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As the transfer season draws to an end, 2012 season contracts for Southeast based pros are becoming public. Greenville’s George Hincapie will continue to ride for BMC in 2012 as is Athens, Georgia teammate Brent Bookwalter. However, his two other Southeast teammates are moving on: John Murphy and Chris Butler. Murphy also of Athens, Georgia [...]
Most athletes dream of competing at the highest level in their sport. For cyclists, the highest level is the Tour de France. On Sunday, Rockford High School graduate Brent Bookwalter completed that dream for a second time. “The Tour is the most demanding cycling event in the world, physically, mentally, all around,” he said. Bookwalter, [...]
The Amgen Tour of California started in Lake Tahoe and after eight stages made its final arrival to enthusiastic crowds in Thousand Oaks. The overall racing was predictable – the top favorites stomped the competition in all the key stages. However instead of three-time Amgen Tour of California champion Levi Leipheimer it was the selfless [...]
While their teammates were combating the rain in the Tour of Romandie, BMC’s George Hincapie, Brent Bookwalter and Chris Butler have been putting in the miles around Greenville. Hincapie recently returned from his European spring campaign of Milan-San Remo, Gent-Wevelgem, Tour of Flanders and Pari-Roubaix. Now he is preparing for the upcoming Amgen Tour of [...]
There was some good news and bad news regarding our Southeast based riders in team BMC. CyclingNews.com is reporting that before the start of Gent-Wevelgem last year’s fourth place finisher in this Belgian classic, George Hincapie, confirmed he is racing through 2012 for BMC. “I feel really good these days. I’m going to do one [...]
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