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UCI awards 2012 and 2013 Elite Cyclo-cross World Championship events to Louisville, Ky.

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UCI awards 2012 and 2013 Elite Cyclo-cross World Championship events to Louisville, Ky.
First Cyclo-cross World Championships to be held outside of Europe

January 29, 2010 (Tabor, Czech Republic) – USA Cycling is honored to announce that Louisville, Kentucky today was chosen by the Union Cycliste Internationale, cycling’s international governing body, to host the 2013 Elite Cyclo-cross World Championships and the 2012 and 2013 Masters Cyclo-cross World Championships.

This historic appointment is the first time the Cyclo-cross World Championships will be held outside of Europe in the 50 plus year history of the championships. These events will mark the first Elite Cycling World Championship of any discipline held on U.S. soil since the Track World Championships took place in Los Angeles in 2005.

“After more than a decade of working closely with American promoters and the UCI to grow our international calendar of cyclo-cross events, Louisville’s winning bid is a testament to the success of those efforts and to the extraordinary quality of ‘cross racing in the U.S.,” USA Cycling CEO Steve Johnson said.

US Gran Prix of Cyclo-cross (USGP) promoters, Bruce Fina and Joan Hanscom, will produce the races in partnership with the Louisville Sports Commission and USA Cycling.

“This is thrilling news,” said Fina. “We have worked for six years with the USA Cycling National Team and six years on the USGP to further develop the sport in the U.S. to the point where our riders can be competitive on the global stage. Hosting the Worlds in the U.S. is the next logical step. We hope to see a continued increase in the number of professional cross racers in the states and hope this venue will enhance that goal. “

Louisville has hosted a stop on the USGP since 2007, as well as multiple USA Cycling Masters National Road Championships demonstrating a vibrant cycling community and tremendous local support of the championships.

“I was impressed with the vision and detail of the plans to develop the area into a cyclo-cross race venue,” said UCI technical delegate Simon Burney. “The area, terrain and surroundings lend themselves perfectly to a major race venue, and with the city of Louisville firmly behind the project the opportunity for world class events certainly looks exciting.”

Under the leadership of Mayor Jerry Abramson, Louisville is building America’s first permanent, major-city cyclo-cross facility at Eva Bandman Park, near downtown. Working with local cyclo-cross enthusiasts, Louisville Metro Government is developing a venue that can support local races and youth riding programs, while also hosting national and international races. The course at Eva Bandman also will serve as the home to the USGP and as a year round cycling park.

“I’m so proud that Louisville is the first city outside Europe to be awarded the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships,” said Mayor Jerry Abramson. “We’re turning Louisville into one of our nation’s most bike-friendly cities by investing in bicycle infrastructure, listening to the needs of local cyclists, and hosting events that draw more attention to cycling. Our local cyclo-cross teams are among the nation’s best, and we’re developing a venue that will help them keep their competitive edge.”

The Louisville Sports Commission and the community of Louisville also voiced excitement and support of the event.

“On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Louisville Sports Commission and the entire local community, we want to thank the UCI for awarding the World Cyclo-cross championships to Louisville,” said Karl Schmitt, Executive Director of the Louisville Sports Commission. “We also appreciate the confidence that the USGP of Cyclo-cross and USA Cycling have in our ability to host these prestigious events.”

Salt Lake City Council Approves Resolution to Donate Unclaimed Bikes to the SLC Bike Collective

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Salt Lake City Council Approves Resolution to Donate Unclaimed Bikes to the SLC Bike Collective

11-6-09 (Salt Lake City) — The Salt Lake City Council unanimously approved a resolution last night that will allow Salt Lake City to donate all unclaimed bicycles held by the Salt Lake City Police Department to the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective.

“We have experienced a tremendous demand for bicycles this year and this influx of bicycles will help those in need, specifically those in need of transportation,” said an elated Jonathan Morrison, Executive Director of the Collective.  “The Collective would like to publicly thank the Mayor’s Office, specifically Matt Lyon, David Everitt, and Mayor Becker as well as the City Council for collaboration on this resolution.”

SLCPD holds bicycles that are abandoned, recovered as stolen property, or as evidence in cases. The bikes are held for a specified amount of time (generally 90 days) and attempts are made to contact the owner of the bicycle.  If the bicycle is unclaimed after that time period, then the bikes are deemed surplus and have in the past been auctioned off or disposed of.

The new program will see that the bikes are put back on the streets to serve the residents of Salt Lake City and County.  The Collective will repair and service the bikes as needed and provide those bikes to low-income residents or non-profit organizations. Putting the bikes back on the streets helps to increase the level of cycling in Salt Lake City and benefits the City and its residents by reducing air pollution and carbon output, increasing the health of its residents, and providing transportation solutions to its low-income residents.

The resolution was the result of a year-long process of that required the drafting of an agreement between Salt Lake City and the Collective, conducting a Doug Short analysis to show that the donated items would improve the public good, and much hard work from Matt Lyon of the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office. The Mayor’s Office, the Collective, the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee, SLC Police Department, the Salt Lake City Council and Staff, and the City Attorney’s Office contributed to the process.

The approval of the resolution should result in the donation of approximately 100-200 bikes per year to the Collective given current levels of unclaimed bicycles.  The resolution provides for a cap of 400 bikes per year to be donated to the Collective.

The draft agreement and resolution can be viewed here: http://www.slcgov.com/council/agendas/2009agendas/Nov5/110509C5.pdf

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The Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee (MBAC) is an all volunteer advocacy organization whose purpose is to promote, enhance, preserve and, where necessary, restore physical, social, political and economic environments in which bicycling is recognized as an essential element of a clean, healthy, and vital community.  For information, contact Dave Iltis, Chair  [email protected] or visit slcgov.com/bike.

The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society.  For more information, including crank addiction, visit www.slcbikecollective.org or call 801-FAT-BIKE.

