Benefit Stratagies 21
- Neil Shirley Kelly Benefit Stratagies 22
- Dan Bowman Kelly Benefit Stratagies 23
- Alex Candelario Kelly Benefit Stratagies 24
- Cheyne Hoag Kelly Benefit Stratagies 25
- Jeremy Vennell Bissell Pro Cycling 31
- Paul Mach Bissell Pro Cycling 32
- Rob Britton Bissell Pro Cycling 33
- Daniel Holloway Bissell Pro Cycling 34
- Frank Pipp Bissell Pro Cycling 35
- Andy Jacques? Maynes Bissell Pro Cycling 36
- Kyle Wamsley Bissell Pro Cycling 37
- Ben Jacques? Maynes Bissell Pro Cycling 38
- Francois Parisien Team Spidertech 41
- Lucas Euser Team Spidertech 42
- Bruno Langlois Team Spidertech 43
- Flavio De?luna Team Spidertech 44
- Charly Vives Team Spidertech 45
- Mark Batty Team Spidertech 46
- David Boily Team Spidertech 47
- Eric Boily Team Spidertech 48
- Floyd Landis Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling 51
- Nathan O’neill Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling 52
- Jason Donald Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling 53
- Cesar Grajales Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling 54
- Matt Rice Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling 55
- Martijn Verschoon Team Type 1 88
- Luis Amaran Jamis – SutterHome/Colavita 91
- Nick Frey Jamis – SutterHome/Colavita 92
- Alejandro Borrato Jamis – SutterHome/Colavita 93
- Anibal Borrato Jamis – SutterHome/Colavita 94
- Andres Pereyra Jamis – SutterHome/Colavita 95
- Ivan Dominguez Jamis – SutterHome/Colavita 96
- Tyler Wren Jamis – SutterHome/Colavita 97
- Andrew Guptill Jamis – SutterHome/Colavita 98
- Caleb Fairly Holowesko Partners U23 101
- Alex Howes Holowesko Partners U23 102
- Taylor Shelden Holowesko Partners U23 103
- Andrei Krasilnikav Holowesko Partners U23 104
- Lachlan Morton Holowesko Partners U23 105
- Danny Summerhill Holowesko Partners U23 106
- Raymond Kreder Holowesko Partners U23 107
- Peter Salon Holowesko Partners U23 108
- Lisban Quintero CRCA Foundation 111
- Alejandro Guzman CRCA Foundation 112
- Daniel Estevez CRCA Foundation 113
- Gavriel Epstein CRCA Foundation 114
- Alexander Bremer CRCA Foundation 115
- Joshua Alexander CRCA Foundation 116
- Michael Olheiser Warp9bikes.com/moontoast 121
- Christian Parrett Warp9bikes.com/moontoast 122
- Michael Lanham Warp9bikes.com/moontoast 123
- David Talbott Warp9bikes.com/moontoast 124
- Will Mcginnis Warp9bikes.com/moontoast 125
- Nick Housley Warp9bikes.com/moontoast 126
- Jeremiah Wiscovitch Williams Cycling 131
- Curtis Gunn Williams Cycling 132
- Kyle Gritters Williams Cycling 133
- Brandon Gritters Williams Cycling 134
- Andres Gil Williams Cycling 135
- Joshua Webster Williams Cycling 136
- Nathaniel Deibler Williams Cycling 137
- Fabrice Dubost Williams Cycling 138
- Soren Peterson Hagens Berman Cycling 141
- Sam Johnson Hagens Berman Cycling 142
- Spencer Smithman Hagens Berman Cycling 143
- Phil Elsasser Hagens Berman Cycling 144
- Lang Reynolds Hagens Berman Cycling 145
- Sean Passage Hagens Berman Cycling 146
- Kennett Peterson Hagens Berman Cycling 147
- Chris Daifuku Hagens Berman Cycling 148
- Alister Ratcliff Bikereg.com /Cannondale 151
- Omer Kem Bikereg.com /Cannondale 152
- William Goodfellow Bikereg.com /Cannondale 153
- Thom Coupe Bikereg.com /Cannondale 154
- Joshua Bartlett Bikereg.com /Cannondale 155
- Jesse Dekrey Bikereg.com /Cannondale 156
- Nathan Wilson Bikereg.com /Cannondale 157
- Aaron Olson Team Pista Palace 161
- Eric Marcotte Team Pista Palace 162
- Adam Livingston Team Pista Palace 163
- Michael Grabinger Team Pista Palace 164
- James Gunn? Wilkerson Team Pista Palace 165
- Anthony Aker Team Pista Palace 166
- Corey Steinbrecher Team Pista Palace 167
- Mike Telega Team Pista Palace 168
- Luis Samudio Herbalife Lagrange 171
- Alfredo Cruz Herbalife Lagrange 172
- Eder Freyre Herbalife Lagrange 173
- Jason Bausch Herbalife Lagrange 174
- Raul Frias Herbalife Lagrange 175
- Victor Ayala Herbalife Lagrange 176
- Danny Kam Herbalife Lagrange 177
- Gustavo Mendez Herbalife Lagrange 178
- Ivailo Gabrovski Exergy 181
- Chris Stuart Exergy 182
- Kai Applequist Exergy 183
- Brandon Lynch Exergy 184
- Austin Arguello Exergy 185
- Chris Hong Exergy 186
- Wes Stein Exergy 187
- Tad Hamilton Exergy 188
- Eric Bennett Adageo Energy Pro Cycling Team 191
- Matthew Landen Adageo Energy Pro Cycling Team 192
- Tim Farnham Adageo Energy Pro Cycling Team 193
- Cody Stevenson Adageo Energy Pro Cycling Team 194
- Tommy Nelson Adageo Energy Pro Cycling Team 195
- Adam Carr Adageo Energy Pro Cycling Team 196
- Josh Horowitz Adageo Energy Pro Cycling Team 197
- Austin Carroll Adageo Energy Pro Cycling Team 198
- Pat Mccarty Yahoo Cycling Team 201
- Philip Mooney Yahoo Cycling Team 202
- Adam Switters Yahoo Cycling Team 203
- Vincent Owens Yahoo Cycling Team 204
- Evan Huffman Yahoo Cycling Team 205
- Ryan Parnes Yahoo Cycling Team 206
- Tyler Dibble Yahoo Cycling Team 207
- Filip Vanacht Yahoo Cycling Team 208
- James Mattis California Giant Berry Farms 211
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- Jesse Moore California Giant Berry Farms 213
- Jared Barrilleaux California Giant Berry Farms 214
- Ozzie Olmos California Giant Berry Farms 215
- Andrew Talansky California Giant Berry Farms 216
- Taylor Tolleson California Giant Berry Farms 217
- Chris Stastny California Giant Berry Farms 218
- Charlie Avis Trek-Livestrong 221
- Justin Williams Trek-Livestrong 222
- Gavin Mannion Trek-Livestrong 223
- Julian Kyer Trek-Livestrong 224
- Nathan Brown Trek-Livestrong 225
- Ben King Trek-Livestrong 226
- Alex Dowsett Trek-Livestrong 227
- Tim Roe Trek-Livestrong 228
- Angus Morton Team Possabilities 231
- Chris Butler Team Possabilities 232
- Carson Miller Team Possabilities 233
- Orson Berryman Team Possabilities 234
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- Laurence Warbasse Team Possabilities 236
- Patrick Drapac Team Possabilities 237
- Brian Mcculloch Team Possabilities 238
- Sergio Hernandez Now-MS Society 241
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- Danny Heeley Now-MS Society 243
- Thomas Hubbard Now-MS Society 244
- Charles Bryer Now-MS Society 245
- Brian Forbes Ride-Clean/Patentit.com 251
- Jared Gilyard Ride-Clean/Patentit.com 252
- Paul Thomas Ride-Clean/Patentit.com 253
- David Glick Ride-Clean/Patentit.com 254
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A French court of appeals has upheld the prison sentence of Bernard Sainz – also known as “Dr. Mabuse” – following his 2008 conviction on charges related to doping athletes in the late 1990s.
