Winter Bike League rides are starting

Winter Bike League Total Cyclist

It just seems like yesterday that you hung the bike up and started enjoying the off-season. The signal that the off-season has ended is the start of Winter Bike League (WBL) rides. For those not in the know WBL rides are organized events that attract cyclists by the hundreds. Typically the rides start at over [...]

Southeast Leadout Nov 26-Dec 2

Neil and Bruce Hickman

The holiday season is a time to slow down, even for those of us who love to go fast. The North Carolina Grand Prix at Jackson Park in Hendersonville gave us an awesome weekend of cyclocross racing to prepare us for the holiday festivities. We had a great time covering the races and checking out [...]

Team BMC is granted ProTour license

George Hincapie

The UCI released the list of teams awarded a ProTour license and Team BMC made the cut. The American registered squad finished the 2010 season ranked in the top 10 of UCI ranked teams. For George Hincapie this means automatic invitation to the spring classics – particularly the Queen of the Classics, Paris-Roubaix. The Greenville [...]

NC Cyclocross Grand Prix – Sunday

2010 NC CX Grand Prix

Hendersonville, North Carolina was again the location for day 2 of the UCI Grand Prix of cyclocross. Sunday’s course was altered slightly from yesterday – a few more 180 degree turns were thrown into the mix and thankfully the crowd favorite, “The Wall” – a steep section of only 25 yards, was still included. Saturday’s [...]

NC Cyclocross Grand Prix – Saturday

Matter takes his first UCI win

Blue skies and cool temperatures greeted the racers in Hendersonville, North Carolina the host of the only UCI ranked cyclocross race in the country. The course was 3.1 kilometers long with two sets of barriers, a mix of gravel, grass and asphalt. One section of the course ducked into a forested area and then quickly [...]