Editor’s Note: Good luck to PA locals Bobby Lea and Dana Feiss! Eight Americans will contest the first round of the 2011-2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, November 4-6 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Fresh off a silver medal at the Pan American Games, Michael Blatchford (Cypress, Calif./Project 2012) will team up with Giddeon Massie (Cypress, Calif./Bike [...]
Editor’s Note: Another victory for local Bobby Lea – awesome work! The first national championship jerseys were awarded on the second day of the 2011 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Competitors in the 2008 Olympic Games Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif./OUCH), Jennie Reed (Seattle, Wash./OUCH) and Bobby [...]
New Zealand captured their first Valley Preferred Cycling Center Keirin Cup in 2010 when Eddie Dawkins narrowly beat Giddeon Massie (USA) at the line in a thrilling contest. Friday night, Simon Van Velthooven (NZ), a gold medalist in the Keirin at the 2011 Beijing World Cup, looks to start a Kiwi tradition. The Keirin Cup [...]
The World Series of Bicycling at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center drew Olympic sprinters from around the world for it’s US Sprint Grand Prix on Friday Night. The stellar line-up brought out a crowd of 2,500 to watch the gladiators compete for the coveted sprint title. The featured event was a series of match sprint [...]
Editor’s Note: Congratulations to everybody who competed! You all did a great job and we’re proud of the next generation of USA Track Cycling. A special kudos to the local teams and riders who really pushed the envelope of the competition! Awesome job. Frisco, Texas (July 8, 2011) – The first-ever junior women’s team pursuit [...]
Editor’s Note: Good luck and congratulations to local young trackstars Kaitlyn Lawrence, Matthew Baranoski, and Young Medalists-Team Rothrock. Keep up the good work guys and girls! Frisco, Texas – The first 12 national titles of the 2011 Richardson Bike Mart USA Cycling Juniors Track National Championships, including the first-ever junior omnium titles, were awarded on [...]
By Brian Crispell, DPM Once you gather enough motivation to lace up your running shoes and get out the door, your next choice is where to run. There are many choices out there with plenty of ups and downs, literally and figuratively. You could go to the track and run in circles, which can be [...]
Dear Staff and community of the VPCC, Words cannot begin to describe how amazing it was to be able to compete at junior Track Nationals and make the worlds time standard at my own home track, The Valley Preferred Cycling Center. This past weekend at T-Town will be one that I will never forget. It [...]
The Junior Track National Championships were nothing less than great for my team Young Medalists / Team Dual Temp and I. For me, the week started off with the Individual Pursuit on Thursday. I posted a time of 3:40, which was good enough for 3rd in the qualifiers, just one second slower than 2nd. I won [...]
TRACK NATIONALS START TOMORROW! When I heard that junior nationals would be at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center earlier this year, I looked forward to this date since then, and it has finally come. I am really excited for racing to start on Thursday where I will be contesting the flying 200m qualifier to advance to [...]