FredCast Podcaster Wins Top Social Media Award

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The FredCast Cycling Podcast Wins People’s Choice Award at World’s First Social Media Awards

Press Release:
PARK CITY, UT (November 6, 2009) — The FredCast Cycling Podcast, one of the internet’s most popular weekly audio programs about cycling, was awarded the coveted People’s Choice Award at Friday night’s Utah Social Media Awards, the first event of its kind ever held anywhere in the world.

In awarding the People’s Choice Award to David Bernstein, the show’s host, creator and producer, the show’s masters of ceremonies noted that out of more than 200 nominations, The FredCast had received the largest percentage of votes.

The assembled sell-out crowd was told that the judges called The FredCast “the cream of the crop,” and commented that The FredCast “profoundly influences the cycling community.” In talking about the podcast’s accompanying web site, the judges praised thefredcast.com for “tons of new content . . . and a crisp site layout.”

In his acceptance speech, Bernstein suddenly found himself without words. “I’m a Podcaster,” he said, “so I am usually not at a loss for words. I am honored and humbled by this award and by your votes.”

Bernstein went on to explain why the show is called The FredCast. “Freds are men and women like me. We love riding our bikes, watching professional cycling, buying new bikes, clothes and gadgets for cycling. We aren’t always going to be the first to finish a race or get to the top of a hill, but we’re always going to look good doing it!”

The FredCast Cycling Podcast, now in its fifth year of production, is the highest ranked cycling-related podcast on iTunes and is consistently ranked in the Top 100 of all sports podcasts, thanks to a five-figure weekly subscriber base of enthusiast amateur recreational and endurance cyclists or so-called “Freds.” The FredCast has been nominated for numerous previous awards including Podcast Awards, People’s Choice Podcast Awards, and Podcast Peers Awards. Most recently, the show’s host was chosen to host the official InterbikeTV “Live From The Show” video showcases, highlighting more than 60 exhibitors and products from the 2009 Interbike Expo. Information, show notes and subscription links can be found on the web site at http://www.thefredcast.com.

The Utah Social Media Awards are sponsored by the Social Media Clubs of Salt Lake City, Utah Valley and Cache Valley. The Awards recognize excellence in social media practitioners and practices throughout the state of Utah. For more information, visit http://www.utahsocialmediaawards.info.

Idaho’s Armstrong opens UCI Road World’s with time trial gold

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Armstrong opens UCI Road World’s with time trial gold

Mendriso, Switzerland (September 23, 2009)—The 2009 UCI Road World Championships started off with a bang for the United States with Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Cervelo-Lifeforce) earning her second world title in the women’s time trial on Wednesday. Armstrong’s time trial gold gave the United States its third world championship in the event in the last four years. Defending world champion Amber Neben (Irvine, Calif./Equipe Nürnberger) finished sixth while Jessica Phillips (Aspen, Colo./Team Lip Smacker) was 14th. Tejay Van Garderen (Superior, Colo./Rabobank Continental) was the top American finisher in the U23 men’s time trial in 13th while Peter Stetina (Boulder, Colo./Garmin-Felt-Holowesko) was 20th.

“This is exactly what we expected,” stated Jim Miller USA Cycling’s Director of Athletics and the women’s team director for the road world championships. “It’s not easy to win world titles, there were 4-5 women who had a great chance of winning today. It comes down to who has prepared the best, and who has it on the given day. Today that was Kristin.”

Armstrong recorded a time of 35:26.09 over the 27-kilometer course to post the fastest time of the day by more than a minute. As the seventh seed however the Olympic gold medalist still had to endure six of the world’s best, including her American teammate and defending world champ Neben. Armstrong’s time did in fact hold more than 51 seconds ahead of silver medalist Noemi Cantele of Italy and nearly a minute better than the bronze medal mark set by Linda Melanie Villumsen of Denmark. Neben’s time of 36:55.83 put her in sixth place, while Phillips, after holding the top slot for much of the contest, finished in 14th.

Arguably the most decorated female cyclist in history, Armstrong added her second world title to an Olympic gold medal. Armstrong remains the fourth American ever to win an elite women’s time trial world title, joining Amber Neben (2008), Mari Holden (2000) and Karen Kurreck (1994). Her victory also pushes the United States past France for the most world titles in the event with five since it was made a world championship discipline in 1994. The 36-year-old Armstrong confirmed she will retire following the race.

“I can’t think of any better way of saying goodbye to the sport,” Armstrong said. “I had a little bit of motivation today. Now I hope another American can come out on top on Saturday.”

Armstrong’s victory marks the third world championship title for Americans this year. She joins Taylor Phinney (pursuit) and Donny Robinson (BMX) as a world champion in 2009.

“Kristin is the leader of this team, she’s the most decorated American woman cyclist in history, and when you have your leader win, it starts the week off on a good foot,” stated Miller. “We have unfinished business with the road race. This was the best possible way to start the week for the women’s team.”

In the U23 men’s time trial, Van Garderen recorded a time 42:09:08 over the 33.5-kilometer course to finish 1:24.29 off the winning pace in 13th. Stetina, who finished sixth in last year’s contest, posted a time of 42:28.92 which put him in the 20th spot.

Jack Bobridge of Australia earned the U23 men’s world title with a time of 40:44.79. Completing the podium were silver medalist Nelson Oliveira (POR) and last year’s silver medalist Patrick Gretsch (GER).

The last American U23 time trial world title was in 2001 when Danny Pate brought home the gold.

Van Garderen and Stetina are just two of the latest American U23 athletes to illustrate their potential at the world-class level. Just a couple of weeks prior, Van Garderen placed second overall at Tour de L’Avenir as a member of USA Cycling’s National Development Team.

The 2008 UCI Road World Championships continue on Thursday with the elite men’s time trial. Representing the U.S. in the 50-kilometer race against the clock will be Tom Danielson (Durango, Colo./Garmin-Slipstream) and Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell), the silver medalist from this month’s USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championships.

