June 2009 Entries
I am 61 years of age and became an avid recreational bicyclist when I turned 30. In 1999 I was diagnosed with what my rheumatologist thought was a slowly developing case of polymositis. I never developed the profound weakness associated with polymyositis, so that diagnosis was ruled out. Instead, I experienced bouts of profound fatigue and significant exercise intolerance to the extent that it took me the better part of a week to recover from rides of less than 30 minutes. I was able to start ri
You don't want it to happen to you and you don't want to be the person behind somebody unclipping their pedals in a final sprint...
But before this happened, Erinne rocked from the beginning of the 135 km Canadian national road race. She attacked from the gun just before the hill, creating a gap that nobody could close on the hill. She worked it and got up to 50 sec., but the long descent after the gradual climbs meant that the little green power bullet had to go like 60 km/hr by herself...
San Luis Obispo, CA - A recent California Polytechnic University graduate is embarking on the journey of a lifetime — a 15,000-mile solo bicycle ride from the northern tip of Alaska to the southernmost point of South America...Part of the reason for his adventure is to raise money and awareness for the nonprofit organization Acirfa... Read more...
Excerpted from a VeloNews.com article by Mark Deterline
Published: Jun. 21, 2009 -
Lance Armstrong and Shelly Olds won their respective Nevada City Classics on Sunday, both using strong solo efforts to ride to victory in the 49th annual race through the Northern California mining town. Read more...
Princeton, NJ - June 21, 2009 - Jonathan Chodroff rode to his strength en route to winning the five-stage Giro di Jersey this past weekend. The elite time trial national champion crushed everyone in the Stage 3 individual time trial, winning by 0:41 and taking a commanding lead that he held the final two days to earn the overall win. Read more...
Whether you are a competitive racer or recreational cyclist, everyone can benefit from a well thought out nutrition program. One of the biggest challenges most individuals face is fueling their bodies properly. Even though many of us know that nutrition plays a huge role in general health and athletic performance, many of us are confused about applying sound nutrition principles in order to become better athletes.
Mankato, MN - June 13, 2009 - After 6 crashes and a flat in 2 days, the Webcor team showed what a never-say-die attitude can bring. We started Stage 5 with our top-placed GC rider Nikki in 25th place 1:37 down. Alex was 40th at 2:28.
138 km later, Webcor was in 2nd overall, and held the Best Young Rider, Queen of the Mountain and Most Aggressive Rider jerseys! For the first time in 2 years, Kristin Armstrong was put into difficulty on US soil and Webcor was the team to do it!
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Stillwater, MN – June 14, 2009 - Since the end of the opening stage time trial Wednesday morning, Rory Sutherland of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis had been chasing race leader Tom Zirbel (Bissell), needing to close a gap of 0:13 to repeat as champion of the Nature Valley Grand Prix. Finally, in the closing minutes of the final stage Sunday, Sutherland caught and passed Zirbel to erase the last seven seconds of his deficit, and take the overall title of the six-stage race...
Cannon Falls, MN – June 11, 2009 - John Murphy of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis didn’t quite get the desired result – the victory – in the Stage 3 Cannon Falls Road Race at Nature Valley Grand Prix Thursday. But his 3rd place behind the Colavita/Sutter Home duo of Alejandro Barrajo and Lucas Haedo did give him back the six seconds he lost the evening before, and moved him up to 4th overall, 0:16 behind race leader Tom Zirbel (Bissell), and just ahead of teammate Karl Menzies...
St. Paul, MN – June 10, 2009 - Rory Sutherland of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis made a strong opening statement that he was back to earn his second consecutive Nature Valley Grand Prix title by finishing second in Wednesday morning’s opening time trial, 0:13 behind Bissell’s TT specialist, Tom Zirbel...
Ina Tuetenburg from High Road has won this race twice before and is one of the best sprinters in the world right now and was definitely the pre-race favorite. She is also climbing better than ever before, so we knew she might also try to win from a break on the climb. This ended up being exactly what happened and unfortunately Webcor was not represented in the break. The bright spot however was Amy winning the Miji Reoch "Best Young Rider" award for the top finisher under age 23...
"I did a 40K Time Trial basically holding my wattage at my critical power point. I am also going to do shorter Time Trials of 5K and 10K. What power level should I strive for in these shorter distances?" Read the answer ...
Monday was the start of the 4 day, 5 stage Grand Tour of Montreal. Most of the teams from the World Cup stay on to compete in this race. With 3 relatively flat road stages, a criterium and a very short time trial, this has become know as a sprinter's race to win, and all the European teams come with their top sprinters. It is a bit of a different peloton from the stage racing one we are more used to. The typical Montreal rain doesn't make things any easier! ...
Posted by Jeff Sobul in Team News on June 6th, 2009
Hood River, OR - The newest member of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis took exactly three stages to get his first win for his new team.
Chris Baldwin powered through gusty, 30 mph winds in the Hood River Gorge to win the Stage 2 individual time trial of the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic.
“The wind just kinda rips down the gorge,” Baldwin said. “It’s hard to do a race like that when you feel like a human sail...
While the California Webcor contingent was at Mt. Hamilton, Amy was racing the Iron Horse Classic in Colorado.
Here’s an excerpt from Amy's entertaining report of the first stage:
The road race had turned into a hillclimb time trial for me, so I went through a variety of different mental states, ranging from ‘this sucks! A $50 entry fee for a training ride?!’ to ‘Harden up, you can get yourself top 5 instead of lousy 6th!’ to ‘screw this I’m tired of pedaling’ to...
Oakland, CA – The OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis has added Chris Baldwin, a two-time U.S. National Time Trial Champion, to its roster for the remainder of the 2009 season... “I’m ready to do whatever the team needs me to,” he added. “I love helping other guys, riding the front or driving a break. I’m just excited to get started.”
Baldwin won’t have to wait long. He’ll get his first test wearing the OUCH Presented by Maxxis colors at the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic...
Yes, it’s true that Wilbur and Orville Wright owned a bike shop when they built their first aero plane. But times have changed when it comes to taking your bike along with you when you fly. It used to be that you’d pack it up in a free bike box that you could pick up from your local bike store and take it along with you as standard luggage. Not today! There are baggage weight and size restrictions, additional fees, and full inspections, not to mention rough baggage handling...