GARCIA SOUP

www.garciasoup.com

2008-04-30T06:21:00.000-07:00

My new site is up and running

www.garciasoup.com

New site

2008-04-18T08:10:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-06T07:43:00.000-07:00

www.trworg.be/pages/gpe/accueil

Starts Next thursday.

Louder Louder Louder!!!!

2008-04-05T23:38:00.000-07:00

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!!!

2008-04-04T12:48:00.000-07:00

Ghent

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

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A little China in Belgium

Classic Belgium

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Crit International-it's what you make of it

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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

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

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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.

2008-03-28T02:08:00.000-07:00

Northern France

2008-03-26T01:03:00.000-07:00

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

More Belgium Photos

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The best of Jackson Stewart

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Moos and his fan club..

West Vlaandren stage 3

2008-03-09T14:47:00.000-07:00

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

2008-03-06T09:16:00.000-08:00

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

2008-03-05T12:35:00.001-08:00

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!!!

2008-02-26T15:54:00.000-08:00

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!!!

2008-02-24T16:21:00.000-08:00

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

Estes park

2008-02-22T14:53:00.000-08:00

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.

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Horsetooth res still Iced over...

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climbing back side of Horsetooth.

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

2008-02-19T19:47:00.000-08:00

Killing it!!!

2008-02-18T21:09:00.000-08:00

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

2008-02-17T07:42:00.000-08:00

VOS RR

Scott, Bret after the finish.

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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

2008-02-06T07:21:00.000-08:00

Sayulita Mexico

2008-02-06T07:17:00.000-08:00

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

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The main Beach in Sayulita

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Our vacation rental.. swiss family Robinson style

2008-02-06T07:07:00.000-08:00

Our first day of surfing

2008 Race Calendar

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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

2008-01-22T09:51:00.000-08:00

www.bmcracingteam.com

2008-01-12T18:09:00.001-08:00

Riding over Golden Gate Bridge

2008-01-12T17:07:00.000-08:00

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..

2008-01-12T16:50:00.000-08:00

Our new TT Bikes, love the Easton Bars and wheels!!

TEAM camp 2008

2008-01-11T08:54:00.000-08:00

Danilo and Steve,

Camp has gotten off to a great start and I'm pretty fired up for 2008. The Staff, riders, BMC, are amazing and I'm lucky and excited to be a part of this team. Gavin, Charlie, and John have put together a talented team, everyone is motivated, fit and ready to go. The team has it's first race in 2 weeks at the Tour of Qatar, the first pro Tour race of the year and then on to Tour of California.
My Calender starts a little later in march at the Cali NRC's and then on to Belgium the first part of April for some one day races, and then Tour of Georgia.

Camp end on Tues, and then it's back to Colorado for hopefully so good weather training, I'm keeping my fingers crossed..
Until Next time

2008-01-06T16:32:00.000-08:00

Leora and I are pretty excited about the new year... as you can see from our dancing.
More to come from team camp soon........

Happy New Year/ Gold Hill

2007-12-31T08:28:00.000-08:00

Gold Hill, Colorado

One of my favorite places to ride in Boulder, plus it's a hour climb to get there. Gold Hill sits at 9,000 ft or so give or take. The Town is filled with small Cabins, Great views and a Small General Store. I love to ride through there!!! Plus, Leora was born there. Pretty cool.

Sunday, Jason D and I rode some dirt Roads North of town where I was surprised to see a lot less snow. Great Ride!!

Friday, I'm off to camp in CA, Looking forward to it!!!

Happy New Year !!!!

SICK ART WORK

2007-12-28T17:15:00.000-08:00

Happy Holiday!!

2007-12-24T20:02:00.000-08:00

I went to flatirons Mall for some Christmas shopping, I can't take it anymore. But, I love Christmas...
Happy Holiday to everyone!!!!

A Snow Day

2007-12-08T16:55:00.000-08:00

Lory State Park-

Jimmy V week

2007-12-05T08:06:00.000-08:00

check out his speech, just before he died of cancer... pretty inspirational

http://jimmyv.org/rememberingjim/espy.cfm

Jim Valvano once commented, "There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them." Jim decided that he would do it all. He reached the highest level of success as a basketball coach and then as an award-winning commentator at ABC and ESPN. He authored three books, gave hundreds of
motivational speeches to corporations across the country, hosted weekly television and radio broadcasts, created his own corporation, JTV enterprises, to oversee his many entrepreneurial endeavors, and showcased his fabulous sense of humor during his guest spots on The Tonight Show, David Letterman, and The Cosby Show.

Give me a wave!!!!

2007-11-29T07:06:00.000-08:00

This is how it's done, big wave, big smile!!!

I would say out on the road, 2 out of every 10 people wave. I think we can do better!

Here is what you might see.. There's the low wave, Flicking the hand slightly or biker wave. There's the head nod. There's the shun,don't even look, just ride by. There's the turn your head and stair(my personal favorite)There's the smile,(all most there)and finally there is the big wave and big smile...

So if you happen to see me out on the road, I'm going to give you a big wave and a big smile. I hope you can give me the same in return...

Just Like old times....