Sainz, whose background is in homeopathic medicine and acupuncture, does not hold a medical license. Sainz was convicted of practicing medicine without a license by prescribing and dispensing doping products to cyclists and sentenced to three years in prison, with half of that time to be served on probation. Thursday’s ruling reaffirms a prison sentence for Sainz, but reduces the amount of time he will spend behind bars from 18 months to 12.
Sainz was arrested in May of 1999, following a 10-month investigation that included several months of extensive wire-tapping. Sainz’s conviction was based in part on testimony from riders, including Philippe Gaumont and Frank Vandenbroucke.
Vandenbroucke, who died in October, told the court that his arrangement involved bonus payments to Sainz if he won races. In trial testimony, Vandenbroucke described Sainz as a “formidable doper” and an “evil guru.”
Sainz has consistently denied any involvement in doping, insisting that he offered riders only homeopathic remedies and the performance improvements were solely the result of riders’ improved health.
“This conviction goes against the very principles of anti-doping,” the 66-year-old Sainz said after Thursday’s hearing. “It’s ridiculous to believe that convicting me will change anything with regards to doping in sport. There are still undetectable substances being used. Punishing a homeopathic practitioner simply means that those of us who approach things in a healthy and natural way will be discouraged.”
Following Thursday’s ruling, Sainz said he will pursue his case through the full appeals process and possibly to the European Court of Human Rights.
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a regular weekly column by Brian Holcombe on the week ahead in U.S. racing. Andrew Hood is taking a break from his regular European Racing This Week column, but will return next week.
While U.S. pros have shown up in big numbers to regional races over the last two weeks, the U.S. domestic season gets underway in earnest this week as the San Dimas Stage Race runs Friday – Sunday in San Dimas, California. The three-stage race is the final tuneup ahead of the NRC opener in Redlands, California, a week later.
Coming into the weekend red-hot are Fly V Australia, who scored four wins last weekend; UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis, with stage and overall wins at the Tour de Murrieta; and the Bahati Foundation, who swept the Merced races two weeks ago.
11th San Dimas Stage Race (CA)
March 19-21
Ben Day (Fly V Australia) and Hilton Clarke (Bahati Foundation) are the only returning champions in the men’s field. Each appears to be on fine early-season form and should compete to take their second San Dimas crown.
On the women’s side, the 2007-2009 winners — Meredith Miller (Team Tibco), Kim Anderson (HTC-Columbia) and Ina Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) — return to battle for the early season podium.
San Dimas kicks off with Friday’s 3.8-mile individual time trial up Glendora Mountain Road. The brief individual effort follows the bottom-half of the GMR climb, ascending 1,375 vertical feet over an average gradient of 4.5 – 5.5 percent. Day won the opener in 2009 and will be hard to beat Friday.
Stage 2, the San Dimas Hospital Road Race, follows a seven-mile circuit over a series of short, punchy climbs around Bonelli Park. The steepest of the climbs, Cannon Avenue, reaches a maximum gradient of 13 percent and is the day’s lone KOM point. The men’s race will cover 84 miles while the women tackle 56 miles.
None of the climbs is stiff enough to dislodge the fast finishers in the peloton and the run-in to the line should set up a battle between finishers like Alejandro Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home) and Andrew Pinfold (UnitedHealthcare) on the men’s side and Teutenberg and Coryn Rivera (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12) for the women.
The race closes on Sunday with a criterium in Old Town San Dimas. The six-corner, 1.2-mile course will deliver high speeds and what should be a compact general classification will bring on extremely active racing. The men will race for 90 minutes, while the women will hit out for 55.
Intermediate and finish time bonuses could very well decide the overall standings and the teams atop the classifications will work hard to control any activity that threatens their GC riders. Last year’s stage winners Teutenberg and Jonathan Cantwell (Fly V Australia) will both take the start as favorites.
Stages
Stage 1 ITT, Friday, March 19: Glendora Chevrolet Time Trial, 3.8 mi
Stage 2 RR, Saturday, March 20: San Dimas Hospital Road Race, 84/56 mi
Stage 3 Crit, Sunday, March 21: INCYCLE/Cannondale Old Town Grand Prix,
90/55 minutes
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Cavendish nips Haussler at the line in 2009. Haussler won't be there this year and Cavendish counts himself out as a contender. | Graham Watson photo
The 101st edition of Milan-San Remo – la classica di Primavera – is slated for this Saturday, March 20.
At 298 kilometers, Milan-San Remo is longest single-day road race on the professional calendar. While over the years promoters have added the late-race climbs up the Cipressa and Poggio, Milan-San Remo has most often been won by some of the sport’s most talented sprinters.
This year’s field features some of the peloton’s best, including defending champion Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia), 2008 winner Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank ), 2005 winner Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) and two-time winner Óscar Freire (Rabobank). Others include Quick Step’s classics specialist Tom Boonen, Thor Hushovd (Cervélo), Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto), and Americans George Hincapie (BMC), Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) and Lance Armstrong (RadioShack).
Be sure to check in with VeloNews.com for Live up-to-the-minute coverage, a complete race report, results and photos from Graham Watson.
Start list: Milan-San Remo, 2010
HTC–Columbia
1. Mark Cavendish (GB)
2. Michael Albasini (Swi)
3. Bernhard Eisel (A)
4. Matthew Goss (Aus)
5. Maxime Monfort (B)
6. Michael Rogers (Aus)
7. Hayden Roulston (NZ)
8. Peter Velits (Svk)
Acqua & Sapone
11. Stefano Garzelli (I)
12. Luca Paolini (I)
13. Francesco Failli (I)
14. Dario Andriotto (I)
15. Ruggero Marzoli (I)
16. Andrea Masciarelli (I)
17. Giuseppe Palumbo (I)
18. Massimo Codol (I)
Ag2r-La Mondiale
21. Sébastien Hinault (F)
22. Maxime Bouet (F)
23. Alexander Efimkin (Rus)
24. Vladimir Efimkin (Rus)
25. René Mandri (Est)
26. Lloyd Mondory (F)
27. Blel Kadri (F)
28. Dimitri Champion (F)
Androni Giocattoli
31. Michele Scarponi (I)
32. Leonardo Bertagnolli (I)
33. Francesco Ginanni (I)
34. Alberto Loddo (I)
35. Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col)
36. Alessandro Bertolini (I)
37. Fabrice Piemontesi (I)
38. Jackson Jesus Rodriguez Ortiz (Vz)
Astana
41. Allan Davis (Aus)
42. Enrico Gasparotto (I)
43. Assan Bazayev (Kz)
44. Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kz)
45. Andriy Grivko (Ukr)
46. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kz)
47. Sergey Renev (Kz)
48. Mirko Selvaggi (I)
Bbox-Bouygues Telecom
51. Yukiya Arashiro (Jp)
52. William Bonnet (F)
53. Steve Chainel (F)
54. Mathieu Claude (F)
55. Saïd Haddou (F)
56. Alexandre Pichot (F)
57. Sébastien Turgot (F)
58. Thomas Voeckler (F)
BMC
61. George Hincapie (USA)
62. Alessandro Ballan (I)
63. Marcus Burghardt (G)
64. Karsten Kroon (Nl)
65. Michael SchÄr (Swi)
66. Danilo Wyss (Swi)
67. Jeff Louder (USA)
68. Brent Bookwalter (USA)
Caisse d’Epargne
71. Marzio Bruseghin (I)
72. Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRC)
73. Vasil Kiryienka (Blr)
74. Pablo Lastras Garcia (Sp)
75. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Sp)
76. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Sp)
77. Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col)
78. Xabier Zandio Echaide (Sp)
Carmiooro-NGC
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Dear Explainer,
Last fall, I read with interest your column on racing in Belgium during World War II (see “Surviving in the hardest of times”) and last week’s column on Paris Nice and its history.
