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Saturday ECCC racing made its annual return to New York City for the Grant’s Tomb Criterium. Cold temperatures and blue skies greeted riders on the big wide fast course around Columbia University. Racers from as far as Canada and the ACCC took part in the longest continued race in the ECCC. The women’s A/B began slowly but a crash half way through took down a third of the field and turned up the pace of racing. Almost all riders return to the race, where track national champion Mandy Marquardt (Penn State-Lehigh Valley)    …  More

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Australia has named eight defending champions in a strong team to contest the world track cycling championships in Melbourne next month, the last major event before the London Olympics.

Anna Meares, at her 10th world titles, and Kaarle McCulloch will be chasing their fourth world crown in the team sprint, while Jack Bobridge is   …  More

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Three-time champion Levi Leipheimer’s new team, Omega Pharma-Quickstep, is among 16 elite squads invited to the Tour of California in May.

The newly restructured RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team of defending champion Chris Horner, Jens Voigt and current U.S. road national champion Matthew Busche is  …  More

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After reviewing more than 100 submissions from cities throughout California hoping to be named official start or finish locations, AEG, presenter of the Amgen Tour of California, has announced the 13 official Host Cities for the 2012 race. Considered America’s largest and most prestigious professional road cycling stage race, the seventh consecutive edition of the Amgen Tour of California will travel more than 750 miles from May 13 – 20, 2012.

“Our goal for the Amgen Tour of California has always been to create a route that not only provides a challenging race for the world’s top cyclists, but one that highlights the beauty and diverse terrain that make up the great state of California as well   …  More

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