Potholes and Road Apples

A trip to see the Giro d’Italia may be less than a three-hour car ride if organizers in Washington, D.C., are successful in their bid to host the prologue and stage one circuit race for the 2012 edition of the Italian grand tour.
According to a Cyclingnews.com article, a proposal being crafted by the organizers of […]

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Bobby Lea, the OUCH presented by Maxxis rider from Mertztown, Pa., is leaving his current team and joining a new squad started by former U.S. criterium champion Rahsaan Bahati, Velonews is reporting.
The Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team will operate as a UCI continental team, doing races within the United States. Lea is one of 15 […]

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If you want to see the pros race in 2010, you’ll have to start your engines … and expect to drive at least an hour.
The closest professional bicycle races in the National Racing Calendar released last week by the sport’s governing body, USA Cycling, are the Wilmington Grand Prix, in Wilmington, Del. on May 22; […]

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The Univest Grand Prix race returns this weekend, beginning with a team time trial in downtown Allentown Friday, a circuit race beginning and ending in Souderton on Saturday and a criterium in Doylestown on Sunday.
On Saturday morning in Souderton, recreational riders have the opportunity to ride the same course that the pros will ride later in […]

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In case you missed it in Saturday’s Intelligencer Journal, there was a feature article on bike-racer-turned-homeless-addict-turned-bike-racer-again Chad Gerlach. He was in town for Saturday’s Race Avenue Criterium and using the Lancaster race as a warm up to Sunday’s Philadelphia International championship race.
At the criterium Saturday, Gerlach, of the Amore Vita Professional Cycling Team, was narrowly edged out of […]

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Organizers of Altoon’s stage race, the International Tour de ‘Toona, became the latest to shelve race plans for this year. On Friday, it was announced that the race will not be held this year. Plans call for a revival of the race in 2010.
“I’m very disappointed that we had to postpone this year’s race, but, […]

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The professional race in Philadelphia is on, but organizers say they still can’t do it without help. The Pro Cycling Tour, the promoters of the TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship race on June 7, are asking for volunteers to serve as course marshals, stage crew, foreign language interpreters, hospitality, marketing and public relations assistants […]

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Pro Cycling Tour President David Chauner announced late Wednesday that enough sponsor dollars have been committed to allow the Philadelphia International Championship race to be held.
The fate of the June 7 race has been in doubt for more than a week, since Chauner said there was a $500,000 funding gap. In a statement Wednesday, Chauner […]

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The Pro Cycling Tour officials allowed a Monday deadline to pass without making an announcement whether the 25th annual championship race will be held June 7. On Tuesday, PCT President David Chauner said that talks have opened with a potential new sponsor for the race. Chauner is facing a $500,00 funding gap.
According to a statement […]

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Officials at the Pro Cycling Tour, the promoters of the TD Philadelphia International Cycling Championship race, reported Thursday that people are reaching for their wallets to save the June 7 professional race.
PCT reported Tuesday that the 25-year-old race - the largest one-day bicycle race in the nation - would be cancelled unless they found an additional […]

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