Cycling News Roundup - 26 October 2009
Track World Cup Eurosport Live,  Team Australia Track WC, Silence/Lotto Sale, Tour of Britain Record Spectators, 8th Stren Cyklokros, Mercer Mtn Bike Festival, Paris - Londo 2010, Garmin - 2013 Sponsorship

Silence-Lotto
Season End Clearance: Bikes, Cycling and leisure wear and Accessories
Opportunity abounds at the end of the season with a chance of collecting the final issue of Silence/Lotto team gear as the team makes a name change for 2010; not to mention you can save up to 70 % discount on the pro equipment that Cadel Evans and the squad uses during the year.

The sale takes place on November 2 to the 4th from  9.00 am to 17.00 CET.
Location: Belgian Cycling Company
Roterijstraat 89
8790 Waregem
Cash payment - Mechanics will be on the spot for technical advice.

UCI Track World Cup Classics
Eurosport Live TV & Online Coverage
The world’s finest cyclists take to the track of the Manchester Velodrome as they compete in the first meeting of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics next weekend.

British Eurosport will be showing coverage from all four World Cup venues including the rounds from Melbourne (21 Nov), California (12 Dec) and Beijing (24 Jan).

Sir Chris Hoy will be taking part in his first major international competition since his crash at the World Cup meeting in Copenhagen last season. He will be joined by world and Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton as they compete for Team Sky+ HD. Some of the most decorated cyclists will also be gearing up for Team GB including 2009 world team pursuit champion Lizzie Armitstead, Olympic team sprint champion Jason Kenny and team sprint Olympic champion Geraint Thomas.

Tune into British Eurosport 2 and enjoy action from one of the world’s fastest indoor tracks as the Manchester Velodrome plays host to the first round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics.

Australian teams for Manchester World Cup
Cycling Australia is pleased to confirm the Australian riders who will contest the opening round of the UCI Track World Cup Classics Series being staged in Manchester, England from 30 October to 1 November.

Australian National Team
* Tess Downing (Age 21, VIC)
* Belinda Goss (Age 25, TAS)
* Leigh Howard (Age 20, VIC)
* Kaarle McCulloch (Age 21, NSW) *
* Anna Meares (Age 26, QLD)
* Glenn O'Shea (age 20, VIC)
* Shane Perkins (Age 22, VIC) *
* Josephine Tomic (Age 20, WA)

Team Jayco
* Daniel Ellis (Age 21, ACT)
* Jason Niblett (Age 26, VIC)
* Scott Sunderland (Age 21, WA)

Both Shane Perkins and Kaarle McCulloch are Team Jayco members. McCulloch will ride with the national team in Manchester so she and Meares can race the women's team sprint in which they are the reigning World Champions. The above roster will also allow coaches to place more male riders in the sprint events than would be possible if Perkins raced in Team Jayco at this event.

Sunday 1st November
1700 – 1900 Coverage from day three on British Eurosport 2.
British Eurosport 2 is available on Sky channel 411 & Virgin Media channel 525.
Also available online via Eurosport Player: http://player.eurosport.co.uk

Katie Compton Leads UCI World Cup
Katie Compton (Planet Bike) has taken a commanding lead in the latest UCI Cyclocross points rankings released Oct 20th, 2009. Compton's lead is attributed to her crushing win at the first round of the Cyclocross World Cup in Treviso, Italy. Compton padded her lead with six other wins this season making it a perfect seven wins from seven starts.

Compton, will resume her racing after a brief rest at her home in Colorado Springs, Colorado with the Blue Sky in Boulder, Colorado at the end of the month before leaving for Europe to resume her World Cup campaign. The number one status is a first for any US male or female cyclocross athlete.

Treviso World Cup Podium: Daphny van Den Brand, Katherine Compton and Christel Ferrier-Brunier  photo courtesy Mark Legg-Compton

Katie believes she can defend her lead in both the World Cup overall and the UCI overall points lead until the end of the season, "it's a great start to the season and I'm really motivated to win the World Cup overall for my new sponsor, Planet Bike. The fitness is good and the bike is dialed in," said Compton.

Ranking - Cyclo Cross 2009/2010
Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual 2: 20 Oct 2009
Individual - Nation - Rank Name Nation Age* Points
1 (1) Katherine COMPTON United States 32 420
2 (2) Daphny VAN DEN BRAND Netherlands 32 280
3 (3) Christel FERRIER-BRUNEAU France 31 240
4 (4) Sanne VAN PAASSEN Netherlands 22 193
5 (5) Pavla HAVLIKOVA Czech Republic 27 185

8th Annual Village cup Stren Cyclocross
Czech Republic Annual Cyclocross Meeting
On Saturday, the 14th of Nov 2009., a wide segment of cyclist families welcomes us to Stren, near to Olomouc city in Czech republic,. Bikers, road cyclists , also fans of cyclocross will meet over here. There will be a race "Village cup Stren“

Stren Cyclocross (From the Left) Konecny, Romain Kreuziger,Frantisek Rabon, Valach, Kankovsky  Photo courtesy of Stren Cyclocross

Experience from from years past are expressing, that again we can look forward to a relaxing atmosphere and superb party. And that, not only after  the last rider crosses the finish line, but also during and before the start of the race.