Gino Bartali (L), seen here at the 1938 Tour de France, was an Italian national hero before, during and after the war.
Like your “Uncle Max,” I had relatives in Europe during the war and my grandfather, an Italian draftee, has often talked about bike racing in Italy during the war years. Wasn’t the Giro d’Italia canceled during the war? Was my grandfather confused? Did the sport really survive under Mussolini’s reign?
Alan Moretti
New York
Dear Alan,
I appreciate your question, largely because racing during the war has been a subject that has long interested me. For one thing, I find it amazing how people in the most extraordinary circumstances still try to hold on to those elements that made life seem normal.
You are right about the Giro, Alan. A young 20-year-old named Fausto Coppi earned the first of his five Giro d’Italia victories in 1940. Unfortunately, the race was then suspended for five years and he had to wait until 1946 for another opportunity, when he finished second to Gino Bartali. (One can only imagine the sort of — at the risk of relying on an overused word here — epic struggles we all missed in those years.)
Some, but not all, racing was put on hold for the duration of the war.
It is important to remember that Benito Mussolini’s time in power was not limited to just the war years. He became prime minister of Italy in 1922 when he and his fellow Fascists undertook the “march on Rome” and staged a coup. He joined the Axis in the late 1930s. While Italian troops were already fighting in Ethiopia in 1936, Italy didn’t actually enter the European war until June 10, 1940 (which, quite coincidentally, was the day after that year’s Giro d’Italia finished). One thing Mussolini tried to do after involving his country in WWII was to attempt to maintain a sense of normality. Aside from “making the trains run on time,” the Fascists did their best to keep major sporting events on the calendar.
While Italy’s national tour was suspended, there were other races that did manage to continue during at least part of the war. Chief among those were Milan-San Remo and the Giro di Lombardia, two of the sport’s oldest and most consistently promoted one-day classics. Even in World War I, Milan-San Remo only missed one year (1916) due to the conflict. Remarkably, Lombardia didn’t even miss a single edition during “the war to end all wars.”
Bartali won la classica di Primavera in 1939 and 1940. In those years, as the rest of Europe was already mired in war, the fields were largely composed of Italian riders. In 1939, for example, the only non-Italian to finish Milan-San Remo was German Wilhem Wudernitz (52nd at 58:00) and in 1940, the sole non-Italian finisher was Swiss rider Fritz Stocker (58th, at 24:00).
That pattern continued during the war years, with only Italian riders competing in both races. Coppi and Bartali did participate, although neither won Milan-San Remo nor Lombardia in the war years. The 1941 edition of Milan-San Remo was won by Pierino Favalli, Adolfo Leoni won it in 1942 and, in 1943, the victor was none other than Cino Cinelli, whose name many of us regularly see when we look down at our handlebars. Many of those cyclists, like your grandfather, were drafted into the Italian Army, but top riders were nonetheless allowed to continue to train and race.
Bartali, although racing, was also active in the Italian resistance — the Assisi Underground — and is often credited with smuggling dozens of Italian Jews out of Italy as Mussolini succumbed to increasing German pressure to deport them to death camps. One famous story describes how Bartali would ride through the mountains with a trailer on his bike, convincing guards that it was merely part of his training regime. The trailer contained a hidden compartment in which he would tow a refugee to the Swiss border and then ride home with a lighter load.
It was Bartali’s national following as a sports hero and his reputation as “Gino the Pious” that immunized him from the risk of arrest by Italian Fascists or even German troops. (Such was not the case with Ottavio Bottecchia, whose remains were found at the side of a road in 1927. While there has never been a conclusive resolution of his mysterious death, many continue to believe that Bottecchia, winner of the 1924 Tour de France, was murdered by Mussolini’s “Black Shirts” for his anti-Fascist activities.)
While Milan-San Remo, Lombardia and other races continued for three years during the war, even the pretense of normalcy ended when the Allies’ invasion of Sicily — “Operation Husky” — kicked off on July 9, 1943. The Allies first bombed Rome ten days later and Mussolini was then deposed at the end of the month. He was eventually returned to power with the help of the Germans in September of that year, but the Allied troops working their way up the Italian boot meant that no one was all that concerned about putting on bike races and the like. Lombardia was canceled in 1943 and `44. Milan-San Remo was shut down for 1944 and `45.
Unlike those in most other countries, Italian races resumed almost immediately at war’s end. The Giro di Lombardia returned in 1945, just four months after the end of the war. Milan-San Remo, the Giro d’Italia and a host of other races took up where they left off the following year.
Your grandfather, Alan, was probably quite correct in remembering that Italian cycling continued on for most of the war. It’s something worth remembering this weekend, when the world’s top racers line up for the 101st edition of la classica di Primavera.
Charles
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Reigning world champion Cadel Evans has been left off his BMC team’s roster for Saturday’s Milan-San Remo, the first one-day classic of the season.
Evans showed his early season form by finishing third overall Sunday in Italy’s Tirreno-Adriatico.
However BMC will be led by Italian Alessandro Ballan, who preceded Evans as world champion in 2008, with American George Hincapie, Dutchman Karsten Kroon and German Marcus Burghardt expected to play key roles. Americans Jeff Louder and Brent Bookwalter also will start.
BMC for Milan-San Remo:
Alessandro Ballan, Brent Bookwalter, Marcus Burghardt, George Hincapie, Karsten Kroon, Jeff Louder, Michael Schaer, Danilo Wyss.
Milram’s Linus Gerdemann and Johannes Fröhlinger, who each left Paris-Nice will illness last week, will return to racing at Milan-San Remo, the team announced Wednesday.
“Linus could be a surprise (at Milan-San Remo),“ said Christian Henn, who together with Vittorio Algeri will direct the team at the race. “He won a stage with a similar profile at Tirreno-Adriatico, even if the stage was only half as long as here. And Luke Roberts is also in good form. When everything works out, he can be near the front of such a long and challenging race. Basically, we have a team that is good for a surprise, and we have no pressure on us because of all the riders missing due to injuries.“
Milram’s Fabian Wegmann will miss the race due to a broken collarbone, while Gerald Ciolek is recovering from a shoulder operation. Ciolek is currently at an altitude training camp doing cross-country skiing and rehabilitation exercises, the team said.
