Rwanda Training Ride

It was a great day for a ride Saturday!  Over 45 riders showed to participate in what was the last training ride before the main event- 50 Mile Ride benefiting Project Rwanda.  We we honored to have along a special guest, Mari Holden.  Mari is the PowerBar Tech Rep and an Olympic Medalist and a former World Champion and a 5 time National Champion.  Whew, that's a lot of championships!  She gifted all of the riders with as much PowerBar nutrition as their pockets would hold.  We were very appreciative of these bonk stopping gifts.

We completed the 25 mile portion of the 50 Mile Ride benefiting Project Rwanda.  What a great route!  Thanks to Doug Grant and his crew for the awesome route.

I absolutely loved my new Niner Air 9! 29 inch wheels sure do make things better!

Thanks to all that paricipated on Saturday's ride!  Enjoy the video.

Junior racing at the Orange County Great Park hosted by Rock N' Road Cyclery!  

It isn't often that you can find a great road race in your back yard, not to mention one for a racer under 18 years old.  Come out and enjoy the Grand Prix at the Great Park- Orange County's premier Grand Prix Road Race!

• Junior Racing Series hosted by Rock N' Road Cyclery.  April 21st, June 2nd and August 11th 2011
• Local pro road, mountain and cx racer, Brandon Gritters, will hold a clinic before the race at 5pm. 
• The junior race starts at 5:30pm. 

For more info go to http://www.racegreatpark.com/

Specialized Venge wins again! The Venge will soon be at Rock N' Road Cyclery

Cavendish Soars to Third Career Win at Scheldeprijs

A powerful sprint saw HTC-Highroad's Mark Cavendish rack up the third victory of his career in the Scheldeprijs Classic. Cavendish outgunned Russian Denis Galimzyanov and Yauheni Hutarovich of Belarus to claim the victory in the 200 kilometre one-day race in Belgium.

The HTC-Highroad rider has now taken three victories in the Scheldeprijs Classic, the first in 2007 and the second in 2008.

"The team did a perfect job, chasing down the break and then getting me to the front as they always do," a delighted Cavendish said afterwards.

"[Team-mate] Leigh Howard worked very hard in the last few kilometers, then I came past him and went for the win."

"I'm racing a lot this season, and I've had some bad luck, so it's good I can get the wins in, too."

"My next race will be Paris-Roubaix and then I'll build up for the Tour de France, with the Tour of Italy and the Tour de Suisse before then as well."

Following Cavendish's latest win, HTC-Highroad men's team have now taken 20 victories this season. It is Cavendish's second victory of the 2011 season and the 64th road win of his professional career.

HTC-Highroad for Scheldeprijs - Mark Cavendish (GB) Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Leigh Howard (Aus) Martin Velits (Svk) Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Frantisek Rabon (CR) Alex Rasmussen (Den) Matt Brammeier (Ire)

For more information on Mark Cavendish and the rest of Team HTC-Highroad, logon to I-Am-Specialized.com