To lessen the city’s carbon emissions, Denver launches B-cycle. It is a bike-sharing system that promotes healthy choices by commuting via bicycles to and from city spots. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper explains further, “Denver residents embrace healthy and sustainable living, so it’s natural that Denver is now home to the first large-scale bike-sharing system in the U.S. We’re confident that Denver can set an example for the whole country and show that bike-sharing is a viable transportation option to help improve the overall health of Americans and reduce our carbon footprint.”

The B-cycle was created by Humana, Trek Bicycle and Crispin Porter + Bogusky. The initiative was designed to accommodate U.S cities, universities and corporate campuses. The B-cycle bikes have a computerized tracking system which records different data like how much calories did you burn, your contribution to the city’s efforts in reducing carbon emissions.

President of B-cycles and general counsel for…

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The 2010 Sea Otter Classic Dual Slalom and Downhill events come to a close with pre-race favorites bagging the win in pro gravity racing.

Saturday’s race had first-place qualifier Brian Lopes took to a crash and Josh Bryceland who was 32nd qualifier also had a slip-up and this led to elimination from the race. Aaron Gwin was in the running for first place but Hannah overtook Gwin’s lead during the sprint section of the course.

The women’s event was also full of action which led to Kintner’s win; Rachel Atherton came at a close second and Sabrina Jonnier at third place.

Jared Graves took first place in the Downhill event for men, riding the same 4x bike on which he placed fourth in Dual Slalom. Gwin finished second to his teammate, making him take home the silver twice for the weekend event. Lopes makes a comeback to finish at third place while Hannah…

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The Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas will be on April 25 at Galveston Island. The event which was formerly known as Ironman 70.3 Lone Star boasts a prize purse of $75,000. This lured several Ironman world champions and Olympic silver and bronze medalists. Top age group and pro finishers will be included for the 50 slots available for the 2010 Foster Grant Ironman world Championship 70.3.

The men’s race highlights the presence of Andy Potts who won the Ironman 70.3 New Orleans, Terenzo Bozzone and Chris Lieto who was runner up for 2009 Ford Ironman World Championsip. Richie Cunningham of Australia will also be there as with many other premiere triathletes. The winner of the race will definitely have his work cut out for him.

The women’s race is just as bit as high profile as with the men’s line-up. Karin Thurig of Switzerland is present. Thurig was a two-time bronze medalist…

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The BMX Masters 2010 lives up to its motto of ‘getting better and better every year.’ On July 16 to 18, the Cologne Jugendpark at Germany will be filled by about 300 riders from all over the world with half of them to be Pro riders. The event will have prize money of 15,000€ spread out to three disciplines namely Dirt, Super-Ramp and Park.

Originally, there were five disciplines but organizers Rockstar Energy Drink decided to cut it down to three. This was done so there will be more time and freedom for everybody to prioritize the needs of the riders like practice-time. This will also ensure a smoother flow of the contest.

The Halfpipe, which is popular to the younger generation, was deemed not to be cut out for the highly awaited event. The organizers are considering the return of the Vert-ramp should there be a major demand for it….

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RadioShack’s Fuyu Li was suspended due to testing positive for using Clenbuterol. The A-sample testing happened in Belgium at the Dwars dor Vlaanderen last March 23. When the results returned positive for the banned substance, Team RadioShack immediately took action and suspended the Chinese rider.

The press release over the incident stresses the team’s advocacy to no doping:

“Team RadioShack and its management take this incident very seriously. We will respect the rights of our rider but will enforce our zero tolerance policy should his B-sample test positive.”

Li also took a B-sample testing and should it prove to be positive, he will be removed from RadioShack.

Fuyu Li currently holds the title of being the first professional Chinese to join a ProTour team. His career highlights included holding the current Chinese individual time trial champion (2009), he won the Tour of Thailand in 2006, he was the Chinese national mountain bike cross country…

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Alexander Vinokourov of Astana the 12.5 km time-trial at Lake Garda in northern Italy for the stage one of the Tour of Trentino. At second place was Stefano Garzelli of Acqua e Sapone and Matteo Montaguti of De Rosa.

Vinokourov finished the course in 15 minutes and seven seconds. He won by 16 seconds from Garzelli and 18 seconds ahead with Montaguti. Michele Scarponi of Androni Giocattoli took fourth place.

Riccardo Ricco of Ceramica Flaminia placed eighth and Ivan Basso, who was last year’s overall winner only finished at thirteenth. Finishing at 46th was soon to retire Gilbert Simoni of Lampre-Farnese Vini. The Giro d’Italia will be Simoni’s last race.

Vinokourov now has the overall lead but has his sights set for the Liege-Batogne-Liege. “On Sunday I’ll be in Liege with strong ambitions, better to measure out my efforts here in Trentino where there are many competitors also wishing to get…

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The ITU Triathlon World Cup Series will be at Ishigaki, Japan for round three of the series. For Ishigaki, it is its 15th time as a World Cup host. Located 250 kms east of Taiwan, Ishigaki will be the venue for the largest triathlon even in Japan.

Ishigaki’s residents are avid supporters of triathlons which as shown by thousands of locals welcoming the race with cheers and fanfare. After the race, star athletes of the events will entertain and interact with the local children sharing their love of the sport and visit schools as well.

On Sunday April 25 will be the kick off of both men and women’s categories of the elite’s races with the women set to start at 1:30pm local time. Juri Ide of Japan, last year’s winner, will not be racing due to plantar fasciitis. The absence of Ide does not affect the chances of Japan to score…

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