Fred Dreier
BACKGROUND: Dreier covers the full spectrum of bicycle racing, from mountain bike and track cycling to the international road scene. Dreier studied journalism and history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he competed on the swim and cycling teams and edited the school newspaper, City on a Hill Press. He started with VeloNews in 2005. Dreier is a Cat. 3 cyclist on the road, a two-time finisher of the La Ruta de los Conquistadores mountain bike race and a three-time Ironman finisher.
BIKES IN THE GARAGE: '06 Jamis Zenith Pro, '08 Cervelo P3, '06 Kona Jake the Snake, '07 Giant Anthem 1
Stories by Fred Dreier »
Posted: Wed, Jul 22nd
Mountain Bike News and Notes: Tostado wins Breck 100; Kurchat and Spitz tops in GermanyAltitude specialist Josh Tostado (Santa Cruz-Bach Builders) defended his title at the 2009 Breckenridge 100 cross-country race, held July 18 in Colorado. Tostado spent the majority of the 100-mile race battling with Trek rider Jeff Schalk before finally pulling away in the ...
Posted: Sun, Jul 19th
Gould, Craig take short-track titlesGeorgia Gould (Luna) and Adam Craig (Giant) out-suffered their respective fields to claim short-track wins at the 2009 USA Cycling national mountain bike championships in Granby, Colorado.
The two proved strongest on the course at the SolVista resort, which featured a single ...
Posted: Sat, Jul 18th
Husband and wife teammates Heather Irmiger and Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski win matching XC titles at SolVistaThe Subaru-Gary Fisher team must now silkscreen “His” and “Hers” national championship jerseys for Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Heather Irmiger.
The husband-and-wife teammates, together since their dorm days at the University of Colorado and married in 2005, escaped ...
Posted: Fri, Jul 17th
Cares and Dombroski take U23 titles at MTB NatsColin Cares and Amy Dombroski required fresh, clean stars-and-stripes jerseys Friday after taking the U23 crowns at the 2009 USA Cycling national mountain bike championships, held at SolVista resort in Granby, Colorado. Both riders crossed the line coated in layers of dirt and ...
Posted: Thu, Jul 16th
Four women will battle for cross-country national title this weekendKatie Compton has the legs. Heather Irmiger has the lungs. Mary McConneloug owns the technical skills and Georgia Gould has the speed.
Each of these four racers brings a unique set of skills into this weekend’s USA Cycling national cross-country championships, held at ...
Posted: Thu, Jul 16th
US Cup/Pro XCT series cancels Las Vegas finaleOrganizers of the new Sho Air-Specialized US Cup and USA Cycling’s Pro Cross-country Tour (ProXCT) have canceled the final race of each respective series, the Series Shootout cross-country race. The event was supposed to be held Sunday, September 26 at Bootleg Canyon, just ...
Posted: Tue, Jul 14th
Horgan-Kobelski favored for this weekend's MTB natsJeremy Horgan-Kobelski is making room in his closet for another stars and stripes jersey.
Maybe two.
Less than one month after taking the marathon cross-country national championship race, held at the Firecracker 50 race in Breckenridge, Colorado, Horgan-Kobelski ...
Posted: Sun, Jul 12th
Kabush, Pendrel take Canadian cross-country championship titlesGeoff Kabush and Catherine Pendrel will wear the red maple leaf jersey for the next 12 months after winning the Canadian national cross-country championships Saturday at St-Felicien, Quebec.
The winding course, which hosted a round of the UCI World Cup in 2007, was soaked by ...
Posted: Thu, Jul 9th
Breck Epic’s fifth day serves up high altitude sufferingGasps for air and the occasional clank of mountain bikes were the only sounds heard during the 45-minute hike-a-bike up the final pitch of the Wheeler Loop to the top of Breckenridge ski area.
The steep section of the Colorado Trail, which on Thursday hosted the fifth stage ...
Posted: Sat, Jul 4th
McGrath, Sheppard clinch BC Bike Race Seamus McGrath and Chris Sheppard left no doubt as to who owned the strongest set of legs at the 2009 BC Bike Race, winning the final day into Whistler to clinch the race's overall prize. The two Canadians attacked the field on the day's opening fire road climb and never looked ...
Posted: Fri, Jul 3rd
McGrath, Sheppard blow BC Bike Race openChris Sheppard and Seamus McGrath stamped their authority on this year’s BC Bike Race, winning the sixth stage and putting nearly seven minutes into their chief rivals, the Kona duo of Barry Wicks and Kris Sneddon.
The two Canadians attacked from the gun in the 65km stage, ...
Posted: Fri, Jul 3rd
Contest narrows at BC Bike RaceThe fifth day of the 2009 BC Bike Race saw riders tackle a 47-kilometer trek along British Columbia's Sunshine Coast from the town of Sechelt to the ferry landing at Langdale. The day's primary feature was a 45-minute descent on the famed Highway 102 South trail, which plunged ...
