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Sports By Indy Staff | Mon Feb 20, 2006 | 4:04pm

Meet Team TIAA-CREF Riders As They Refuel at Chipotle!

Owned and managed by Slipstream Sports, a sports marketing and development company led by Jonathan Vaughters, former number one-ranked U.S. cyclist, Team TIAA-CREF features some of the country’s top cyclists in pursuit of a singular goal: becoming the next world champions, Olympians and Tour de France Winners. Riders, including 3-time World Champion and new 2006 team member Danny Pate, will be on hand to greet fans as they dine at Chipotle’s San Francisco and Santa Barbara restaurants on February 17th and 24th, respectively.

Sports By Indy Staff | Mon Feb 20, 2006 | 4:00pm

American Riders in Amgen Lead the U.S. Cycling Revolution

Most kids learn how to ride a bike before they throw a baseball, shoot a hoop or kick a soccer ball. In fact, most children learn to balance on a two-wheels between the ages of four and eight.
Now that you have the keys to the car, are you one of the more than 57 million people in the United State who are still riding a bike today

Sports By Indy Staff | Mon Feb 20, 2006 | 3:57pm

Amgen Team Profiles

The 2005 Pro Tour Team Champion, Team CSC is managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis and sponsored by California-based CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation). The 2005 spring season was the strongest ever for Team CSC, with a number of high profile wins by American Bobby Julich and Jens Voight (GER), in particular Juilch’s win Paris-Nice. With his victory in Paris-Nice, Bobby Julich became the first ever rider to wear the UCI ProTour leaders jersey.

Sports By Indy Staff | Mon Feb 20, 2006 | 3:41pm

Amgen Tour of California ’06

The first annual Amgen Tour of California is set to race into the City streets of Santa Barbara on Friday, February 24th. Fashioned after the renowned Tour de France, the Amgen Tour of California will begin its 8 day journey down the coast of California on February 19th. After a short 3.1 kilometer time trial through the Embarcadero in San Francisco, the race caravan hits the open highway to take in Santa Rosa, San Jose, Monterey, and San Luis Obispo prior to arriving in Santa Barbara.

Sports By Mark DeVaugh | Thu Feb 16, 2006 | 3:28pm

Better Late Than Never

The celebrating came early for this team. While Dos Pueblos went about its warm-ups, the other side of the soccer field featured a pre-game hugs-and-flowers ceremony that honored the five San Marcos seniors who were playing their final regular season home game.

Sports By Alastair Bland | Thu Feb 16, 2006 | 3:18pm

Cycling Race

Beginning Sunday, February 19, the excitement of a bicycling stage race will zip 600 miles through California from north to south. Much in the style of the very famous race that covers France each summer and is usually won by an American, the Amgen Tour of California will be divided into eight leg-busting days, or stages.

Sports By Indy Staff | Thu Feb 02, 2006 | 10:43am

A Return to Misery

It was just about a year ago that I stumbled out of the Santa Barbara Brewing Company blissfully starry-eyed on a cool October night. The street lights twinkled a particular shade of red and a gentle north wind blew at my back as a young man with a familiar look on his face and a Boston T-shirt came running at me.

Sports By Ethan Stewart | Thu Jan 05, 2006 | 12:00pm

Riders on the Storm

Neck tans, aching shoulders, sandy wetsuits, ignored responsibilities, chilly mornings, evening glass, and waves in our backyard-the surf season returned to Santa Barbara in a big way during the latter part of 2005 and continued straight on into the New Year. Our normally quiet cobblestone point breaks and sleepy kelp-covered rock reefs did their annual transformation into legitimate surf spots. And the best part is that-with a little luck-this trend will continue with some frequency until the Ides of March have come and gone.

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