Laurent Fignon

by Rant June 15, 2009

If you’re a cycling fan of a certain age, you may remember Laurent Fignon as the guy who lost the Tour de France by the slimmest of margins. A mere eight seconds, attributable to the aerodynamic advantage that Greg LeMond gained by using the now ubiquitous aerobars favored by triathletes and time trialists. LeMond, who was […]

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Sutherland Wins NVGP

by strbuk June 15, 2009

Rory Sutherland came from behind, with the help of his OUCH teammates, to win the Nature Valley GP. Here’s the press release from OUCH, sorry I was gone all weekend making updates scarce. June 14, 2009 Sutherland waits until the last minutes to earn the overall at Nature Valley. Stillwater, MN – Since the end […]

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Uptown Minneapolis Criterium

by strbuk June 12, 2009

Yesterday’s Cannon Falls Road Race stage of The Nature Valley GP was exciting, you can read the results of the pro men’s race here. Today sees the race take on yet a different flavor as the peloton heads to  Minneapolis for the Uptown Crits. The men’s race goes off at 7:45 pm Central. Results posted […]

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Cannon Falls Road Race

by strbuk June 11, 2009

Tria Orthopaedic Center previews today’s Cannon Falls Road Race stage of The Nature Valley Grand Prix. As always you can also see more about the stages at the official web site of the Minnesota Bicycle Festival. You can also follow the action on twitter. Results from today’s stage will be posted as soon as I […]

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Really?

by Rant June 10, 2009

We’ve heard this kind of refrain before: “In the near future, we will announce the first cases of doping caught by the new biological passport program.” Twice before, at the very least. Back in February, when Pat McQuaid, the head of the International Cycling Union, spoke at a press conference during the Tour of California. […]

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Minnesota Bicycle Festival

by strbuk June 10, 2009

The Nature Valley Grand Prix starts this morning with stage 1 being a 4.5 mile time trial along the St Paul riverfront. Go here to see the TT start time list. Team OUCH is very well represented with John Murphy, Roman Kilun, Andrew Pinfold, Pat McCarty, Tim Johnson, Karl Menzies, Floyd Landis, and Rory Sutherland […]

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