Newport Beach, CA March 9, 2010 – The Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team is proud toannounce two new members and ambassadors for the Bahati Foundation. Floyd Landis andJosh Berry come onto the team just in time for the Bahati Foundation Launch and Pro CyclingTeam Introduction this Friday, March 12th at one of the most exciting venues in downtown LosAngeles, Club Nokia.

HTC-Columbia will field a strong mix of all-rounders and sprinters for this year's edition of Tirreno-Adriatico, which starts on Wednesday in the coastal city of Livorno, Italy.   "I'm only expecting a couple of bunch sprint finishes, the first and the last stages," comments Valerio Piva, HTC-Columbia's sports director for the seven-day Italian event.  "But with all these tough little finishing circuits in between, no time trial, and two very long, hard stages in the mountains of central Italy, Tirreno will probably see some big splits in the field, too.  The time bonuses at the finishes and in the intermediate sprints...

Theo Bos (NED) won his second race of the season today in the final 121 kilometre stage to Murcia. The Cervélo TestTeam rider was faster than Graeme Brown (AUS - Rabobank) and Daniel Schorn (AUT-Team NetApp) in the sprint. Frantisek Rabon (CZE - HTC-Columbia) finished safely in the peloton on this final flat stage to win the Tour of Murcia.

Columbia-HTC rider Frantisek Rabon has clinched the overall victory of the Tour of Murcia, Spain, following a trouble-free final stage on Sunday.Rabon had taken the lead thanks to his spectacular time trial victory on Saturday. HTC-Columbia then kept the race well under control in Sunday's 121.1 kilometre stage from Redyser to Murcia, won by Holland's Theo Bos.

HTC-Columbia women took first and third place and the Merced Downtown criterium on Saturday. Ina Yoko-Teutenberg won the bunch sprint for the second year running from American Shelley Evans and HTC-Columbia’s neo-pro Chloe Hosking.

HTC-Columbia’s Frantisek Rabon has moved into the overall lead of the Tour of Murcia in Spain thanks to a convincing victory in stage four’s individual time trial. Rabon finished 33 seconds ahead of Russia’s Denis Menchov and 48 seconds ahead of Great Britain’s Bradley Wiggins in a flat 22 kilometre course at Alhama de Murcia. With just one stage of the Tour of Murcia remaining, HTC-Columbia’s Czech rider now leads by 38 seconds on Menchov and 53 on Wiggins.

Beverly Hills, Calif. – Amidst Australian dignitaries, shapely flight attendants and a packed ballroom of invitation-only guests, sponsors and media, the Fly V Australia professional cycling team was unveiled Friday night at the posh Montage hotel in Beverly Hills.

The HTC-Columbia women captured their first win of the 2010 season Friday in the inaugural Merco Classic 20-mile Team Time Trial in Merced, California.  The HTC-Columbia team included four riders: Ina Teutenberg [GER], Kim Anderson [USA], Evelyn Stevens [USA] and Chloe Hosking [AUS].

Colorado Springs, Colo. – The world’s top Paralympic cyclists will return to Bend, Ore. for the 2010 U.S. Paralympics Cycling Road National Championships, June 22-24, 2010. For the second year running, the competition will be combined with the USA Cycling Juniors, U23 & Elite Road National Championships. “We’re very excited to be going back to Bend again, it’s a great town with a history steeped in sport,” said Craig Griffin, Associate Director, High Performance Paralympic Cycling. “To be adding a criterium and road race to the competition this year is testament to the remarkable growth of the sport due much...

Courtesy Marin Independent-Journal by Bob CullinanIT'S SUMMER south of the equator. Warm weather, blue skies and the rolling countryside of scenic New Zealand. Can you even imagine a better place to ride your bike? Mill Valley's Alison Starnes is living that dream this week, but, "I don't think I'll be taking in the scenery," she said. "I've heard it's pretty and I have a feeling that I won't notice." Is she crazy, or what? No, just focused. Starnes is in the South Pacific as a member of the United States national team competing in the six-day Tour of New Zealand....