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Momentum Sports Group (MSG), owner and operator of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis, is proud to announce UnitedHealthcare as the team’s title sponsor starting in 2010.

Rory Sutherland of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis has been honored as 2009 Domestic Male Roadie of the Year in the upcoming issue of VeloNews.

Momentum Sports Group (MSG), the owners of the OUCH presented by Maxxis team, and Floyd Landis have mutually agreed to terminate Landis’ Rider Agreement and thereby release both Landis and MSG from their respective obligations under the Rider Agreement for the remainder of the 2009 and 2010 racing seasons.

John Murphy of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis will wear the stars and stripes jersey of the U.S. National Criterium Champion for the next 12 months.

We’re back with the weekend race action, new additions to the disabled list, the latest on Mikel Astarloza, post-Tour crit results and more.

Karl Menzies of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis won a two-up sprint over Kyle Wamsley (Colavita/Sutter Home) to take the win in the Sunny King Criterium in Anniston, Alabama Saturday. OUCH Presented by Maxxis teammates John Murphy and Andrew Pinfold went one-two in the bunch kick by the rest of the peloton to take the 3rd and 4th places.
Menzies was part of what began as a six-rider break that rolled off the front of the field barely a quarter of the way into the 90-minute race.
“We were …

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It’s definitely NOT a slow news days today. Controversy surrounds the final sprint at the Tour of Turkey, lots of race results from the weekend, more injuries at Amstel Gold, Mario Cipollini nailed for tax evasion, and much much more….
Results:

Levi Leipheimer won the road race at Sea Otter ahead of training partner Paul Mach (Bissell). Bissell’s Morgan Schmitt took third.
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Columbia-Highroad) won the Ronde Van Gelderland in the Netherlands on Saturday for her 11th win of …

In front of tens of thousands of fans in the heart of one of the world’s most populous cities, Canadian Andrew Pinfold of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis finished off a perfectly executed lead-out with the sprint win in the final stage of The Tour of Mexico. It was the team’s second stage win of the eight-day race.
Pinfold was on the tail end of a full lead-out train, with the winning effort coming at the end of a 77km stage that saw the team help control the …

Cameron Evans won the three-up sprint to take the victory at the end of Stage 6 of la Vuelta Mexico.
The rolling, 190 km stage saw a break succeed for the third consecutive day. And for the third consecutive day, an OUCH Presented by Maxxis rider made the most of it.
“We knew a break had a good shot to stay away to the finish,” Evans said. “We wanted to make sure we had a guy in every move.”
As has been the case all week, attacks came early and often, with Brad …