Team Milram at Milan-San Remo:
Markus Fothen, Johannes Fröhlinger, Linus Gerdemann, Christian Knees, Luke Roberts, Roy Sentjens, Niki Terpstra, Paul Voß.
Directeurs Sportif: Vittorio Algeri and Christian Henn.
The U.S. Open of Cycling, which had been scheduled for May, and would have been part of the USA Cycling Professional Tour, has been canceled, its organizers announced Wednesday.
The event has been held once, in Virginia in 2007. Organizers planned to move it Providence, Rhode Island, for 2008, but, while the event has been put on the UCI calendar each year since, they have not been able to produce it because of lack of sponsorship.
Richard Durishin, executive director of the U.S. Open Cycling Foundation, said, “Unfortunately, we have not been able to secure the sponsorship needed to run the U.S. Open of Cycling this year and are cancelling the event. We have already begun discussions with potential sponsors for the 2011 race and we hope that, by then, the interested parties are enjoying the fruits of a more robust economy.”
The U.S. Open Cycling Foundation is a non-profit that has remained active in promoting the use of cycling as part of a healthy lifestyle.
“The work of the U.S. Open Cycling Foundation, which focuses on reducing childhood obesity by inspiring kids of all ages to incorporate cycling into their daily lives, will continue in Rhode Island schools, businesses and on the state’s numerous bike paths through the season,” Durishin said.
Cofidis’ young speedster Jens Keukeleire won Wednesday’s Nokere-Koerse in Belgium, a 192-kilometer race from between Oudenaarde and Nokere.
Keukeleire already won this spring’s Three Days of West Flanders and Le Samyn.
Second place in the UCI 1.1 race went to Belgian’s Kris Boeckmans (Topsport Vlaaderen) and third went to Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil), winner of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne earlier this month.
American John Murphy (BMC) was sixth in the field sprint, and his teammates Stewart Jackson and Chad Beyer were 66th and 125th, respectively.
Top Ten:
- 1. Jens KEUKELEIRE (BEL) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne in 4:38:24
- 2. Kris BOECKMANS (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator at 0
- 3. Bobbie TRAKSEL (NED) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team at 0
- 4. Kenny DE HAES (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto at 0
- 5. Klaas LODEWYCK (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator at 0
- 6. John MURPHY (USA) BMC Racing Team at 0
- 7. James VANLANDSCHOOT (BEL) Verandas Willems at 0
- 8. Alexander PORSEV (RUS) at 0
- 9. Danilo WYSS (SUI) BMC Racing Team at 0
- 10. Roger KLUGE (GER) Milram at 0
- 1. Jens Keukeleire Cofidis 4u35 44,52 Km/u
- 2. Kris Boeckmans Topsport Vlaanderen-Colnago
- 3. Bobbie Traksel Vacansoleil Pro Cyclingteam
- 4. Kenny Dehaes Omega Pharma-Lotto
- 5. Klaas Lodewyck Topsport Vlaanderen-Colnago
- 6. John Murphy Bmc Racingteam
- 7. Stefan Van Dijk Verandas Willems
- 8. Porsev Alexander Itera Katusha
- 9. Danilo Wyss Bmc Racingteam
- 10. Roger Kluge Milram
- 11. Rony Martias Saur-Sojasun
- 12. Pieter Ghyllebert An Post-Sean Kelly Team
- 13. Alexander Kristoff Bmc Racingteam
- 14. Andreas Stauff Quickstep
- 15. David Boucher Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
- 16. Jos Van Emden Rabobank
- 17. Steve Schets Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht-Jartazi
- 18. Svein Erik Vold Team Joker-Bianchi
- 19. Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
- 20. Adam Blythe Omega Pharma-Lotto
- 21. Wouter Mol Vacansoleil Pro Cyclingteam
- 22. Simon Zahner Bmc Racingteam
- 23. Kasper Jebjerg Designa Kokken
- 24. Iljo Keisse Quickstep
- 25. Michael Reihs Designa Kokken
- 26. Michael Schweizer Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse
- 27. Sep Vanmarcke Topsport Vlaanderen-Colnago
- 28. Luc Hagenaars Team Kuota Indeland
- 29. Egidijus Juodvalkis Palmans-Cras
- 30. Markus Eichler Milram
- 31. Geert Steurs Topsport Vlaanderen-Colnago
- 32. Gorik Gardeyn Vacansoleil Pro Cyclingteam
- 33. Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
- 34. Gerben Lowik Omega Pharma-Lotto
- 35. Yoeri Havik Van Vliet -Ebh-Elshof
- 36. Jérémy Roy Francaise Des Jeux
- 37. Steve Houanard Skil-Shimano
- 38. Robert Retschke Team Differdange
- 39. Wim De Vocht Milram
- 40. Remco Te Brake Van Vliet -Ebh-Elshof
- 41. Wilfried Cretskens Omega Pharma-Lotto
- 42. Dennis Van Winden Rabobank
- 43. Artur Gajek Milram
- 44. Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank
- 45. Job Vissers Skil-Shimano
- 46. Kim Lachmann Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse
- 47. Joeri Calleeuw Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht-Jartazi
- 48. Ole Haavardsholm Team Joker-Bianchi
- 49. Jonas Ljungblad Omega Pharma-Lotto
- 50. Frank Dressler Team Differdange
- 51. Stéphane Poulhies Saur-Sojasun
- 52. Tobyn Horton Team Sprocket Pro Cycling
- 53. Matthé Pronk Vacansoleil Pro Cyclingteam
- 54. Benjamin Verraes Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht-Jartazi
- 55. Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
- 56. Jack Vermeulen Van Vliet -Ebh-Elshof
- 57. Timothy Vangheel Palmans-Cras
- 58. Rob Goris Palmans-Cras
- 59. Emmanuel Van Ruitenbeek Team Kuota Indeland
- 60. Petr Ignatenko Itera Katusha
- 61. Bart Van Haaren Van Vliet -Ebh-Elshof
- 62. Sven Vandousselaere Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht-Jartazi
- 63. Kevin Verwaest Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht-Jartazi
- 64. Thomas Berkhout Van Vliet -Ebh-Elshof
- 65. Hans Dekkers Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
- 66. Jackson Stewart Bmc Racingteam
- 67. Mark Mc Nally An Post-Sean Kelly Team
- 68. Alexander Grad Team Kuota Indeland
- 69. Stanislav. Starodubsev Itera Katusha Op 15 Seconden
- 70. Dario Cataldo Quickstep
- 71. Cedric Coutouly Saur-Sojasun
- 72. Vegard Stake Laengen Team Joker-Bianchi
- 73. Romain Matheou Saur-Sojasun
- 74. René Joergensen Designa Kokken
- 75. Tristan Valentin Cofidis Op 19 Seconden
- 76. Popov Evgeny Itera Katusha Op 21 Seconden
- 77. Mitchell Docker Skil-Shimano
- 78. Kristof Vandewalle Topsport Vlaanderen-Colnago
- 79. Steffen Radochla Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse
- 80. Julien Simon Saur-Sojasun Op 25 Seconden
- 81. Nico Sijmens Cofidis
- 82. Sergej Fuchs Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse
- 83. Ronan Mc Laughlin An Post-Sean Kelly Team
- 84. Floris Goesinnen Skil-Shimano
- 85. Steven De Neef Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht-Jartazi
- 86. Steven Kruijswijk Rabobank
- 87. Rick Flens Rabobank
- 88. Alexandre Moos Bmc Racingteam
- 89. Steven Van Vooren Topsport Vlaanderen-Colnago
- 90. Gregory Joseph Topsport Vlaanderen-Colnago
- 91. Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil Pro Cyclingteam
- 92. Kriit Kalle Cofidis Op 47 Seconden
- 93. Thomas Fothen Milram
- 94. Remi Cusin Cofidis Op 49 Seconden
- 95. Romain Zingle Cofidis
- 96. Tom Vanbecelaere Palmans-Cras Op 1 Minuut 25 Sec
