
Thor Hushovd takes SRAM RED & Zipp to the top step of the podium
Cervelo Test Team’s Thor Hushovd comes good on stage 6 of the 75th Vuelta a España. The challenging stage profile shredded most sprinters, but Thor battled his way up the Alto de la Cresta del Gallo, the category two ascent. Hushovd prevailed in the field sprint from a diminished peloton, propelling SRAM RED and Zipp to it’s first win of this year’s Vuelta.

Team Saxo-Bank up late in Spain, ripping along on their …

David Veilleux celebrates with Kelly Benefit Strategies Team director sportif Jonas Carney.
For the first time in 23 years, the US PRO Criterium Championships has a new home in Glencoe, IL just outside of Chicago. With a new challenging course, which included 10 turns and a slight climb on the back side plus your expected humid Chicago evening, saw a dwindled field by the races’ end. With every previous category seeing a break succeed to the line, the men’s pro field would be no different. After a speedy start, the half way …

The fist pump – Cliff-Ryan takes the win in Glencoe
The Glencoe Grand Prix women’s race was held in conjunction with the men’s US Pro Criterium National Championships. Formerly held together in nearby Downer’s Grove, IL, the women’s criterium championships were held in June in Bend, OR when the road and time trial national championships were contested.
With a large prize purse at stake and a technical two-kilometer course with 10 corners and a challenging hill, the Glencoe Grand Prix attracted a strong field. The Colavita/Baci Women’s Cycling …

Two SRAM RED equipped riders, Australian Allan Davis of Team Astana and Footon-Servetto’s Enrique Mata
were Top 10 finishers in the Vattenfall Classic in Hamburg, Germany on August 15th in a close sprinters race.
On a cool, overcast Sunday morning, the 216.6km Vattenfall Classic started with a long circuit of the countryside
around the Hamburg countryside before the final 4 circuits with the short, steep Wasberg climb. An early break got
away with SRAM RED equipped Gatis Smukulis (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Trusov (Katusha), Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto),
Geslin (Francaise des Jeux) and Chaigneau (Skil) that built up a huge …

Coryn Rivera (right) Bronze Medal at UCI Junior Road Race World Championships – Offida, Italy
Sixty-two riders started the Women’s UCI Junior Road World Championship race in Offida, Italy. Situated in the heart of the Marche Region and the Province of Ascoli Piceno, Offida (5300 inhabitants) is located in the hills stretching from the Ascoli mountains to the Adriatic Sea. Part of the Riviera delle Palme tourist area.
Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12 rider and 32-time Junior National Champion Coryn Rivera (SRAM RED) was joined by Kaitie Antonneau, Kendall Ryan and Jessica Prinner. …

SRAM RED equipped Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) and Carlos Sastre (Cervelo) finished 2nd & 3rd in Spain’s top one-day race, the Clasica San Sebastian in a close finish with LL Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne). Sanchez attacked on the second climb of the Jaizkibel and only Vinokourov and Sastre could get across to him. After a solid 3rd place, Sastre explained “I am really happy to achieve this podium after all the bad luck I’ve had this season. Two trips over the Jaizkibel makes this race a lot more realistic for me and I had …

The link below is to the complete collection of the “I Chose SRAM” road commercials, which ran consistently throughout the 2010 Tour de France in the U.S. on the VERSUS channel and continue to run on a number of cycling sites globally.
The message is simple, these athletes “Chose SRAM,” and messengers included Andy Schleck, Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, and Fabian Cancellara. The ads were shot during the Sea Otter Classic, the SRAM Tour of the Gila, and The Amgen Tour of California. And while we utilized many ProTour …

Chris Horner chats with theroaddiaries.com after his return from the 2010 Tour de France – see the interview at bottom of page
Team RadioShack’s Chris Horner delivered another incredible effort at this year’s Tour de France in support of team leader Lance Armstrong. Bad luck ultimately limited Lance’s chances for the overall and Horner’s task quickly became maintaining the team’s standings in the Team Classification and helping his team leader search for stage wins. Despite only riding for himself on two stages, he ended up 10th overall in the general classification, surprising …

Andy Schleck Tour Runner-Up and Best Young Rider On SRAM RED LTE
2010 Tour de France Sunday 25 July
Stage 20: Longjumeau Paris Champs-Élysées 102.5 km
Alberto Contador took Spain’s 13th victory in 97 editions of the Tour de France when he clinched up his third win on Sunday after wins in 2007 and 2009. Post race, Contador said “It is a Tour in which I had a lot of pressure, especially physically as I was not at my best level. It took a lot of confidence to face difficult situations. For example, everyone said …

SRAM RED equipped Cancellara Takes Tour Time Test Win on SRAM RED and SRAM’s 1090 R2C aero levers
2010 Tour de France Saturday 24 July
Stage 19: Bordeaux Pauillac Individual Time Trial 52km
On a warm and windy day in Bordeaux, SRAM RED equipped World Champion Fabian Cancellara powered home the winner in the flat and fast 51km individual time trial from Bordeaux to Paulliac. Cancellara bookended his 2010 Tour by taking the second time test of the race after his prologue win in Rotterdam July 3rd. Fastest at the intermediate tme check after 36.2km, …