2009 UCI Road World Championships
Mendriso, Switzerland
Sept. 23-27:

For full results, click here.

Elite Women’s Time Trial
1. Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho) 35:26.09
2. Noemi Cantele (ITA) +0:55.01
3. Linda Melanie Villumsen (DEN) +0:58.25
6. Amber Neben (Irvine, Calif.) +1:28.27
14. Jessica Philips (Aspen, Colo.) +2:11.43

U23 Men’s Time Trial
1. Jack Bobridge (AUS) 40:44.79
2. Nelson Oliveira (POR) +0:18.73
3. Patrick Gretsch (GER). +0:27.66
13. Tejay Van Garderen (Fort Collins, Colo.) +1:24.29
20. Peter Stetina (Boulder, Colo.) +1:43.23

To view photos from the event visit the USA Cycling photo gallery, here.

Zabriskie wins Tour of Missouri and 2009 Pro Tour

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Zabriskie wins Tour of Missouri and 2009 Pro Tour

September 15, 2009
David Zabriskie (Salt Lake City, Utah/Garmin-Slipstream) used his overall and stage five time trial wins at the Tour of Missouri to earn the third USA Cycling Professional Tour overall individual title. Zabriskie wrapped up the season-long title with 342 points over runner-up and 2007 champion Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif/Astana) who finished the season with 244 points. Click here for complete results from the Tour of Missouri.

In the team standings, the two North American based UCI Pro Tour squads finished neck-in-neck with Team Columbia-High Road edging Zabriskie’s Garmin-Slipstream squad 469-408.

Volodymyr Starchyk (UKR/Amore & Vita) gathered both the overall and road race victories at the Univest Grand Prix over the weekend. The event, in Souderton, Pa., also took place over the weekend and helped wrap-up the 2009 USA Cycling Pro Tour. Click here for complete results from the Univest Grand Prix.

Just as with Christian Vande Velde (Lemont, Ill./Garmin-Slipstream) in 2008, the Tour of Missouri’s general classification winner once again took the overall Pro Tour title as Zabriskie used the final race’s points to surge past Leipheimer. Zabriskie also won the USA Cycling Professional Time Trial title and finished second overall to Leipheimer in the Pro Tour’s opening contest, the Tour of California.

Having just finished its third year, the USA Cycling Professional Tour consists of all the internationally-sanctioned events in the United States and USA Cycling’s three professional road championships in the disciplines of criterium, time trial and road racing. After eight events in 2009, Vande Velde and Leipheimer were by far the most dominant in these races, followed by Thor Hushovd (NOR/Cervelo), George Hincapie (Greenville, S.C./Columbia-High Road), Mark Cavendish (GBR/Columbia-High Road) and Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bisssell).

The final 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour standings are as follows:

Individual Standings
1. David Zabriskie (Salt Lake City, Utah/Garmin-Chipotle) 342
2. Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Astana) 244
3. Thor Hushovd (NOR/Cervelo) 127
4. George Hincapie (Greenville, S.C./Columbia-High Road) 125
5. Mark Cavendish (GBR/Columbia-High Road) 112
5. Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bisssell) 112

Team Standings
1. Team Columbia-High Road 469
2. Garmin-Slipstream 408
3. Astana 290
4. Team Saxo Bank 248
5. Kelly Benefit Strategies 217

Zabriskie claims fourth straight professional time trial title

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Zabriskie claims fourth straight professional time trial title

Greenville, S.C. (August 29, 2009)–David Zabriskie (Salt Lake City, Utah/Garmin-Slipstream) remains the only athlete to win a USA Cycling professional time trial championship after successfully defending his national title on Saturday – his fourth straight since the event’s inception in 2006.

Zabriskie edged runner-up Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell) by just 44 seconds to maintain his monopoly on the Stars-and-stripes jersey, completing the 20.7-mile course in 39 minutes, 37.14 seconds. Kelly Benefit Strategies Scott Zwizanski (Mill Valley, Calif.) took home the bronze medal, finishing just under two minutes off the pace.

After finishing fifth to Zirbel in the individual time trial stage of the Tour of Utah last week, Zabriskie once again affirmed his reputation as the fastest American in the individual race against the clock today in Greenville. The reigning national champion not only posted a nearly one minute time gap over his closest competitor, but, on the exact same course as 2008, he also improved his time by one minute and five seconds.

“Last year, I was [like] what kind of course is this? But this year it was more comfortable, and I like the course,”
Zabriskie said. “I really enjoy wearing this jersey over in Europe. It’s something I take a lot of pride in. It never gets old.”

For Zabriskie, Saturday’s victory marks his fifth career national time trial title as a professional. He also won in 2004 when both pros and amateurs competed together in the elite national championships.

Kelly Benefit Strategies put two riders in the top five with Johathan Mumford (Sandy, Utah) coming in fifth in a near deadlock with fourth-place finisher Bernard Vanulden (San Francisco, Calif.) of Jelly Belly. Both riders finished within a second of each other at 0:42:29.

In addition to reaffirming Zabriskie’s dominance, Saturday’s race also confirmed Zirbel’s progress as a consistent contender in major time trials. At 30 years-old, Zirbel continues to show his strength. Three years ago, he finished 1:29 behind Zabriskie to place seventh. In 2007, he was 15 seconds back to finish just off the podium in fourth and in 2008, his five-second deficit and silver medal suggested that 2009 may be his year to unseat Zabriskie. The upset was not meant to be, however with another one-two finish, the stage is set for another show-down in 2010.

Despite the somewhat technical, rolling circuit course, the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar leader and time-trial specialist, Zirbel, did not expect a nearly one-minute deficit.

