North Carolina State Gears Up for First Collegiate Weekend

It’s that time of the year again for collegiate racers – the racing season is less than a week away. While many of the ‘regular’ racers are still earning those base miles and regaining fitness, the collegiate cycling world is warmed up and ready to race. North Carolina State University (NCSU) is the first school [...]

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Southeast collegiate cycling teams battle for top ten

With the conclusion of the collegiate mountain bike season USA Cycling posted the Division 1 and Division 2 school rankings. In the Division 1 category one southeast college is sitting in the top ten. The Division 2 category has three southeast schools occupying the first ten. The 2008-2009 Division 1 champions Fort Lewis are once [...]

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Reading, Writing and Riding – Lees-McRae creates first cycling minor

Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina is surrounded by prime cycling terrain. The mountains are nearby and there is an abundance of mountain trails. It’s no wonder this area was the location Lance Armstrong chose to re-start his cycling career and is the home of the strong Bobcats collegiate cycling program. With a backdrop [...]

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2010 Collegiate National Mountain Bike Championships

This weekend the Division I and II collegiate national mountain bike championships were held in Truckee, California. Friday the cross country champion’s jersey was on the line and Saturday was the short track competition. Sunday the downhill finished the weekend of mountain bike racing. Friday was a hotly contested battle for the stars and stripes [...]

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Collegiate Cycling Nationals: Furman University race report

The Furman Men’s team woke up the morning of the road race ready to win and show everyone we could still be a force without our former team captain Chris Butler, who was called on to bigger and better things with BMC. The road race course was at the Blue Mounds State Park, which would [...]

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Collegiate racing at Furman University

Furman University played host to collegiate racing this weekend which included a team time trial, road race and criterium. In sunny weather, yesterday’s road race was held on the Fork Shoals  course, the same loop used during the Hincapie Spring Training Series. However the weather didn’t hold and the racers were subjected to sporadic rainfall, [...]

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