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…
Most — well, all — of the prerace Tour of Missouri buzz focused on the U.S.’s two big teams, Columbia and Garmin-Chipotle, but that doesn’t mean the race will be solely the Columbia/Garmin show.
“Every team has something to prove,” defending…
Fausto Esparza, seriously injured in a bad crash earlier this month in the final stage of the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico, is out of intensive care, but he remains hospitalized.
At last report, he was paralyzed from the mid-section…
Toyota-United riders took home $5,000 in prize money last week at the Tour of the Gila. All of that money is going to Fausto Esparza, who was paralyzed in a crash on the final stage of the race.
The team also…
The time stamp on this item shows 8 p.m., and that’s the time in El Paso, Texas, that Fausto Esparza’s family is gathering to pray the rosary tonight
So too are members of his extended family in Guadalajara, Mexico, and across the United States.
Perhaps at 8…
Cycling friends,
The report on injured Tecos-Trek rider, Fausto Esparza, is sobering to say the least. I’ve exchanged e-mails with the Tour of the Gila organizers and I’m told that Esparza underwent surgery on Sunday night but that he apparently is…
Fausto Esparza Munoz, the Tecos-Trek rider seriously injured Sunday in a crash on the final stage of the Tour of the Gila, rode for Tecos last September in the inaugural Tour of Missouri.
In the Tour of Missouri, he was listed as Fausto Marcelino Esparza.
According to Velonews.com, Munoz…