2007-11-25T07:12:00.000-08:00

Jason, Ryan and I

I'm a lucky guy!! Not many people can hang out with good friends while working....
I decided to head up to Boulder to meet Jason D, Ryan Hamity and Allen for a ride. It's always nice catching up with those guys. I went to HS with Ryan and Allen, and College with Jason. Ryan and Jason were teammates of mine on Einteins last season, and we had a lot of success. I think one of the reasons for our sucess was, we not only raced hard, but we had a lot of fun doing it. There was no stress, we were confident, and we knew we were going to ride well. I always want to keep theses memories close, and remember to never take cycling to to serious. After all, it's just pedaling a bike and I'm lucky enough to do it for a living.

Donald's SO Hot Right now!!

2007-11-21T09:14:00.000-08:00

In other news, it finally snowed in CO. On Monday it was like 78 and today about 30 with some sick pow pow. I can't wait to tear it up sickie nar nar style Bro.
Happy Thanksgiving!!

2007-11-15T07:50:00.000-08:00

My Buddy Levon Kalema kalam kaleem kalema not gonna work where he works anymore cuz,he tried out for that new boy band on MTV called menudo. He made it!!!

(Levon in the white Pants)

Swear

2007-11-13T06:55:00.000-08:00

Sunday afternoon just after I got back from a ride with my buddy Scott Nags, I got a call from my dad asking if I saw the Broncos Game.. I said no and he asked if my other buddy Scott, (we call him swear) was at the game. I said I'm not sure, but he might have gone. My dad was like... yeah, I think i just saw swear dressed in a banana suit at the game, the camera was panned on him for a bit and the announcers made a few comments about him... I got off the phone with my dad and later I saw that I had a message, and sure enough it was swear. he was yelling, all pumped up saying yeah, I'm at the broncos game sixth row woooo!! so funny!!!
this is a picture one of our friends took, of swear in a banana suit on the TV.

Halloween

2007-11-02T08:49:00.000-07:00

I love Nascar!! Now you see me, Now you Don't!!

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Life is Great!!!

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i'M A LUCKY GUY!!

Back in the day...

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my running days at Western.. Summer 03

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Team Bikes for 2008/ BMC Expo at Interbike

2007-10-03T10:57:00.000-07:00

GO Mexico!!!!!

2007-09-21T07:34:00.000-07:00

I will find out who did this.........

Read the comment below

It was a very nice tribute to my family!!!
thanks to who ever put this together

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Until next year..... it's nice to be home

tour of mizzz

2007-09-13T16:13:00.000-07:00

I'm not very Happy with this guy

I'm sure you all herd about what happened to Dan, and it sucks. I hope he gets better soon!!!! As for me I have felt better each day- Yesterday was long, I was happy to get in the break after the armadillo miss hap. It was fun doing a 100 mile team TT. Hincapie made it look easy....
Today didn't go very well, but we have 3 big days left and I hope to move into the top ten when the race is all said and dones 0. See you all soon.

China/ US Pro

2007-09-04T09:10:00.000-07:00

Having the opportunity to go to China and race my bike was a life experience. Up until a few weeks ago, I never thought I would ever make it to china, and when I got the call from Gavin, I was pretty excited to say the least!!! I pretty much gave all I had for the rode race. The Course suited me well and I was pretty motivated to get a result. The course was incredible... the race was 110 miles finishing with 4 18 mile circuits surrounded by the great wall. Fans were lined the whole way along the course 10 deep, it was pretty cool to see!
Scott Nydam rode amazing!!!!!! working for me in the final. I ended up 9th which i was pretty happy with. It was cool throwing it down with the Pro Tour guys, It gave me an idea where I stand against them. I definitely have some work to do....I'm sure it was pretty easy for Cadel who got 4th, and I would say the last 40 miles was the hardest I have ever had to race.

The last few weeks, I would say I haven't had the best of luck with staying healthy.... After the RR in Beijing I got some kind of bug that has stayed with me the last we weeks and then a cold 2 days before US Pro's. I was able to finish US Pro's, But it was frustrating not being 100%%, I guess that's How it goes sometimes. Just got to roll with it and Move on. I'm already looking forward to next year's race!!!!

Next week is my final race of the year.... Tour Of MIz. I'm looking forward to being home this week, getting back to feeling good and spending time with Leora. I'm hoping to get some results and finish off the season strong. Until Next time... take care.

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which picture is of the real Scott Nydam????

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Cadel

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Nydams biggest fan

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The Team

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Near the RR finish

back from china

2007-08-21T14:45:00.000-07:00

The Great wall

Racing for Amerrrrica!

2007-08-12T18:21:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm leaving for china in the am to race the Good Luck Beijing RR and TT next weekend. Both of the races will be held on the up and coming olympic courses. I never thought I would ever get to china..... I think its going to be a great experience and hopefully I can be compeitive. I fly for 2 days, train and rest for 2 days, race for 2 days and fly back for 2 days. All in all, I'm gone a week. So wish me luck, I will post some pics when i get back.

