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No License for You: UCI Denies Rock Racing License
UCI to Rock Racing: No license for you. The UCI has today announced the list of teams who have received a Pro Continental license for the coming season. This announcement completes a process begun back in December, when the UCI announced the teams who had made the first cut. Three teams in...
Lampre in Limbo
According to Tuttobiciweb, the UCI has not yet gotten around to deciding the future of Lampre-Vini Farnese. You may recall that during the first round of Pro Tour licensing shenanigans, the UCI deferred the case of Lampre-Vini Farnese to the License Commission. The suits in Lausanne neglected to...
Tour of Utah Stage 2 Update
Eric Jeppsen of local Utah team Cole Sports descends during the Stage 1 road race. Yesterday's stage ran between Thanksgiving Point and Mount Nebo. A breakaway of seven riders went up the road and remained out in front until the final climb to the finish on Mount Nebo. On the slopes of the...
Tour of Utah Stage 1: Photo Gallery
The Tour of Utah field crosses the dam at the Pineview Reservoir. Francisco Mancebo celebrated victory after Wednesday's mountainous road stage at the Tour of Utah. Mancebo escaped with his Rock Racing team-mate Oscar Sevilla on the final climb of the day to Emigration Canyon. The two Spanish...
Rock Racing Fires Creed: Interview by NY Velocity
The kids at NY Velocity have done up another good interview, this time with Mike Creed, who Friday received notice that Rock Racing has ended his contract. Creed tells us that the team has a strong emphasis on results. No results, no contract. The money quote: "Just because a crazy guy offers...
Tour of California: Locals Only Preview, Part 2
How 'bout some more previewz? I begin to be excited about this Tour of California thing. This time around, I have less to say about each team and rider. Because the time, it runs short. I'm also counting on you, the fabulous people of the Cafe, to help me out and add all the stuff I'm...
Rock Racing, Part ∞
Rock Racing is again in the news this week. Podium In Sight has a nice summary of this round of news, so I won't reinvent the wheel here. The main points: • Contrary to speculation that the team would dissolve, Michael Ball has confirmed that he will support the team out of pocket until...
Rumorage! The End of Rock Racing?
Andy Shen of Velocitynation, who first brought us the news of the Armstrong comeback, reports in a brief notice today that Rock Racing "is folding ASAP." According to Shen, who saw an internal memo from sponsor Rock and Republic, the company is laying off 40 employees and shutting down the cycling...
Rock On
Very nice interview with Michael Ball over at Bicycling today. I'm tempted to poach heavily, but in keeping with blogger etiquette I'll just recommend the whole thing and toss out a few morsels. Such as, would you hire Jan Ullrich if he wanted to come back? MB: Are you kidding? I'd do a backflip....
Rudy Pevenage to Rock Racing as Sports Director
Update: The mystery deepens. Lyne over at Podium In Sight has confirmed with the team that there was no press release issued on the Pavenage story. The spokesperson for the team said that there was no news forthcoming on this subject. The spokesperson also told Podium In Sight that the team...
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