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On Sunday, May 29, the Stars and Stripes Challenge Presented by Amgen was held in Travelers Rest, South Carolina. In the past this annual fundraiser ride has been held in downtown Greenville and riders were able to tackle the US Pro road race course. More than $200,000 was raised at this annual cycling charity event [...]
The US Pro road race was once again won by a worthy rider. After 115 miles the race for the national champion’s jersey came down to four riders: Greenville’s hometown hero George Hincapie (BMC), Matt Busche (RadioShack), Ted King (Liquigas-Cannondale) and Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad). In the last three small laps through the downtown area, [...]
Hot, humid weather greeted racers competing at the South Carolina road race championships. The 15 mile loop was rolling, but the deciding factors in the race was the distance (90 miles) and the humidity that sucked every bit of moisture from the body leaving salty residue on everyone’s kits. With the US Professional road race [...]
David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) made a triumphant return to Greenville taking the win in the US Professional time trial, his sixth national championship in that discipline. Another rider making his return to not only Greenville, but to the professional peloton as well, was Tom Zirbel (Jamis/Sutter Home). Rounding out the podium in third was RadioShack’s Matt [...]
Disaster struck HTC-Highroad’s Craig Lewis in Stage 19 of the Giro d’ Italia. Lewis crashed on the rain slicked roads and was taken away in an ambulance, ending his chances of completing the Giro. At the time of the crash he was moving and appeared conscious. CyclingNews.com reported that he struck a traffic sign on [...]
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