“I didn’t expect to lose by 45 seconds, wow, that’s an incredible ride by Dave,” explained Zirbel. “I didn’t have time splits while I was riding. I just figured it would be close… that it would come down to 2 or 3 seconds like it did last year. Wow, to see those time gaps, I should’ve sat up. I had a whole minute to spare.”

Zabriskie and Zirbel did not disappoint in what was expected to be a show down of the two powerhouse time trialers. Racing three laps of a technical, 11.1-kilometer rolling circuit, Zabriskie left the start gate last as the top-seeded rider with Zirbel just before. The pair recorded the fastest marks at both intermediate time checks, however Zabriskie passed through the first lap with a 29-second advantage on Zirbel. Zabriskie opened up his advantage to 37 seconds after the second lap and turned it on in the final lap, never looking to be in danger of losing his lead.

USA Cycling Professional Time Trial National Championships RESULTS
Aug. 29. 2009
Greenville, S.C.

Name
Team
Finish
1
ZABRISKIE David
Garmin-Slipstream
39.37
2
ZIRBEL
Bissell Pro Cycling
40.21
3
ZWIZANSKI
Kelly Benefit Strategies
41.18
4
VANULDEN
Jelly Belly Cycling Team
42.29
5
MUMFORD
Kelly Benefit Strategies
42.29
6
FRIEDMAN
Garmin-Slipstream
42.37
7
ZAJICEK
Fly V Australia
42.38
8
CHODROFF
OUCH Presented By Maxxis
42.44
9
JACQUES-MAYNES
Bissell Pro Cycling
43.07
10
CREED
Team Type 1
43.11
11
WINSTEAD
Kenda Pro Cycling Presented By Spinergy
43.41
12
MACH
Bissell Pro Cycling
43.43
13
KILUN
OUCH Presented By Maxxis
43.44
14
BALDWIN
OUCH Presented By Maxxis
43.56
15
SWEETING
Land Rover-ORBEA
44.00
16
KEM
Bissell Pro Cycling
44.24
17
CRANE
Jelly Belly Cycling Team
44.50
18
GAIMON
Jelly Belly Cycling Team
44.52
19
REIJNEN
Jelly Belly Cycling Team
45.40
20
MONTELEONE
USA Development Team
46.01
21
LANDIS
OUCH Presented By Maxxis
46.30
22
HAMBLEN
DLP Racing
46.57
23
WOLFENBARGER
Cinelli-Down Under
49.03

Stoltz, McQuaid Win XTERRA Mountain Championship

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August 16, 2008 — SNOWBASIN RESORT, UTAH – On a course that featured more than 3,000-feet of climbing on rocky off-road mountain trails Conrad Stoltz from South Africa and Melanie McQuaid from Canada showcased an astonishing level of fitness and skill to win the XTERRA Mountain Championship today.

In the men’s race Stoltz was playing cat-and-mouse and trading the lead spot with Canadian Mike Vine during the last half of the bike before pulling away on the final downhill and getting into the bike-to-run transition with a one-minute lead.

“Mike and I were battling back and forth on the bike and were even running alongside each other pushing our bikes uphill at one point.  We traded leads all the way to the summit and I know what a great runner he is so I went flat out on the downhill, I was basically free falling down the side of this mountain,” said Stoltz.

Vine was able to make up some time on the run, but not enough as Stoltz, the 3-time XTERRA World Champ (and two-time Olympian), held on for a 31-second margin of victory.

The men’s race at the front was the closest XTERRA has seen in a long time as Stoltz’ winning time of 2:21:32 was less than a minute faster than the next four racers with Vine coming in at 2:22:03, Brian Smith in 2:22:12 and last year’s race winner Seth Wealing in 2:22:22.

Brian Smith, who became the inaugural XTERRA Winter World Champion here at Snowbasin when it was covered in the “The Greatest Snow on Earth” back in March, was nearly five minutes behind Stoltz coming out of the water but posted the fastest bike split of the day (1:25:40) and headed into the bike-to-run transition just two minutes down alongside Seth Wealing.  Smith, the top American in the race, headed out on the run just 10 seconds ahead of Wealing and the two posted identical run splits (30:23).

Melanie McQuaid was three minutes off the swim pace set by Christine Jeffrey and Linda Gallo but quickly made up that ground and took the lead at around mile five of the mountain bike portion and never looked back.

Shonny Vanlandingham, current and 7-time member of the U.S. National Mountain Bike team, posted the fastest bike split of the day to pull within striking distance but McQuaid hammered the run and won in 2:40:17, more than a minute-and-a-half in front of Vanlandingham.

Jenny Smith came out of the water at the same time as Shonny V and posted the second-best bike split to move into third, Danelle Kabush put together the best run of the day to finish fourth, and Jenny Tobin placed 5th.

For more information, visit xterraplanet.com.

Cycling Utah’s August 2006 Issue is Now Available!

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Cover Photo: Kathy Sherwin (Ford Cycling) rolled to a ninth place finish in the Deer Valley Nationals XC on July 8th. She's shown here leading Dara Marks-Marino (Titus/Kenda). Photo by Dave Iltis, see more photos online at cyclingwest.com
Cover Photo: Kathy Sherwin (Ford Cycling) rolled to a ninth place finish in the Deer Valley Nationals XC on July 8th. She’s shown here leading Dara Marks-Marino (Titus/Kenda).
Photo by Dave Iltis, see more photos online at
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Cycling Utah Magazine’s August 2006 Issue is now available as a free download (6 mb download)

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Contents

•Route 211 – p. 3

• Six Canyon Ride – p. 4

•Innocent Until Proven Guilty – p. 2 

•Gate City Grind – p. 12

•Woodland’s Bench Creek Trail – p. 8

•Parley’s Canyon Bike Route – p. 9

•Deer Valley NORBA Nationals – p. 10

•Results – p. 20

• Commuter Column – p. 22

•Deer Valley DH – p. 15

•Dirt Jumping is Not a Crime! – p. 16

 

Cycling Utah’s July 2006 Issue is Now Available!

