The Warmup Cycling team has named a roster of five riders for the first Benchmark series race of 2010 being held in Nelson this Sunday. From a squad of 15 riders Greg Scott, John McKenzie, Michael Fergio, Brent Harris and Arron Perriam will contest the 3rd Tasman Woollaston Classic, being held on the same course as Octobers Club Nationals. "We are focused on enjoying the team concept, >>

At 10:40 a.m. Pacific Time today, the first rider will roll off the start line of the opening prologue of the Redlands Classic, the 3.1-mile Sun Time Trial, marking the beginning of the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar series competition. In 2009, Team TIBCO won the overall NRC team competition, and one of the goals for 2010 is to race to the top once again. The Team TIBCO/To the Top roster >>

The United States Cycling Team claimed its first world title of the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on Wednesday as Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif./American Track Foundation) re-claimed the rainbow jersey in the women's individual pursuit. Her gold-medal performance marked her fourth visit to the podium at the world championships after winning back-to-back world titles in 2006 and 2007 >>

Researchers say New Zealand could save $200 million per year in health costs if more people left the car at home and cycled instead. The Centre for Sustainable Cities says it would take only 5% of car trips being replaced by bike rides to make the savings. Manager Jan Logie says the extra exercise would also save the lives of more than a hundred people each year. She says a 5% change is not >>

Thirteen cycle trails nationwide are a step closer to becoming part of the national cycleway. New Zealand cycle trail programme manager John Dunn said the 13 had been selected from 54 to proceed to feasibility study stage. All applications were outstanding but, with only $50 million to work with, only those that were "simply superior in every way" had been selected for the next stage," Mr Dunn >>

The Cycling Advocates Network (CAN) and BikeNZ welcome the commitment by the government to improve the safety of cyclists on our roads with the announcement of 'Safer Journeys', New Zealand's 10-year road safety strategy. "Safer speeds, safer roads, action on raising driving standards and educating school children will benefit the more than 1.2 million New Zealanders who ride bikes", says >>

SRAM will move the Schweinfurt production to Asia but is not closing the facility in Germany. "More and more customers have moved their bicycle production to Asia in the past years", says SRAM CEO Stan Day, "This ongoing change has initiated an important shift for us: producing closer to the customer to provide better service to the market. At the same time, the demand for qualified product >>

The final day of UCI Oceania Mountainbike Championship action has been completed today at the Signal Hill venue in Dunedin. The third of the feature events, the Downhill was staged today with the Short Track Cross Country race taking place between Downhill morning qualifying and afternoon racing.The first titles claimed today were in the Short Track Cross Country event - a short and brutal >>

Team TIBCO/To the Top's approached the second stage of the San Dimas Stage Race like a one-day race, said team directeur sportif Emma Rickards."We went into the day looking to race the race we wanted," she said. "We felt like the best chance we had to win today was to be aggressive and establish a small break."On an unusually warm day – with the race-time temperature hovered around 90 degrees – >>

UCI Oceania Mountainbike Championships, Dunedin - Day Three WrapThe second of the three feature events of the UCI Oceania Mountainbike Championships was completed yesterday with Dunedin escaping from a threatening weather front to turn on ideal racing conditions for the Cross Country event at Forrester Park.Age group racing took place at 10.30am and showcased an entry list strong on Dunedin local >>