Minneapolis - The rosters are set for the 13 elite amateur bicycle racers who won spots - "American Idol" style - on the Nature Valley Pro Ride teams, earning the opportunity to compete against professionals next week at the Nature Valley Grand Prix. Jane Weakley of Kettering, Ohio, and Brandon...

Laurel Larsen (left) and Stephan Rothe emerged as the Nature Valley Pro Ride qualifiers from cold and snowy conditions at the Tour of the Depot. Minneapolis - A big weekend lies ahead for the Nature Valley Pro Ride, cycling's version of "American Idol." The Sterling Road Race in Boston on...

Minneapolis - Multi-time world road and track champion Marion Clignet will coach the Nature Valley Pro Ride men's team at the Nature Valley Grand Prix. She and women's team coach Michael Engleman will conduct a five-day camp for their squads before they compete in the Nature Valley Grand Prix...

Minneapolis - The first man and woman have been selected for the Nature Valley Pro Ride and two more riders will be set at this weekend's Tour of the Depot in Utah, April 9-10. Louise Smyth, an elementary school teacher from Shreveport, La., and Scott Simmons, a senior technician at a...

Minneapolis - The Jefferson Cup, the second event of the Nature Valley Pro Ride, is being postponed because of the high probability for snow on Sunday in Charlottesville, Va. The one-day qualifier for Category 1 men and Category 1 and 2 women to compete for a spot in the Nature Valley Grand...

Minneapolis - Rich in history, the Jefferson Cup road race Sunday in Charlottesville, Va., is the next chance for amateur cyclists to secure a coveted spot on the Nature Valley Pro Ride team for the Nature Valley Grand Prix. Named for Thomas Jefferson - whose Monicello home is located only a...

Minneapolis - The Nature Valley Pro Ride - cycling's version of "American Idol" - begins its 2011 talent search for the nation's top amateur men and women on March 19-20 at the Fayetteville (Texas) Stage Race near Austin. The top amateur in the Men's Pro/Category 1 race and the winner of the...

Minneapolis - Applications from bicycle race promoters are now being accepted for a national program that sends top amateur racers to compete against the country's top men and women professionals in the Nature Valley Grand Prix. Now in its fourth year, the Nature Valley Pro Ride is the official...

Minneapolis, MN - The first two of six races of the Nature Valley Pro Ride begin next weekend with the Hillsboro-Roubaix (Illinois) Road Race April 10 near Saint Louis, and the Rock Hill Spring Races April 10-11 in South Carolina, near Charlotte, N.C. Like its namesake, the fabled Paris-Roubaix...

Minneapolis - Six races sprinkled throughout the United States will comprise the 2010 Nature Valley Pro Ride, the qualifying events for amateurs to earn a trip to compete against the country's top men and women professional bicycle racers at the Nature Valley Grand Prix. The Nature Valley Pro...