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Cover Photo: Eric Jones (Raleigh Factory Team) won the Utah State Championship over Alan Obye (SRAM) on July 1, 2006 Photo by Dave Iltis, see more photos online at
Cover Photo: Eric Jones (Raleigh Factory Team) won the Utah State Championship over Alan Obye (SRAM) on July 1, 2006
Photo by Dave Iltis, see more photos online at cyclingwest.com

Cycling Utah Magazine’s July 2006 Issue is now available as a free download (8.1 mb download)

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Contents

•2006 Tour of Utah Preview – p. 3

• A Tour Contender’s Diet – p. 4

•Laura Howat’s Recollections of the 1988 Women’s Tour de France – p. 5

•The Tour Will Go On – p. 2 

•High Uintas Stage Race – p. 12

•Park City’s Spiro Trail – p. 8

•State Road Race Champs – p. 17

•Chris Allaire MTB Race – p. 13

•Results – p. 24

• Commuter Column – p. 26

•Bountiful Bomber DH – p. 17

•Halfway Through the Dream Tour – p. 19

•Burke Swindlehurst Interview  – p. 6

• Collective’s Bike Ed Program – p. 18 

 

 

2001 Utah Cycling Association Overall Season Points

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The following are the Utah Cycling Association (UCA) 2001 Overall Season Points Standings for road racing in the state of Utah.

Christian Johnson cornering in the Downtown Salt Lake City Criterium in 2001. Photo by Dave Iltis
Utah Cycling Association Points Series Standings
  Cat 1-2 Men  
       
Rider Number First Name Last Name Total Points
103 Gardie Jackson 177
147 Steve Tibbits 171
116 Thom Cooke 163
138 Marc Yap 128
124 John Osguthorpe 126
139 Kirk Eck 124
143 Sandy Perrins 117
133 Mark Rodel 101
125 Christian Johnson 100
122 Mike Peterson 83
142 Chris Humbert 70
118 Allen Bulter 64
107 Jeff Sargent 58
104 Tim Brown 56
123 Quincy Thomas 53
128 Rayn Littlefield 50
115 Bill Harris 46
137 Greyson Tipping 41
140 Nate Page 39
119 Dirk Cowley 38
149 Steve Scoville 32
111 Tyler Higley 31
113 Bart Gillespie 30
106 Mike Ward 28
112 Darrell Davis 28
132 Jason Travis 24
158 Scott Martin 19
120 Paul Quinlan 18
109 Benjamin Rabner 17
110 Eric Flynn 16
131 Terry Mcginnis 15
100 Chris McGrovern 13
162 Zan Treasure 13
150 Mitch Mcbeth 11
105 Aaron Jordin 10
102 Jason Castor 10
130 Rob Van Kirk 9
146 Rodney Mena 9
136 Trenton Higley 9
148 Quintin Apedaile 8
154 Chris Hull 8
114 Steve Mannebach 7
161 Brent Cannon 7
134 Steve Smock 5
121 Chris Abbruzzese 4
126 Art Oconnor 4
157 Ian Smith 4
135 Billy Allen 3
117 Matt Orhan 2
152 Jared Nielson 1

 

  Cat 3 Men  
       
Rider Number First Name Last Name Total Points
326 Kevin Radzinski 194
306 Brent Cannon 180
325 Marek Shon 151
304 Stephen Fullmer 148
321 Jeremy Smith 142
336 Christopher Quann 138
327 David Bush 96
318 Greg Grissom 90
344 Aaron Schosnberg 85
315 Justin Kline 83
308 David Tasi 67
352 Joel Peterson 54
310 Kyle Brown 52
305 Uhl Albert 50
314 Leo O’Connor 34
323 Greg Jex 33
347 Jarom Zenger 30
313 Lance Chrisitiansen 28
303 Cole Hazekamp 27
302 Kelly Rayn 25
337 Byrson Perry 25
322 Jared Nelson 24
319 Steve Tabarez 23
332 Mark Walker 19
339 Lewis Gilbert 18
350 Brandon Burtenshaw 17
358 Eathan Frank 16
307 Cristiano Pereria 15
334 Charles Rosett 14
312 Jason Anderson 12
320 Dan Kadrmas 10
356 Bart Nichols 10
361 Brain Klepper 10
335 Tommy Murphy 9
342 Doug Neff 8
309 Linde Smith 7
349 Bary Gardner 7
340 Chan Head 6
330 Evan Hepner 6
302 Jackson Evans 5
331 Jody Sanchez 4
357 Robin Gregory 4
338 Erik Strange 4
311 Jeff Stenquist 3
362 DR Blanco 3
301 John McConnell 3
329 Jared Gibson 1
317 Greg Roper 1
353 Chuch Turner 1

 

  Cat 4-5 Men  
       
Rider Number First Name Last Name Total Points
506 Bart Nichols 204
509 S Kieth Anderson 111
523 Evan Hepner 109
520 Sean Fessenden 90
508 James Fox 79
557 Robert Lofgran 77
583 Sean Young 71
598 John Griffiths 68
503 John McConnell 56
501 Chuck Turner 55
549 Dan Kadrmas 53
530 Jon Bradley 39
547 Eathan Frank 29
571 Doug Underwood 26
519 Brent Peacock 25
539 Maikel Wise 22
504 Tyler McConnell 21
502 David Blanco` 21
514 Chris Colgan 19
537 Jon King 19
551 Richard Phippen 19
563 Ben Memmott 18
568 Jim Morgan 18
540 Richard Erikson 18
524 Fred Porter 18
500 Brain Klepper 15
548 Mike Meldrum 14
534 Timothy Bowman 11
589 Jeff Street 11
560 Micheal Sherman 11
507 Mathew Bishop 10
529 Matt Wolf 9
546 Brent Frank 9
545 Scott Marland 9
512 Robert Hansen 9
521 Zack Butterfield 7
513 Kevin O ,meara 6
541 Bob Henderson 5
525 Micheal Busch 5
532 John Bridge 4
543 Jeff Caldwell 4
558 Mark Andreasen 4
510 Gary Pennington 3
518 James Ferguson 3
531 David Vitek 1
535 Brayn Jeppson 1
542 Kevin Baumgartner 1
552 Robert Leuberes 1
553 Nathan Smith 1
554 Jackson Evans 1
566 Jason Ball 1

