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Canada Cup 2004 – DH #1

May 24, 2004 (Bromont, Que.) – Birthday girl Danika Schroeter (Giant) got
the perfect gift today: a Canada Cup victory! Hearing people singing Happy
Birthday to her during her run was part of the reason she had … READ MORE →

Giro d’Italia 2004 – Stage 14

May 23, 2004 – Entering the final two 6.5 km finishing circuits in Pola
the lead trio was down to 27 seconds as again Fasso, Lott-Domo and now Vini
Caldirola-Nobili put their teams on the front.
With … READ MORE →

UCI/MTB World Cup #1 – Madrid

May 23, 2004 (Madrid, Spain) – The highly anticipated opening round of the
2004 UCI World Cup series is in the books as the world’s best mountain bike
riders battled it out in Madrid, Spain. An … READ MORE →

NORBA #3 – Big Bear Stage 2 – XC & DS

May 23, 2004 (Big Bear, CA) – So often in the sport of mountain biking,
luck plays a major role in the outcome of the race which is exactly what
happened today in the cross country race … READ MORE →

Giro d\’Italia 2004 – Stage 14 Update

May 23, 2004 – Today’s Stage 14 travels from the North East corner of Italy
in Trieste through Slovenia and finishes in Pola, situated on the Istria
peninsula of Croatia. It’s a fairly flat 175km … READ MORE →

Giro d\’Italia 2004 – Stage 13

May 22, 2004 – A 52 km individual time trial was raced from AltoPiano to
Carsico today at the Giro d’Italia. Battling through rainy windy
conditions, the men who will certainly lose time in the high … READ MORE →

Canada Cup 2004 – XC #1

May 22, 2004 (Bromont, Que.) – Roddi Lega (United Cycle), winner of the
elite men’s race at the inaugural 2004 Canada Cup cross-country event,
averaged just over 22 minutes for a lap of the twisty course. … READ MORE →

U.S. Olympic Hopefuls at Madrid MTB World Cup

May 22, 2004 (Colorado Springs, CO) – The opening round of the 2004 UCI
Mountain Bike World Cup takes place Sunday in Madrid, Spain and offers the
first major international test for men’s and women’s … READ MORE →

Jet Fuel in Japan

May 22, 2004 (Japan) – The Jet Fuel Coffee team is several hours away from
the opening stage of the Tour of Japan. The eight-day-long race will have six stages and will cover 815km. The first … READ MORE →

Tour of Connecticut – Stage 4

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May 22, 2004 – The 2004 Tour of Connecticut headed back into the hills earlier today with the 53-mile Waterbury (CT) Climber’s Cup. After two days of mostly flat racing (stages … READ MORE →

Giro d\’Italia 2004 – Stage 12

May 21, 2004 – Racing began once again on Friday, May 21, in Pantani’s hometown of Cesena and finished in Pinarello’s , (to name just one) hometown of Trevisio, a bonafide cycling Mecca. Early … READ MORE →

MTB Camps in Rossland B.C.

May 21, 2004 – The DevineRIDE Bike Camps are proud to announce their inaugural season of bike camps for youth, women-only and co-ed in Rossland on selected weekends from June to September 2004.
The DevineRIDE … READ MORE →

Michael Barry Diary

May 22, 2004 – Today’s stage was fast from the start as we had a strong tailwind for the first hour or so. In a tailwind, everybody has great legs and therefore the attacks … READ MORE →

Tour of Belgium: Stage 2

May 21, 2004 – While we were in yellow, everybody waited for the Spanish armada to be deployed as usual. We did have a Spanish winner, but not the domination everyone expected, as we … READ MORE →

Giant Bicycles Canada Team Update

May 21, 2004 – Two weekends ago Giant Canada’s Danika Schroeter competed in B.C.’s inaugural 4X series where four riders go head-to-head on a downhill/bmx style track. The event was held at the Pipeline Bike … READ MORE →

USA Team Roster for Track World Championship

May 21, 2004 – USA Cycling announced today the roster for the 2004 UCI Track World Championships set for May 26-30 at the Vodafone arena in Melbourne, Australia. Earlier in the week, the announcement came … READ MORE →

NORBA #3 – Big Bear: Stage 1 TT

May 21, 2004 (Big Bear Lake, CA) – The third round of the 2004 NORBA National Mountain Bike Series began in unique style this afternoon as cross country riders tested their descending capabilities in a … READ MORE →

Ontario Cup #2

May 20, 2004 – What a weekend of racing at Bonham & Co. Ontario Cup #2, Kelso Conservation Area! Over 200 downhill racers, and 700 x-country riders, made this event a standout on the … READ MORE →

Ontario High School MTB Championships

May 21, 2004 – Teams as far away as Wawa and Kingston made the trek to Hardwood Hills to challenge themselves and other riders in the Ontario High School Championships at Hardwood Hills. Dry conditions … READ MORE →

Le Raid Outback 2004

May 21, 2004 – Le Raid Outback heads into its fourth year in 2004. This mountain bike endurance event continues to grow with over 240 entrants last year in three categories of races. For 2004 … READ MORE →

UCI Antidoping Tests at Giro

May 21, 2004 – The Antidoping Commission of the International Cycling Union
announced that all urine samples taken until May 15, 2004 at the Giro
d’Italia 2004 had negative results concerning doping products (EPO and NESP
inclusive).
Particular importance … READ MORE →

Côté and Boily in Yellow at Tour of Belgium

May 20, 2004 (Belgium) – Yellow is a very prestigious colour in cycling. On
Thursday, May 20, Stéphane Côté and Pierre-Olivier Boily earned the right
to wear it by wining the prologue at the Tour of Belgium … READ MORE →

Olympian Nothstein Competes in Wachovia

May 20, 2004 (Norristown, PA) – Olympic gold medallist and current US
Keirin and Team Sprint National Champion, Marty Nothstein, has recently
confirmed his intention to compete at the Wachovia Cycling Series – Trenton
race on June 3, … READ MORE →

CLIF Bar and IMBA Award $3,000 in Grants

May 20, 2004 – Six IMBA mountain bike clubs will score cash awards to kick-start local trail projects thanks to the 2004 IMBA/CLIF Bar Trail Preservation Grants. The $500 grants are focused on projects that … READ MORE →

Cycle Messenger World Championships

May 20, 2004 (Edmonton, AB) – The 12th annual Cycle Messenger World Championships (CMWC) is coming to Edmonton from Thursday, July 1-5, 2004. Five hundred bike messengers from eighteen countries will descend upon Edmonton over … READ MORE →


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