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Major Mountain Races
- Piney Hills Fall Classic
Oct. 25, 2008
- Mountain’s Edge Cactus Cup
Sep. 19, 2008
- The Fall Classic (USAC National Calendar)
Sep. 6, 2008
- NMBS Finals
Aug. 31, 2008
- Laddies Loppet (USAC National Calendar)
Aug. 30, 2008
- Leadville Trail 100
Aug. 9, 2008
- Mountain States Cup/Sol Vista (USAC National Calendar)
Aug. 1, 2008
- Transalp 2008
Jul. 19, 2008
- USAC-MTB National Championships
Jul. 17, 2008
- NMBS at Windham Mountain (USAC National Calendar)
Jul. 12, 2008
- Mountain States Cup #6/Blast the Mass (USAC National Calendar)
Jul. 11, 2008
- Deer Valley NMBS (USAC National Calendar)
Jun. 29, 2008
- BC Bike Race
Jun. 28, 2008
- 3 Legged Dawg (USAC National Calendar)
- Oct. 15, 2008Baja Epic route details; Dahle Flesjå re-ups
With three weeks to go until its November 5 kickoff date, the Baja Epic — a four-day cross-country race in northern Mexico — has finalized its route. The race will cover approximately 250 miles and include 24,000 feet of climbing. The race runs ...
Oct. 14, 2008Lalonde, Zander take Wisconsin MTB series finale
Jesse Lalonde and Jenna Zander won the final race of the Wisconsin Off Road Series on Sunday.
In its eighth year, the Sunday’s Wigwam MTB Challenge in Sheboygan has become the traditional season finale for WORS. With a large cash purse provided ...
- Oct. 13, 2008Roberto Heras, Svein Tuft to race La Ruta
Three-time Vuelta a España winner Roberto Heras will toe the line at next month’s La Ruta de los Conquistadores mountain bike race in Costa Rica. The four-day race covers 250 miles from Jaco Beach on the Pacific coast to the finishing city of ...
- Oct. 10, 2008Endurance riders head to Moab this weekend
Roughly 2000 mountain bikers will head into Southeastern Utah this weekend for the Suzuki 24-Hours of Moab, the largest 24-Hour race on North American soil. In its 13th year the race — organized by the West Virginia-based Granny Gear Productions ...
- Oct. 6, 2008Paez, Henzi win last Marathon MTB World Cup
Colombian Leonardo Paez and Swiss Petra Henzi won the second and final round of the UCI Marathon Mountain bike World Cup, held in Ornans, France on October 5. Paez (Gewiss-Bianchi), took a two-minute victory ahead of Swiss rider Lukas Buchli, with ...
- Sep. 30, 2008Trek Bicycle will sponsor a World Cup mountain bike team for 2009
Trek Bicycles will sponsor a World Cup-level mountain bike team for 2009 built around cross-country racers Liam Killeen and brothers Lukas and Matthias Fluckiger. The squad will also have a gravity component, although that roster has not yet been ...
Sep. 29, 2008Todd Wells heading to Specialized for ’09
Two-time Olympian Todd Wells is heading back to his roots for 2009, leaving GT Bicycles to join the Specialized factory mountain bike team. Wells, 32, raced for Specialized as a semi pro and neo pro from 1996-1998, riding alongside Ned Overend, ...
Sep. 29, 2008House and Liske win Wolf River Rendezvous
The Wolf River Rendezvous, 11th race in the 2008 Wisconsin Off Road Series, was the stage for two prodigious victories this Sunday as Cole House and Holly Liske took top honors.
Before joining the U23 Development Team, House was a regular WORS ...
- Sep. 25, 2008USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Calendars unveiled for 09
The 2009 USA Cycling mountain bike calendar boasts higher cash prizes and a more logical travel schedule, the organization said Thursday.
The third annual USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Calendar includes 34 events; the calendar is intended to ...
- Sep. 25, 2008MTB News and Notes
NorCal League Heading SouthThe organizers of the NorCal High School Mountain Bike League, America’s largest interscholastic bike racing league at the high school level, have taken their successful model south. On August 4, the NorCal ...
- Sep. 20, 2008Minnaar, Buhl win second leg of Jeep Dual Slalom Series
South African Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) and American Melissa Buhl (KHS) won the second round of the 2008 Jeep 48Straight mountain bike series, held Saturday at the Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah. The two took wins under dark skies and ...
Sep. 20, 2008Kintner, GT parting ways
GT Bicycles will not hire back Jill Kintner, the Olympic bronze medalist in BMX, for 2009. Kintner, 26, signed with the Madison, Wisconsin-based bicycle manufacturer at the onset of the 2006 season to race Four cross. During her three years with GT, ...
