Nebraska Cycling News

Four Individual Champions Honored as Downhill Concludes Competition

Angel Fire, N.M. (October 22, 2006)-Fort Lewis College completed its sweep of all four Division I men's events at the 2006 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships as Chris Heath won Sunday's downhill competition to secure the overall Division I title for Fort Lewis College - its third championship in the last four years.  Fort Lewis College earned a total of 698 points to edge defending champion University of Colorado by 25 points. After the men's squad won the short track and 4-cross events Friday and the cross country race Saturday, Heath clocked a winning time of 5 minutes, 8.06 seconds as the fastest man down the mountain to earn an individual downhill title and solidify an overall win for Fort Lewis.  And because a school's overall point tally included both men's and women's events, a third-place effort from Sarah Elworthy in the Division I women's downhill race also factored heavily into Fort Lewis' overall win.

Fort Lewis College Goes Three-For-Three, University of Arizona, Colorado College Rule Day Two

Angel Fire, N.M. (October 21, 2006)--Fort Lewis College won its third consecutive event at the 2006 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships Saturday as Friday's short track winner, Alex Hagman, won the 18-mile Division I men's cross country race.  Other key performances were turned in by the University of Arizona who placed first and second in the Division I women's cross country event and Colorado College who claimed the top-two spots in the Division II men's cross country contest. 

University of Colorado Looks to Defend Division I Crown, Division II Title Wide Open

Angel Fire, N.M. (October 19, 2006) -- High in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, coeds from around the country will compete this weekend for collegiate off-road bragging rights as Northern New Mexico's Angel Fire Resort is set to host the 2006 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (October 17, 2006) ---- Missouri Governor Matt Blunt and Lt. Governor
Peter Kinder announced today that the state will play host to the inaugural Tour of Missouri
professional cycling race, September 11 – 16, 2007.

In its initial year, the Tour of Missouri will be anointed one of the nation’s top three
stage races behind the prestigious Tour of Georgia and Tour of California races, providing
an historic landmark for the sport with three major domestic stage races on American soil.
"Missouri is known as the Show-Me State, and we look forward to showing our state
to spectators around the world through the Tour of Missouri," Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt
said. "This event has great potential to bring economic benefits to our state and is an
opportunity for us to join these world class cyclists to spread the message of the positive
benefits of an active and healthy lifestyle."