- 97. Roels Dominik Milram
- 98. Stef Clement Rabobank
- 99. Alexander Wetterhall Team Sprocket Pro Cycling
- 100. Daniel Westmattelmann Team Kuota Indeland
- 101. Dirk Finders Team Kuota Indeland
- 102. Arnoud Van Groen Vacansoleil Pro Cyclingteam
- 103. James Vanlandschoot Verandas Willems
- 104. Kevin Van Melsen Verandas Willems
- 105. Michael Van Staeyen Topsport Vlaanderen-Colnago
- 106. Maxim Debusschere An Post-Sean Kelly Team
- 107. Wim Van Huffel Team Worldofbike.gr
- 108. Solomennikov Andrey Itera Katusha
- 109. Martin Mortensen Vacansoleil Pro Cyclingteam
- 110. Jimmi Soerensen Designa Kokken
- 111. Philipp Mamos Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse
- 112. Geert Omloop Palmans-Cras
- 113. Jean Zen Palmans-Cras
- 114. Vegard Breen Team Joker-Bianchi
- 115. Glenn D Hollander Omega Pharma-Lotto
- 116. Kevyn Ista Cofidis
- 117. Fabrice Jeandesboz Saur-Sojasun
- 118. Addy Engels Quickstep
- 119. Jempy Drucker Team Differdange
- 120. Christer Rake Team Joker-Bianchi
- 121. Christophe Brandt Omega Pharma-Lotto
- 122. Stefan Cohnen Team Differdange
- 123. Wim Stroetinga Milram
- 124. Joost Van Leijen Vacansoleil Pro Cyclingteam
- 125. Chad Beyer Bmc Racingteam
- 126. Timothy Gudsell Francaise Des Jeux
- 127. Wagner Robert Skil-Shimano
- 128. Mauro Facci Quickstep
- 129. Brian Ligneel Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht-Jartazi
- 130. Sergey Firsanov Designa Kokken
- 131. Jack Anderson Team Sprocket Pro Cycling
- 132. Vegaerd Robinson Bugge Team Joker-Bianchi
- 133. Robin Steenuit Verandas Willems
PRESS RELEASE
Live Monday March 22nd Orbea will launch the Orbea Backstage iPhone app.
Orbea USA has created a global environment where loyal Orbea followers can access up to the second information on Orbea products, athletes, events, developments and corporate information that is being constantly updated by Orbea global staff.
For phase one (available March 22nd) the application will have content on athletes (road, mtb, multisport), all in-line 2010 model products, including a product development section, listing of events (consumer, demo ,race expo, dealer events, tradeshows) and a section called Inside Orbea that has a factory tour, company history and all contact information.
“Phase two is where the application will really come alive,” said Tony Karklins, Orbea USA’s managing director. “We will use the app for consumer posts and learn what they want from Orbea. We would like this interface to eventually work as a sales tool for taking orders, product and tech videos and to register warranties”.
“For sales the options are endless,” said Ronnie Points Orbea USA’s national sales manager. “Once the Orbea app community is built, new product releases as well seasonal promotions can be communicated very quickly. Letting Orbea consumers know about events and shop demos in their area is just one other example of tying consumers and dealers together”.
Orbea USA info@orbea-usa.com
By Daniel McMahon
“He has completely and utterly thrown all caution to the wind!”
That, as many of you will immediately recognize, is an oft-repeated exclamation of famed Tour commentator Phil Liggett, one that has come to mind several times this week as I talked to racers in Brooklyn about the tactics, cunning and risk-taking that will be on display during the two-wheeled battle that is the Red Hook Criterium.
An unsanctioned race deep in the belly of New York’s biggest borough, the Red Hook crit, now in its third year, is held on a course that race founder and promoter David Trimble tries to keep secret till race-night registration. So riders have to show up and pay their entry fee to learn the course’s whereabouts.
Last year the NYPD showed up but did not stop the race.
The race takes place in a derelict part of the city, a postindustrial area a stone’s throw from the waterfront, where at night it’s decidedly empty of people. One Brooklynite spoke of the “eerie feeling in the air there late at night with the mist coming off the water.”
So what better a venue to host an under-the-radar bike race?
The real deal
The Red Hook Criterium, which takes place this Saturday at 11 p.m. on a .75-mile course, features winding, windswept roads, lots of corners and a tricky, cobblestone chicane. Whoever completes the scheduled 20 laps first gets to ride to the after party with the much-desired cobblestone trophy in hand.
But let’s be clear: Although Brooklyn may be the nation’s capital of helmet-less hipsters in tight-legged jeans, cruising on elaborately painted fixies, the Red Hook is a real race.
“It ain’t no hipster show,” Trimble said. “The first two winners have gone on to pro contracts. I think that speaks to what kind of talent is required to win.”
Trimble was referring to Kacey Manderfield, who went on to Team Lipsmacker, and Neil Bezdek, a new signing at Mountain Khakis-Jittery Joe’s.
Manderfield, winner two years ago and a former collegiate national champion, took advantage of the street rivalries among locals and followed wheels until the finish, when she blew by the unsuspecting male-dominated field in a powerful sneak attack.
Bezdek, winner last year and a former messenger, used his combination of street skills and a big engine to complete laps on the technical course in the rain at an average speed of 27 mph.
Come one, come all!
In its short existence, the Red Hook has attracted a happy jumble of riders, from messengers to Wall Street roadies, those who compete in alley cat races on the streets of Manhattan as well as those who battle it out at weekend races in Central Park.
Alfredo Bobe, a messenger and a race favorite, likes that Red Hook offers such a deep field and the opportunity to really rip through the backstreets of Brooklyn.
“It’s an urban spin-off from what’s going on in the track-bike community,” Bobe explained. “You have the messengers and the passionate racers who may even ride at the Kissena Velodrome in Queens. Both groups love to get their race on, albeit under very different conditions.
“One group thinks the other type of racing is boring, the other that the alley cats are borderline suicidal. But both groups share a passion for the track bike, which allows this race to have a place.”
Bezdek agrees, explaining that the race fills a void between racing culture, the messenger scene, and urban cycling. “It’s a unifying event that doesn’t seem to be repeated elsewhere,” he said.
Another race favorite is Russian-born Brooklyn messenger Dan Chabanov, an up-and-coming cyclocrosser. Chabanov’s plan for Red Hook is simple: to make it hard. He said he was drawn to the race because there were “no fancy bikes, no licenses, no categories.”
A young race’s brief history
About three years ago, Trimble found himself doing a lot of alley cats in the city but wanted a race that challenged not only his “urban skills” but also his road racing ability. He said he “grew tired of entering messenger races with a huge navigational disadvantage,” and that eventually led to dreams about what he would do differently if he had his druthers.