 

  Master 35+ Men  
       
Rider Number First Name Last Name Total Points
708 Mark Schaefer 424
719 Dennis Porter 152
709 Steven Lewis 145
725 Donald Armstrong 130
723 Zan Treasure 126
717 Bryan Williams 106
704 Jeff Pease 88
718 Gary Porter 84
721 Gene Pearson 73
796 Eric Schramm 70
712 John Ilits 64
716 Jeff Ure 52
706 Ken Jones 48
730 Micheal Fogarty 47
724 Terry McGinnis 37
716 Art O’Connor 32
705 Craig Sorensen 26
794 Wayne Cottrell 23
722 Perry Woods 19
731 Staton Smith 16
753 Bill Corliss 15
710 Peter Barquin 14
703 Darrell Davis 13
702 Kevin Hall 11
752 Brent Farr 11
713 S Kieth Anderson 10
707 Paul Quinlan 8
714 Jeff Robb 5
700 David Tasi 5
702 Kevin Hall 4
711 Korlin Gillette 4
791 Bruce Ewert 1

 

  Master 45+ Men  
       
Rider Number First Name Last Name Total Points
808 Dirk Cowley 255
800 Richard Blanco 179
806 Larry Strom 126
801 Steve Wimmer 103
814 Ken Louder 92
825 Hardin Davis 88
804 Robert Walker 82
802 William Corliss 81
  Gary Powers 60
807 Bill Cutting 54
805 Dave Evans 47
811 Eck Kuennemann 45
828 Charles Palmer 10
813 Robert Costin 5

 

  Master 55+ Men  
       
Rider Number First Name Last Name Total Points
904 Hardin Davis 172
900 Paul Scarpelli 49
901 Lee Bourne 19
905 Larry Witkowski 15
902 LR Smith 8

 

  Jr Men  
       
Rider Number First Name Last Name Total Points
1000 David Blanco 129
1001 Tyler McConnell 64
1002 Brain Klepper 10

 

  Women Cat 1-2-3  
       
Rider Number First Name Last Name Total Points
205 Maren Partridge 290
299 Karen Dodge 229
203 Margaret Douglas 174
208 Heather Albert 151
206 Racheal Ciesiswicz 124
202 Laura Howat 108
209 Christine Iltis 102
204 Lisa Peck 92
220 Crystal Yap 30
212 Heidi Apedaile 28
200 Daphine Wilhlem 25
201 Jill Wilkerson-Smith 23
213 Kirsten Kotval 18
218 Cherell Jordan 15
207 Trease Eggerston 14
211 Alison Littlefield 10
215 Susan Hallenberg 7
217 Nancy Cleveland 7
219 Laurie Humbert 5

 

  Women Cat 4  
       
Rider Number First Name Last Name Total Points
403 Nancy Cleveland 273
409 Joe Garuccio 157
402 Heather Mastakas 148
416 Jamie Smith 66
411 Karen Dodge 64
404 Jennifer Adams 23
405 Cassie Linberg 14
406 Karen Ortiz 10
401 Kathleen Bourne 9

Masters Women and Junior Women – no riders.

2001 Sports Marketing Concepts Utah Criterium Series Overall Points

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The following are the overall points totals from the 2001 Sports Marketing Concepts Utah Criterium Series that includes the Rocky Mountain Raceways Criterium Series, the DMV Criterium Series, and SaltAir Time Trial Series.

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Rider # Name RMR DMV TT TOTAL
1 Ryan Littlefield 171 121 66 358
20 Bill Harris 153 7 55 215
32 Darrell Davis 41 87 61 189
4 Christian Johnson 23 135 14 172
11 Tom Cooke 128 8 28 164
17 Jason Castor 74 61   135
10 Dirk Cowley 3 63 45 111
3 Alan Bulter 72 36   108
9 Eric Flynn 48 49 1 98
49 Mike Ward 2 49 42 93
99 Grardie Jackson 70   19 89
78 Mike Fogarty 6 76   82
12 Rich Vroom 82     82
46 Steve Tibbitts 35   39 74
15 Dave Zabriske 39 27   66
16 Terry McGinnis 64     64
21 Rodney Mena 22 28 13 63
51 Marek Shon 1 14 44 59
8 John Osguthrope   55 4 59
55 Brent Fullmer 7 51   58
100 Scott Martin 15 42   57
26 Mike Peterson 20 26   46
19 Chris Humbert 44     44
89 Jason Travis 37 6   43
41 Qunicy Thomas 31   7 38
109 Eric Schramn 23   14 37
40 Mark Walker 1   35 36
39 David Tasi 3   30 33
6 Bart Gillespie 33     33
88 Paul Quinlan 6 11 14 31
64 Steve Smock 28 2   30
18 Dave Wood 20 8   28
36 Kelly Rayn   18 10 28
44 Billy Allen 20 7   27
56 Art O’Connor   12 13 25
14 Chris McGovern 2   18 20
105 Aaron Schonberg   20   20
77 Chris Quann     18 18
35 Jeff Sargent 3 4 11 18
58   8 7   15
34 Kevin Radzinski 3 1 10 14
28 Mark Rodel   13   13
82 Todd Hageman 4 9   13
117     13   13
42 Greg Jex     12 12
5 Travis Tenny 11     11
81 Brent Cannon 7 1 3 11
86   6   5 11
37 Leo O’Connor 6   4 10
93 John Iltis     9 9
57 Nate Page     9 9
116 Tom Knopp   5 4 9
92 Linde Smith 6   2 8
43 Steve Scoville 6     6
85 Charles Palmer     6 6
38 Chri Abbruzze 5     5
94 Mitch McBeth 5     5
66 Marc Yapp 4     4
22 Alison Littlefield     4 4
121   4     4
30       4 4
53 Aaron Jordin     3 3
104 Todd Posselli   3   3
23     3   3
102 Evan Hepner     3 3
76 Jason Anderson   2   2
33 Christiano Peria     2 2
52 David Bush   1 1 2
28   2     2
91 Jared Nielson     2 2
52     2   2
10 Chris Quann 1     1
24 Tom Denison     1 1
101 Scott Patten   1   1
137     1   1
55     1   1
6   1     1

