David Zabriskie remains the only athlete to win a USA Cycling professional time trial championship after successfully defending his national title on Saturday - his third straight since the event’s inception in 2006. Zabriskie edged runner-up Tom Zirbel by just five seconds to maintain his monopoly on the stars-and-stripes jersey, completing the 33.4-kilometer course in 40 minutes, 39.40 seconds. Christian Vande Velde took home the bronze medal in third.

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Six USA Cycling National Development Team members most recently contested the 2.2-rated G.P. Tell in Switzerland, August 20-24. Peter Salon turned in the top overall performance for the National Development Team with a 35-place-finish in the G.C. with teammate Chad Beyer close behind in 37th. Former USA Cycling National Development Team rider Tejay Van Garderen took home several awards throughout the Nations Cup contest, including a stage three victory.

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Hilton Clarke won the 25th Annual Chris Thater Memorial Criterium in Binghamton, N.Y. on Aug. 25, while Tina Pic took the victory in the 1.2-rated women’s contest. With only two events remaining on the 2008 NRC, Rory Sutherland continues to hold a commanding lead in the overall individual standings on the men’s side while Pic is the current womenandrsquo;s leader. The teams currently atop the standings include the Health Net Pro Cycling Team presented by Maxxis in the menandrsquo;s rankings and the Cheerwine Professional Cycling Team in the womenandrsquo;s.

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Giant bicycles has agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with professional cycling team, Rabobank.

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Jeff Louder won the general classification in front of his home crowd at the National Racing Calendar’s 31st event, the Tour of Utah. With only three events remaining on the 2008 NRC, Rory Sutherland continues to hold a commanding lead in the overall individual standings on the men’s side while Tina Pic is the current womenandrsquo;s leader. The teams currently atop the standings include the Health Net Pro Cycling Team presented by Maxxis in the menandrsquo;s rankings and the Cheerwine Professional Cycling Team in the womenandrsquo;s.

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At the Olympic Games on Monday, the UCI held a press conference to publicize a new plan for the structure of professional cycling following weeks of negotiations between the sport’s international governing body and Editions Pillipe Amaury, the owner of the ASO and the Societe du Tour de France. As a result, the UCI unveiled key elements of the plan. To show its support of the UCI, the EPA and the proposed agreement, USA Cycling issued the following statement on Monday afternoon from China.

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The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced an initiative which should end its three-year conflict with the Tour de France organisers over its ProTour series, according to UK newspaper, the Guardian.

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With a victory in the individual time trial on Wednesday, Kristin Armstrong became just the second woman in American cycling history to win Olympic gold while compatriot Levi Leipheimer continued a streak of bronze medals for U.S. men in the race against the clock. The U.S. now has seven Olympic medals in the time trial to its credit since the event’s inception in 1996 - four more than the next best country. Armstrong joins Connie Carpenter-Phinney as the only gold medalists in U.S. women’s cycling, while Leipheimer continues a streak of bronze since Lance Armstrong (2000) and Bobby Julich (2004).

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The 2008 USA Cycling Junior, U23 and Elite Road National Championships concluded in Orange County on Sunday as James Mattis captured the elite title and Kirk Carlsen led his team to a sweep of the podium in the U23 contest. Evan Huffman also claimed the Stars-and-Stripes jersey in the men’s junior 17-18 road race. While the elites and U23’s head home, the juniors will remain in Southern California for another week to contest the USA Cycling Junior Track National Championships at the ADT Event Center in Carson, Aug. 14-17

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Three days after the U.S. squad missed out on the medal stand in the road race events, The U.S. Olympic Team will field four medal hopefuls in the men’s and women’s individual time trial in Levi Leipheimer, David Zabriskie, Kristin Armstrong and Christine Thorburn. All four athletes are capable of winning the race against the clock. In fact, the potential exists to trump the most successful day in U.S. Olympic Cycling history that occurred four years ago when the U.S. claimed three medals in the race against the clock.

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