“A crit in Red Hook was just a fun idea, and its growth has been organic,” he said. “I’ve approached this as a chance to collaborate with many creative and talented people. The process, from designing the race poster, finding sponsors, coordinating the volunteers and writing the race rules, is as rewarding as the race itself.”
With almost no operating budget, the race depends on a well-orchestrated collaboration of many volunteers and friends. To achieve the attention to detail that Trimble strives for, while asking people to work hard for free, has been a real balancing act.
For the third edition, Trimble started searching for new sponsors in December. Sponsors include Cinelli, Rapha and San Marco as well as the Bicycle Film Festival, the Brooklyn Brewery and Brooklyn Bicycles.
A great night out
The spectators are an integral part of the event, too, and the crowds around the start/finish can get as loud as those at cyclocross races. They come out in droves each year, even in inclement weather so typical of mid-March in Gotham.
“In the large regional road races, there isn’t much of a crowd cheering you on,” Trimble said. “A bigger crit might have a crowd, but it’s for the pros. At Red Hook, everyone’s in the main event.”
Then there’s the after party, a highly anticipated event in itself. In addition to brand-new bike frames, jerseys, and saddles, there are the cash prizes — $250 for the winner — awarded in sacks of one-dollar bills.
But Trimble’s not only the race’s founder — he’s also one of its fiercest competitors. He was second both years and aims to improve this time around. Asked if he considers himself a favorite, he just lets out a smile.
“The best thing about this race is that it puts the best alley cat racers in the world against some of the most talented local road and track racers,” he said. “It’s the meshing of scenes on an equal playing field.”
So while no license is required, helmets and track bikes are. And, of course, brakes are strictly verboten.
As for me, I’ve never so much as sat on a track bike, so I’ll be on the sidelines cheering on the riders. Maybe offer up a cyclocross-style heckle or two. I’m thinking the prime at the end of lap 1 should get things off to an entertaining start. And, yeah, I’m picking Trimble for the win.
Daniel McMahon is editor of cyclingreporter.com, a contributor-based blog devoted to road and cyclocross racing in the New York City area. He will provide VeloNews.com readers with a race report following the Red Hook.
Do you want to contribute to Mailbag, a regular feature of VeloNews.com? Here’s how:
- Keep it short. And remember that we reserve the right to edit for grammar, length and clarity.
- Include your full name, hometown and state or nation.
- Send it to webletters@insideinc.com.
Dear Readers,
In a recent edition of the mailbag reader David Wade expressed frustration that he had wasted time reading about a women’s bike race, due to the fact that our headline failed to distinguish winner Shelly Evans’ name from that of men’s reigning world road champion Cadel Evans.
To say the least, the letter generated more than a handful of responses. Unable to post all of them, we offer a representative selection. – Editor
All the work, less credit
Dear Velo,
I’ve been told by my better half (Luise Keller, who also rides for Team HTC Columbia) to read David Wade’s letter on your site.
Well, pretty sad story about that guy’s views on the matter. The way I look at it is that I know what we men go through during a race, with bad weather, killing ourselves on the mountains, risking our lives on the descents, etc.
When I think about it I don’t like the idea of my girlfriend going through so much pain and torture. But she does, with a bunch of other women who race their bikes, just like we do.
They do what we do without the added attention, pay and equipment; they just don’t get so much credit for what they do. Your posting coverage of their races is a good thing. I for one enjoy reading about it and I know when I go to the races and meet my teammates, they always ask me how the women are going and when I get into talks with them you find out a lot of male cyclists also follow the women’s racing, too.
Wie auch immer (as my German girlfriend says).
Adam Hansen
Team HTC-Columbia
Too much women’s cycling? Try not enough
Dear Editors,
I read with disgust the recent letter to the editor of VeloNews from David on women’s cycling. I can’t believe that he even found an article about women’s cycling. I picked up the latest issue of VeloNews, flipped through it for women’s articles, didn’t find any, and threw it away. Women’s cycling represents the purest form of cycling.
These women aren’t racing their bikes for money; they are motivated by their true passion for the sport, and for some, a chance to represent their countries at the World Championships and the Olympic Games. They care about their communities and they are terrific role models for children and ambassadors for their sponsors. They make incredible sacrifices for the goal of being the best that they can be.
Their sport deserves more attention, not less.
Linda Jackson
1996 Olympian
Proud founder of Team TIBCO, women’s pro cycling team
Does he have issues?
David,
Thanks for your open and candid letter regarding your feelings on women’s racing. It’s clear that you’ve had your feelings hurt out there on the race course when girls like me and my friends enter the men’s races and drop you.
Just know that we’re here, people do want to read about us and you’ll get dropped again. Wow, considering how much nastiness you’re carrying around with you, it much really suck to be you.
Traci Brown
3xUS Collegiate Cycling Champion
Former US Team Member
Women in the peloton
Dear VeloNews,
I would like to thank you for your coverage of women’s cycling so far for the 2010 season. Women’s cycling is important to me and I would like to strongly encourage more coverage of their races to help expand the fan base and introduce these women to a bigger audience.
These women are excellent ambassadors of the sport, incredible role models and are phenomenal bike racers who work every bit as hard as the men. Please be reminded that there are thousands of us out there who want to see more coverage of our favorite women’s riders and teams.
Sincerely,
Sarah Dwiggins
… and what about that Armstrong woman?
Dear Velo,
Please don’t change your coverage of any women’s events, UCI or others, because of a confused person. I follow all of your coverage under your headlines, and have never been confused on names of male or female athletes.
I am a coach, and have managed some very successful women’s programs in a super competitive region of southern California, and have never been misled by an athlete with a same name as a male.
Personally, I think this was the “straw,” for Mr. Wade, since he thinks Lance won the 2008 individual time trial Olympic Gold medal and the 2006 and 2009 ITT World Championships!
Tim Ferreira
California
More Kristin, less Lance
Editors,
By opening his letter with “I don’t mean to be a jerk or a sexist,” at least Mr. Wade had the self-awareness to note how his request would sound.
At the risk of being tossed into the same mud pond with him, I’d like to make a related request, but for not quite the same reason. I too have found it mildly annoying when a headline/link is unclear as to whom it refers, but in my case the annoyance came from lack of distinction between L. Armstrong (in whose exploits I am completely uninterested) and K. Armstrong (in whom I am interested).
For me, the issue isn’t about women’s vs. men’s cycling, it’s about which athletes I am following. Perhaps you could include a first initial in headlines about athletes who share a surname with another? Imagine a headline, “Armstrong to direct squad under new title sponsor.” If you didn’t already know that K. Armstrong was hired for the PBC/2012 team that could be confusing.
On the other hand, if this is the worst anyone can say about VeloNews, you all are doing pretty well. Keep up the great coverage.
David Neale-Lorello
Rockville, Maryland
And speaking of women
Dear Velo,
Might VeloNews somewhere in its archives have the names of the USA women’s team that rode the 1985 women’s Tour de France. I rode with a gal named Mary today (and she’s still a very strong rider) whose maiden name back then began with a “V” and who said that she rode that race as well as many others.
The gang I ride with here in central Florida at The Villages would love to look up her palmares. If you draw a blank, any ideas where we might find some info?
