Young German Signs With American Squad

Following in the footsteps of current team members Tony Martin and Patrick Gretsch who both raced for Thüringer Energie Team before joining HTC-Columbia, German talent John Degenkolb joins High Road Sports as a neopro for 2011.

Degenkolb is current U23 German Champion and has had a very successful season winning the overall classification at Thüringen Rundfahrt and stages of Tour de Bretagne, FBD Insurance Ras and Tour d'Alsace in 2010 all at the age of 21.

Men's NRC Competition Heats Up After Tour of Utah

Alta, Utah — The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, the penultimate event on the 2010 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC), wrapped up Sunday with a mountaintop finish at Snowbird Ski Resort.

Ben Jacques-Maynes (Watsonville, Calif./BISSELL Pro Cycling) was the only rider ranked in the top five of the men's individual NRC standings to finish the race, placing 40th overall and thus maintaining his fifth-place NRC ranking. Both Luis Amaran (CUB/Jamis Sutter Home-Colavita) and Rory Sutherland (AUS/UnitedHealthcare p-b Maxxis), who sit first and second, did not finish the fifth and final stage.

Greipel Doubles Up in Eneco Stage Race

HTC-Columbia's Andre Greipel took his second stage victory at this year's Eneco Tour as teammate Tony Martin moved one step closer to overall victory in the UCI ProTour stage race.

Like the rest of his teammates, Greipel worked hard all day to help Martin defend his race lead on the hilly stage in the Ardennes but still had the speed to win the sprint in Heers.

Leipheimer Wins in One-Man Team Effort

Team RadioShack’s Levi Leipheimer secured his overall win in the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah on Sunday. He accomplished this without any teammate throughout the 6-day race. Leipheimer rode the national event as the only individual rider in the Mellow Johnny’s jersey. Australian rider Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia) won the last stage, the 164 km/102mi challenging queen stage from Park City to the top of Snowbird Ski Resort.

Haskell, Guarnier take 2nd and 3rd at University Road Race

Santa Cruz, CA – Devon Haskell and Megan Guarnier of Team TIBCO/To the Top took 2nd and 3rd respectively Sunday in the University Road Race in Santa Cruz. The 13-lap race on a challenging three-mile course that sent the field uphill for 1.5 miles and back down for the other 1.5 miles, served to help create the winning move.

UHC's Roman Kilun Takes State Track Titles

San Jose, CA – Roman Kilun of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis has returned strong from a hip fracture sustained at the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic in June, winning a pair of California state track titles this weekend.

American Tyler Farrar Second

San Luis Obispo, CA - HTC-Columbia's Matt Goss won the prestigious one-day GP Ouest France - Plouay race in Brittany with a perfectly timed sprint. The 23 year-old Australian beat American Tyler Farrar and Yoann Offredo of France, confirming his ever-improving ability in testing one-day races.  It was Goss's fourth win this season after stage victories in the Giro d'Italia and the Tour of Denmark and at the Philadelphia International in the USA. It was the 51st victory for the HTC-Columbia team in 2010 season.