Cycling News Roundup - 2 September 2009
Team News, Kelly Benefit Strategies, OUCH, Mtn Bike Worlds TV,  NRC Standings, Levi Leads USPRO, Drapac Porsche Hokkaido, Dick Lane Velodrome, Leroy Neiman Donates Cycling Paintings to Fundraiser, Garmin, Bill Woodul Mechanics Clinic, and more...

KBS’ Jake Keough Takes USA Crits Series Lead
Keough Picks up Points, Moves to First Place; Leads in U23 Category Too
Kelly Benefit Strategies’ Jake Keough took the lead in the ongoing USA Crits Series this past weekend. After finishing sixth in the Chris Thater Memorial Criterium in Binghampton, NY, Sunday, he gained enough points to move into first place in the series, and also continues to lead in the U23 category.

“We planned that Jake would focus on criteriums for the 2009 season,” says Jonas Carney, Performance Director, Kelly Benefit Strategies. “That’s been going very well, with Jake climbing podiums at some of the biggest criteriums in the country. He’s a very consistent rider and we can always count on him to contest in the field sprints.”

KBS goes into the last two events of the series with the leader’s jersey and heads next to the TX Tough Grand Prix in Victory Park, Dallas, TX, September 17, a week ahead of the USA Crits Finals at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, NV, September 24.

“Winning the USA Crits series was not something we were focused on at the start of the season” adds Carney. “But with only two races to go, we definitely hope to keep the jersey. We pride ourselves on being a team that can win any kind of race, from flat technical criteriums to road and stages races with huge climbs.”

TX TOUGH is a three-stage, pledge-based fundraiser event created exclusively to raise money for Children’s Medical Center Dallas and takes place in Victory Park, Dallas, TX. The USA Crits Finals event in Las Vegas is twilight Criterium during Interbike week, the country’s largest concentration of cycling related business in the United States.

The Kelly Benefit Strategies program goes on from Greenville, South Carolina to compete in the Tour of Missouri and the Univest Grand Prix in September.

 KBS Creates Green Streak at USPRO TT and Road Race
Kelly Benefit Strategies Take Three of Top Ten Places in Biggest One-Day Race in U.S.
The strongest squad ever fielded for the USPRO Time Trial and Road Race Championships by the Kelly Benefit Strategies pro cycling team brought a blur of green over the line at Greenville, South Carolina this past weekend.

In the time trial Saturday, Scott Zwizanski and Reid Mumford took 3rd and fourth place respectively while their teammates Andrew Bajadali (2nd), Matt Busche (5th), Dan Bowman (9th) and Neil Shirley (11th) took four of the top twenty slots in what has become the biggest one day race in the United States.

“Everyone on our squad believed our team could win this race and sacrificed 100 percent for the team,” says Jonas Carney, Performance Director, Kelly Benefit Strategies. “Of course it’s a little disappointing to miss the win but this performance says a lot about our program and our riders – all of it good. You can't fake it in a race of this caliber with this kind of competition.”

In the Road Race, everything went according to plan, with Zwizanski, Mumford and Hoag keeping the pressure of the squad’s climbers and Alex Candelario for the first part of the race. KBS kept the breaks in check to prevent the squad’s key riders from expending too much energy too soon and then placed two riders in the break and two in the chase group.

“When it came down to it, Hincapie had an incredible day and we just could not beat him,” adds Carney. “That’s bike racing.”

The USPRO Time Trial and Road Race Championships took place in Greenville, South Carolina, August 29-30. Top professionals from around the country attended with individuals competing in the 20.7 Professional Individual Time Trial Championship Saturday morning, plus more than 100 registered entrants for the 110-mile USA Professional Road Race Championships on Sunday morning. 2009 marked the 25th anniversary of the one-day championship event.

The Kelly Benefit Strategies program goes on from Greenville, South Carolina to compete in the Tour of Missouri and the Univest Grand Prix in September.

OUCH Pro Cycling Team At USPRO
McCarty 6th in U.S. Pro road race
Pat McCarty of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis jumped in the decisive break in the closing circuits in of the U.S. Pro Road Race in Greenville and finished 6th in the race behind George Hincapie (Columbia-HTC), who took the third national championship of his career.

McCarty was part of a lead group of seven riders that formed mid-way through the second of three 4.2-mile laps in Greenville, that included Hincapie as well as Jeff Louder (BMC).

