www.garciasoup.com

My new site is up and running

www.garciasoup.com

New site

Here is the link to my new site. www.garciasoup.com should be up and running soon..

I leave for Georgia in the morning.. It has been so nice to be home for a few days. I wish it could be longer.. I'm looking forward having a good week with the guys in the dirty south!!

Grand Prix Cerami

www.trworg.be/pages/gpe/accueil

Starts Next thursday.

Louder Louder Louder!!!!

Congrats to Jeff and BMC at REDLANDS!!!

As for the Belgium cREW, hit it pretty hard yesterday.. had a great ride!! Although it rained to whole time.. It's putting hair on my chest. Going big again today, then back to the hotel to watch Flanders. 265 k 17 climbs, just down the way from us. I wish I was racing.. give it up for Drunk Belgians!!!! Pretty cool race!!!.

Pic from a year ago today @ Redlands.. it's amazing how fast a year goes by..
I'm looking forward to racing next thursday!!! until then....

Tight shoes!!!

Ghent

Mckissick and I went back to Mideveltimes today.. We then went to the barkeep before we fought to the death.

A little China in Belgium

Classic Belgium

Crit International-it's what you make of it

What matters most is the team had a great weekend!!! Mckissick had a great day of sat, Moos and Danilo rode well. Darren and Martin had great tt's. Steve is back getting his legs going again after sitting out for a few months from breaking his collar bone at Qatar. Sayer's is coming around and I'm sure he will be ready to kill it by Georgia. As for me, I'm feeling really strong!!! I'm really happy with my form and feeling better and better everyday. At times I need to remind myself that this is cycling... things happen you can't control. Flats, crashes.. there is always a bright side of things.. it could have been worse. The one thing i can control, where I go from here. I have an opportunity to get some good training in this week in Belgium, with Ian and Sayers. Next week, I'm doing 2 one day races. One in Belgium and one in Holland. I'm looking forward to having a good showing and a good lead in to Georgia in a few weeks.

training ride in france

More pics to come... Taking a while to download for some reason.

Leora and I went out to Santa Rosa for spring break 2008. We had a great week! Thanks to Scott and Jennifer for there hospitality.
I got in some great training with Scott and we caped off the week with the Copperopolis RR with the team. We had a full team, and it was nice to get in a RR before heading out to France. We had a great day.. Taylor got the win and I was 3rd Sayers and Nydam rounded out the top 10 and Brent rode well, working for us in the end.

Thanks to Leora and Jenn for handing out bottles, we couldn't have done it without you.
Tomorrow starts Crit International... looking forward to it.

Northern France

Made it to France!! Crit International starts on sat. I should probably go train. I will update soon.

More Belgium Photos

The best of Jackson Stewart

Moos and his fan club..

West Vlaandren stage 3

Today was pretty crazy!! pouring rain, wind, fast speeds, Cobbles, the Kobbleberg, a true belgian race. I started off the day feeling pretty good and motivated to finish off strong. got in a few moves, but got chased down pretty quickly.. at times I felt like it was a race against myself just trying to stay up front. about 50k in a quick step guy went down and brought a few other guys down with him. all I could do was run into him as he cushened my fall. Finally, got untangled, i was the first guy out of the mess. I started chaseing, when 5 min later another crash happens. After coming to a stop weaving through team cars, and riders on the ground I spent the next 20 min in the cars chaseing back on and came close, but didn't quit make it. that was my day. i think only 50 or 60 guys finished today!! One of those days. This week was a great experience, for my first time racing in Belgium. I learned a ton doing these kind of races. It's only going to make me a better rider!!

Training day in Roeselare, Bel

It was nice taking it easy today after yesterday.. we went out for an easy 2 hrs with a stop at a local pub for some coffee. The pub was filled with people drinking beer at 11 am. nice!
Friday starts West Vlaandereen 3 days.. should make for some good hard racing. Looking forward to it!

