Disaster struck HTC-Highroad’s Craig Lewis in Stage 19 of the Giro d’ Italia. Lewis crashed on the rain slicked roads and was taken away in an ambulance, ending his chances of completing the Giro. At the time of the crash he was moving and appeared conscious. CyclingNews.com reported that he struck a traffic sign on …
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Behind the Giro: Butler’s recovery after the crash
BMC’s Chris Butler first Grand Tour didn’t quite end as he would have liked. Exclusively to Carolina Cycling News, Butler gives us the scoop on his injury and how he is recuperating back home in Greenville, South Carolina. The injury happened in Wednesday’s stage 5 on a descent when the rider in front of me …
BMC’s Butler Giro ends with injury
First time Grand Tour racer Chris Butler had his Giro d’ Italia come to an end Saturday when the BMC Racing Team rider was diagnosed with a hairline fracture of his right pelvic bone. Team BMC issued a press release regarding Butler’s injury. Butler crashed on Monday’s third stage, but did not learn the full …
Hincapie, Bookwalter and Butler of BMC training for California
While their teammates were combating the rain in the Tour of Romandie, BMC’s George Hincapie, Brent Bookwalter and Chris Butler have been putting in the miles around Greenville. Hincapie recently returned from his European spring campaign of Milan-San Remo, Gent-Wevelgem, Tour of Flanders and Pari-Roubaix. Now he is preparing for the upcoming Amgen Tour of …
Chris Butler’s BMC impec
Second year professional cyclist and Greenville resident Chris Butler is in Spain preparing for the 2011 racing season. As a member of the BMC team, Butler is lucky enough to have at his disposal the new impec model bike. In the recent VeloNews Buyer’s Guide, BMC discloses that the impec is made entirely by robots, …