“Pat tried several attacks in the closing kilometers,” said team directeur sportif Mike Tamayo. “He knew that both Hincapie and Louder were pretty strong finishers and he was trying to keep the race from coming down to a sprint.”

Each time he attacked, the group succeeded in shutting him down. Louder countered one of his last attacks and stayed away solo until the last few hundred meters when he was overtaken by Hincapie, who was racing in his home town.

White carries good form out of Utah
OUCH Presented by Maxxis was active throughout the race, with Roman Kilun getting in one of the early breaks that stayed away for quite some time before the half-way point of the 177km race.

Brad White, carrying great form coming out of the Tour of Utah, was also in the mix the final time up Paris Mountain and coming into the closing circuits. He was in the second group on the road coming into Greenville off of Paris Mountain. His group merged with the front group of nine riders and at one point, on the first of the three short laps in Greenville, he was off the front with Hincapie and Phil Zajicek (Fly V).

On the second lap, the front of the field re-shuffled and McCarty found himself up in the front group battling for the stars and stripes jersey, in a bid to give OUCH Presented by Maxxis its second national champion this year, with John Murphy already having won the criterium championship two weeks ago.

Chodroff posts top-10 in Time trial
ChodroffRacing in his first U.S. Pro Time Trial Championship, Jonathan Chodroff of OUCH Presented by Maxxis posted a solid 8th place, finishing 3:07 behind David Zabriskie (Garmin), who won his fourth consecutive time trial national championship.

The 2008 elite time trial champion was the seventh rider to start the TT and for a short while held the fastest time. His teammates Roman Kilun and Chris Baldwin also put in good rides, finishing 13th and 14th respectively.

Vuelta a España - Unipublic Extends Contract With Spiuk
 La Vuelta - Unipublic and Spiuk Sportline reached a new agreement for the cycling accessories company to supply the leader’s jerseys for forthcoming Vuelta a España in 2009, 2010 & 2011.

Vuelta Jerseys by Spiuk

The Jerseys & Sponsors:
Gold: Race Leader Maillot Oro, (Campaña Ahorra Energía)
White: Combined Classification, Maillot Blanco (Fertiberia)
Red:  Mountains - Wine,  Maillot Vino (Castilla La Mancha “Calidad Diferenciada”)
Green:  Points Classification, Maillot Verde (William Hill)
More info: http://www.spiuk.com/intro/index.asp

Mountain Bike & Trial World Championships
Delayed Broadcast Of Worlds From Canberra
Universal Sports will be having a delayed broadcast of the Mtn Bike Worlds from Canberra, Australia this starting this Friday (Sept. 4-6). 

On the Universal Sports Cycling Channel:  www.universalsports.com

UCI Mountain Bike & Trial World Championship Broadcast Schedule:
Sept. 4 (Friday)
Four Cross Women’s & Elite Men’s Race 4:30 AM- 6:30 AM (ET)
Cross Country WC Women’s Elite Race 8:00 PM- 10:00 PM (ET)
Sept. 5 (Saturday)
Cross Country WC Men’s Elite Race 12:00 AM- 2:15 AM (ET)
Downhill Women’s Elite Race 11:00 PM- 11:45 PM (ET)
Sept 6 (Sunday)
Downhill Men’s Elite Race 12:00 AM- 2:15 AM (ET)

USA Cycling National Racing Calendar
Zirbel, Powers lead NRC with one event
The penultimate event on the 2009 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar, the Chris Thater Memorial, took place in Binghampton, NY on Saturday and Sunday.

In the women's criterium on Saturday, Brooke Miller (Los Altos, Calif./Team TIBCO) outsprinted Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Cedar Springs, Mich./Verducci-Breakaway) and Tina Pic (Buford, Ga./Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking Light) for the win.

On Sunday, the men's criterium saw Kevin Lacombe (Planet Energy Pro) beat out Lucas Sebastian Haedo (ARG/Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) and Yosvany Falcon (Miami, Fla./Champion Porsche p/b Race Edge) for the victory.

Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell) held his overall lead in the men's individual NRC standings, but with one event to go, Lucas Sebastian Haedo is only seven points behind and still in contention. In the men's team standings, Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Pro Cycling Team is still in the lead. With 1,291 points, Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Team Type 1) has clinched the individual 2009 National Racing Calendar title on the women's side while Team TIBCO is the highest-ranked team in the women's team standings.

