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  • Macias wins stage, Mancebo leads Vuelta Chihuahua
    The sixth stage of the Vuelta Chihuahua delivered a fitting winner, as the third-year race returned to the state capitol following a five-day clockwise journey around the largest of Mexico?s 31 states. Following a long eight-rider breakaway that survived to the finish, reigning Mexican national road champion Luis Macias (Tecos-Trek) out-kicked Italian Diego Noscotti (NGC Medical), grabbing a razor thin triumph at the end of the 126.3km ride from Cuauhtémoc to Chihuahua. Mexican Marco Rios ...

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  • 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 Gloucester Gran Prix in Massachusetts. In the elite women's race, Velo Bella-Kona's Amy Dombroski prevailed to win her first race in Gloucester, after a tough battle that saw five or six women in contention until the end. On a warm and sunny day on a dry course next to the Atlantic, Trebon had to battle with ...

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  • Crédit Agricole set to close its doors
    Crédit Agricole team manager Roger Legeay has played down the negative effect of cycling's numerous doping scandals as he prepares his riders for their last race as a team. At Paris-Tours this Sunday, the penultimate one-day classic of the season, Legeay will wave goodbye to more than 20 years of cycling history while lamenting his failure to attract a replacement sponsor. French banking group Crédit Agricole announced last year this would be its last season in the sport. But Legeay ...

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  • Powers and Compton win in Cincinnati
    The course at England-Idlewild park rattled bones and tuned wheels to tacos at the Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede UCI C-2 in Burlington, Kentucky on Friday, October 12th. The Cincinnati area hasn?t seen a soaking in weeks and the victims of the pounding course lined up for post-race massages at the Wellington Orthopedic tent throughout the day. The 80 degree heat compounded the hurt. In the Men?s race, after a lap-3 bike change which sent Barry Wicks (Kona) on the defensive, Jeremy Powers ...

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  • Benitez wins stage, Mancebo holds lead at Chihuahua
    Javier Benitez is certainly not lacking for confidence. For the second time in five days at Mexico?s Vuelta Chihuahua, the Spaniard started his victory celebration long before crossing the finish line. But just like the end of stage 1 on Monday, the Benfica rider was fastest finisher at the close of stage 5?s 152.8km ride from Creel to Cuauhtémoc. Benitez stopped the clock in 3:36:52, with German Steffen Radochla (Elk Haus-Simplon) and Mexico?s Juan Magallanes (Tecos-Trek) ...

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  • Endurance 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 ? has come to own the title ?Galactic Championships? of 24-Hour racing, a direct challenge to the 24 Hours of Adrenaline?s World Championships event. In the past years, Utah?s sometimes harsh October weather has shortened the race. This ...

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