06.16.2009 9:08 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
From the Associated Press, with statements below from Hamilton, his lawyer and Rock Racing owner Michael Ball …
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton received an eight-year ban from cycling Tuesday, all but ending his drug-tainted career after…
04.22.2009 4:39 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
First, Tyler Hamilton announced his retirement, that he’s been struggling with depression and that he tested positive for a banned substance from an over-the-counter antidepressant medication.
Then came word the team released three riders, including Americans Michael Creed and Chris Baldwin, for…
02.16.2009 12:34 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Turns out that Rock Racing’s Francesco Mancebo has only about a one-minute lead over Astana’s Levin Leipheimer and other top contenders at the Tour of California.
Because of poor weather conditions Sunday, race officials neutralized the scoring for the G.C. at…
02.15.2009 9:02 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Francesco Mancebo of Rock Racing, along with Liquigas’s Vincenzo Nibali and QuickStep’s Jurgen van de Walle turned the Tour of California upside down Sunday in a stunning first stage.
Mancebo attacked from the start of the 107-mile stage from Davis to Santa…
11.17.2008 10:17 am
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
For immediate release
Cooke, Dominguez, Gutiérrez and Mancebo among top names signed
Culver City, Calif. - Rock Racing bolstered its ranks for 2009 with the signings of European specialists Baden Cooke, Francisco Mancebo and José Enrique Gutiérrez, as well as top domestic…
10.11.2008 4:53 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
As I write this, I’m sitting in 10 Speed headquarters looking bad-to-the-bone, resplendent in black and skulls and script and block letters of Rock Racing – the hipsters of American domestic cycling.
I’ve finished riding in a Rock Racing costume — bib shorts,…
08.14.2008 11:37 am
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Michael Ball is a relative newcomer to the sport of professional cycling, in his second season as the owner of Rock Racing.
Ed Beamon is a respected veteran of the sport, with 25 years of experience — first as a racer…
08.08.2008 10:57 am
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
got this from Rock Racing. Apparently team owner Michael Ball has been receiving some inquiries about signing Floyd Landis next year after Landis’ two-year suspension ends.
For Immediate Release | Aug. 7, 2008
Response From Michael Ball, Rock Racing Team Owner, To…
08.04.2008 2:25 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
The two American-based representatives from the Tour de France — Columbia and Garmin-Chipotle — are among the 15 teams announced Monday as the competitors in the second Tour of Missouri, scheduled for Sept. 8 to 14.
Columbia, of course, is the…
08.04.2008 1:31 pm
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Brad Huff of Springfield, Mo., won the final stage in the Tour of Elk Grove on Sunday, crossing the finishing line first in the 110 kilometer Gullo Pro Men Criterium
Huff, who rides for Jelly Bell, outsprinted David Veilleux of Kelly…