USA Cycling National Racing Calendar standings is as follows:
Men's Individual Standings
1. Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell) 1127
2. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (ARG/Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 1120
3. Rory Sutherland (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) 952
4. Karl Menzies (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) 660
5. Alejandro Borrajo (Colavit-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light ) 565

Men's Team Standings
1. Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Pro Cycling Team 2831
2. Bissell Pro Cycling 2531
3. Ouch presented by Maxxis 2015
4. Team Type I 1456
5. BMC Racing 1388

Women's Individual Standings
1. Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Team Type I) 1291
2. Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Cervelo-Lifeforce) 905
3. Joanne Kiesanowski (NZL/Team TIBCO) 670
4. Tina Pic (Colavita-Sutter Home) 632
5. Catherine Cheatley (NZL/Colavita-Sutter Home) 625

Women's Team Standings
1. Team TIBCO 2340
2. Team Type 1 1988
3. Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Pro Cycling Team 1835
4. Webcor Builders Women's Professional Cycling Team 1342
5. Valuact Capitol Cycling Team 1259

The final event on the 2009 National Racing Calendar will be the US 100K Classic in Atlanta, Ga. on September 7.

Leipheimer Leads USA Cycling Pro Tour
Dave Zabriskie (Salt Lake City, Utah/Garmin-Chipotle) grabbed the win in the fifth event of The USA Cycling Professional Tour when he won his fourth straight time trial national title at the USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championship on Saturday. Click here for the race report.

On Sunday, George Hincapie (Greenville, S.C./Team Columbia - High Road) won the sixth event on the eight-race USA Cycling Professional Tour by outsprinting Andrew Bajadali (Boulder, Colo./Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Jeff Louder (Salt Lake City, Utah/BMC) for the national title at the USA Cycling Professional Road Race Championship. Click here for the complete event report.

With two events remaining on the 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour , Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Astana) leads the individual standings while the Team Columbia-High Road squad is on top in the team category.

The latest version of the USA Cycling Professional Tour standings is as follows:
Individual
1. Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Astana) 218
2. David Zabriskie (Salt Lake City, Utah/Garmin-Chipotle) 192
3. George Hincapie (Greenville, S.C./Team Columbia-High Road) 125
4. Ben Kersten (Australia/Fly V Australia) 80
5. Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) 74

Team Standings
1. Team Columbia-High Road 403
2. Astana 264
3. Garmin-Slipstream 258
4. Kelly Benefit Strategies 205
5. Bissell Pro Cycling 141

Drapac Porsche
The Australian Globetrotters returned home from Europe the past week to prepare for the final races on their schedule this year.

Junior World Track Champion, Thomas Palmer has another title to add to his list of accolades claiming the Victorian Criterium Championship title earlier this month.  The championship was included in this year’s Tour of Geelong, which also saw Palmer finish in the top ten of the Victorian Time Trial Championships.

The team was excited to finish the tour on a high and take out the Victorian Road Championships the following day, however due to inclement weather conditions they have been postponed to later on in the year.

DPC will return to Japan next week to compete in the Tour de Hokkaido. This year will mark the third year the team has competed in the event.  Australian Champion, Peter McDonald is looking forward to furthering his results from last year which saw him claim victory in the fifth stage and third in stage four.

Drapac Porsche Cycling returns to Japan next week to compete in the Tour de Hokkaido. The event has seen a number of outstanding results achieved from the team in red including a stage victory, podium finishes and winning the overall team's classification. The tour is comprised of six stages over 5 days.

Team Line Up:
Peter McDonald
Rhys Pollock
Dean Windsor
Zakkari Dempster
Ashley Humbert

Dick Lane Velodrome Pro Seris
Thomsen, LTD. presents ‘The Madison’ Sat. Sept. 19th
The 3rd and final installment of our 2009 Pro Race Series events is coming up in September. The feature event will be the Madison as teams of 2 sling each other around the track, and compete against each other for points in several different events, with the winner at the end of the night being the team with the most points. We’ll have a regular awesome food, supplied by www.cakehag.com beer will once again be on tap and our usual range of awesome merchandise will be available for sale. Don’t forget to catch our Bicycle Little League kids racing during the evening session.

