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Moninger Hangs Up His Cleats


Scott Moninger, the winningest active U.S. pro, announced he is retiring after 17 seasons and 275 victories.

Moninger was a four-time winner of the Cascade Cycling Classic and the Nevada City Classic, a two-time winner of the Tour of the Gila, the Redlands Bicycle Classic, and the Tour De Toona. He was the individual champion of the National Race Calendar series on two occasions, 1992 and 2005.

Moninger raced for six different professional teams during his pro career: Coors Light (1991-94), Chevrolet-Los Angeles Sheriff (1995-96), Navigators Insurance (1997-98), Mercury (1999-2002), Health Net presented by Maxxis (2004-06) and BMC (2007). He began competitive racing at the age of 15.

He enjoyed one of his most prolific seasons in 2006 when he won 16 races, including the Tour of Utah and the Mount Evans Hill Climb (for the sixth time). He represented the United States at the World Professional Road Race in Italy in 1999 and was a member of the U.S. World Amateur Road Race team at the Worlds in Japan in 1990.

His final victory came on Aug. 18 in Dillon, Colo., when he took a field-sprint win in the Dillon criterium on a technical course in the downtown streets of the high altitude ski town.

Update [2007-9-21 13:55:15 by chris]: VeloNews has an interview up today with Moninger. Nice piece, give it a look.