Cynthia Lou.

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Just as great team is only as good as the people in that team, the Tour is rich because of the riders to give their all, the support who keep it all together, the press and journalists to bring the race to the far corners of the world, and the fans who wait for hours [...]

One of the things I love about cycling are the colorful buses, cars, and bikes that proudly showcase the team’s sponsors, and sometimes feature the riders. In case you ever wanted to design your own rockstar bus, below is a gallery of the team buses. But which bus was the most rockstar amazing? Team Sky! [...]

Le Tour de France is all about the party for most of the fans in France. Yes, there is a bike race that rolls through, and yes their heroes roll through, but for the majority it’s about the party. This was news to me. What?? How could you not LOVE the bike racing that is [...]

Part 1: Frolic Through the Sunflower Fields! Today I drove the course ahead of the caravan, turned a corner, and gasped at the incredible beauty of the fields of sunflowers. Just like the Tour photos, just like Van Gogh’s paintings — your mind just cannot imagine how majestic it is unless you see it for [...]

On July 2, 2010, an adventure was born. After spending several months obsessing, planning, and contemplating going to Europe and Le Tour de France, I finally sealed the deal by purchasing a plane ticket to join the Tour as it arrived in Brussels, Belgium at the end of Stage 1. The time was 1:23pm. My [...]

Chloe Hosking (HTC-Columbia) captured her second professional stage win at today’s Uptown Minneapolis Criterium. Shelley Evans (Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12) won all three intermediate sprint competitions and took third in the pack sprint to gain an additional 21 seconds worth of time bonuses and secure the yellow jersey, as The race was active, with [...]

Disappointment abounded when the Cannon Falls Road Race was cancelled due to severe weather conditions. On a humidly sunny day as the Midwest knows so well, 92 women lined up at the start, adrenaline and anticipation in the air. The jersey-wearers were called up to the line and to the naked eye it seemed a [...]

Stage 3 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix, the Downtown St. Paul Criterium, was held together by the teams with general classification hopes, resulting in a shuffling of the general classification via time bonuses as Alison Starnes (Team TIBCO) maintained the yellow jersey for one more day. The race was strung out from the gun, [...]

by Cynthia Lou Alison Starnes of Team TIBCO won the St. Paul Riverfront Time Trial, exemplifying what the Nature Valley Grand Prix is all about – growing young talent from their first professional race experience to winning this year’s opening stage in her first NRC win. The podium was rounded out by two HTC Columbia [...]