Racing Begins at 3pm with the main events going off from 6pm.
Spectators entry is still only $5 with families costing $10

Custom Snyder Cycles Frame Auction Sunday Sept. 20th
Our new sponsor, Seth from Snyder Cycles recently built a custom steel frame for us to Auction at the Wheels in Motion Art Auction a few weeks ago. The frame didn't sell, so we'll now have the opportunity to offer it up for Auction on Ebay. The frame was painted by hand by local artist and cyclist, Quenton Colby, http://artbyquentoncolby.com/ . We'll have links to the auction once it goes live, which will be happening the day after our last Pro Race Series event of the year, Thomsen, LTD presents 'The Madison' . You'll be able to view the frame at No Brakes bike shop and also will be on display at the Madison event. Keep an eye on our website for the link to the auction and then bid to your hearts content!

Weekend Beginners Class, October 3rd and 4th
We will be hosting out first Fall Weekend Beginners Class on Saturday October 3rd and Sunday October 4th from 10am till 1pm both days. Cost of the class is $60 and includes instruction and bike rental if you need it. Jeff Hopkins will be coaching the class through the basics of track right through to some trial races at the end of the program. Come down and learn to ride the track in a fun and easy going environment. Once you've passed the class you'll be able to come and ride on the velodrome at any time. Any questions can be directed to Jeff, jeff@dicklanevelodrome.com

You can sign up online in our store, http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/pages/racerinfo.html and more info on the class can be found on the Beginner Program page of our website : http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/pages/beginnerprogram.html

Ultra Racing
Adventure Corps Website Re-launch Complete
With the finishing touches of the website's front page by Anna "WebGirl" Leeg (AKA "White Rabbit" at The 508), the re-launch of http://www.adventurecorps.com/index.html is complete! Well, it's always a work in progress, but we are very pleased with how it looks, navigates, and much more now! We hope you are, too! Check it out!

World-Famous Artist Leroy Neiman Donates Art to
Kimberlee's Bikes for Kids Bike Art Spectacular
Leroy Neiman has painted Superbowls, the Kentucky Derby, the Masters golf tournament, untold celebrities and even bicycle racing. And he is becoming part of Kimberlee's Bikes for Kids Bike Art Spectacular with his donation of "Indoor Cycling", a piece he painted in 1979 that shows two racers executing an exchange during a Madison race on a velodrome.

"My earliest memory of bicycle racing was Reggie McNamara, a six-day bike racing champion when I was a kid, in the '30s," says Mr. Neiman. "He was a hero. Reggie McNamara was right up there with Babe Ruth and Jack Demsey and those kind of people in that great period of early sports."

Mr. Neiman has also painted numerous cycling luminaries including Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond. "I've got drawings from bicycle racing at the Olympics, the Tour de France. It's a great sport and it's very visual."

His Indoor Cycling print is a signed and numbered serigraph (#106 of a print run of 300), which carries a retail value of $2,400. It will be one of dozens of paintings that have been donated to the Bike Art Spectacular taking place November 7 in San Diego at the Quilt Art Vision Gallery in Liberty Station. The event will benefit Kimberlee's Bikes for Kids, a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation that buys new bikes, helmets and locks for underprivileged children.

"It can't get much better than receiving art from Leroy Neiman," says Dan Gindling, president of Kimberlee's Bikes for Kids. "Mr. Neiman's art is collected by some of the most famous people in the world, so to have one of his prints to sell at the Bike Art Spectacular is a real honor."

The Bike Art Spectacular will feature bicycle-themed art from all over the world. The art will be displayed and sold at the reception on November 7th. In addition, the reception will include a silent auction, door prizes, drinks and appetizers. Remaining art not sold at the reception will be featured in a special eBay auction from November 9-16.

The donated art boasts original paintings, limited-edition prints, hand-embellished giclee's, sculptures, photographs, recycled art, T-shirts, jewelry and cards which carry retail values from $5 to $5,000.

For those artists wishing to donate to the Kimberlee's Bikes for Kids Bike Art Spectacular, please e-mail dan@kimsbikes.org or call (619) 692-1313 for details.

About Kimberlee's Bikes for Kids - Established to honor Kimberlee Caledonia, a talented and avid cyclist from San Diego who died of brain cancer in 2008, Kimberlee's Bikes for Kids distributes free bicycles, helmets and locks to underprivileged 1st - 3rd graders. In 2010 the foundation will distribute bikes, helmets and locks to children in San Diego, Lousiville, Indianapolis and Boston. For more information on the 501(c)(3) foundation, go to www.kimsbikes.org.

Bill Woodul Race Mechanic Clinic
Registration open for 2009
Registration is now open for the 2009 USA Cycling Bill Woodul Race Mechanic Clinic. Slated for December 10-13, 2009 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, the clinic is open to U.S. residents and USA Cycling license holders who have at least two years of bicycle mechanic experience and wish to become USA Cycling-licensed mechanics.