Many thanks,
Bill Nee
Florida
Hello Bill,
The Tour Cycliste Féminin, (now the Grande Boucle) was first held in 1984 when the race was won by American Marianne Martin (who later served as an advertising director for VeloNews, by the way). The first few editions of the Tour Cycliste Féminin were contested by members of national – rather than trade – teams. We do recall that the U.S. team in 1985 included Mary Verrando, now Mary Higgins. Perhaps that’s the person you’re thinking about. - Editor
In praise of Contador
VeloNews,
I like Alberto’s aggressive style. I hate it when a guy just sits on the back of the race hoping no one makes a move.
Joe Drivere
Connecticut
The grandest of grand tours?
Editors,
What ever happened to that crazy Tour of America with 200 mile stages and million dollar prizes that I read about a year or two ago? They have a web site showing a 2010 debut but the info is sparse, and really over the top, with projections like 25-35 million spectators and a “conservatively estimated” $500 million windfall to “little communities.”
It’s clearly a pipe dream but it’s kind of fun to follow their naiveté. How about a follow up article?
Jeff Schatz
Columbus, Ohio
Oh yeah. We first heard about the idea at the 2007 Interbike trade show. It was originally slated for 2008, then delayed until 2009 … and now 2010. We’ve not heard much, other than what we have read on the website of promoter Frank Arokiasamy. We agree, it may be time for a follow-up. – Editor
Though it's called a race, the Race Across America is no ordinary cycling competition. Instead, this is an epic challenge for even the most hardy ultra-endurance riders, who press themselves to pedal 3,000 miles from the Pacific to the Atlantic in just over 12 days. Finishing itself is an accomplishment: most years, about half of the participants drop out along the way due to exhaustion or medical issues that come as a result of riding 20 - 22 hours round-the-clock in the mountains, the desert, the heat and the cold and the rain.
Film maker Stephen Auerbach and his crew followed the riders of RAAM day and night over the course of the nearly two-week race to capture just what it is that makes people take on this seeming insanity. The resulting documentary, BICYCLE DREAMS, is terrific and certainly worth watching - for bicycle fans and for anyone who wonders just what it is that makes people attempt the impossible.
Read the whole review of the movie BICYCLE DREAMS
Image, right: Solvenian Jure Robic has won RAAM four times. In the film BICYCLE DREAMS, we watch as he rides ceaselessly, rarely sleeping, pushing himself past the point that hallucinations set in. Photo credit - Chris Milliman.
Movie Review: BICYCLE DREAMS -- inside the Race Across America originally appeared on About.com Bicycling on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 00:01:11.
The second annual edition of the VeloNews Race & Ride Guide is a 116-page manual of 65 road and mountain-bike one-day and stage races, plus epic rides and highlighted gear you’ll need for every application.
We highlight the best of the country’s competitive road events, from the hot trend of American gran fondos to stage races to one-day events.
Mountain biking was invented in the United States, and riders continue to reinvent the off-road sport. We show you the best festivals, races and other events.
You’re going to need some gear. Our tech editors lay out a few good event-specifics examples for every category.
Racing is all fine and good, but there is more than one way to enjoy yourself on a bike. How about great riding in gorgeous locales with gourmet food and a staff on hand to take care of everything for you? Warning: this section may induce prolonged periods of daydreaming.
Spain’s Luis-Leon Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne) leads the 2010 UCI World Rankings thanks to strong performances at the year’s first two ranking events, the Tour Down Under and Paris-Nice.
While Alberto Contador (who won the first-ever World Rankings title in 2009) won Paris-Nice, his countryman Sanchez also earned points there with his third place overall and three top-five stage finishes. And Contador did not race Down Under, where Sanchez won stage 5.
You can check the latest UCI points straight from the VeloNews.com homepage.
Tour Down Under winner Andre Greipel is in second and Contador is in third. While Paris-Nice was only the year’s second World Ranking event, the races are now coming fast. The just-concluded Tirreno-Adriatico race is part of the ranking (but not included in the results the UCI released this week), as is this weekend’s Milan-San Remo.
Sanchez’s native land leads the national rankings. And his Caisse d’Epargne team leads the team rankings.
The only American among the 37 riders to earn World Ranking points so far is Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), who scored two points by finishing third in the Paris-Nice prologue.
I’m always trying my hardest to go in the opposite direction of whatever other guys are talking or writing about. Those things always seem to include: drinking coffee, twittering about getting drug-tested, how hard the race was, eating the best Mexican, sushi or exotic food, drinking the dankest beer, or the most amazing 10,000-year-old ancient bottle of wine from the deepest darkest cobweb-filled dungeon a trillon miles below the earth from a place no man has ever gone before. Those are all common things you hear in the twitterverse and webosphere.
Now since I’m on a tangent of sorts … If I have to tell another person on a plane that I race bikes for a living then have them turn around and ask me what my “day job “ is, to which they reply, “OHH, like Lance Armstrong!?” I’m gonna start telling people I’m a horse whisperer or something else absurd for my own sanity.
Let me bring it back to Jelly Belly camp a couple weeks ago. This year’s camp was quite a bit different than previous years, in a good way. In the past, camp was loaded with lots of riding and media stuff all jammed into a week with a couple of indoor go-karting trips and some paintball games thrown in. This year, Danny (our director) invested in entertainment that will really translate into results on the bike. It was fun and more focused on team-building than getting 30 semi-automatic paintballs into my chest from having snuck around a corner at the wrong moment.
Our first day was dedicated to our awesome sponsors teaching us all the best points of their products. This included fitting our new Focus ‘Izalco’ bikes, learning how to use our new Compex muscle stimulator, and of course how we can get tons of energy and endurance from Jelly Belly Sport Beans!
The next day we had our photo shoot with Embry Rucker and his awesome crew. I also did a mountain bike photo shoot with Embry for Jelly Belly, so look for me shreddin’ up the pages of mountain bike magazines this summer!
Alright, if you’re a regular here at VeloNews, then you know I’m into music. One guy I followed and respected in the industry was DJ AM (RIP). One of the biggest things he harped on was the idea of less ego. That was something that came naturally this year at Jelly Belly camp. It was down to earth and cool to be part of. We had such a good time as a group and really got on well.
One of the team-building exercises that you may have read about was a Navy SEAL training session in Coronado, California. You might be thinking, “isn’t that dangerous right before the start of the season?” Yeah! Actually it was. I can guarantee none of us will forget that horrible morning Danny created for us although the memories are blurred because we were shivering 99 percent of the time we spent with the SEALS.
Let me try to give you a written reenactment: 9:30AM, light rain, and soaking wet from having ran into the Pacific Ocean with alllllllll of your clothing on. Then imagine laying in the wet sand with your gluteus maximus in your teammate’s crotch, your chest to another teammate’s back, arms locked just trying to stay warm. That alone imeans you’ve taken being a team player to another level.
I definitely didn’t love running into the Pacific Ocean at 9 am in February, but I’ll tell you one of the things this wacky experience helped me realize: At one point, a couple of us were holding water bottles out in front of us over a period of time which seemed like forever. It was probably only 10 minutes but between the tight muscles from shivering and the 50 push-ups we had already done it was torture. I was just hoping that Huff, Friedman or Kiel dropped their bottles before my arms locked and I couldn’t go another second.I was actually prayin’ one of them would. I looked over at Mike and he looked fatigued and I thought to myself, “Yes! He’s going down!!”
