Category Archives: Pro Cycling

Page and Elliot Double Up At Planet Bike Cup UCI Event

Natasha Elliot (EMD Serono/Stevents) and Jonathon Page (Planet Bike) both won again on the second day of racing at the UCI C2 level event in Madison, Wisconsin. While Elliot’s win was a mirror like performance to her dominating ride on Saturday, it was Page’s victory over US Olympian Todd Wells (GT) that was the talk […]

Page Dominates As Selander Takes Third At UCI C2 Event In Madison

The 1st Annual Jonathon Page Planet Bike Classic was held today in Sun Prairie, WI. The Angel Park Speedway venue is just a few miles east of downtown Madison and featured a fairly technical course with numerous off-camber switchbacks that caused trouble for many riders including one of the pre-race favorites in the men’s race. […]

Bergman Plays Spoiler in Inaugural Chicago Crit

Bergman
photo by Frye

Local star Adam Bergman shocked the pros at the inaugural Chicago Criterium …

NVGP Special PodCast (The Non-Local Racers)

LaPorte
photo by Frye

NVGP Director Dave LaPorte (not the Wheaties Sprint Leader)

Clinger
photo by Frye

David Clinger on Chilkoot

In this Edition, Rookie rubs more elbows and gets his ego inflated further. Click “Continue Reading” for a run-down of the interviews.

 
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Fixed Gear Classic Day 2: Special PodCast

Another special podcast from the second day of racing at the Blaine Velodrome for the Fixed Gear Classic!
Dave Byer (JetFuel) - 0min
-Talks about the crash and his splinters
Danielle DiFrancheschi (JetFuel) - 1:30
-The omnium
-Does his teammate get all the ladies?
-Talks about the indoor track
-He doesn’t have SARS!
Andrew LaCorte (New YORK YO!) - 4:30
- Talks about Team […]

 
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NVGP Stage 1 Report: St. Paul Crit

David Clinger
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, “…

Fixed Gear Classic Day 1: Special PodCast

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 […]

 
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Fixed Gear Classic Day 2

Chiappa
photo courtesy of Frye

Italian National Champion Roberto Chiappa

Fixed Gear Classic Day 1: Report Stolen From Smithers

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.

Women’s 1 Lap standing TT
From zero […]

The Throwdown: State TT, Flanders Women In The Press, Minnesota 12 Revealed?, FGC Meet The Backstretch!,

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.

The State Time Trial Championships are this weekend in St. Peter, Minnesota.
A quick glance of the pre-registration […]