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Nature Valley Grand Prix – RED and Green make Yellow
Jesse Anthony (Kelly Benefit Strategies/Optumhealth) and Robert Forster (UnitedHealthcare) chat before Sunday’s final stage. Forster, who won the Wheaties Fuel Sprinters jersey, would attack hard with two laps to go, Anthony and his team managed his and countless other attacks, holding onto yellow. This weekend’s racing was filled with racing drama, long breaks and late [...]
Tagged with Black RED, Colavita/Baci Women’s Cycling Team p/b Cooking Light, Hilton Clarke, Jamey Driscoll, Jelly Belly, Jeremy Powers, Karl Menzies, Kelly Benefits, Meredith Miller, Michael Zellmann, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Peanut Butter & Co. - TwentyTwelve, Road, SRAM Life, SRAM RED, Team TIBCO, Uncategorized, Women's Cycling
Quiet on the Set! SRAM Commercials – Behind the Scenes
Horner on the set SRAM’s “I Chose SRAM” campaign is our first venture into broadcast advertising on the road side, which we began in 2010. We stuck with being literal when a guy named Lance unretired and just happen to choose our componentry. Before the first stage, and forgiving the challenging weather, noise, and traffic, [...]
Tagged with Alex Wassmann, Amgen Tour of California, Ben Day, Ben King, Ben Raby, Chris Horner, Dominic Rollin, Garmin-Cérvelo, Jelly Belly, Jens Voigt, Jeremy Powers, Juan Jose Haedo, Karl Menzies, Liquigas-Cannondale, Michael Zellmann, Radio Shack, Road, SAXO Bank, SRAM Life, SRAM RED, Team Radio Shack, Team RadioShack, Uncategorized, United Healthcare
Snowy Days and Sundays (at ATOC)
There is snow on the mountains and the SRAM Volvos If you didn’t already know, today’s first stage at the Amgen Tour of California was cancelled due to weather. A good call, the roads were horrible, icy, snowy, just bad. What happens after that decision is made is pretty interesting. Regardless of anything cancelled, motorcycles, [...]
Tagged with Alex Wassmann, Amgen Tour of California, Ben Day, Ben Raby, Bike Tech, Black RED, Brad Huff, Carlos Sastre, Chris Horner, Daphny Van den Brand, Garmin-Cérvelo, Jelly Belly, Jens Voigt, Jeremy Powers, Karl Menzies, Kelly Benefits, Levi Leipheimer, Liquigas-Cannondale, Michael Zellmann, Neutral Race Support, Radio Shack, Road, Rory Sutherland, SRAM Force, SRAM Neutral Race Support, SRAM RED, Taylor Phinney, Team RadioShack, Thor Hushovd, Tom Zirbel, Uncategorized, United Healthcare
SRAM’s ATOC Manufacturer’s Challenge – FINAL RESULTS!
The race of componentry was again won by SRAM. Riders finishing in the top 20 of every stage were given points from 20 to 1, and SRAM RED scored 742 points to take its second consecutive victory. The DoubleTap componentry was most dominant throughout, but exceptional on the Tour’s most difficult stages, including Sierra Road [...]
Tagged with Alex Wassmann, Amgen Tour of California, Ben Day, Ben King, Ben Raby, Bike Tech, Black RED, Brad Huff, Carmen Small, Chris Horner, Christian VandeVelde, Dominic Rollin, Garmin-Cérvelo, Jamey Driscoll, Jelly Belly, Jens Voigt, Jeremy Powers, Johan Van Summeren, Juan Jose Haedo, Karl Menzies, Kelly Benefits, Levi Leipheimer, Liquigas-Cannondale, Michael Zellmann, Nick Nuyens, Radio Shack, Road, Rory Sutherland, SAXO Bank, SRAM Force, SRAM RED, Taylor Phinney, Team Radio Shack, Thor Hushovd, Tim Johnson, Tom Zirbel, Uncategorized, United Healthcare
Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth Team Camp – a look inside
SRAM was again invited to the Kelly Benefits Strategies-OptumHealth team’s camp just north of LA in Oxnard, CA, and spent time riding, presenting, and sharing stories with team and staff and fellow sponsors. The team is as strong as its ever been, and the SRAM RED equipped men in green are expecting their best season [...]
SRAM visits the UnitedHealthcare team camp
Rory Sutherland gives SRAM the thumbs way up Team Camps are generally a collection of formal and informal gatherings where the sponsors get a chance to meet the management staff, mechanics, and, of course, the riders. UnitedHealthcare’s (UHC) event took place this week just north of LA, west of the beautiful San Gabriel mountain range. [...]
Tagged with Karl Menzies, Michael Zellmann, Road, Robert Forster, Rory Sutherland, Scott Zwizanski, SRAM Force, SRAM Life, SRAM Neutral Race Support, SRAM RED, Uncategorized, United Healthcare Tagged Karl, Rory, SRAM, sram red, UHC, UnitedHealthcare cycling
SRAM’s AToC startline commercial
Levi Leipheimer lines up for stage one in Nevada City, CA, as well as SRAM’s commercial shoot SRAM has been filming several commercial spots over the past few months, the final shooting wrapped up here literally on the start line at the Amgen Tour of California stage one. The coordination for a start line shot [...]
Tagged with Alex Wassmann, Amgen Tour of California, Ben Raby, Cervelo Test Team, Chris Horner, Colavita-Sutter Home, Fabian Cancellara, FlyV Australia, Jason Phillips, Jelly Belly, Karl Menzies, Kelly Benefits, Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Michael Zellmann, Paul Damato, Peanut Butter & Co. - TwentyTwelve, Road, SAXO Bank, Team RadioShack, Team TIBCO, Travel, Trek Livestrong U-23, Uncategorized, United Healthcare
World class field comes to ‘Show Me’ state for Tour of Missouri
Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) gives a wry smile in his return to racing at the Tour of Missouri There are few opportunities were SRAM’s ProTour teams and our US nationally based squads can come together, the 2009 Tour of Missouri is one perfect such occasion. Ten Tour de France stage winners will be in attendance [...]
SRAM Sweeps Chicago Criterium Men’s podium
Menzies (3rd), Huff (1st) and Clarke (2nd) hamming it up before the Chicago Crit podium presentation – all ride SRAM RED The official podium at the 2009 Chicago Criterium – all SRAM-equipped athletes Chicago result same day as Tour de France podium sweep The Chicago Criterium took place this past Sunday for the second time [...]
Tagged with Brad Huff, Chicago Criterium, Hilton Clarke, Karl Menzies, Michael Zellmann, Road, Uncategorized