The first national championship jerseys were awarded on the second day of the 2011 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championshipsat the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Competitors in the 2008 Olympic Games Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif./OUCH), Jennie Reed (Seattle, Wash./OUCH) and Bobby Lea (Mertztown, Pa./Pure Energy Cycling-ProAirHFA) were among the eight athletes to earn medals in Thursday’s races.
The second of five days of national championship track racing saw over 120 of the nation’s best track cyclists contest the individual pursuit, scratch race, men’s team sprint, time trial and omnium contests  … More
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USA Cycling and the Medicine of Cycling group have released recommendations for treatment of riders who have sustained head trauma in cycling. Foremost amongst the guidelines is that any rider with a witnessed loss of consciousness during training or competition should be immediately removed from competition for evaluation by a medical professional trained in diagnosing traumatic brain injury or concussion.
“Concussion can occur without direct impact or loss of consciousness, and can result in physical, cognitive or emotional symptoms that may be evident immediately or evolve over days or weeks,†explained Dr. Anna Abramson of the University of California, San Francisco and co-founder of Medicine of Cycling. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates  … More
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After winning the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado in August, Levi Leipheimer returned home to Santa Rosa to warm up for a couple of season-ending races in Canada. Training on the local roads he knows so well, Leipheimer recently found himself returning from St. Helena on Spring Mountain Road.
I’m teetering on the edge of a platform halfway up a mountain, my bike about to plunge down a flight of stairs into the woods. A voice behind me shouts, “Confidence and commitment,” as if he were giving relationship advice. And then, almost as an aside, as I tip over the edge, he says, “Oh, don’t touch your brakes, or you’ll face-plant …”
So goes my Bumps and Bends training session at  … More
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