Participants will have the opportunity to receive hands-on experience, network with other mechanics, and learn from bicycling industry experts including frame builders, tool builders, and veterans of past Olympic Games and World Championships. Graduates of the clinic will be eligible to purchase a USA Cycling mechanic’s license and will be added to a national database of mechanics.

Bill Woodul held the first USA Cycling mechanic’s clinic in 1988 as a way to recruit mechanics for his program, and past graduates of the clinic have gone on to work for teams all over the world. Earning a USA Cycling mechanic’s license can open new doors for mechanics, qualifying them to work at Olympic Trials, National Championships, and USA Cycling Training Camps. Many corporate neutral support systems also require the license. Additionally, the license provides mechanics with insurance coverage during their participation at sanctioned events.

Space in the USA Cycling Bill Woodul Race Mechanic Clinic is limited to 50 participants to ensure one-on-one interaction between instructors and students. The registration fee is $300 and covers housing at the Olympic Training Center, meals, and learning materials.

All registration materials are due by November 16, 2009. For more information, email USA Cycling Operations Manager James Stanfill or call him at (719) 434-4228. More info.

San Francisco Bay Area Bike Expo
Website and Registration is LIVE
Come and join us for the 2nd Annual San Francisco Bay Area Bicycle Expo at the Cow Palace November 21, 2009. Exhibitors include everyone from bike manufacturers, eco-friendly vendors, bike shops, teams, and advocacy groups. We are currently scheduling various events, bike demos and shows highlighting a wide spectrum of the sport including:

- BikeStyle Fashion Show hosted by Momentum Magazine www.momentumplanet.com
- BMX stunt show by the First Rule Collective www.firstrulecollective.com
- Cross Palace Cyclocross Race produced by Bike Monkey Magazine www.bikemonkey.net
- Vintage Concourse
- Massive Bike Swap
- Kids & Pixie Races
- And more!

Keep in mind the San Francisco Bay Area, the birthplace of mountain biking and is a hot-spot of everything bike related. Entrance fees and booth rates are very affordable, and can be tailored to fit your budget and schedule. This will also give you an opportunity to view 2010 lineup or sell your used goods.
- November 21, 2009
Get more details and follow the progress on www.SFBikeexpo.com

Team Garmin-Slipstream Signs POM
Garmin athletes to be fueled by POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice in 2010
POM Wonderful, the largest U.S. grower of Wonderful variety pomegranates and maker of 100% pomegranate juice, today announced its sponsorship of Team Garmin-Slipstream, the American professional cycling team dedicated to ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions. The announcement comes on the heels of the team’s outstanding Tour de France performance, where it was second overall with riders Bradley Wiggins and Christian Vande Velde finishing in the top ten, and at the start of the Vuelta, its third Grand Tour of the season.

As part of the sponsorship, POM Wonderful will provide the riders for Team Garmin-Slipstream with the antioxidant power of POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice and POMx, the antioxidant super-extract. In addition, POM Wonderful and Team Garmin-Slipstream will partner to pursue ground-breaking sports physiology research on the health benefits of POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice as it pertains to recovery, combating oxidative stress and inflammation in an intense athletic context.

“We are excited to be partnering with one of cycling’s premier teams, especially one that is so preeminent in achieving its extraordinary accomplishments through nutritious and natural products,” said Matt Tupper, President of POM Wonderful. “We understand how important recovery is to these elite athletes and we look forward to exploring the benefits of POM Wonderful in partnership with Team Garmin-Slipstream.”

POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice has been shown to be a superior source of polyphenol antioxidants. According to a study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, POM demonstrated the most complete free radical scavenging activity, greater protection of LDL-cholesterol from oxidation, and the highest polyphenol content compared to other healthy beverages including red wine and Concord grape, acai and blueberry juices. In 1998, POM Wonderful initiated research to understand the health benefits of the Wonderful variety of pomegranate. Primary areas of research include the prostate and cardiovascular system.

“We are thrilled to partner with POM. Our team is dedicated to providing our athletes with the best possible tools available, and POM is among them,” said Jonathan Vaughters, CEO of Slipstream Sports, LLC, the sports management company that runs the team. “POM’s commitment to nutrition excellence mirrors our own, so the partnership is a natural fit.”

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