The race starts at 10:30 am with children, amateurs and elite will race at 13:00. Guys bring your wives, girlfriends to the start and win the Twin race. Would you be Better then the formal winning rivals?

The Parcours is over a 4.2 kilometer track through the village, farm fields and forest way.

Stren Village Cup Schedule
14th of November 2008
10:30 - start category children
13:00 - start category Elite
14:30 – Performance of dance group Pirouette
15:00 – Announcement of results for all categories
15:30 - performance of dance group Pirouette
16:00 - Raffle
More info: www.stren-cyklokros.cz

Organizátor : Cyklistika Stren o.s.
TJ Stren a.s. – President Jaroslav Havlicek
Village Stren, Region Olomouc and MAS
Date of the race: Saturday 14. 11. 2009
Race Director: Michal Frantík
Vice director : David Kupka
Chief of road race : Věroslav Mach
Technical direktor: Jaroslav Havlicek
Organizer of children cat.:Bohumila Valcharova.
Presentation : Place of start – in front of mayor’s office in Střeň. All riders have to collect
start numbers one hour before start of all categories 
Rules of participation : Helmet and bicycle (any brand/kind)
Changing rooms, showers, refreshments and entertainment at the cultural house at Stren.
More information at the race website: www.stren-cyklokros.cz

Race Palmares:
1991
Emil Hekele ml. TJ Slavoj Lostice - Elite Men
Jirina Frantikova TJ Unex Unicov - Elite Women
1992
 Jiri Hermanovsky TJ Unex Uniciv - Elite Men
Jirina Frantikova TJ Unex Unicov - Elite Women
1993
Michal Frantik TJ Unex Uniciv - Elite Men
Jirina Frantikova TJ Unex Unicov - Elite Women
2005
Lubor Tesar Akud Arnolds Team - Elite Men
Jirina Scuckova Rostex – Quantum Vyskov - Elite Women
2006
Jan Hruska Eleven Colnago - Elite Men
Tereza Hurikova Ceska Sporitelna MTB - Elite Women
2007
Tomas Konecny ELK Hause Team - Elite Men
Michaela Istvanova Jiri Team Ostrava - Elite Women
2008
Alois Kankovsky ASD Dukla Praha - Elite Men
Jirina Scuckova Silny Team Unicov - Elite Women

First Annual Mercer Mountain Bike Festival
At Belle Mountain  Presented by Knapp's Cyclery
The First Annual Mercer Mountain Bike Festival will be held on October 31, 2009 at Belle Mountain located off of Route 29 in Hopewell Township (Mercer County) NJ. The Festival will include food, music, a cycling industry expo, how- to -ride clinics and Halloween activities for families. Races will be open to licensed and non- licensed riders.

Events include will be men's and women's downhill Dual Slalom races for all categories to include professionals and age graded expert, sport and beginner. In addition there will be an uphill challenge, a BMX pump pit and clinics to develop skills for people new to mountain biking.

Jeff Lenosky, from New Jersey, a World Class Professional Freeride and Trials Mountain Bike Racer, will be performing stunts. Registration is on active.com. Racing begins at 8 AM.

Please check www.g4events.com or www.knappscyclery.com  for event information.  Along with Knapp's Cyclery the festival is sponsored by Mercer County Parks and Recreation, the Mercer County Sports and Entertainment Commission, Greg's Landscaping, and 94.5 PST radio g4 Productions is an event planning and production company that produces high-level, international, professional sporting events, charitable fundraising events, corporate and VIP functions, gala events, meetings and conferences as well as a wide variety of corporate. www.g4events.com

The 2009 Tour of Britain Attracts 4 Million Spectators!
Large spectator numbers and increased TV viewing figures show interest in the sport has grown
SweetSpot, organisers of The Tour of Britain have today announced that the 2009 event was a resounding success, with increased numbers of spectators on the race route and across television and media coverage watching the best field of professional cyclists ever assembled for a British professional race.

The 2009 event attracted well over one million spectators over the course of the eight race stages as The Tour of Britain made its way from the Grand Depart in Scunthorpe on Saturday 12 September across the length and breadth of the nation, leading to the historic final stage in London on Saturday 19 September.

The streets of central London were closed for a sporting event on a Saturday for the first time ever to welcome The Tour’s Grand Finale, and the capital’s public responded in force with over 150,000 people lining the iconic race circuit which took in the sights of Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, and Victoria Embankment, to welcome the race into the nation’s capital.

