A Metaphor Heavy Cycling Post on a Serious Topic

Cramping out of the winning break at u23 nationals

If you know me, or if you have read this blog, it is readily apparent that I live and breathe cycling. I think it is the most beautiful sport in the world. However, cycling is a fickle and cruel mistress that will not think twice about chewing a rider up and spitting him out on [...]

USA Cycling – Road Race Men and Women

USA Cycling Nationals

The last of more than 200 medals were distributed on Sunday as the junior men 17-18, elite men, Under-23 and elite women tested their metal in the road race on the Major Matthew P. Burke Burke, M.D. Championship Course on Fort Gordon in Augusta, Ga., on the fifth day of the Juniors, U23, Elite & [...]

USA National Championships – Road Race

US Nationals

The USA Cycling U23 national road race championship was a race of attrition. With the sun beating down and the black asphalt reflecting the heat back into the riders the winner of this 168 kilometer race was going to be well deserved. The course was a rolling, 24 kilometer loop that featured an elevation gain [...]

USA National Championships – Criterium

Robert Bush celebrates U23 win

Augusta, Ga. (June 24, 2011) – America’s fastest bike racers were crowned criterium champions on day three of the USA Cycling Juniors, U23, Elite & Para Road National Championships. Shelley Olds (Gilroy, Calif./Diadora Pasta Zara), Robert Bush (Louisville, Ky./Chipotle Development Team) and Coryn Rivera (Tustin, Calif./Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY 12) took home the Stars-and-Stripes [...]

USA National Championships – Time Trial

Nats TT

Augusta, Ga. (June 23, 2011) – Evelyn Stevens (Dennis, Mass./HTC-Highroad) joined 29 others Thursday in slipping on the Stars-and-Stripes jersey after clocking the winning times in the time trial competition at the USA Cycling Juniors, U23, Elite & Para Road National Championships. In all 675 riders raced the clock and dodged raindrops in search of [...]