... Crawford had a few stories to tell about the students. She told about some bringing snakes onto the bus. One of the young riders, she remembers, got her long hair caught in a fan. When Crawford instructed another student to bring her a pair of scissors ...

... attention to the Tour where he will have the help of his strong Rabobank team and rising star Robert Gesink. The best young rider of the Tour in 2003, Menchov is one of six riders considered joint-favorites this year along with Alberto Contador ...

... top-six rider who has won a major stage race the Spanish Vuelta in 2005 and '07. He won the white jersey as best young rider in 2003, the year Armstrong beat Jan Ullrich by 1:01. Last year, Evans lost to Alberto Contador of Spain by 23 ...

... Italy's Damiano Cunego and Denis Menchov are other strong riders, having both won the white jersey awarded to best young riders in previous years. Carlos Sastre, 33, is also a perennial hopeful, with a fourth place last year and third in 2006 ...

... second place and Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen held the leader's yellow jersey. The white jersey for the race's best young rider belonged to a Columbia rider, Sweden's Thomas Lovqvist. "To finish with a 1-2 and have Kim in yellow, you can ...

... national finals. W.A. Diehl, outgoing state director for the rodeo, praised the work Sutterfield did for the many young riders involved. All over America there were Bicentennial celebrations. From 1776 to 1976 much had happened in America ...

... Jalabert of France won the red polka-dot jersey as best climber, while Ivan Basso of Italy won the white jersey for best young rider. Armstrong, meanwhile, was simply the best. He seized the lead in the first mountain leg at La Mongie in the Pyrenees ...

... MILL CREEK, Ill. -- Jessica Pye of Conway recently won a gold medal in the junior division in the North American Young Riders equestrian championships. Riding Carte Blanche, she finished with a clean jumping round to clinch gold. Pye was sixth ...

... of competition to win a national equestrian championship held recently. She took first place in the North American Young Riders Championship in Wadsworth, Ill. It's a competition pitting the nation's top riders and their horses in three days ...

... Six legs, one champion -- Jessica Pye did Conway proud way up in Wadsworth, Ill., when she won the North American Young Riders Championship. The 16-year-old and her trusty steed Carte-Blanche took on the best from across the country over ...