USA Cycling announced today its four-person squad for the upcoming 2009 UCI Track World Championships in Pruszkow, Poland, March 25-29….
Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo.): Individual Pursuit, Kilometer Time Trial, Omnium
Daniel Holloway (Morgan Hill, Calif.): Madison, Scratch Race
Colby Pearce (Boulder, Colo.): Madison, Points Race
Shelly Olds (Scotts Valley, Calif.): Points Race, Scratch Race….
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Small surf in the one-to-two foot (0.5 metre range) and inconsistent conditions greeted event organizers at the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by LG Mobile this morning, prompting the call for a lay day of competition.
The opening events of the 2009 ASP World Tour and ASP Women’s World Tour respectively, the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast have attracted the world’s best male and female surfers as they do battle on the ASP Dream Tour. … Details
The Southern Ocean is getting really congested,’ reported Felipe Cubillos from the leading double-handed Class 40, Desafio Cabo de Hornos, last night.
Shortly after midnight, Cubillos and his co-skipper, José Muñoz dropped south to just three miles above the Pacific Ocean exclusion zone at 45°S. Under three miles off the Chilean yacht’s port quarter, Jeremy Salvesen and David Thomson on Team Mowgli, in second place, shadowed the fleet leader’s descent, holding the northern position. …. Details
There’s not an event throughout the 36-race Sprint Cup schedule where NASCAR’s begrimed top-35 rule doesn’t loom over the landscape like King Kong perched atop the Empire State Building.
It smells about that bad, too.
But as the 2009 season creeps toward Race 6 at Martinsville—the first event where the current year’s owners’ points will be used to set the 35 guaranteed starting positions…. Details