Wood wins in New Zealand and takes yellow

February 28, 2008 | Read Full Article

Oenone Wood improved her position on the podium in the Tour of New Zealand's second stage, this time taking the win and in doing so, the yellow jersey. The second stage consisted of 94km from Martinborough to Masterton with a challenging climb not far from the finish. As with stage One a break of 15 riders formed and gained over three minutes on the bunch. High Road had Wood, Chantal Beltman and Judith Arndt in the break.

Hincapie wins final stage of the Amgen Tour of California

February 24, 2008 | Read Full Article

After narrowly missing the win in an epic breakaway in Stage Four of the Tour and the team missing out of a win in stage six due to a technical issue, George Hincapie came through for the team to win the final stage today in impressive style.

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Anderson wins in Snelling

February 24, 2008 | Read Full Article

Kim Anderson pulled off a late solo attack in the Snelling Road Race in California taking the win from her Hig Road teammate Anke Wichmann. The 110km race consisted of laps loops around Snelling over undulating terrain and in strong winds. "The winds played a big part in the race," said Team Director Petra Rossner.

Teutenberg wins bunch sprint in Geelong

February 24, 2008 | Read Full Article

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won the bunch sprint in the first World Cup of the season today in Geelong, Australia, giving her third place behind breakaway riders Katheryn Mattis (Webcor) and Emma Rickards (Cervelo Lifeforce). The race was aggressive from the start with a large group getting away early in the race. Midway through the race, Team High Road reeled in the break, letting a counterattack of two riders go up the road to take over 6 minutes on the field. High Road put the team on the front later in the race to bring them back but the pair was too strong and remained away.

Eisel wins again in Algarve

February 24, 2008 | Read Full Article

High Road's Bernhard Eisel won the final stage of Volta ao Algarve today taking the sprint out of the breakaway group of nine riders which held off the chasing peloton in an exciting finish. Team Director Tristan Hoffmann said that a breakaway was their plan. "We said before the race that if there was a break then we would be in it. Once the break got away we were confident that Eisel could pull it off."

Fahlin wins solo in Merced

February 24, 2008 | Read Full Article

Emilia Fahlin soloed to victory in the Merced Criterium today with her teammate Anke Wichmann taking third place. In the persistent rain, the best place to be was off the front. Fahlin attacked early in the race and was eventually joined by 5 others including her teammates Madeleine Sandig and Wichmann.

High Road Women Repeat

February 22, 2008 | Read Full Article

Team High Road Women took their second win in the Geelong Tour today in what was almost a repeat of Stage Two. Sprinters Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and Oenone Wood took first and second place in a bunch sprint after the team chased down a break within the last ten kilometres of racing and lead out the sprint. Yesterday it was Oenone who took the honours and Teutenberg who took second place.

An Epic Day for Hincapie

February 21, 2008 | Read Full Article

Team High Road’s George Hincapie put himself into the early break today in the rain drenched stage from Santa Cruz to the team’s home base of San Luis Obispo. The break of 11 riders faced a solid headwind, rain and undulating roads for almost seven hours whilst Astana set a steady pace behind to protect the race lead.

Cavendish' sprint finish in the Tour of California

February 21, 2008 | Permalink and View Video

Cavendish wins the bunch sprint in Team High Road's home town

High Road Women start well Down Under

February 20, 2008 | Read Full Article

The Team High Road women finished strongly today in the first day racing in Geelong, Australia. The day started with an 8km Time Trial in the morning and was followed by a 75km circuit race in the afternoon with Oenone Wood winning the bunch sprint from her teammate Ina-Yoko Teutenberg. Teutenberg also placed third in the morning's time trial and Linda Villumsen took home the Young Rider's jersey.

Ciolek takes over Young Riders classification

February 18, 2008 | Read Full Article

Team High Road’s Gerald Ciolek took second place today in Stage One of the Tour of California. The stage started in Sausalito and travelled over undulating territory to Santa Rosa where a huge crowd awaited.

George Hincapie was part of the lead-out train setting up Ciolek for the sprint but was involved in a crash going under the tunnel within the final kilometer. He was pretty scraped up at the end but finished without losing time. Ciolek managed to take second place and the lead in the Young Riders classification keeping the jersey within the team.

Team High Road has a strong start in California

February 17, 2008 | Read Full Article

Team High Road had a strong start to the Tour of California today placing second and fifth in the prologue with three others finishing in the top 14. The team goes into stage one with both the Sprint Jersey and the Young riders jersey on the backs of Bradley Wiggins and Edvald Boassen Hagen respectively.

“Cycling becomes the new golf...”

February 17, 2008 | Read Full Article

By Elliott Almond
Mercury News

USA Cycling President Jim Ochowicz of Palo Alto has noticed. So has Frank Scioscia, who has ridden on the Peninsula for three decades.

"It captures the spirit that exists in the valley," said Scioscia, manager of the Webcor women's cycling team.

The Amgen Tour of California could not have found a more fitting site than Palo Alto to launch its weeklong cycling extravaganza today. The 2.1-mile individual time trial ends at Stanford University - just around the corner from the venture capitalists, investment bankers and tech executives who spend their weekends cultivating business relationships on two wheels the way some still do on the golf course.

