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Olympic team members prove why they made the cut at cross country nationals
Each of the US Olympic team took a national title in this year’s mountain bike national championships, with Sam Schultz and Georgia Gould winning the cross country titles and Todd Wells and Lea...
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USA Cycling reveals retro team kit for London Olympics
USA Cycling on Friday unveiled the U.S. National Team kits riders will wear in July and August at the Olympic Games in London. The retro-styled uniforms are a throwback to the 1980s and resemble those...
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Pendrel, Schurter top favorites for Olympic MTB gold
LONDON, England (VN) — American Georgia Gould is on a very short list of women taking the start at Saturday’s Olympic cross-country mountain bike race with a very good shot at wearing a medal two hours...
View ArticleDavison, Giger lead after stage 1 of the 2012 Langkawi MTB Challenge
American Lea Davison (Specialized) and Fabian Giger (Rabobank-Giant Offroad) on Tuesday took command of the women’s and men’s overall classifications, respectively, at the Langkawi MTB Challenge after...
View ArticleDavison, Giger continue to lead in Langkawi
Kristian Hynek (Ceska Sporitelna-Specialized) and Eva Lechner (Colnago-Suditrol) won at the Langkawi International Mountain Bike Challenge on Thursday. Fabian Giger (Rabobank-Giant Offroad) and Lea...
View ArticleLindgren, Schneitter win penultimate Langkawi stage; Giger, Davison extend...
Lea Davison (Specialized) and Fabian Giger (Rabobank-Giant Off-road) appear to have the Langkawi International Mountain Bike Challenge men’s and women’s titles in the bag after Friday’s fourth stage....
View ArticleDomestic Intel: U.S. women hit Latin America; Bahati forms new team
Bahati, Hartley headline new Sharecare elite team Rahsaan Bahati and Chad Hartley will headline the Sharecare team, a new U.S.-based elite team, in 2013, the team announced on Monday. The squad will...
View ArticleStephen Ettinger, Lea Davison claim elite crowns at U.S. MTB nationals
Stephen Ettinger (BMC) and Lea Davison (Specialized) worked the downhill to win the elite titles on Saturday at the 2013 USA Cycling Cross-Country Mountain Bike National Championships in Macungie, Pa....
View ArticleTwo-time Olympian Wells wins fourth national STXC title
The 2013 USA Cycling Cross-Country Mountain Bike National Championships ended Sunday with the men’s and women’s short track cross-country and super-D races. Todd Wells (Specialized Factory Racing), a...
View ArticleTodd Wells, Lea Davison take Pro XCT titles in Vermont
Specialized scored a big double on Saturday as Todd Wells and Lea Davison claimed the overall USA Cycling Pro XCT series titles at the Catamount Classic in Vermont. The race was the final event in the...
View ArticleVelo Awards: Davison, Smith North American Mountain Bikers of the Year
North American Mountain Bike Woman of the Year: Lea Davison Bubbly Vermonter Lea Davison had a dominant season in North America, winning Pro XCT events in New York, Wisconsin, and in her home state, on...
View ArticleRace recap: USA Cycling mountain bike national championships
Top American mountain bikers from around the country gathered at Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania to vie for stars-and-stripes jerseys, and some familiar faces found their way onto the...
View ArticlePendrel takes world XC title; Davison finishes third
Canadian Catharine Pendrel won the world cross-country championship in Hafjell, Norway, Saturday, finishing 21 seconds ahead of Russian Irina Kalentieva (RusVelo). It was the second world title for...
View Article2014 Comeback of the Year: Lea Davison
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the December 2014 issue of Velo magazine, the annual awards issue. In January, she was unconscious, lying on a table in Vermont, a labrum tear to...
View ArticleAmericans shine at Lenzerheide MTB World Cup
The sixth round of the mountain bike World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland saw two Americans earn podium finishes. Lea Davison (Specialized Factory Racing) earned the silver medal in the elite women’s...
View ArticleLea Davison riding a high after career-best World Cup result
American Lea Davison’s second-place finish last weekend in Lenzerheide, Switzerland — her best-ever finish at a World Cup cross-country event — was a “huge confidence boost” on her quest to become the...
View ArticleGwin, Davision headline U.S. contingent at Windham World Cup
The U.S. played host to the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup this past weekend in Windham, New York. Aaron Gwin (Specialized Racing) put on a show in the downhill, claiming the win in the elite men’s...
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The story behind Davison’s wild ride to MTB worlds silver
American Lea Davison clawed her way onto the podium at the mountain bike world championships in the Czech Republic, winning silver after a disappointing start to the race. With an impressive drive...
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VN Show #5: Cav hugs it out, Contador’s collapse, Stuyven’s spotted chocolate
More episodes of The VeloNews ShowVN Show: Fabian sings! Bill Walton gets his giant bike backVN Show: Bjarne is back, Zipp’s whale wheels, Sky’s kitVN Show: Can Contador still win the Tour de France?VN...
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How Little Bellas gets young girls stoked on mountain biking
It’s the final day of the Sea Otter Classic and the entire Laguna Seca raceway is alive with cycling action. On one side of a chain-link fence, several dozen cross-country racers nervously await their...
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