Category: Kansas City

Chris Hess sends word that Tuesday night at the training crit the "B" folks will begin at 7:10 p.m. and not 7:00 p.m. Chris also has a new project for Elite road and multisport athletes: Neet. The Heartland Race Series results from Crowder should be up at their site soon. We found the results for Spring Fling… Continue reading News Shorts 4/10

Localcycling pal Jeff Unruh has sent this letter to the newsdesk about a ride for a very worthy cause.

The fine folks at the Kansas Cycling Association have posted the results for the Bazaar road race and info on upcoming meetings.

Tonight is opening night for the KCBC/Defined Fitness Tuesday night training criteriums. An item on the Revolution Racing site indicates that the Perry-Roubaix gravel road race and the Firecracker 500 events are no-go for this year, but the 3rd Annual VeloTek Grand Prix Stage Race is scheduled for April 29th and 30th, 2006. The folks… Continue reading News Shorts 4/4

From Chris Locke: "Over 200 athletes showed up on a near perfect day for the 5th Annual God’s Country Duathlon.  Ranging from ages 6 to 68 all challenged themselves on the Lawrence River trails and all had seemed like they had a great time.  Devil’s Revenge winner Brad Cole made it two in a row… Continue reading Cole grabs God?s Country Win

Most times, I struggle to find the correct words to convey to you, the intense significance of the role that the Major Taylor Foundation of Greater Kansas City represents in the lives of young people. I struggle with the words, because the things I see happening to kids in my community are sometimes, unbelieveable at best, and exist in an… Continue reading What MTFGKC Was Meant To Do

With the increased popularity of reality based TV shows it was inevitable that televised cycling coverage would jump on the bandwagon. Cycling.tv announced today that it would premier it’s new feature, "Trading Races" at Spring Fling Six in Lawrence, KS and simultanously at the Ronde van Vlaanderen. The premise of the show is to take teams from… Continue reading Reality Comes To Kansas

Here’s a press release for this weekend’s off road fun: "Past winners of the God’s Country Off-Road Duathlon include a “who’s who” of off-road racing in the Midwest.  Fat Tire Champion, Damian Almanza won the inaugural God’s Country back in 2002 when it was held at Clinton Lake State Park.   Xterra Champion, Tige Lamb won… Continue reading God?s Country returns to the River Trials

Lots of racing coming up. Final Spring Fling on Saturday. God’s Country Duathlon on Saturday followed by the bike only version at the Lawrence River Trail on Sunday. Bazaar Road Race on Sunday. Next Tuesday the training crits in Lenexa start up again.

Results from last weekend’s Spring Fling No.5. One more week of racing.