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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Ponying up for Philly
April 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Lancaster · Reading · races · professional · cycling · sports
Tour de Ephrata this weekend
April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
The two-day, three-event Tour de Ephrata will be held this weekend under what is forecast to be warm and sunny skies.
With the loss two years ago of downtown Lancaster’s professional bicycle race, the Tour de Ephrata is now the county’s largest bicycle race. Online registration closes this afternoon, at 1 p.m. By mid-morning, 530 racers had already […]
Tags: Lancaster · Green Mountain · Ephrata · races · professional · children · cycling · sports
Was last year the last climb up the Manayunk Wall?
April 21st, 2009 · No Comments
The Pro Cycling Tour, the promoter of the Pennsylvania Triple Crown of Cycling, earlier this year cancelled the professional races that have been held in Allentown and Reading in recent years, and now the main event - the Philadelphia Cycling Championship race - is threatened.
Race co-founder Jerry Casale is quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article today that […]
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Jordan Bush’s week, continued
February 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Local racer and photographer Jordan Bush, of the Shirk’s presented by Trek Bikes team, is back in Lancaster this week after seeing the second half of last week’s Tour of California.
Jordan put his fingers to the keyboards to record his experiences at the nation’s largest bicycle race. These are his reflections:
Stage 4: Merced to Clovis
Upon […]
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Indoor track in Chester County?
February 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Professional race promoter David Chauner is working with economic development officials in neighboring Chester County to find a site for an indoor cycling track, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday.
Chauner is president of the Pro Cycling Tour, which promotes the Pennsylvania Triple Crown professional races in Allentown, Reading and Philadelphia. Until recent years, the Allentown race was […]
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Floyd’s back - almost
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Lancaster County native Floyd Landis is back in the spotlight this week - a week before his two-year ban from professional bicycle racing is due to end.
An illustration of Landis is on the cover of Velonews which hit newstands and mailboxes on Thursday (and not yet available on their website.) An article about his return […]
Tags: Tour de France · Floyd Landis · doping · professional · cycling · sports
Rite Aid out of pros for 2009
November 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Pennsylvania will be without a professional road team competing in 2009, a Cyclingnews.com post indicates.
The Wayne, Pa.-based Rite Aid Pro Cycling Team presented by Shebell & Shebell did not seek a professional UCI license for 2009, according to an official of USA Cycling, the sport’s national governing body, who was quoted in the article.
Rite Aid […]
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Regional pro races not on 2009 calender
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments
USA Cycling, the governing body of professional bicycle racing in this country, today published its 2009 National Racing Calender on its website. The schedule lists 34 events, up by one from this year. Strangely absent from the list are nearly all the annual professional races held in this region by the Norristown-based Pro Cycling Tour.
The only Pro […]
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Armstrong makes it official, Barry shares insights
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong made his return to professional cycling official today at a press conference in New York City. Armstrong said he hopes to win an unprecedented eighth Tour. Armstrong, who was introduced by former President Bill Clinton and praised by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced he would rejoin his […]
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No contract for Landis yet
September 11th, 2008 · No Comments
A widely circulated Associated Press report this morning quoted an official with Momentum Sports Group, owner of the Health Net-Maxxis domestic professional team, confirming the company is negotiating with Lancaster County native Floyd Landis for his return to cycling.
Team director Mike Tamayo, speaking at the Tour of Missouri race Wednesday, confirmed the talks.
“We are in negotiations with […]
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