 

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Rider # Name RMR DMV TT TOTAL
207 John Griffith 16 117 17 150
225 Dave Sharp 129 18   147
231 Dan Murray 73   69 142
254 Jim Morgan 123 17   140
244 Jon Baddlem 91 41   132
312 Wayne Cottrell 9 66 44 119
210 Chris Colgan 63 9 37 109
215 Sean Fessenden 43 52 10 105
298 Bob Hunt 72 30   102
252 Bill Cutting 38 23 27 88
297 Robert Logran 26 59   85
240 Hardin Davis   39 39 78
280 Brent Nixion 43 30   73
259 Alex Lee   62 9 71
208 Stan Smith 8   50 58
204 John McConnell 15 32 10 57
249 Ken Louder 32   25 57
270 Andrew Lock 46   7 53
222 Chuck Turner 38   9 47
284 Tom Knopp 22 25   47
248 Dru Whitlock 45     45
206 Robert Kunz 17 26   43
255 Clyde Done 43     43
212 Gary Powers 26 16   42
220 Brain Kleffer 32 9   41
282 Bryson Pery 40     40
211 Peter Kuennemann   38   38
256 Bob Henderson   5 30 35
295 Scott Marland 1 25 6 32
223 Aaron Packward 9 23   32
275 Richard Erikson   23 7 30
216 Jared Nielson 28     28
229 Jeff Stret   28   28
308 Steve Ludwig 3 4 18 25
281 Jesse Gordon   25   25
307 Chris Magerl     24 24
289 Mark Deterline   15 8 23
29     20   20
221 Madkel Wise 19     19
311 Darek Leyde     18 18
200 Dave Blanco 10 7   17
281     17   17
269 Kevin Wilkerson     17 17
218 Zack Butterfield 15 1   16
253 Steve Mayfield   12 4 16
250 Don Winder     16 16
267 Will McFarland     14 14
296   9 4   13
317     13   13
272 Jody Sanchez 4 9   13
287   13     13
313 Rick Slabinski     11 11
241 Joe Punnhager 10     10
239 Jared Gibson 10     10
315   9     9
266       8 8
235 Lisa Peck 7     7
213 Daniel Left 6     6
316     6   6
274   6     6
226 Rob Furnato 5     5
237 Hollie Boe   5   5
209 Jose Grajeda 4     4
303 Dan Kadrmas 4     4
217 Stan Swallow 1 3   4
283 Lon Gilbert 4     4
304 Silas Hesterberg 4     4
243   4     4
229     3   3
306     2   2
219 Tyler Putman 2     2
261 Evan Herver 2     2
260 Bruce Ewert 2     2
283 Lon Gilbert 2     2
228     2   2
242 Robert Hansen 1     1
227 John Bridge 1     1
227 John Bridge 1     1
258     1   1
204   1     1

 

Jemison Battles Elements to Claim Solo 1997 LoToJa Win

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Clothier Takes the Women’s Win

By David Ward and David Bern
Last year’s LoToJa was one for the history books, but this year’s race will burn long in the memories of all who dared to jump on a bike the morning of Sept. 20.
Despite his prestigious position in Europe’s pro peloton and racing the Tour de France, Marty Jemison (U.S. Postal Service) won’t likely forget it either.

The pack begins a push to catch the solo breakaway of Rob Van Kirk. Dave Wood, second in line eventually bridged to Van Kirk along with Marty Jemison, the eventual winner. Wood finished third behind Van Kirk. Photo by David R. Ward
The pack begins a push to catch the solo breakaway of Rob Van Kirk. Dave Wood, second in line eventually bridged to Van Kirk along with Marty Jemison, the eventual winner. Wood finished third behind Van Kirk. Photo by David R. Ward

