Kristin Armstrong

Retired Kristin Armstrong ponders future on and off the bike

USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Kristin Armstrong remembers standing outside her University of Idaho sorority in 1994, watching triathletes race past in a local ...

Armstrong named USOC athlete of the month

cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

Kristin Armstrong has been voted the U.S. Olympic Committee’s top athlete of September, beating tennis player Melanie Oudin and track and field’s Sanya Richards. Armstrong topped the vote which was cast by U.S. Olympic ‘family members’, while the final 10 percent was decided by more than 1500 peoples who voted on the committee’s Twitter site. Armstrong’s victory...

Kristin Armstrong earns USOC's Female Athlete of the Month

USA Cycling (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009

The U.S. Olympic Committee announced USA Cyclingandrsquo;s Kristin Armstrong and track athlete Tyson Gay as the September Athletes of the Month, while the USA World Cup Baseball Team was awarded Team of the Month honors. Performing in her last international competition, Armstrong rode into retirement in September by earning her second world title in the elite womenandrsquo;s time trial at the 2009...

• Cyclist Kristin Armstrong, Sprinter Tyson Gay and the USA World Cup Baseball Team honored by USOC for Outstanding Performances in September - USA Canoe/Kayak

US women's team pursuit record may not stand

cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009

USA Cycling declared a new women's team pursuit record at the US National Track Championships in Los Angeles on Thursday, but the time may not stand for long. Sarah Hammer, Dotsie Bausch and Kimberly Geist set a time of 3.34.114 for the 3km test. However, the trio may not get to hold onto the claim to fame for long as a faster time was set in January, 2008 but never recorded in the history books....

Kristin Armstrong wins World Championship; weekly Olympic honor

USA Today (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009

Kristin Armstrong's decorated cycling career came to an end over the weekend at the UCI world championships in Switzerland. The ...

DEVELOPMENT WRAP-UP: Camps identify future world-class cyclists

USA Cycling (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009

Former USA Cycling Women's Development Team rider Kristin Armstrong rode into retirement by earning a second world title in the time trial at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships, and the next generation of world-class American cyclists will make their way to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs next month for a National Talent Identification Camp.

USAC's Miller: Talent abounds in American cycling

VeloNews (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009

The future is bright for both U.S. men’s and women’s cycling. That’s according to USA Cycling’s director of athletics Jim Miller, who says there’s enough talent to assure more success by American riders on the road at the top levels of the sport. Miller says there’s plenty of firepower to fill the void left by the retirement of Olympic and world champion Kristin...

Armstrong just misses podium in farewell contest at UCI Road World Championships

USA Canoe/Kayak (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009

The 2009 UCI Road World Championships continued on Saturday with Kristin Armstrong just missing the… Read

Lewis leads young U.S. squad at Road Worlds

USA Cycling (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009

The 2009 UCI Road World Championships wrapped up on Sunday with Australiaandrsquo;s Cadel Evans winning the menandrsquo;s road race. Twenty-four-year-old Craig Lewis was the top U.S. finisher coming in 59th in the grueling seven-hour affair. After a pair of near misses with fourth-place-finishes in the womenandrsquo;s road race and menandrsquo;s time trial, the U.S. team leaves the 2009 UCI Road World...

Armstrong just misses podium in farewell contest at Worlds

USA Cycling (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009

The 2009 UCI Road World Championships continued on Saturday with Kristin Armstrong just missing the podium, finishing fourth in her final race before retirement. The Olympic gold medalist, Armstrong, was part of the winning four-woman group that was able to get away from a larger group on the final climb of the elite womenandrsquo;s road race. Wednesdayandrsquo;s time trial gold medalist, Armstrong...

Guderzo captures women's road race at worlds

SI.com (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009

MENDRISIO, Switzerland (AP) -- Tatiana Guderzo of Italy won the women's race at the road cycling world championships on Saturday, while American Kristin Armstrong finished fourth in her final race before retirement.

• Italy's Guderzo pulls away for world title; Armstrong 4th - USA Today
• Italy's Guderzo wins women's road title - VeloNews
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No going back for Armstrong

cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009

For another famous Armstrong retirement from cycling proved short-lived. But Kristin Armstrong, who will bow out of the sport after Saturday's women's road race as world and Olympic time trial champion, insists that her mind is made up. "It's amazing," said the 36-year old, "but a lot of people out there still think that, come Saturday, my mind will switch. I keep telling them, ‘no,...

UCI World Road Championships: U.S. women's team strongest in years

VeloNews (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009

Riding the momentum of Kristin Armstrong’s gold-medal performance at Wednesdays’ world time trial championship, the U.S. women’s road team is hoping to extract a little more hardware out of the UCI world road championship on Saturday. The six-woman team includes Armstrong and Amber Neben, who have collectively claimed the world TT title for three of the past four years. Rounding out...

Kristen Armstrong: ‘I know I will miss it’

VeloNews (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009

Kristin Armstrong put an exclamation point on the final week of her racing career with an emphatic victory in Wednesday’s elite women’s time trial. The Olympic champion whipped old foes and a new generation of faces by nearly one minute to retire with the rainbow jersey. But she’s not done yet. Armstrong will compete in Saturday’s road race, promising an exciting finish to her...

2009 UCI Road World Championships Photos - Elite Women Time Trial

www.cyclingfans.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009

Follow cyclingfans on Twitter and never miss a race. Cyclingfans.com: The #1 destination on the internet for live race coverage. - Note: High resolution versions of all photos can be viewed by clicking the "high resolution" link under each photo. 2009 UCI Road World Championships: Kristin Armstrong (U.S.A.) on her way to winning the women's time trial in Mendrisio, Switzerland. - Click for...