Manchester, Great Britain (November 12, 2009) — Americans won 11 medals, including five world titles, at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships held November 4-8 in Manchester, Great Britain.
Jennifer Schuble rode her way onto the podium’s highest step twice over the four days. With a time of 38.834, she won the LC2-CP4 combined class 500-meter time trial, breaking her own world record which she set at the Beijing Paralympic Games last summer. She continued her winning ways with another gold medal in the 3,000-meter pursuit.
Barbara Buchan also picked up a world title for the U.S. as the fastest woman to cover twelve laps in the women’s LC3-4 – CP3 3,000-meter pursuit. She then added a bronze medal to her hardware stash by clocking a time of 45:599 in the 500-meter time test.
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USA Cycling announced today the dates and locations for the majority of its 2010 National Championship events. Next year, sixteen events will provide professional and amateur cyclists of all ages with opportunities to race for Stars-and-Stripes jerseys in five disciplines of competitive cycling. Of the fourteen events whose locations have been determined, nine are returning to their 2009 locations and five are headed to new host cities.
The nation’s BMX riders will be the first to compete for national titles in 2010. Slated for March 20, the USA Cycling BMX National Championships will return to the Metroplex BMX in Desoto, Texas where riders in both Challenge and Elite categories will compete for national titles in 20†and 24†Cruiser Class and Championship Class events.
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The International Cycling Union (UCI) has accused the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) of failures in its testing procedures in a report sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday.
“It is important for everyone to understand that AFLD is far from perfect in the implementation of their own anti-doping activitiesâ€, said a copy of the report obtained by Reuters.
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Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will remain with the Astana team at least until his contract expires at the end of next year, an official with the Kazakh Cycling Federation said Thursday.
The Spaniard’s future with Astana has been unclear for months amid persistent doubts about the Kazakh team’s financial viability.
“We have absolutely no problems with Alberto Contador, and he will compete with Astana next season,†Kazakh Cycling Federation deputy president Nikolai Proskurin said.
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