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Jim Pomeroy (November 16, 1952 – August 6, 2006) was an American professional motocross racer. [1] He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1972 to 1973 and in the Motocross World Championships from 1973 to 1976, before returning to compete in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1977 to 1978.
Aside from Greg LeMond, Phinney is the only American rider to make a legitimate run at winning the Green Jersey in the Tour de France. LeMond and he are the only two American riders to come in the top three of this classification. Phinney finished second in the points classification during the 1988 Tour de France.
Tyler Hamilton (born March 1, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racer. He is the only American rider to win one of the five Monuments of cycling, taking Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2003. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995 with the US Postal Service cycling team.
Hopefully, at least for us American fans, all the way to Paris. Hors Catégorie climbs: 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, and 5 points respectively for the first through tenth rider to climb the ...
The conventional wisdom at the time was that American riders, who competed mostly in dirt track races, could not race on asphalt at the same level as the British riders, who specialized in road racing events. [23] Roberts dispelled any such notions by winning three of the six races and finishing second in the remaining three races.
James Stewart Jr. was born on December 21, 1985, in Bartow, Florida, [8] and began racing motocross under the guidance of his father at the age of four. During his amateur career, Stewart achieved significant success, securing 84 race victories and 11 Loretta Lynn's Amateur National Championship titles between 1990 and 2001.
LeMond had argued for the team to compete as the European teams did, but team management and Boyer voted against him. Thus, unlike the other teams at the world championship, the US riders were competing against each other. [32] [N 2] At age 21, LeMond was the first American pro to win a medal at the World's since Frank Kramer took silver in ...
The 1974 Trans-AMA motocross series was the fifth annual international series established by the American Motorcyclist Association as a pilot event to help establish motocross in the United States. The motocross series was an invitational based on a 500cc engine displacement formula, run on American tracks featuring the top riders from the F.I ...