Mike Gibson on the right kicking my ass, Scott Nydam on the far left getting ready for surgary.

I also want to say congrats to Scott Moninger for setting a course record at the Boulder TT series.

no Philly for me

Philly is not in the cards for me this year. A little break and time to get healthy.
Kick some ass guys!

today I got caught out in a down pore. rain, hail,wind,flooding.it was kind of fun other then it being freezing and I was getting pelted with bee bee sized hail. I tried to get out early today knowing it was going to rain this afternoon. I got through 3 hours and still no rain. Kept watching the sky and hoped to dodge it. nope, on my 3rd interval on sunshine i got hammered, luckily i wasn't that far up the canyon. I stopped for a min at Boulder community hospital but by then I was soaked so I just kept going. The pic below pretty much explains it.

wet day!

This is me during the last hour of my ride today.

nice stash

My Buddy Scott swearingen, Winner of the 2007 Moustache Contest -crested Butte CO
Maybe I should grow one..

a week in silver city feb 2006

pics from italy

Creek Fest

This weekend is the Boulder Creek fest, Sat-Mon. If the weather is nice it's aways a good time. If you are looking to get out, stop by my Mom's both which will be at 13th street across from the Tea house. She will be selling her Italian Jewlery which is really nice and low cost, as well as her photography. Also, I think she is going to have her Photo's from Tour of California and Tour of Georgia. Her business is called La Bella Luna so look for that this weekend.
Have fun

the Giro

I want to personally thank Scott Nydam for the water bottle he gave me on Stage 1. We were kind of in a pinch with no water and Scott gave me half a bottle when he could have had the rest him self. I didn't actually thank him at the time, I said thank god instead. So thank you to Scott Nydam who rode great all week!

Well, I'm back and can't sleep! The 2007 giro del fruli was sweet! Having the success we had in Our first Euro race as a team, was the highlight of my season so far. I think it's a sign of what's to come for BMC in the future. The guys rode great, all week. I'm grateful to have teammates like that, putting everything they had into defending the jersey for me. i was a little disappointed I couldn't hold on to it for one more day with how hard the guys rode on the front. i mean the Dudes killed it, i was in the hurt locker and I was sitting on. AT one moment I looked down and we were riding 35. when the guys were on the front, the pace was pretty much between 30 and 35 and they did this for yeah about 100 k. It was kind of a hard day, we rode that hard and didn't get much out of it. Nydam had to sacrifice his overall gc in riding for me.. I lost the jersey and jackson, ian, and ken had nothing left after ridng flat out for 100 k just the 3 of them. But, we did the "pro thing" as mike sayers puts it. We had too, we were in the jersey. All in all we learned a lot on the day, that was one of the reason's for doing this race to get the experience. and it was quite the experience. I don't think people expected us to win a stage, have 1st and 2nd overall in gc for a day and ride tempo like we did coming in our first Euro race. So even though we didn't ride our best the last 2 days, in the end we can't take anything away from what we did.

Also: Riding behind Ian MaC aka "The Wattage Cottage" in the ttt was the fastest and hardest I have ever had to ride, so unless you want put your self in the "pain cave" don't try this at home.

The hardest and longest tt I have ever done.

The Nydalater with George Hincapie on Brasstown

tour of georgia pics

Stage 7 in Atlanta

Leora and Kristen Donald chillen with floyd.

tour of georgia pics

Going up Brasstown, pretty cool climb!