Stage 3: UnitedHealthcare Makes It Three-For-Three
By Lyne Lamoureux, Nature Valley Grand Prix Cannon Falls, Minn. – The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team made it three in a row Thursday night by winning the Stage 3 Cannon Falls Road Race at the Nature...
View ArticleReflections on Stage 3: Missy Erickson – Kowalski’s Markets Collegiate...
Waking up this morning there is a lot of positive energy in our large host house in Hudson, WI, and for a good reason: Every member of the Kowalski’s Markets Collegiate All-Star Team is starting stage...
View ArticleNeben Takes Race Lead as Kirchmann Wins Stage
by Cynthia Lou, Nature Valley Grand Prix Menomonie, Wis. — It was a battle of a pair of former world time trial champions Saturday at the Menomonie Road Race as Amber Neben (HTC-Highroad) took over the...
View ArticleBig Shakeup In Men’s Standings At Nature Valley Grand Prix
By Lyne Lamoureux, Nature Valley Grand Prix Menomonie, Wis. — The Menomonie Road Race lived up to expectations Saturday at the Nature Valley Grand Prix. At the end of the more than 100 miles of hard...
View ArticleBronzini Wins Third Nature Valley Grand Prix Stage; Neben Finishes In Yellow
By Cynthia Lou, Nature Valley Grand Prix Stillwater, Minn. – Giorgia Bronzini (Colavita Forno D’Asolo presented by Cooking Light) attacked at the bottom of Chilkoot Hill Sunday to secure her third...
View ArticleAnthony Wins Nature Valley Grand Prix As Sutherland Takes Final Stage
By Lyne Lamoureux, Nature Valley Grand Prix Stillwater, Minn. – The Stillwater Criterium once again provided thrills and excitement to conclude the Nature Valley Grand Prix as defending champion Rory...
View ArticleNature Valley Grand Prix On Versus Sunday
Minneapolis – The daily excitement and thrilling conclusion to this year’s Nature Valley Grand Prix will be chronicled on Sunday, July 3, at 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT on Versus, immediately following the...
View ArticleTraining Tips for the Menomonie Gran Fondo & Spectator Rides
By Jonas Carney, Performance Director Optum Pro Cycling Team A milestone in the life of any avid cyclist is riding in a major event like the Nature Valley Bicycle Festival’s Gran Fondo rides in...
View ArticleEqual Opportunity for All
The Nature Valley Grand Prix has always been a strong supporter of women’s cycling, but we thought it might be nice to share an outsider’s perspective of our race and its impact on women’s cycling....
View ArticleHow to Recover After A Long Bike Ride
With the Menomonie Gran Fondo this past Saturday, we thought it would be nice to a deeper look at how you can recover once you are done with a ride like that. By: Jane Schwartz Harrison, RD,...
View ArticleNature Valley Grand Prix Announces Changes For Time Trial
Minneapolis – This year’s edition of the Nature Valley Grand Prix will go “old school,” with a return to Eddy Merckx-style racing for the individual time trial that opens this year’s USA Cycling...
View ArticleSecond Women’s Prestige Cycling Series Race Begins Wednesday
Minneapolis – The Women’s Prestige Cycling Series resumes this week when the 24th annual SRAM Tour of the Gila begins Wednesday in Silver City, N.M. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) leads the...
View ArticleAmanda Miller’s Ryan Collegiate All-Star Experience
Amanda Miller raced for the 2008 Ryan Collegiate All-Star team in the Nature Valley Grand Prix. Since then, she has procured a professional contract on a top-flight cycling team and has even raced...
View ArticleAnna McLoon: There’s No Place Like Home
It’s funny, isn’t it, how much you realize you love a place when you move away? I grew up in Roseville, Minnesota, and even though I have spent the better part of the last 10 years in Cambridge,...
View ArticleRide WITH the Pros at the Menomonie Gran Fondo
Just announced!! Team Radioshack rider and wearer of the Giro d’Italia’s white jersey Bjorn Selander, along with Kelly Benefits Strategies-Optum Health Pro Cycling riders Dan Holloway, Tom Soladay,...
View ArticleWorld Champion Bronzini Wins Stage; Armstrong Stays in Yellow
strong>By Cynthia Lou, Nature Valley Grand Prix St. Paul, Minn. – World road champion Giorgia Bronzini (Colavita Forno D’Asolo presented by Cooking Light) won Wednesday night’s rainy and...
View ArticleRising Star, Emily Georgeson, Talks about 2013 NVGP
Sports radio 1400 interviews Emily Georgeson. Emily is a young upcoming racer from Wisconsin. She qualified to race in the Nature Valley Grand Prix through the Nature Valley Pro Chase amateur qualifier...
View ArticleKowalski’s Collegiate All-Star Erica Zaveta Discusses 2013 Nature Valley...
Erica Zaveta is returning to the Nature Valley Grand Prix for her 2nd year on the Kowalski’s Collegiate All-Star Team. Erica sits down with Jimmie Kaska, of Sports Radio 1400, and discusses her past...
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