Belgium

GP samyn went pretty well considering it was my first race in belgium... 120 miles, wind, fast pace. tight roads.. It was great!!! The team was pretty aggressive, getting in ever move, Ian was off for a while caught in between the field and 2 guys..
Once we hit the circuits, we had 80 k left in the race. I felt great until about 1k to go and got dropped of the back of the front group in this cross wind section... Bummer) I am happy with helping Martin and Danilo in the final few laps moving them in position...
I'm bummed about the finish, but i think for my first race in Belgium it was a good start.. now that i have a hard race under my belt, I think my form will continue to get better starting friday when West Vlanereen starts.... 3 days of about 170 k per day.
until next time...

Watch out!!!

So I'm riding along today on glade road (people in the fort might know this road) Anyway, just finished my last interval. I was spacing out when, out of no where this dog comes charging after me. Lucky for me, i saw him and started sprinting. I have had dogs chase me before, and usually all it takes is just a few hard pedal strokes and they give up. Today didn't quit work that way... He was staying with me and getting closer to my foot,I was starting to pull away when. The dog,( last Effort) nips at at my foot and actually gets a hold of the zipper on the back of my shoe cover. The Zipper on my shoe covers are a bit longer and they have this plastic Cover on the zipper. The dog got his tooth caught on the zipper some how, and ripped the plastic piece and part of the metal off of the zipper.. I couldn't believe it...

So, for you Fort Collins peeps.... Next time your riding on Glade road(N. of loveland) Watch out for this Brown mix of some sort.. mutt. He's fast and coming after you.

o Yeah!!!

Great week for BMC!!! Congrats to the guys!

Estes park

Sweet ride today!! great weather.... I didn't quit make it to Estes park like I was hoping. There is still a bit snow and ice on the Road just out side of Glen Haven... Still, A little touch of spring in the air.

Horsetooth res still Iced over...

climbing back side of Horsetooth.

The Govanator: I promised Sacramento, that I would Pump up Sacramento. I can pump you up Jackson!!

Killing it!!!

Jackson was the man today at the TOC... he's got the KOM and Most Aggressive rider Jersey.... Great day for jackson and the team!!!!

As for me I made it back to the fort... 14 hours of driving. glad it's over. Had a nice weekend of semi warm weather, hanging out with friends and family and finally starting the season off. It was nice to get in a little racing, before I head to belgium in a few weeks. .

valley of the sun

VOS RR

Scott, Bret after the finish.

No wonder Petacchi always wins... he races on a tandem. I'm surprised no one has come out and said anything about this??

I'm going to say... the fort collins group ride is faster then the bus stop ride in boulder.. just throwing it out there. Don't worry Boulder you're still Fast!!! On Sat I went to the famous Oval group ride ( meets @ 10 am on sat on campus if anyone is interested) I went for the first time a few weeks back not knowing what to expect.. To say the least the these dudes were hitten it.. young guys, older guys, women. It was a nice surprise!! Great ride, great people and I'm finally feeling at home.. well as far as cycling goes.. and in other news. R. Hamity even made a trip up here.. I think he liked it!!!

Leaving with Scott Nags Tuesday for VOS, I'm looking forward to 70 degrees!!! yes, finally shorts!!!

Honeymoon

Sayulita Mexico

We had this beach to ourselfs for most of the day...

The main Beach in Sayulita

Our vacation rental.. swiss family Robinson style

Our first day of surfing

2008 Race Calendar

Feb 16-18 Valley of the Sun, AZ
Mar 5- GP Samyn, Belgium
Mar 7-9 Dreidaagse Van- west, Belgium
April 3-8 Redlands- Redlands, CA
April 10 GP Pino Cerami- Belgium
April 12-13 GP Drenthe Or Paris-Roubaix
April 21-27 Tour Of Georgia
May 24 Tour of Leelanau
June 3-8 Philly Week
June 14-22 Tour de Suisse
Aug 13-17 Tour of Utah
Aug 22-24 Colorado Stage Race
Aug 30-31 US Nationals

Team Site is up

www.bmcracingteam.com

Riding over Golden Gate Bridge

The guys Rollen out to ride up and over Mt Hamilton and Sierra Grade which will add more climbing in the years TOC, I'm the guy in the back wondering how campy works..