Portland's first ever triathlon will be eco-friendly
Believe it or not, despite our reputation for bikes and our general love of outdoor sports, Portland has never had a major downtown triathlon. That is, until now.
Racing
Racing
From road racing to mountain biking and everything in between, browse the headlines below for coverage of Portland’s competitive racing scene.
Portland presence felt at Cyclocross Worlds
[Rhonda Mazza, shown here in Hillsboro on 10/15/06, pedaled to 11th place at the Cyclocross World Championships.] Yesterday, Portland’s royal couple of cyclocross, Rhonda Mazza and Erik Tonkin raced in Belgium at the Cyclocross World Championships. According to reports, Rhonda came in 11th and Erik battled to a very respectable 43rd place against the best … Read more
Local company backs pro team, plans bike symposium
[Photo: Courtesy Team ExpressCopy.com] Northeast Portland-based Express Copy, has stepped up to sponsor a professional women’s bike racing team. Team ExpressCopy.com is a UCI licensed team that plans to take part in more than a hundred events in twelve different countries this season.
Tonkin gets World’s nod, and first fan site
[Tonkin at Hillsboro Stadium] Local cyclocross racer and co-owner of Sellwood Cyclery Erik Tonkin, will join a team to represent the U.S. at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, on January 28 in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium.
Portlanders find their way in Belgium
For local cyclocross racers Molly Cameron and Erik Tonkin, the “holidays” consisted of a grueling schedule of races against the best talent in the world, thousands of miles from home. They both just returned from an action-packed trip to Belgium where they experienced all the drama and difficulty of world class bicycle racing. Luckily for … Read more
Portland racer wins National Championship
[Wendy Williams at the Halloween Cross Crusade Race] Wendy Williams — of the River City Bicycles cyclocross team — has won the women’s Masters 35-39 National Championship title at Cyclocross Nationals held today in Providence, Rhode Island. This caps an exceptional year for Williams, who has ridden consistently at the top of the pack throughout … Read more
Oregonian picks up Velodrome story
The effort to create a new velodrome facility for track racing in Portland continues to the pick up steam. After reading my article last Tuesday, Boaz Herzog from the Oregonian filed a similar story that made the front page of today’s Sports section. Organizers behind the velodrome effort are setting up a website, gathering pledges … Read more
Steve Brown has visions of a new velodrome
[Steve Brown] Steve Brown is a business development specialist with a penchant for track racing. He brings his bike on business trips to Los Angeles where he spins around the track at the gleaming ADT Event Center and dreams about having something similar in Portland. For six years he has raced all over the country … Read more
Local racer readies for European trip
[Molly Cameron hopes to hold her own against the world’s best.] Molly Cameron — owner of The Veloshop — somehow finds time to not only run her bustling downtown bike shop, but she also competes at the highest levels of U.S. cyclocross racing. Coming off a top ten overall finish in the Cross Crusade series … Read more
Cross season ends on muddy and memorable note
Held under clear, sunny skies on Sauvie Island — a rural paradise just north of Portland — the inaugural Kruger’s Crossing capped another wild and crazy Portland cyclocross season.
Local racer nabs national magazine cover
The cover of this month’s Road Magazine — the “Journal of road cycling and culture” — features local racer Mark Blackwelder. The shot shows Mark competing at the recent Star Crossed cyclocross race up in Seattle. Mark is a member of Team Veloshop, which is based out of Veloshop bike shop in downtown Portland. Here’s … Read more
Update on stage race funding request
Today at City Council, Commissioner Sam Adams proposed an amendment to the city budget that would allocate $100,000 in seed money for a “Tour de Portland” style stage race.