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Entries from January 2008

Floyd to do endurance mountain races

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Lancaster County native Floyd Landis has committed to a series of endurance mountain bike races this year while his doping appeal is being decided.
 
Landis accepted an invitation to compete in the 2008 National Ultra-Endurance Mountain Bike Series. The eight, 100-mile races will be held at different locations across the country. The closest will be the […]

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Regional pros racing in 2008 - none local

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

USA Cycling recently posted a spreadsheet of 14 continental teams which will be racing in domestic professional races this year. Although the region is well represented on the rider rosters, there will be no locals in the professional peleton this year.
Brad Viera, a Lancaster native and Millersville University student, is absent from the listings. He […]

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No time for 2008 RedRoseRaces season

January 15th, 2008 · No Comments

RedRoseRaces.com is backing off plans to introduce timing chips for its 2008 race season.
On a post on his web site, RoseRoseRaces Director Rich Ruoff announced the delay in introducing the new technology.
“In light of our ambitious growth for this year, the additional cost and the steep learning curve for the technology, we decided to wait,” Ruoff […]

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