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Durango’s Todd Wells wins Breck Epic on heels of Leadville 100

325 miles, 2 wins in Colorado

DATE: Aug 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Connor Fields flies to gold for USA in BMX

RIO DE JANEIRO – Mariana Pajon of Colombia raised her BMX bike triumphantly in the air, another Olympic gold medal securely in hand. Minutes later, American rider Connor Fields fe...

DATE: Aug 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Chris Froome has ‘unfinished business’ at Spanish Vuelta

A look at the 2016 Spanish Vuelta

DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

The rush of BMX at the Rio Olympics

Part horse race, part roller coaster

DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

U.S. riders advance, defending champ Strombergs out at BMX Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO – Connor Fields and his U.S. teammates made it safely through the wind and the wrecks at the BMX track. Two-time defending gold medalist Maris Strombergs of Latvia ...

DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Durango’s Howard Grotts faces tough test against Europeans at Rio Olympics

Fifty men will pull up in the starting gate for the Olympic cross-country mountain bike race Sunday. Only one will be from the United States, and he is from Durango. Howard Grotts...

DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

BMX racing grows up at the Olympics

Trailblazers for Olympic action sports

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Road race champ Peter Sagan switches gears to Olympic mountain bike

Rockstar of cycling ready to try mountain biking

DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Numbers speak to Olympic mountain biker Howard Grotts

Olympian Grotts a star on trails and in classroom

DATE: Aug 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Durango’s Todd Wells once again king of Leadville 100 MTB

Durangoan claims third victory on high-altitude course

DATE: Aug 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Britain better than U.S. again in track cycling

RIO DE JANEIRO – Joanna Rowsell-Shand was still cherishing her latest Olympic gold medal when teammate Becky James rallied on the final lap of the women’s keirin to win a silver of her own. ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Ned Overend tells AARP readers how to disrupt aging

Ned Overend has astonished people for years as he continues winning cycling titles at the age of 60. He is featured in the June/July issue of AARP magazine in a story about defyin...

DATE: Aug 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News