In 1997, Trek helped sign former world road race champion ( 1993 ) Lance Armstrong to the Trek-sponsored United States Postal Service Pro Cycling Team.

* Sergei Valeryevich Ivanov-Six time Russian National Cycling champion ( 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2009 ) and winner of two stages ( 2001 and 2009 ) in the Tour de France

* Tom Zirbel, professional bicycle racer and 2009 USA Cycling NRC points champion who signed to Union Cycliste Internationale professional team, Garmin-Transitions for the 2010 season.

From 1988 to 1994 Jure was part of the Slovenian Cycling National Team and he was also a National road champion.

She is a 6-time U. S. national criterium champion ( 2002 – 2005, 2007, 2009 ) and a 4-time USA Cycling National Racing Calendar points champion ( 2000, 2004 – 2006 ).

Cycling is generally perceived as a healthier, environmentally friendlier, cheaper and often quicker way around town than by public transport or car and it is therefore municipal policy for the number of commuters by bike to go up to 40 % by 2012 and 50 % by 2015.

The Hitchin Nomads Cycling Club, which caters for many competitive and non-competitive cycling disciplines was formed in the town in 1934.

The town is home to several sporting organisations, including football club Diss Town FC, who won the FA Vase at Wembley in 1994, Diss RFC ( based in nearby Roydon ) who won the London 2 North league in 2009 earning promotion to the National leagues, Diss & District Cycling Club and Diss & District Bowls Club and Diss ladies netball club.

An annual cycle race, the Blackball Working Men's Cycling Classic, has been held in the town every January since 2010.

Guidance produced for Cycling England endorses bus lanes as providing cyclists with a direct and barrier free route into town centres and as avoiding the difficulties associated with other provisions such as shared-use footways.

Large races became popular during the 1890s " Golden Age of Cycling ", with events across Europe, and in the U. S. and Japan as well.

Cycling through the forests and heaths is a popular activity, especially during the summer.

Cycling is not recommended during winter as the amount of ice and snow makes it rather dangerous.

Cycling races often see Basque fans lining the roads wearing orange, the corporate color of the telco Euskaltel, coining the term the orange crush during the Pyrenees stages of the Tour de France.

A small group of these students performed at various sports venues during the games, including those for Cycling, Gymnastics, Archery, Modern Pentathlon and Tennis.

With the war years there was a break until 1944 when Speedway with Cycling, Motor Cycling and Midget Cars became the major entertainment event during the summer months in Auckland.

Cycling in Melbourne was a very popular form of transport at the turn of the 19th century, however mass car-ownership saw a dramatic decline in cycling during the 20th century.

Cycling in New York City | Bicycling on the Sheridan during Transportation Alternatives ' 2007 " Tour de Bronx "

Cycling around the county during holidays, Sharp ultimately collected more than 1, 500 songs from Somerset.

The venue was used for the first time in competition during the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in February 2012.

He began his cycling career in track cycling, winning the individual pursuit during the 1984 Junior National Track Cycling Championships in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania.

In 1985, he placed first in the Madison during the National Track Cycling Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.

His highest finish in the Tour de France was second during the 18th stage of the 1993 race where he was teammates with a young Lance Armstrong on the Motorola Pro Cycling Team.

The station is a cul-de-sac station which is electrified and allowed trains during the Olympics and the Track Cycling World Championships to reach the venue within a short walk from the train.

He was overfilled with emotion, after becoming the first Austrian to win a tour stage since Max Bulla in 1931, who won 3 stages. Team Gerolsteiner riders having a chat with CSC rider Jens Voigt during the 2006 Tour de France In 2007, with former riders Georg Totschnig ( retired ) and Levi Leipheimer ( left for Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team ) gone, the team turned to youngsters Markus Fothen and Stefan Schumacher to captain the team in the 2007 Tour de France.

Track Cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes ( but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow ) using track bicycles.

The Criterium is held under USA Cycling racing rules and permit.

Bolsward is also the host city for the yearly Cycling Elfstedentocht, an road bicycle racing tour.

A popular spot for cycling, Bend has over 300 miles of mountain bike trails and is the home to the Cascade Cycling Classic, the nation's longest running stage race for road bicycle racing.

Souderton is host to the Univest Grand Prix, a one-day road bicycle racing event that is part of the USA Cycling Professional Tour.

Cycling gloves for road racing or touring are usually fingerless, as are sailing gloves.

* National Racing Calendar, an American professional bicycle racing, see USA Cycling National Racing Calendar

* Since 1993, FBF has hosted a weekly bicycle racing series sponsored by Kissena Cycling Club that continues to attract cyclists from all over the Tri-state Area.

* Hellenic Cycling Federation ( Greek: Ελληνικη Ομοσπονδια Ποδηλασιας ), the governing body of cycle racing in Greece

* The Footscray Cycling Club promotes road racing and criterium racing, whilst cyclists are represented by the MazzaBUG, the Maribyrnong Bicycle User Group.

* USA Cycling, or USAC, a governing body for bicycle racing in the United States

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team ( UCI Team Code: DSC ) was a United States-based professional road bicycle racing team.

Cycling teams are most important in road bicycle racing, which is a team sport, but collaboration between team members is also important in track cycling and cyclo-cross.

British Cycling ( formerly the British Cycling Federation ) is the national governing body for cycle racing in Great Britain.

British Cycling administers road racing, track cycling, cyclo-cross, BMX, mountain biking ( including trials riding ), cycle speedway, and in Scotland, road time trials.

* 28 November-Stephen Roche, road racing cyclist, in 1987 won Tour de France, the Giro d ' Italia and the World Cycling Championship.

No longer operational for auto racing, in 1965 the layout was used for the World Cycling Championship.

* KAT ( team ), International Cycling Union code for Katusha, a Russian bicycle racing team

Fabricator Brian Bulmer teamed up with two-stroke engine tuner Brian Wolley and rider Barrie Scully to develop a racing version of the Birmingham Scott air-cooled 350 cc twin, setting a record for the Barton Hill Climb and achieving in a Motor Cycling test.

Collegiate racing in the USA is sanctioned by USA Cycling ( UCSF ) and consists of three categories: A, B, and C. Category A is equivalent to the P-1-2 field, category B is equivalent to the Cat 3-4 field, and category C is equivalent to Cat 4 / 5.

A native and current resident of Bend, Oregon, Horner dominated the American road racing scene by winning the points standings in the 2002, 2003 and 2004 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar.

Cycling Time Trials is the bicycle racing organisation which supervises individual and team time trials in England and Wales.