In addition to record live spectator numbers, through daily hour long TV coverage on ITV4, The Tour of Britain reached an audience of over three million television viewers across the eight days of the 2009 event. These spectators and TV viewers were witness to Edvald Boasson Hagen from Team Columbia- HTC taking overall honours as the winner of the 2009 Tour of Britain while laying claim to the coveted Bikeability Yellow Jersey, as well as The Prostate Cancer Charity Points Jersey.

Working with its event stakeholders and regional partners, The Tour of Britain engaged with many thousands of school children in 2009, giving schools and teachers across the country a platform to promote cycling as a healthy sport and sustainable pastime. These efforts were noticeable across the country, but perhaps most so in the Southwest on stage 6 – Frome to Bideford – and stage 7 – Hatherleigh to Yeovil – where a total of 62 schools attended en mass to experience the atmosphere and cheer the riders along.

“The 2009 race was a great success. The crowd numbers, and the number of school children that attended the race were a big step forward for us, and this shows that cycling as a sport is growing exponentially in its national popularity. We at The Tour of Britain are extremely pleased to be a key part of this process”, said Hugh Roberts, CEO for The Tour of Britain.

2009 also saw SweetSpot establish the hugely successful Tour Series televised city centre race series as well as The Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride sportive event, which took place in Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday 6 September. Both these events add to the SweetSpot portfolio and increase the reach and potential for commercial partners who wish to benefit from the increased interest and media coverage of cycling in the UK.

The Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride, a first of its kind event in Great Britain, provided members of the public with a unique opportunity to get on their bikes and ride the official Stoke-on-Trent stage of The Tour of Britain race, all in support of a fantastic cause. “The Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride proved to be a huge success with over 1300 cyclists taking part in the inaugural event,” commented Roberts. “The feedback from riders who took part has been overwhelmingly positive and we are planning, together with The Prostate Cancer Charity, to put on more mass participation rides linked to The Tour of Britain in 2010. Our aim is to bring people together on their bicycles in aid of a good cause, while also getting healthier in the process and having a fantastic day out.”

The Tour of Britain organisational team is hard at work planning the 2010 Tour Series, Tour Rides and Tour of Britain race and is in discussions with partners and sponsors for next year’s event roster.

The Tour of Britain is an elite international cycle race granted 2.1 status by cycling’s world governing body, the UCI, and each year attracts a field of the world’s best teams to compete on British roads, including former World and Olympic champions and Tour de France stage winners and yellow jersey wearers.
 www.tourofbritain.co.uk

The Tour of Britain is proud to be partnered with The Prostate Cancer Charity.
The Prostate Cancer Charity - The Prostate Cancer Charity is a proud partner of The Tour of Britain and this forms part of a new initiative ‘Unite ByCycling’, which has been set up to raise awareness of prostate cancer and support for men and their families affected by the disease. This will feature a range of cycling events, involving both professional cyclists and the general public. The activity is focussed around the UK’s premier professional cycling events, The Tour of Britain, and The Tour Series and will extend to events that amateurs and cyclists of all abilities can enter, all with one goal in mind: to unite people through cycling and raise awareness of prostate cancer. For more information, please visit: www.unitebicycling.org.uk

The London-Paris 2010
Thursday, June 24th to Sunday, June 27th
HotChillee, the global marketing and events company which stages the pro-am style cycle ride, has announced the 2010 dates as early as possible because of unprecedented interest in next year’s event.

Director, Sven Thiele said: “The 2010 L2P comes just a week before the Tour de France starts in Rotterdam and cyclists across the world like the idea of participating in a Tour-style experience just before the start of cycling’s biggest event. Interest in our 2010 ride started almost as soon as we’d crossed the finish line in Paris in June and traffic on our website has been enormous.

“Cycling is big news and with the Team Sky and RadioShack squads competing in the Tour de France next year, interest in the sport is at an all-time high.”

London-Paris is recognised as THE professional event for amateur riders. The ride covers around 550km in three days, with a rest day in Paris. Cyclists enjoy full logistical support, with rolling road closures and motorbike outriders. It is the closest the amateur rider can get to the Tour de France experience and The L2P is now the blue riband event of cyclosportives.

The event also attracts ex-cycling pros and leading sports stars. The 2009 line up included Tour de France winner, Stephen Roche, double Olympic champion, James Cracknell, Team Sky sports manager, Scott Sunderland and footballers, Geoff Thomas and John Salako.

Thiele said: “Cyclists on The L2P enjoy the combination of professionalism and camaraderie. We’ve already had enquiries from some big names in sport and show business and we’re expecting to announce a star-studded line-up for 2010.”

