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Pro Women

Promising rookie rider closes out wire-to-wire Cascade Classic win

July 27, 2009 4:00 am

Promising rookie rider closes out wire-to-wire Cascade Classic win, Kristin McGrath, of Durango, Colo., raises her hands in victory Sunday after winning the Awbrey Butte Circuit Race — the final stage of the six-stage Cascade Cycling Classic.

Punctuating a dominant performance that included three stage wins in six days, Evelyn Stevens ascended the top step of the women’s podium Sunday to claim the overall 2009 Bend Memorial Clinic....MORE

Cascade Cycling Classic Pro Men

Two Spaniards take control after a climb during the second stage

Rock Racing’s Spanish cyclists in control after second stage

July 23, 2009 4:00 am

Two Spaniards take control after a climb during the second stage, Riders work to break from the peloton in two groups during a climb from the Deschutes River west of Redmond during Wednesday’s second stage of the Cascade Cycling Classic.

It has been a long few days for Oscar Sevilla and Francisco Mancebo. But the two Spanish cyclists have now seized control of the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic for their Rock Racing Team.....MORE

Cascade Cycling Classic Pro men

Surprise moves

Jacques-Maynes claims first stage with late breakaway

July 22, 2009 4:00 am

Surprise moves, A breakaway including Jeremy Vennell, far right, followed by Mike Olheiser, Peter Salon, Victor Hugo Pena and Chris Baldwin, climbs the grade west of Prineville on state Highway 126 ahead of the peloton, visible on the grade in the background Tuesday during Stage 1 of the 30th Cascade Cycling Classic.

They gave him an inch, and he took the stage. Ben Jacques-Maynes was not necessarily trying to break away from a lead group of five riders late in Stage 1 of the pro men’s Bend Memorial Clinic....MORE

Cascade Cycling Classic

Cyclist hits Bend on hot streak

Teen phenom Taylor Phinney is set to compete in two upcoming events

July 20, 2009 4:00 am

Cyclist Taylor Phinney rides for Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong team this week.

The last few months have been a whirlwind for Taylor Phinney. The 19-year-old cyclist from Boulder, Colo., became the first American ever to win the Paris-Roubaix U23 race in May, after winning a....MORE

30

With the 30th edition of the race being staged this year, the Cascade Cycling Classic has a long history in Central Oregon

July 19, 2009 4:00 am

Gary Bonacker, left, and Don Leet hold a framed poster that was used to promote the inaugural Cascade Cycling Classic (then called the High Desert Museum Classic). The annual CCC will be held this week in Central Oregon for the 30th time. Behind them hanging on the wall at Sunnyside Sports, is the 1984 leader’s jersey. Leet noted that the photo used in the poster was from a Northern California bike race, as the Central Oregon event had not yet been held.

Don Leet was at the Tour de France four years ago, watching Lance Armstrong win his seventh Tour championship. Leet was sitting on a side street after the completion of the final stage when Alex....MORE

Cascade Cycling Classic Pro Men

Finishing touches

Sevilla claims the overall victory, helps teammate finish second

July 27, 2009 4:00 am

Finishing touches, Anthony Colby, of Durango, Colo., celebrates his Stage 6 victory of the Cascade Cycling Classic just before the finish line at Bend’s Summit High School on Sunday.

His overall victory secure, Oscar Sevilla was perfectly happy to help a teammate move a step higher on the podium. Sevilla finished as the overall winner of the pro men’s Bend Memorial Clinic....MORE

Cascade Cycling Classic

Riding downtown

July 26, 2009 4:00 am

Ivan Dominguez loves the Downtown Criter- ium, and he loved the 2009 edition best of all. Dominguez, of Rock Racing, won the lightning-fast sprint to the finish Saturday night to claim Stage 5 of the....MORE

Pro women

Winner of first stage is victorious once again, adds to overall lead

July 23, 2009 4:00 am

Winner of first stage is victorious once again, adds to overall lead, Overall leader Evelyn Stevens accelerates in the final kilometer during the second stage of the Cascade Cycling Classic on Wednesday. Stevens won the stage after also winning the first stage Tuesday.

For the second time in as many days, the women’s pro peloton had no answer for Evelyn Stevens. After claiming the race leader’s jersey in a Stage 1 sprint to the finish on Tuesday,....MORE

Pro Women

Relative newcomer steals spotlight from the sprinters

July 22, 2009 4:00 am

Relative newcomer steals spotlight from the sprinters, Evelyn Stevens of New York City claimed victory Tuesday in the Smith Rock Road Race.

