Cycling News

13 JULY 2021 Stephan Davoust led the Giant Factory Off-Road Team at the USA Cycling MTB National Championships in Winter Park, Colorado, landing two silver medals in elite men’s racing. The 26-year-old Coloradan finished second in both the short track and XC races to highlight a stellar weekend of racing for the team. Davoust and his teammate Luke Vrouwenvelder were a force in the elite men’s XC race, finishing second and third respectively. “The whole team came together and asserted our dominance as the most professional team at the USA Cycling National Championships,” said Davoust, who wore the Giant Rev Pro helmet and Charge Pro shoes....

12 JULY 2021 Giant Factory Off-Road Team rider Youn Deniaud scored a top-10 finish at Round 4 of the Enduro World Series, riding consistently throughout the two-day event to finish sixth overall. The Frenchman was top-five in three of five stages to finish sixth overall. EWS racers were in La Thuile, Italy, all week for two rounds of racing in the Aosta Valley of Northwest Italy. Riders were challenged with long, steep descents, tough climbs and dramatic stages that started above treeline. The trails at La Thuile are rocky and exposed near the top, with roots and ruts in the...

29 June 2021 Competing against the United States’ top triathlon hopefuls for the Paralympic Games, Liv Racing Collective athlete Allysa Seely finished second in the PTS2 category on Sunday. Held at Prairie Springs Park in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, the Americas Paratriathlon Championships drew top-level athletes to compete for a spot on the USA Paralympic team. The race consisted of a 750-meter swim in Lake Andrea, a 20-kilometer bike through Pleasant Prairie and neighboring Kenosha, and a 5-kilometer run finishing in Prairie Springs Park. Between the COVID-19 pandemic and dealing with illness, it had been nearly two years since Allysa Seely of the Liv...

28 June 2021 After five days, 362.7 miles of gravel, and 34,175 ft of elevation gain, Liv Racing Collective athlete Serena Bishop Gordon crossed the finish line at Three Creeks Lake outside of Sisters, Oregon achieving second place overall in the general classification. The Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder is a point-to-point five-day stage race which takes racers through the Oregon Cascades on old wagon roads that date back to the mid-1800s. Though it starts and ends in Sisters, Oregon, racers will ride to McKenzie, Oakridge, and La Pine – each stop includes catered meals, camping, and good vibes. Each stage...

29 JUNE 2021 BikeRadar posted an update to its long-term review of the TCR Advanced Pro Disc road bike, claiming “the latest TCR might be the perfect all-round road bike at a great price.” So far editors have given the lightweight composite machine a near-perfect 4-star rating. In a comprehensive series of reviews that also includes a video feature, BikeRadar technical writer Simon Bromley explained that he’s testing the TCR Advanced Pro Disc over the course of a year. In this latest update, he wrote about his experience riding it in a local mixed-terrain ride with larger 32mm tires for rough gravel and...