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SLO-based team takes High Road

February 17, 2008 | Read Full Article

SLO resident Bob Stapleton hopes his new cycling team becomes a model for the sport, with a big emphasis on clean competition
By Tad Weber

Professional cycling has been rocked in the past two years by doping scandals that have sent riders packing in disgrace, stripped champions of titles and removed entire teams from competition.

The Tour de France, the world’s premier cycling race, was shocked further last week when organizers disqualified the Astana team from competing this summer because of past doping issues. That knocked out Alberto Contador, who won last year’s race, and American Levi Leipheimer, who took third.

Enter Bob Stapleton. A former telecommunications executive who now lives in San Luis Obispo and bases his Team High Road here, Stapleton seeks nothing less than to make cycling pure again.

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"Team High Road provides 'transparently drug-free' answer”

February 16, 2008 | Read Full Article

Team High Road Team presentation

February 16, 2008 | Permalink

Two days before the start of the 2008 Tour of California, cycling commentator Phil Liggett presented the newly-structured Team High Road inside the Cuberley Theatre in Palo Alto, California. It has become a USA-based ProTour team – relocating to San Luis Obispo – and the only team that combines a world-class sister counterpart. Along with the new kit comes a fresh mentality for hard work and fair play. Cyclingnews' Kirsten Robbins was on hand for the enlightening introduction of the forty-two ambassadors for positive and healthy sportsmanship.

Forty-two men and women on Team High Road flew into their new home base, San Luis Obispo, for an early season training camp along the coast of California. According to Director Sportif, Brian Holm, the team split into four groups to work on specific areas of climbing, flat and speed with the addition of specific shorter workouts on the trainer. "It's a new way of training that is much different from the old method I grew up, the old German way of long training," said Holm regarding to the short interval sessions on the trainer.

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“High Road has high hopes for 2008”

February 16, 2008 | Read Full Article

By Neal Rogers

At an afternoon event hosted by Phil Liggett in Palo Alto, California, Team High Road presented its entire men’s and women’s 2008 teams.

With 29 men and 13 women hailing from 14 different nations, 41 riders in all were presented, in three segments: the women’s team, its under-26 “young guns”, and the team’s elite veterans. The only rider unable to attend was Kate Bates, who was ill.

High Road is the only ProTour team to also have a world class women’s component, and with its recent change in designation, it’s now the only U.S.-based ProTour team.

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VIDEO - teamwork

February 14, 2008 | Permalink

Check out this video on Team High Road teamwork

VIDEO - Team presentation video

February 14, 2008 | Permalink

VIDEO Check out this short video of Team High Road from the 2008 Team presentation

VIDEO - Experienced Veterans

February 14, 2008 | Read Full Article

VIDEO - High Road Women's Team

February 14, 2008 | Read Full Article

VIDEO - High Road Young Guns

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VIDEO - What the team thinks of Team High Road

February 14, 2008 | Read Full Article

“The past couple of years ….. haven't rattled the faith of Bob Stapleton.”

February 12, 2008 | Read Full Article

TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
Post scandal, cycling team aims straight
Dan Giesin, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The doping scandals of the past couple of years might have profoundly and negatively shaken the credibility of professional cycling, but they haven't rattled the faith of Bob Stapleton.

"Our belief," the owner and general manager of High Road Sports said recently from team headquarters in San Luis Obispo, "is in clean and fair sport ... (and) to win by fair means. ... Our goal is to be an exciting and competitive team.

"We are optimistic about our chances."

It should be an interesting ride.

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Team High Road and Right To Play join forces to help disadvantaged children

February 11, 2008 | Read Full Article

Team High Road and Right To Play are pleased to announce that they will partner during the 2008 season on a mission to increase awareness of the charitable organisation and in turn help improve the lives of children through the power of sport and play. “Right To Play’s values and mission align with those of High Road. They develop the values and benefit of sport and play in society. Team High Road focuses on clean and fair sport and upon success won by fair means. We believe in the global work of Right To Play and hope that we can help, “says Team High Road owner, Bob Stapleton.

Phil Liggett to introduce Team High Road in Palo Alto

February 04, 2008 | Read Full Article

Phil Liggett will be the special guest of Team High Road at the Cubberly Theatre in Palo Alto Theatre on February 15th as the team comes to California after an exceptional start in January with victories at the Australian National Championship and the Tour Down Under. Riders and staff of Team High Road are currently in San Luis Obispo, California for the annual training camp and will head to Palo Alto for the Team Presentation and the start of the Amgen Tour of California. Liggett will introduce the 29 male riders and the 13 women as they present their goals, mission and partners for the coming season.

Team High Road Moves Official Headquarters to California, USA for it young and International cycling teams

February 04, 2008 | Read Full Article

The International Team High Road has officially moved its headquarters to San Luis Obispo, California as approved by the International Cycling Union (UCI) today. Team High Road is comprised of Elite Men's and Women's cycling teams and athletes from 16 countries, including seven National Champions from Australia, Germany, Norway, Italy and the US, 11 former National champions and three current or former world champions.