It was a textbook setup Tuesday for the lightning-fast sprinters in the pro women’s field to shine. Only it wasn’t a sprinter who won. As the women’s peloton approached the final....MORE

Bring all the wheels — leave the kitchen sink to us

Hosts families say the more, the merrier

July 21, 2009 4:00 am

Bring all the wheels — leave the kitchen sink to us, Cindy Beard, from left, talks to OUCH team cyclist Chris Baldwin, and OUCH team soigneur Jen Duke, as Adam Sall, 6, Andrea Beard, 7, and Cameron Beard, 11, watch the pro before he went on a bike ride, outside the Beard’s Bend home Monday afternoon. The family hosts eight of the OUCH team cyclists.

When the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic rolls around each year, at least one Central Oregon family opens its doors wide and lets the team march on in.“I would say we get more out ....MORE

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Elite women

‘02 road champ wins another title

August 1, 2009 4:00 am

‘02 road champ wins another title, Bend’s Chrissy Ruiter attacks the final kilometers of the USA Cycling Road National Championships elite women’s time trial in Bend on Friday. Ruiter finished in ninth place.

Retirement didn’t suit Jessica Phillips too well. Phillips, the 2002 USA women’s road race national champion who just got back into competitive racing this season after taking four years off, won the....MORE

High-profile U.S. cyclist out of nationals

Taylor Phinney still recovering after concussion in Cascade Cycling Classic

July 26, 2009 4:00 am

Taylor Phinney will not race next week in the USA Cycling U23 Road Nationals in Bend, according to Livestrong team director Axel Merckx. Phinney, who races for Livestrong, suffered a third-degree....MORE

Cycling

Amateur field is tough in Cascade Stage Race

July 24, 2009 4:00 am

Gregg Strome, a real estate agent in Bend, rides in several road- and mountain-bike races each year. But none, he says, compares, to the Cascade Stage Race.“It’s the Super Bowl of....MORE

2009 CCC entry list

July 19, 2009 4:00 am

PRO MEN Above Category Racing — Chris Turner, Ian Tuttle, Kris Lunning. Amore-Vita/Velo Vie — Andrew Talansky. Battley Harley Davidson — Jonathan Page, Russ Langley. Bend Bike N....MORE

This year’s race is biggest ever

A full field of more than 300 will compete in the CCC

July 19, 2009 4:00 am

The 30th is shaping up to be the biggest ever. Organizers of the 30th annual Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic, which runs Tuesday through Sunday, have been forced to turn away pro and....MORE

Phinney is out of men’s race after crash

High-profile cyclist is in fair condition after suffering concussion

July 25, 2009 4:00 am

Phinney is out of men’s race after crash, Cyclist Taylor Phinney is wheeled from the Livestrong team car, immobilized on a backboard to an awaiting ambulance Friday afternoon at the finish of stage four of the Cascade Cycling Classic at Mt. Bachelor.

A solemn crowd gathered Friday afternoon in the Mt. Bachelor ski area parking lot as Taylor Phinney — wearing a neck brace, hooked to an IV bag and lying on a stretcher — was whisked....MORE

CCC: Stage by stage

A closer look at the six stages of this year's Cascade Cycling Classic

July 19, 2009 4:00 am

CCC: Stage by stage,

Stage 1: Smith Rock Road Race TUESDAY• Pro Men, 11 a. m. start, 71.2 miles• Pro Women, 11:10 a. m. start, 71.2 miles Breaking down the stageThis new stage begins at the Deschutes County....MORE

Amateurs in Cascade Stage Race

July 19, 2009 4:00 am

The schedule for the amateur event, held concurrently with the CCC, using the same courses as shown above: Stage 1: Cascade Lakes Road Race Friday: Cat 2 Men, 11:40 a. m. start, 71 miles; Masters....MORE

CCC: Pro men Preview

Landis, Phinney bring star power to men’s field

July 19, 2009 4:00 am

Floyd Landis, left, celebrates with teammate David Clinger during the 1999 Cascade Cycling Classic. Landis, who won the 2006 Tour de France but was later stripped of his title for doping, will compete in this year’s CCC.

While the best cyclists in the world are racing in the Tour de France, some of cycling’s biggest names can still be found in Central Oregon in the coming week. The 2009 Bend Memorial Clinic....MORE

Following the race? Here’s where to watch

July 19, 2009 4:00 am

A new road stage, a revamped criterium and a pro men’s field of more than 180 racers — including noted American rider Floyd Landis — will give bike-racing enthusiasts plenty to....MORE

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