COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 23, 2010) – After a thorough investigation of an incident at the Dana Point Grand Prix on April 11, USA Cycling has fined Rahsaan Bahati for violating rule 1Q2a, or unsportsmanslike conduct. Following standard procedures, the national governing body opened an investigation after claims of misconduct were reported at the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar event.

World Champion Cadel Evans scored his first win for the BMC Racing Team and made history with an impressive victory Wednesday at Flèche Wallonne. Making HistoryEvans overtook Tour de France champion Alberto Contador with a perfectly timed attack on the steep uphill drag to the finish on the Muy de Huy. “I thought with 500 meters to go he (Contador) had it but it’s not the first time I’ve done this race and I used it to my advantage today,” Evans said. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) was second and Contador (Astana) held on for third. Evans becomes the first Australian to...

The third contest on the 2010 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC), the Sunny King Criterium took place in Anniston, Ala. on Saturday. Ben Kersten (AUS/Fly V Australia) outkicked a small group who had lapped the field on the fast, four-corner course.

HTC-Columbia is prepared for a much tougher course than usual in Wednesday's edition of the Fleche Wallone race, the first of the Ardennes Classics in Belgium.  "It's going to be very different because the second-last ascent of the Mur De Huy climb is much closer to the finish than in previous years," explains HTC-Columbia's sports director Valerio Piva.  "That means breakaways will have a much better chance of getting away on the second time up the Mur de Huy climb and staying away. We won't have 50 riders at the foot of the climb for the third and final ascent...

Anniston, Ala. (April 15, 2010) - Top men’s and women’s pro cycling teams will light up the night in Anniston, Alabama this Saturday, April 17 at the eighth Sunny King Criterium, a USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC) event. Entry fees will be donated to Relay For Life, a local chapter of the American Cancer Society and for the first time, cycling fans around the world can watch the racing live on the Sunny King Criterium website, www.sunnykingcriterium.com.

Karsten Kroon finished 15th for the BMC Racing Team Wednesday at Flèche Brabanconne as a three-man breakaway stayed away to the finish of the 200 kilometer race. Difficult CircuitKroon was part of a chase group that finished 57 seconds behind the trio, which led by eight minutes with 70 km to go. “I thought those three would be brought back,” BMC Racing Team Assistant Director Michael Sayers said. “But they were also three really strong guys, and the circuit was so difficult that it was really hard to chase.” Brent Bookwalter was in Kroon’s group for a time, but a...

The second contest on the 2010 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC) took place in Dana Point, California on Sunday. Nearly 120 pro riders lined up for the 90-minute criterium that marked the second men's event on the nation's top Pro-Am calendar.

HTC-Columbia's Tejay Van Garderen moved into second place after the 209-kilometre stage four of the Tour of Turkey Wednesday.  The 21-year-old American, who joined HTC-Columbia in 2010, sits 16 seconds behind ISD-Neri rider, Giovanni Visconti.

Best known as a sprinter, HTC-Columbia's Andre Greipel showed he has other ways of winning on Sunday when he clinched the opening prologue of the Tour of Turkey.

Dana Point, CA – Andrew Pinfold of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis finished 8th in the Dana Point Grad Prix, which, combined with his 2nd place in the time trial Saturday, earned him enough points to win the Mayor’s Cup omnium.