
Jackie Tyson
Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).
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Tour de France Grand Départ set to return to Britain in 2027
By Jackie Tyson published
News 20 years after first British Grand Départ, UK expects to host third Tour de France start and first time for Tour de France Femmes

Tom Pidcock, Jasper Philipsen and Jasper Stuyven hit the roads of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in wet recon
By Jackie Tyson published
Gallery Riders take on wet conditions in preparation for first serious serving of cobbles of spring - Gallery

'The real start of the season' - Lorena Wiebes aims for 'another step forward' with elusive win at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
By Jackie Tyson published
News SD Worx-Protime rider squares off for first time against former teammates Demi Vollering and Marlen Reusser on Saturday

'We want to capture more than just one group' - Multiple cameras, drones to relay live action from The Growler in April
By Jackie Tyson published
News Lead and middle groups for men and women part of new two-plus-hour broadcast for what co-founder Levi Leipheimer calls 'the most difficult road race in America'

UCI confirms Nice cannot host Gravel World Championships in 2025
By Jackie Tyson published
News UCI searching for a new organiser, new venue and possible new date

Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY28 sweep four stages and GC podium at Tucson Bicycle Classic
By Jackie Tyson published
News Patrick Welch takes men's GC title on final day for Above and Beyond Cancer

Michael Garrison, Lauren De Crescenzo repeat as winners of Homegrown Gravel
By Jackie Tyson published
News Men's race comes down to two-man sprint while De Crescenzo solos for 85 miles in blossoming southern US off-road race

Kate Courtney sets women's course record, Brennan Wertz repeats with solo men's win at Huffmaster Hopper
By Jackie Tyson published
Results US Gravel Champion used early-morning recon of final gravel section to set up his win Saturday in Grasshopper Adventure Series event
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