Believe it or not, Alberto Contador is a lucky man.
The assertion sure sounds paradoxical after the three-time champion hit the road Wednesday during the fifth stage of the Tour de France.
But the Spaniard was fortunate enough to escape with bruises while RadioShack team leader Janez Brajkovic, one of Contador’s main rivals, had to withdraw because of fractured collarbone and a concussion … More
Erin Laberge sees cougars on her family’s property every year, but a cougar approaching within metres of her was a little too close for comfort.
Laberge, 18, was riding her bike home from work Monday and was just minutes away from her home in the Jingle Pot Road area when she happened upon a cougar near Mountainview Elementary School, on East Wellington Road  … More
USA Cycling announced Friday the 12 athletes nominated to the team that will represent the United States at the 2011 UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 25-31.
After winning the opening Supercross World Cup in South Africa this year, Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./GT Bicycles) will lead the elite men’s contingent in Denmark. Ranked #2 in the Supercross World Cup standings, Sharrah is the only automatic nomination to the men’s team. Joining Sharrah in elite men’s competition will be four discretionary nominations via the USA Cycling Selection Committee. A two-time Supercross winner, Nicholas Long (Lakeside, Calif./Haro-Rockstar.) was fourth in this year’s USA Cycling BMX National Championships. Another discretionary nomination is David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo./Intense BMX) who was seventh at the first Supercross World Cup this season and also the silver medalist at the USA Cycling BMX National Championships. Also competing for the United States as a discretionary nominee is Mike Day (San Diego, Calif./GT-Red Bull), the top-ranked American at the Supercross World Cup race in Papendal, Netherlands placing ninth. Another discretionary nominee, Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev./Chase BMX), who was the highest-ranked U.S. rider in the world in 2010, is coming back from a knee injury. Day and Fields are promising time trial performers, a new UCI medal event.
The elite women’s squad will be led by two automatic nominations: Alise Post (St. Cloud, Minn./Redline Bicycles) and Arielle Martin  … More
With all four USA Cycling Collegiate National Championships “done and dusted,†as USA Cycling National Championship announcer Dave Towle would put it, USA Cycling’s annual Collegiate National Team Rankings are complete for the year, as well, and one team from each division can lay claim to the coveted number one ranking for the 2010-11 season for good. “What’s especially noteworthy for a lot of the top-tier teams in both divisions,” USA Cycling High School and Collegiate Manager Jeffrey Hansen said, “is that not only are the same teams turning in great performances consistently at each of our four Collegiate National Championships, but they’re  … More