Alison Powers

Alison Powers

(2013)
To person
Date of birth	December 14, 1979
nation	United States
discipline	Road cycling, track cycling
To the team
Current team	End of career
function	driver
Team (s)
2006 2007 2011 2014	Rio Grande / Sports Garage Colavita TIBCO-To The Top UnitedHealthcare
Most important successes
Pan American Cycling Championships 2007 - individual time trial National road championships 2008 - individual time trial 2014 - road race, individual time trial, criterion
Last updated: November 13, 2015

Alison Powers (born December 14, 1979 in Fraser ) is a former American cyclist and alpine skier .

Before starting her cycling career, Alison Powers was a skier. In 1998 and 1999 she started at the Junior World Championships and in 1999 she finished third in the downhill . In 1998/2000 she won the Alpine Nor-Am Cup women . In the 1999/2000 and 2002/03 seasons she successfully competed in the European Ski Cup. In 2004 she took part in a ski world cup race.

In 2006, Alison Powers first drew attention in cycling when she won a stage in four major domestic races. The following year she won the road race at the Pan-American Championships and won the Sequioa Cycling Classic . At the UCI Road World Championships in Stuttgart in 2007 , she finished 20th.

In 2008 Powers became US champion in the individual time trial and vice-champion in the single pursuit and in the points race on the track . In 2009 and 2010 she won the Joe Martin Stage Race . In 2011, she fell at Redlands Bicycle Classics and sustained an elbow injury that nearly led to her retirement from cycling.

In 2014, however, Alison Powers became a three-time national champion in road racing, individual time trial and criterion , making it the first American cyclist to achieve this hat trick . She also won the Tour de San Luis . At the end of 2014 she retired from active cycling.

In 2013 and 2014, Alison Powers was named "Cyclist of the Year" in the United States.

Web links

• Alison Powers in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alison Powers. Les-Sports.info, accessed May 28, 2014 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Laureen Steele: Hat Trick History for Alison Powers. Outside, June 13, 2014, accessed June 14, 2014 . 
3. ^ Alison Powers announces retirement. In: VeloNews. October 23, 2014, accessed November 13, 2015 . 
4. ↑ 2014 Domestic Women's Rider of the Year: Alison Powers. In: VeloNews. December 22, 2014, accessed November 13, 2015 .