The 1996 LoToJa saw Scott Moninger smash the long-standing record by over 30 minutes. Yet, racing conditions had been ideal on that day, with a relentless southern wind blowing the peloton from Logan to Teton Village. Moninger also had help with John Frey (a two-time LoToJa champion) and Steven Speaks keeping the breakaway intact and at a brutal velocity.
But help was short in coming as dawn broke on this year’s 203-mile edition. El Nino was in full force, sending a chilly, hard rain onto the backs of riders as they left Logan shortly after 7 a.m. Conditions were so abysmal, that it took Jemison well over nine and one half hours to win the race — almost two hours slower than last year’s record-breaking time by Moninger.
“I was riding the race for training, but wanted to win,” explained Jemison, who has ridden the LoToJa twice, placing sec- ond both times. “I was disappointed with the turnout. It would have been nice if Moninger and Frey had come for the race.”
Although Jemison described the LoToJa’s competitiveness as a “training ride” in comparison to racing the Tour de France, the 32-year-old Utahn still had to contend with impressive riding by Rob Van Kirk (EDC) and David Wood (Mi Duole).
Just north of Soda Springs, Van Kirk made a successful solo attack and stayed away to win King of the Mountain on Tin Cup Pass. Meanwhile, over five minutes back, Jemison launched an attack at the base of Tin Cup. The remaining peloton exploded and only Wood was able to stay on Jemison’s wheel.
The two crested Tin Cup together and flew down into Star Valley in search of Van Kirk, whom they caught. The three riders worked together through Alpine Junction and continued their cooperative while rid- ing high over a misty Snake River.
But on a long hill, Jemison maintained tempo and left Wood and Van Kirk. “I was just keeping pace when they dropped off,” he said. “I heard somebody yell, ‘Hey, wait for us.'” Jemison didn’t wait and soloed the remaining 35 miles to Teton Village. Immediately after the race, the U.S. Postal rider didn’t complain about the weather. But he did describe the 7 a.m. start in the rain as “Brutal. I’m not used to starting that early.”
Jemison’s time was 9:37:43 with Van Kirk taking second and Wood third. Van Kirk and Wood crossed the line with the same time of 9:51:33.
Only a handful of licensed women pulled up to the start line and left Logan with the Cat. 4 men’s pack. After racing the LoToJa once two years ago and taking fourth, Jennifer Clothier (Northshore) was in the hunt for a win. Also wanting a spot on the podium was Heidi Appedale.
Shortly before Soda Springs, both women were involved in a crash and had to chase hard to catch the Cat. 4 peloton. Clothier bridged back with two other riders, while Appedale chased back alone.
After the China Hat feed zone, Clothier noticed that Appedale had been dropped. “I stayed with the pack as long as I could to put distance on her,” said Clothier. Shortly before Tin Cup, Clothier lost contact with the pack. But her effort was enough, crossing the finish line at 10:35:50. Appedale was second at 10:55:00 and Kirsten Davis was third at 12:03:40.
The start of Sunday morning’s awards ceremony was delayed as USCF Race Referee Gary Bywater processed rider dis- putes for the Cat. Ill and Masters 35-45 races. Cyclists Kirk Eck, Eric Schramm and John Osguthorpe were relegated to second, fourth and sixth places, respective- ly, for allegedly failing to obey traffic con- trols at a road construction zone. Quinton Appedale took first place at 10:03:03 with Dan Arnold taking third at 10:03:06.
In the Masters 35-45, the race came down to the wire between Dana Harrison and Mark Schaefer (Mi Duole). Both men sprinted heavily for the line, with Harrison crossing first. However, Schaefer immedi- ately filed a protest, claiming that Harrison had nearly rode him off the road during the sprint. Schaefer’s winning time was 10:00:08. Harrison was relegated to fifth.

LoToJa Classic Results
September 20, 1997
Sr. Men Pro/Cat. I-2:
1. Marty Jemison 9:37:43; 2.
Rob Van Kirk; 3. David Wood; 4. Allan Butler; 5. Tyler
Higley. King of the Mountain — Van Kirk
Cat. 1-4 Women:
l. Jennifer Clothier 10:35:50; 2.
Heidi A p p e d a l e ; 3. Kirsten Davis. Queen of the
Mountain — Clothier
Cat. 3 Men: 1. Quinton A p p e d a l e 10:03:03; 2. Kirk
Eck (relegation); 3. Dan Arnold; 4. Eric Schramm
(relegation); 5. Manx Quayle
Cat. 4 Men: 1. Tim Hanson 9:55:14; 2. Bob
Henderson; 3. Brent Cannon; 4. Brian Williams; 5.
Shane Sorenson
Masters 35-44: 1. Mark Schaefer 10:00:08; 2. Ken
Jones; 3, Jim Althus; 4, Chuck Collins; 5. Dana
Harrison (relegation)
Masters 45+: 1. Terry Patterson 10:06:00; 2. Art Heers;
3. Bill Peterson; 4. Mark Bates
Cat. 5 Men 17-26 (1-day lie): 1. Mike Depiero
10:10:09; 2. Dave Mathison; 3. Mike Caldwell; 4.
Steve Bender
Cat. 5 Men 27-34: 1. Dennis Porter 10:12:05; 2. Steve
Murdock; 3. Dave Bush; 4. Chris Johnson; 5. Gary
Kaealin
Cat. 5 Men 35-44: 1. Tony Koch 10:06:43; 2. Gerald
Thoreson
Cat. 5 Men 45+: 1. Carl Blair 10:06:43; 2. Joe
Thompson; 3. David Wallace; 4. Roger hansen; 5.
Tom Dyson
Cat. 4 Women (1-day lie): 1. Julie G o d d e r a g e
12:47:49; 2. Irene Herremans
Tandems: 1. Beth Whittikar/lvan Meddors 10:34:17;
2. Brian Carlson/Cathy Vojta; 3. Michael
Bingle/Larry Conor

Cycling Utah Magazine March 1993 Issue

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David Ward
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Cycling Utah’s Inaugural Issue

May 20, 2020 – Cycling Utah was started in March 1993 by David Ward and Bob Truelsen.  Since then, it has grown to cover cycling in the Western United States, and under Editor and Publisher Dave Iltis has shifted to become Cycling West in the region, while remaining Cycling Utah within Utah.

The inaugural issue of the magazine is available below as a pdf download.

Over the next few months we will be working to gather all of Cycling Utah’s archives together in one spot for reference.

Our mission is to make the world a better place through bicycling.

Volume 1, Number 1.

Cycling Utah Magazine March 1993 Issue Download

For the history of how Cycling Utah came to be, see: Cycling Utah and Cycling West: A Brief History of 25 Years

Cycling Utah’s first issue was published in March of 1993. David Ward and Bob Truelsen started the paper. It has thrived for 23 years as the voice of cycling in Utah and the Intermountain West.

Contents:

Promoting Racing

What is Cycling Utah?

Season Preview

So you want to go bicycle racing? BRAU Explained

Calendar of Events

Pepperwood Loop

Bicycle Shop Directory

Bicycling Briefs

 

 

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