We’re all stubborn cyclists with reputations to uphold and I knew I wouldn’t drop mine until someone else dropped theirs. That made me realize if you set the bar high, don’t give up, and set a good example your teammates will follow suit. It didn’t have to be ONE guy, everyone was leading by example. If any of those guys had dropped their bottles, I would have dropped mine with a sigh of relief.
Now put that into a race scenario: You’re halfway through your race, the pace is finally getting hard and everyone is suffering. It’s hot or cold, it’s just miserable, you’d do anything to stop. Then your teammate calls it a day and drops out, it’s easier for you in your own mind to justify doing the same. It’s easier to say, “ohhh Joe didn’t finish either.”
We’ve all done that. It happens, BUT think about if no one drops out. Well, the race was miserable but the end result felt so good. You finished and possibly won or placed and you didn’t get the negativity associated with a DNF.
So yea, I’ve got a little nagging pain here thanks to the SEALS and I was sore for a week after our “team building” but, I have to say it was worth it. Afterwards we all raised our hands and said we’d do it again if asked to.
To finish off our team-building exercises we all met up and discussed our frigid Pacific Ocean experiences with our team psychologist Dr. Jason Galea. We made a list of what’s going to happen at races during certain situations that typically arise and also some general ideas of how to perform as a “more cohesive unit” and employ some of the key things we learned throughout the week.
I hope you enjoyed reading and that you’re all out ripping up the roads. Be safe and have fun!
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Jeremy Powers is a pro road racer with the Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda team. He races cyclocross for the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team, you can follow more of his adventures at JPows.com or you can follow his every move at twitter.com/jeremypowers
With nearly 1,300 punishing kilometers of racing scheduled for the eight-day, 2010 edition of Paris-Nice, and only 119 kilometers remaining the final day, the end was in sight. Actually, it literally was in sight, since we had just one lap to cover, so the start banner also served as the finish line just a brief stroll away from where I sat on the team bus. After a week of sub-zero temperatures, wind gusts rumored to be upwards of 80kph, and snow playing a greater role than just the creation of snowmen lining the roads, finally the sun and warmth melted away all the arduous memories of the previous week.
Temporarily at least.
As we leisurely rolled out of town along the Mediterranean Sea, Christian Vande Velde, a seasoned veteran of Paris-Nice bluntly asked me, “So are you ready for something epic? This stage is a beast.”
Allow me to digress. Albert Einstein defined insanity as, “Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” Clearly Al wasn’t much of a cyclist. Besides Eddy Merckx’s staggering 45 percent winning percentage in 1971, there are very few guarantees when it comes to how a race will unfold — especially a French race. I should have therefore stewed on that previous sentence a bit more as I eagerly entered my first Race to the Sun.
You see, with a respectable showing at the unexpectedly grueling Volta Algarve two weeks prior, and what I considered intelligently adequate preparation in terms of training, diet, and mental focus, I really looked forward to a strong performance in France. Whenever I enter a race, I have a set of goals that I would like to accomplish. Pedaling around as pack fodder never ranks on that list, but I humbly say that many of the past few days I found myself in that category.
There are a few things that I can fall back upon that offer some redemption to an otherwise laborious week. I dutifully accomplished my job of covering the early onslaught of attacks the day my teammate Xavier Tondo heroically won the queen stage of Paris-Nice. Moreover, I did this while suffering splitting headaches and gut-boiling stomach maladies the entire second half of the week. But I am by no means looking for a crutch here. Professional cycling is my job and I expect more out of myself.
So here on the final day of Paris-Nice I found myself racing at speeds greater than 50kph … uphill. In the brief respite from pedaling I am offered in the sharp turns on the sinuously long first climb of the day, I steal glances at my PowerTap. 380 watts, 408, 415, 423, 440, 460. As the power ticks higher, so does the speed. Much to my chagrin, so does the gradient of the road. The peloton is entirely strung out one-by-one so that the first rider to last covers a seemingly impossible stretch of road.
A shadowed patch of water on the road, followed by a touch of wheels sends a dozen riders to the ground and splits the field into two. I’m among those slowed down behind the carnage and I catch my breath for no more than a moment before sprinting away in chase. One minute passes, two, then three. Thinking it was not physically possible to go any faster before the tumble, I look down and see we’re pushing 60kph and a leg searing 500-plus watts in chase. I dodge riders who pull the proverbial plug in front of me. Virtually cross-eyed from exertion, and seeing attacks flying well up the road in the front part of the bunch, I too meekly call it a day.
Cycling is a vicious sport. It’s a cruel sport. Cycling is punishing beyond belief, full of agony, indescribable sacrifice, as well as sheer and utter pain. However, like an epic tale spun over the course of roads around the world, thankfully cycling is a redemptive sport as well. It is a beautiful sport, it is fulfilling, and it offers plenty of room for triumph despite adversity.
If you’re not prepared to have bad days on the bike — and I mean wretchedly awful days — then you’re simply lying to yourself. Learning how to roll with the punches is as fundamentally part of bike racing as logging base miles.
I was popped the final day of Paris-Nice and it eats me up thinking about it. No one ever wants a DNF by his or her name, least of all me. Given the chance, Albert Einstein may have called me insane, but I can guarantee that you’ll once again find me next week pinning my number on and going out swinging, searching for redemption and fully expecting a different result.
This year Ted King is in his sophomore year with the Cervélo TestTeam. After getting a taste for the European peloton with the U.S. espoir national team in 2005, King returned to the United States for three successful years of domestic pro racing. The 27-year-old is a native of New Hampshire and despite his affinity for hearty servings of coffee, he is slowly adapting to the smaller European portions. Slowly. His diaries appear monthly on VeloNews.com; between the scanty portions we serve up, you can follow Ted at www.Cervelo.com/team and www.iamTedKing.MissingSaddle.com. Those of you content with 140 characters or less can track his activities at www.twitter.com/iamtedking.
highlights and results of the Tour of Wellington Stage 1
Highlights Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2010 - Stage 5
Highlights Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2010 - Stage 4
Each spring a series of one-day historic bike races help shape the field and define the leaders for the coming season of professional cycling. In rain, on cobblestones, in the mud, in the mountains, with spectators screaming all the way. These are the Spring Classics -- legendary races that have been run in some cases a hundred years or more -- where some of cycling's most memorable performances have been seen. You have the chance to follow them over the next month and a half via lots of streaming over the web - don't miss out.
- Milan - San Remo, March 20
- Ghent - Wevelgem, March 28
- Tour of Flanders, April 4
- Paris - Roubaix, April 11
- Amstel Gold Race, April 18
- Fleche Wallonne, April 21
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège, April 25
Learn about all the these historic, tradition rich Spring Classic races here.
Additionally, Lance Armstrong will race at least a few of the Spring Classics, according to Team Radioshack manager Johan Bruyneel, including Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, the Amstel Gold Race, and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. During most of his career, Armstrong has avoided the brawling classics in order to train or ride in other events more in line with getting ready for July's Tour de France, so it should be fun to watch him in these conditions.
Links
- Bike Racing
- USA Cycling National Championships 2010
- College/University Cycling Teams: Scholarship Spots on College Bike Squads
Here Come the Spring Classics originally appeared on About.com Bicycling on Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at 00:01:44.
