Nebraska Cycling News

National Team Members Successful in Race Against the Clock as 2008 Road Nationals Begin

Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) fulfilled a goal set seven months ago on Wednesday when she won the national title in the elite women's time trial at the 2008 USA Cycling Junior, U23 and Elite Road National Championships in Irvine, Calif. against a field of 33 women.

All teams now announced for September race

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Team Garmin-Chipotle of the United States and Team Liquigas of Italy---two top-performing entrants from the recently completed Tour de France---head a list of 13 teams that have been added for the Tour of Missouri world-class cycling event, September 8th - 14th, throughout the Show Me State.

A pair of North Carolina races marked the 28th and 29th events on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar, August 2 and 3. Alejandro Borrajo (ARG) came away with the pro men's victory at the Presbyterian Hospital Invitational Criterium in Charlotte on July 2, while Katharine Carroll (Sausalito, Calif.) won the women's contest. Click here <http://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?permit=2008-1936>  for complete results from the 1.1-rated Presbyterian Hospital Criterium. In the 1.4-rated Hanes Park Classic in Winston Salem, Edward King (Brentwood, N.H.) took the pro men's victory and Brooke Miller (Shaker Heights, Ohio) sprinted to the win on the pro women's race. For complete results from the Hanes Park Classic, click here <http://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?permit=2008-1922> .

Nine National Champions Honored at Ultra-Endurance Off-Road Race

Wausau, Wis. -- Nine national champions were crowned at the USA Cycling 24-Hour Mountain Bike National Championships on Sunday morning after the nation's best ultra-endurance off-road cyclists wrapped up 24 grueling hours on the trails of Wisconsin's Nine Mile County Forest.