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The second stop of the ASA Action Sports World Tour (ASA ASWT) had as many thrills and spills and unexpected twists and turns as a NASCAR race when the first Skateboard Vert and Big Air BMX Triples contests of the season took place tonight at Target Center in Minneapolis. Twenty-two athletes took to the ramps – 10 skateboarders and 12 bikers – to start paving their way toward this year’s Action Sports World Championships. For two men the trip has begun; Pierre Luc Gagnon (Montreal, Canada) and …

Well, the off season is well along. Training camps have already started for Astana and Garmin Chipotle, and will start soon for a number of other teams. The Tour Down Under starts in 6 weeks. The UCI is finalizng teams for 2009 and there is no shortage of news:

The future of the Teltek-H20 team is uncertain as they failed to provide the UCI with the necessary deposit to register the team. This article says that the filing deadline has passed but it seems that the UCI is saying that they …

The Jeep 48Straight Mountain Bike Series comes to the  Diablo Freeride Parkat Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon, N.J this weekend.Headlining the action-packed weekend will be the Jeep 48STRAIGHT Mountain Bike Series, held on Saturday, August 23 and featuring top ranked racers battling in dual slalom format for the richest payout in professional mountain bike racing. Competitors such as World Champions Brian Lopes and Eric Carter, as well as National Champions Rich Houseman and Melissa Buhl, are just a few of the elite athletes who have already signed on to make a run for …