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Ian Crane (Hagens Berman) and Joanne Kiesanowski (Team Tibco) won the second stop on the Cascadia Criterium Series in Fremont Sunday afternoon. The 3 corner course carved a triangle through the Seattle neighborhood, with the Fremont Sunday Market taking place right next door. The Men’s race featured a smaller field than usual, probably a result [...]

Grant Boursaw (Greggs-Trek) and Jen Wheeler (Hagens Berman) took wins at the first race of the Cascadia Criterium Series in Woodinville, Washington on a very wet Saturday night. The 4 corner course in downtown was hit with rain early in the day, making the course slick for the racing that started around 3 pm. The [...]

Memorial Day weekend is upon us and that means the start of the next best thing: The Cascadia Crit Series. Two brand new courses will be introduced this weekend with Woodinville on Saturday and Fremont on Sunday. The high speeds of criterium racing meet the freshly paved streets of Woodinville, Washington. It’s a new course [...]

The Mt. Hood Cycling Classic announced yesterday that 2010 Winter Olympic Gold Medalist Billy Demong will race the 2010 edition of the race. He will also be present at the Kids race in The Dalles, Oregon on June 4th, gold medal in tow. A flashback to two years ago, Demong competed in the 2008 Cascade [...]

Sam Johnson (Hagens Berman) and Leah Kirchmann (Trek Red Truck) took overall wins in their respective Cat 1/2 races at the Mutual of Enumclaw last weekend. The race was plagued by rainstorms constantly throughout the weekend and made the racing even more unpredictable. Johnson took the Men’s 1/2 race ahead of Tyler Trace (Trek Red [...]

Victoria, British Columbia’s Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Transitions) won the final stage of the week long Tour of California, charging ahead of George Hincapie (BMC) and Carlos Barredo (Quick Step). Hesjedal is a former pro mountain biker who is heavily decorated with multiple World Championship medals. He made the switch to road with the Discovery Channel Pro [...]

Enumclaw. That’s what going on this weekend if you had to sum it up in one word. The Washington cycling world funnels down into the tiny little town in the shadow of Mt. Rainier. Here’s who and what to look out for this weekend. Saturday morning will be a 10 kilometer time trial on a [...]

Mt. Hood Classic race director Chad Sperry announced today that the Pro Women’s field has reached the minimum number of riders to allow the race to avoid cancellation this year. “We pleaded and you stepped up. As of last night we had 32 committed/registered. We are a 100% go. Thanks we are all very excited [...]

Wenatchee, Washington native Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) won stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia, a 210 kilometer ride from Avelino to Bitonto. This is his second victory of this year’s Italian Grand Tour. He won it by more than a bike length after teammate Julian Dean provided the perfect lead out for the current leader of [...]

Today Mt. Hood Cycling Classic promoter Chad Sperry announced that the 2010 Women’s race was on the brink of cancellation due to a lack of registered riders. Currently there are 10 riders registered for the event and Sperry said this may be the end of the women’s race altogether. “If we do not have at [...]