Articles filed under Cycling

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  Armstrong says he’s happy investigation over Feb 9, 2012 12:00 AM
  As far as Lance Armstrong is concerned, it's all over. The stress, the waiting, the whispers about whether he doped during his stellar cycling career, all of it ended when — after nearly two years — federal prosecutors closed an investigation of him last week without bringing any charges.
  

   
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  Contador banned but was justice served? Feb 6, 2012 12:00 AM
  Stripping Alberto Contador of his 2010 Tour de France victory on the supposition that he may have eaten a dodgy food supplement is like jailing Al Capone for tax evasion: Yes, Contador’s accusers secured a conviction, but the verdict missed the point. Was this justice? Strictly speaking, it was. But it didn’t feel that way.
  

   
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  Contador stripped of Tour de France title Feb 6, 2012 12:00 AM
  Three days after U.S. prosecutors dropped their investigation of doping claims against Lance Armstrong, fellow Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 title when sports’ highest court rejected the Spanish cyclist’s story that contaminated meat caused him to fail a drug test.
  

   
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  Fenton’s Witt forging his own athletic path Jan 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Football, basketball, soccer — they all passed quickly through Konrad Witt’s life. Instead the Fenton junior stuck with cycling, a sport you won’t find on Fenton’s gymnasium banners or in its yearbook, “Highlights.”
  

   
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  Older athletes get caught cheating, too Nov 24, 2011 12:00 AM
  The anti-doping police are sending out a new message to the AARP crowd: We’re keeping an eye on you, too. Looking more skeptically at events outside of elite and Olympic circles, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has suspended nine masters athletes for positive tests so far in 2011.
  

   
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  Tour of Elk Grove joins elite races Sep 30, 2011 12:00 AM
  The Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove professional men's three-day race has earned the highest ranking — 2.1 — from Union Cycliste Internationale. UCI is cycling's foremost governing body. It oversees the prestigious Tour de France and other international cycling races.
  

   

• Tour De Des Plaines Bike Ride coming Saturday Sep 12, 2011 12:00 AM
  Des Plaines city, police and park district officials will participate Saturday in the third annual Tour De Des Plaines Bike Ride being held in conjunction with Des Plaines Fall Fest. The roughly two-hour ride entails a 9-mile, police-escorted tour of the city beginning and ending at Lake Park at Howard and Lee streets.
  

   
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  Wauconda's roads, lake appeal to bike race organizersSep 9, 2011 12:00 AM
  Following a presentation, Wauconda residents, business owners and village leaders are pondering a proposal to host a local bicycle race. On Thursday, two representatives of a Wisconsin race series called the Tour of America's Dairyland talked to about 25 people about their proposal for an event in Wauconda, said Linda Kraniak, the village's director of economic and community development.
  

   
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  600 cyclists to race in Winfield Criterium Aug 11, 2011 12:00 AM
  More than 600 cyclists will take part of the 2011 Winfield Criterium, an annual bike race that draws cycling enthusiasts from across the suburbs, drawing a bond between riders and participants.
  

   
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  Tour of Elk Grove adaptive athlete race to return in 2012 Aug 11, 2011 12:00 AM
  After a successful inaugural race at the 2011 Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove, the The Heart Of A Marine Foundation’s adaptive athletes’ race will return next year with a larger field of hand cyclists competing, officials said.
  

   
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  Stancil’s priority is BMXcellence Aug 10, 2011 12:00 AM
  Despite winning her 10th world title July 28, when she captured the BMX World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark, and despite her 18 national championships overall, Felicia Stancil is hungry for more.
  

   
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  Johnson: Tour of Elk Grove finished strong despite crash Aug 8, 2011 12:00 AM
  This weekend's sixth annual Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove finished out strong despite a crash in the final lap of the men's professional race Sunday. While observers initially speculated a pothole or wet road conditions may have been to blame, witnesses said it was caused by a rider getting out of line.
  

   
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  Images: Tour of Elk Grove, Day Three Aug 7, 2011 12:00 AM
  Sunday marked the final day of the Tour of Elk Grove cycling competition. Featured races on the last day included the Heart of the Marine Foundation Adaptive Athlete race and the third stage of the pro men's and women's circuit race.
  

   
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  Pro women cyclists grab attention at Tour Aug 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  This year, for the first time, the Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove features a three-day, three-stage professional women’s race that has drawn the largest number of elite women cyclists the race has ever seen, officials said.
  

   
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  Images: Tour of Elk Grove, Day Two Aug 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  Racing continued Sunday during the second day of the Tour of Elk Grove. Some of the featured races included the stage two of the Women's Pro Circuit Stage and stage two of the Men's Pro Road Race.
  

   
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  Images: Tour of Elk Grove Cycling, Day One Aug 5, 2011 12:00 AM
  The Tour of Elk Grove kicked off Friday with the Mayor's Charity Time-Trial. This marks Mayor Craig Johnson's return to the race after missing it last year due to a cycling injury. Other races included the Women's Cat. 1/2 Time-Trial and the Pro Men's Time-Trial.
  

   
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  Tour of Elk Grove draws record number of pro cyclists Aug 4, 2011 12:00 AM
  The 2011 Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove has a record number of professional men and women cyclists registered for the race, which begins Friday, Aug. 5.
  

   
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  World's best cyclists coming to Elk GroveAug 4, 2011 12:00 AM
  Some of the best riders on Earth will be in Elk Grove Village Friday-Sunday, Aug. 5-7, for this year's Tour of Elk Grove, the internationally-sanctioned bicycle races that have put the village and the Northwest suburbs on the world's bicycling map.
  

   
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  Evans' victory caps a Tour classic Jul 27, 2011 12:00 AM
  It was a Tour de France many hailed as a classic. There were crashes, dropouts, surprises and, above all, a new champion. With Cadel Evans becoming the first Australian to win cycling's most prestigious race, the Tour de France had a completely new look this year.
  

   
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  Roselle man bikes cross-country for Huntington's disease Jul 25, 2011 12:00 AM
  For 19-year-old Patrick Dimpsey of Roselle, a cross-country summer road trip meant a little less gas, a little more endurance and a lot of pedaling. The Winona State University sophomore completed a more than 3,600-mile bike ride with seven of his friends to help raise awareness about Huntington's disease.