Jens Brabbit leads eventual race winner Adam Bergman of through the turn during during Sunday’s Grandstay Criterium in St. Cloud.
- photo by Andy Frye
The circle was unbroken as St. Cloud’s Granite City Days anchored the Granstay Criterium in a new location for 2008. The new course was a short loop around St. Cloud Tech High School and featured a tight, challenging final turn and made for some fast and exciting racing on Sunday.
James Tainter of Silver Cycling leads the charge in the 4000m Team Pursuit. photo by Andy Frye
The NSC Velodrome in Blaine, MN was the site for another night of exciting racing this past Thursday. A big crowd watched a growing contingent of riders take to the boards for high banked drama. Tensions were high but I’m not referring to chains …
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NVGP BTOW - Kirk O’Bee edges Ivan Stevic in the Minneapolis Downtown Criterium.
This special edition of the Bike Throw Of the Week comes from TC Worley. We will work on getting the official finish line camera, but in the meantime enjoy the picture:
(Kirk O’Bee over Ivan Stevic)
Make sure to check out all the special edition podcasts and interviews from riders and spectators. We have a ton of […]
photo by Andy Frye
“If they do [neutralize the time results], I’m going to be really outraged,” said TIBCO’s Brooke Miller, before the final decision had been made, “…
Here is the first day of interviews from intrepid reporter, Super Rookie, at the velodrome on Saturday evening. Feel free to bounce around the interviews to different people a
Bob Williams (0:00)
-Talks about what to expect.
-Predicts a record by Chiappa.
Tainter and Smithers (1:20)
-Tainter predicts good racing and a track record!
-Tainter didn’t take Chiappa to the Duece […]
photo courtesy of Frye
Italian National Champion Roberto Chiappa
We want to thank Smithers for writing this report of the first day of racing in Blaine. It has been a hectic weekend here at BTDC headquarters and with school and the NVGP fast approaching we are hoping to keep everyone updated with the exciting events that are going on.
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Women’s 1 Lap standing TT
From zero […]
The following is a compilation of the news floating around the Minnesota cycling scene of the past week. If you have any more news, ideas or tips please feel free to email us at bikethrow [at] gmail [dot] com.
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The State Time Trial Championships are this weekend in St. Peter, Minnesota.
A quick glance of the pre-registration […]
Last weeks edition of the Throwdown featured a press release about the Minnesota Fixed Gear Classic. What the press release failed to mention is the quality of riders that are descending on Blaine for this weekends racing (Saturday at 6:30pm and Sunday at 1pm). While it is well known that the international caliber Roberto Chiappa […]
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