Stories by Steve Frothingham

• Posted: Fri, Nov 21st
  Floyd Landis will ride for OUCH, a re-vamped team formerly known as Health Net-Maxxis.
  Floyd Landis will race next year for the new domestic squad OUCH, a revamped version of the Health Net - Maxxis team. The team's title sponsor is the OUCH Sports Medical Center in California. The sports center's co-founder, Dr. ...
• Posted: Fri, Nov 21st
  Rock Racing hires Rudy Pevenage
  Rock Racing is hiring former Telecom and T-Mobile coach Rudy Pevenage as director sportif for the 2009 season, adding some top flight team management to complement its expanded roster. The team's choice of Pevenage, however, is sure to get ...
• Posted: Thu, Nov 20th
  Team riders suggest GPS improvements
  One of the neatest features of Garmin Edge GPS bike computers is the "Virtual Partner," which lets you race against a previous trip over the same course, with your relative positions marked by little cartoon riders on the screen. It's a geeky fun distraction, even if its ...
• Posted: Fri, Nov 14th
  Team Columbia chief Bob Stapleton: ACE's closure leaves no gap in rider testing
  The owner of Team Columbia says the recent closure of the team's internal anti-doping testing firm will not leave his riders unsupervised. The UCI's biological passport testing, along with other testing by anti-doping agencies, will fill the gap while the team hustles to line up ...
• Posted: Fri, Nov 14th
  Rain on tap as top riders eye the USGP series leader's jersey this weekend at the Mercer Cup.
  [nid:85117]It was already raining Friday at West Windsor, New Jersey's Mercer County Park as top riders checked out the course prior to the middle weekend of the three-city 2008 Crankbrothers US Grand Prix of Cyclocross series: the Mercer Cup presented by Knapp's ...
• Posted: Fri, Nov 14th
  No Tour de Georgia in '09
  The Tour de Georgia will not be held next year, but the race's backers say it will be back in 2010. The race's board of directors announced Friday that they will use 2009 to "plan ahead and properly position" the race ...
• Posted: Thu, Nov 13th
  Stan's sues Specialized, alleging patent infringement on tubeless wheel designs
  The maker of Stan's NoTubes wheels and tires is suing Specialized over alleged patent infringement involving Specialized's Roval wheels. The New York-based company sued Specialized in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York on Sept. 15. The suit involves ...
• Posted: Fri, Oct 31st
  USA Cycling revamps track program
  USA Cycling is launching a revamped track program intended to get young trackies more international experience early in their careers. In recent years, USAC has sent national teams to four track World Cups each season. Under the new program, the team will send some riders to ...
• Posted: Fri, Oct 31st
  Northampton, Massachusetts, prepares for Cycle-Smart International cyclocross weekend.
  New England cyclocrossers are headed to Northampton, Massachusetts, this weekend for the Cycle-Smart International, the oldest UCI cyclocross race in the U.S. This year's event is a two-day affair for the first time since 1996 and race director (and pro racer) Adam Myerson ...
• Posted: Tue, Oct 28th
  Kozo Shimano has left Shimano American Corp.
  Kozo Shimano is no longer working for the family business, where he had been employed for more than 20 years. Last Thursday was his last day with Shimano American Corp., the Irvine, California, division of the Japanese component giant. Shimano, 46, was president of the ...
• Posted: Sun, Oct 12th
  Trebon and Dombroski repeat at the Erdinger Gran Prix of Gloucester
  It shook out a bit differently, but the second day of the Erdinger Gran Prix of Gloucester ended up with the same men and women atop the podium: Kona's Ryan Trebon and Velo Bella-Kona's Amy Dombroski. Trebon and national champ Tim Johnson (Cyclocrossworld.com-Cannondale) ...
• Posted: Sat, Oct 11th
  Ryan Trebon wins his fifth Gloucester 'cross race; Dombroski overcomes trouble to win the women's race.
  Kona powerhouse Ryan Trebon withstood attacks from a trio of New England homeboys — and overcame a case of bad legs blamed on jet lag — on Saturday to win his fifth cyclocross race in Gloucester, Massachusetts. In the elite women's race of the 2008 Erdinger Gran Prix of ...