The Spanish cycling federation is seeking feedback from the UCI and WADA before ruling on Alberto Contador’s doping case, the national body’s president said Monday.
Contador faces a possible two-year ban and loss of last year’s Tour de France title after a positive drug test that the Spanish cyclist blamed on eating contaminated meat.
Spanish cycling chief Juan Carlos Castano told The Associated Press that his federation hopes to rule on Contador’s case by   … More
While Ken Martin and Matt Adams were traveling in Namibia, Africa, a couple years ago, two of their hosts appeared with a digital camera and a photo printer. The men were photographing churchgoers in their Sunday best and selling the pictures on the spot.
Martin said he admired their entrepreneurial spirit, but something else excited him about what he saw: “They transported it all on the back of a bicycle.”  … Pictures & More
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Who’s in charge here? What does the Board of Trustees do? How does Collegiate Cycling relate to USA Cycling? It’s a confusing mess out there, and the overall structure of collegiate cycling, and USA Cycling as a whole, can be confusing at times. So here’s a breakdown of the four basic elements of collegiate cycling governance:
USA Cycling: Formerly a group of associations that went by a number of different acronyms (NORBA, USCF, NCCA, USPRO, etc.), USA Cycling is now a single non-profit company with a single logo and a single mission: to achieve sustained success in international cycling competition and grow competitive cycling in America. It’s as simple as that. The organization covers all the major disciplines of competitive cycling, so there’s no longer any such thing as NORBA, the NCCA, or the USCF. Using one of those acronyms is akin to calling the US Constitution the Federalist Papers, or your mother by her maiden name, or talking about the League of Nations headquarters in New York City. It’s just USA Cycling, and we are bike racing in America. Period. Collegiate, non-collegiate, on-road, off-road, two wheels, or, well   … More
Colorado Springs, Colo. (December 31, 2010) — The USA Cycling Development Foundation has recognized four student-athletes as recipients of the annual John Stenner and Joshua Kuck Memorial Scholarships.
The winners of the John Stenner Memorial Scholarships are Martha Buckley (Cambridge, MA) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Nitish Nag (Union City, CA) of the University of California at Berkeley. The winners of the Joshua Kuck Memorial Scholarship are Blake Anton (San Luis Obispo, Calif) of Cal Poly and Devon Simpson (Kirkland, Wash.) of the University of Washington.
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The John Stenner Memorial Scholarships are based on academic achievements, athletic accomplishments and service to the community with an emphasis on collegiate team involvement and leadership … More