Australian mountain bike champion Chris Jongewaard was cited on Thursday for misconduct by the sport’s national governing body after being convicted over a hit-and-run driving accident. The incident left his training partner, Matthew Rex, being placed in an induced coma […]
Australian cyclist Chris Jongewaard was convicted Wednesday over a hit-and-run driving accident which left his training partner fighting for his life. The four-time national mountain bike champion was found guilty in the South Australian District Court of aggravated driving without […]
Bikes Belong Foundation Awards $40,000 in Grants Honoring Paul David ClarkBoulder, CO—January 22, 2009 The Bikes Belong Foundation is honored to award four grants through the Paul David Clark Fund. Awards of $10,000 will go to four exemplary organizations that […]
Rocky Mountain Bicycles (RMB) is proud to announce the new Rocky Mountain Bicycles Factory XC-Epic Racing Team. Rocky Mountain Bicycles has been at the forefront of all facets of mountain bike competition; from early DH and XC victories (circa 1991*) […]
The Sea Otter Classic, a four-day celebration of sport, will host one of the most important races on the U.S. mountain biking calendar this year. With the highest cash purse, and as one of very few UCI-sanctioned races in the […]
World champion cyclist Marta Bastianelli is to face an Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) hearing on August 5 after failing a dope test this month. The 21-year-old has been kicked off the Italian Olympic team but protested her innocence, claiming she […]
World champion road cyclist Marta Bastianelli blamed her local chemist after testing positive for a banned stimulant, as reported by Italian news agency Ansa on Monday. Bastianelli tested positive for the stimulant in a control run by the International Cycling […]
Denmark’s cross-country mountain bike champion Peter Riis Andersen, who was to compete in the Beijing Olympics, has failed a drugs test, the Danish sporting federation DIF said on Monday. Andersen, 28, one of 84 Danish athletes selected to take part […]
Mountain biker Chris Jongewaard failed in his attempt to join Australia’s team for next month’s Beijing Olympics when he was turned down for selection by the Australian Olympic Committee here Saturday. Jongewaard is facing hit and run and drink-driving offences […]
Mountain biker Chris Jongewaard was on Monday chosen for Australia’s Olympic team as Cycling Australia nominated him after a tribunal ruling that upheld an appeal against his omission. A Cycling Australia Appeals Tribunal last Friday backed the country’s top-ranked mountain […]
Australia’s top-ranked mountain biker Chris Jongewaard has successfully appealed against his controversial omission from Cycling Australia’s list of nominated riders to compete at the Beijing Olympics. The Cycling Australia Appeals Tribunal on Friday upheld Jongewaard’s appeal and the nomination decision […]