Tour de France and Giro d'Italia winner and former world champion, Stephen Roche said: "The London-Paris is one of the best experiences a cyclist can have. The ride has all the professionalism of a pro-event like the Tour de France and is a real test of physical and mental endurance. But it's also an event with legendary camaraderie and that's why I love it. The L2P is all about serious cyclists having fun out on the road. If you love cycling, The L2P is the event to do."
Details of London-Paris 2010 can be found at www.londres-paris.com

Garmin Extends Title Sponsorship of Team Garmin-Slipstream Through 2013
GPS Leader Paves the Way for Continued Development of World’s Elite Cycling Squad
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today that it has extended for an additional three years its title sponsorship of Team Garmin-Slipstream, the ProTour cycling team dedicated to ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions. The extension for the U.S.-based team comprised of elite talent from around the world is an addition to the company’s current sponsorship through 2010, marking one of the most significant multi-national sponsorship deals in the history of professional cycling.

“The success of the team spans the globe and surpassed our expectations for the first year and a half of our title sponsorship, bringing Garmin’s reputation for quality, commitment, performance and productivity into countless households in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia,” said Jon Cassat, Garmin’s vice president of communications. “Our objectives were – and continue to be – to integrate our products on sports’ biggest stages and to build global brand awareness. Whether capturing victories around the world, winning national championships or working to develop future generations of talent, Team Garmin has helped us achieve those objectives and has made an impression on billions of potential customers.”

The partnership, which will run through the end of 2013, will provide the team with the opportunity to continue its founding mission: building the next generation of cycling champions. It will also allow Garmin, Slipstream and their partners to develop new technology that will give the team advantages on the road. Most important, the long-term sponsorship provides the team with a platform and foundation for retaining and recruiting the best riders in the sport.

“Since signing with Slipstream prior to the 2008 Tour de France, Garmin has seen an outpouring of support from cyclists and sports fans across the globe, along the roads of major tours and in the stores of our retail partners,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. “While providing feedback on product development, the team has shown fans everywhere that the best-in-class Edge® 705 cycling GPS can stand up to the sport’s steepest challenges while suiting the needs of cyclists of any caliber.”

Garmin, which has spent 20 years developing technologies and innovation to enhance users’ lives, has already used the team’s unique perspective and invaluable feedback in developing the new GPS-enabled Edge 500 (expected availability 4th Quarter 2009), which tracks speed, distance, time, GPS position, elevation, calories burned, climb and descent. After the ride, data downloaded to Garmin Connect allows cyclists and staff to study the statistics, looking for any room for improvement for the next day. This data also provides fans and the media access to the riders’ data. The team also benefits from Garmin’s GPS technology in the support vehicles as the iconic Garmin nüvi® helps the team bus and support vehicles travel with speed and ease across two continents. The route-planning capabilities and preloaded maps and points of interest help the team caravan, especially in grand tours when every day brings different destinations and challenges.

“When Garmin first decided to partner with us, we said we believed that a new era of cycling was upon us. Today, with this significant extension, we can now say – the era is here,” said Jonathan Vaughters, CEO of Slipstream Sports, LLC, the sports management company that runs the team. “Garmin’s commitment to innovation and integrity mirrors our own, and knowing that we have their partnership for the next four years means that we can continue to develop the next generation of cycling champions. We can continue to make technological innovations that will give our riders a competitive advantage on the road. And off the road, we can continue to help better the sport.”

Garmin and Slipstream Sports share similar success stories rooted in hard work and innovation. Just as Garmin is a global leader with facilities in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, the Garmin-Slipstream team assembles elite athletes from around the world. Team Garmin features Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta stage winners and national champions from several countries. Garmin’s employees and customers, like the cyclists, staff and fans of Team Garmin, are in the air, behind the wheel and on the move. And they are always thinking of ways to adapt and improve.

“Garmin’s business goals are to extend the reach and success they have achieved in the US and Europe and to create a global marketing platform for their brand,” said Matt Johnson, President of Slipstream. “The extension of this sponsorship is a testament to the team meeting those business goals.”

Owned and managed by Slipstream Sports, Team Garmin-Slipstream is dedicated to promoting ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions. In 2007, Slipstream created the most progressive anti-doping system in the professional sports world and now works with Anti-Doping Research, Inc. (ADR) and ADSI (the Anti-Doping Sciences Institute) to continue its anti-doping mission. For more information on Team Garmin, visit www.garmin.com/teamgarmin  and www.slipstreamsports.com.

About Garmin Ltd. - The global leader in satellite navigation, Garmin Ltd. and its subsidiaries have designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation, communication and information devices and applications since 1989 – most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin’s products serve automotive, mobile, wireless, outdoor recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM applications. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200. Garmin, Edge and nüvi are registered trademarks, ANT and ANT+ are trademarks and Garmin Connect is a service mark of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.

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