I can't wait to play Dance Dance Revolution

http://www.cyclingroad2007.org.cn/en/ Race Web site

Sept -Cross face off

2007-08-08T17:58:00.000-07:00

I told Michael Gibson owner of Mob Cyclery (www.mobcyclery.com) and a good buddy of mine, that in mid Sept after my season is over I wanted to do a Cycle cross race. And yes, I actually have a Cross Bike, Ive just never used it.... other then riding to to bars in the off season. SO i thought I would put my sweet cross skillzz to the test and take on Michael. so heres whats going down. 2 races Sept 28th and 29 score it like golf- STAKES LATER
9/29/2007 Boulder CX Series and 9/30/2007 Red Rocks Velo Cross Series. Let me know if you want in.

Race list so far-
Jonathan I got cross skillzz Garcia
Michael going to lose Gibson
Jason Donald

2007-08-06T16:06:00.000-07:00

Things are pretty exciting for me right now. It's a busy time, but exciting!!! I'm getting married this fall, I just moved to a new house in Fort Collins, and I'm going to china next week. On top of that Ive had a pretty good month of training/ racing. Cascade went well, and even though toona didn't turn out how I wanted, I had some good form. So with that said.... life is pretty good right now and I'm lucky to be a bike racer! With a little over 5 weeks left in the season, I really want to finish off strong. Thanks to everyone who has supported me over the last 8 months, I couldn't do what I do without you!!!

Congrats to Dan S for his win at the Bannock crit .

"sólo en broma

2007-08-02T19:06:00.000-07:00

I did my first ride today up in Wyoming... O yeah, if you didn't know Leora and I moved to wyoming on Tues. I think the change of pace will be good for us. It actually feels good to have broken out of the "Boulder Bubble" after 25 years. Just playen, we will miss boulder for sure!! Miss you pals

Thanks to mom and dad for your help!! you guys are the best!!

Nydam 3rd

2007-07-26T10:07:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Scott Nydam for his 3rd place today. The team rode well, Nydam got in a break of 5 guys that took it to the line around 50 seconds ahead of the field. I stayed out of trouble with Sayers keeping me out of the wind and up front for the finish.

No results from yesterday, after a few guys cut the course. David would have gotten 5th and I may have gotten 10 or so. I'm feeling good and looking forward to Saturdays stage.

Toona

2007-07-25T18:14:00.000-07:00

It's a bummer about the tour. It's never good when you're involved in a sport, where doping, cheating is such a problem. Its depressing and sometimes you feel like there is no hope. I don't really feel that way. Dan put it this way... he said it's good that these dudes are getting busted, cuz there are jobs that are going to be opening up for the guys who are clean and want to make a good impression on the sport. that is dead on. Even though all this negative stuff is going on ultimately it's good for the future of our sport, getting rid of cancer.

Stage 3 97 miles-
We are beginning to ride really well as a team. I ended up in a small break over the climb only to get caught on the decent by 20 guys. it's nice when you look back and you see 6 of your teammates in the final selection. More guys caught on the decent, with 55 guys racing to the line for the finish. We rode aggressive at the end, I attacked, David attacked. Scott and Ian rode great covering early moves in the aggressive first Hour of the race and still making it in the front group, and Moninger riding well as always. Mike, Dan and ken kept us out of the wind and rode well all day. We wanted to set up David for the win, Menzies took it, (after cutting the course). I think David got 5th. I'm happy with how the team is coming together. I think success is on the Horizon.

toona

2007-07-24T07:20:00.000-07:00

Faster Faster!! Today is a new day and I'm looking forward to whats to come this week. We have a lot of racing to go, and we are in a good spot to be aggressive. Todays stage is a new course, it's 50 miles and has a lot of climbing, so it should be good for the team.

(Pic above) is my roommate SN With his new haircut.

Can' t we just Enjoy to tour???

2007-07-20T16:26:00.001-07:00

Michael Rassmussen a Doper or NOt a Doper??? I'm going to say No. What do you think????/ last week sinkewizs from t-mobile got busted, and this week it's been all about michael Rassmussen, who is leading to tour at the moment. Today, this former colorado Mt Biker Whitney Richards, confessed to VeloNews that in 2002, Rasmussen asked him to transport a box which richards thought was cycling shoes. But the shoebox, actually contained bags of a human blood substitute.
I think it's cool that the dude cofessed, but why didn't he do it earlier. Rasmussen has had a lot of sucess with winning the KOM Jersey the last two years.if he wanted to get him why did he wait??? why is he coming clean now?? anyway, I think i'm just going to get back to enjoying to tour. scew all this doping shit!!!!http://www.velonews.com/tour2007/news/articles/12851.0.html

Borat at the tour

2007-07-18T21:44:00.000-07:00

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lbjtTBA-TwE

Fishing

2007-07-18T20:30:00.000-07:00

So I went fishing tonight, out at these ponds near my house. I thought it would be nice way to get out and do something relaxing. Not exactly! My buddy Nate got his leg stuck in a shallow muddy section of one of the ponds,fell in at the same time. He lost one of his sandals in the mud during his fall. I broke one of my sandals trying to help him out. Nate got out, covered in mud. Later after a few laughs, My pole broke and my line got caught on a cat tail. So Even though, we didn't catch any fish and we had a few mishaps, it was well worth it,and it was pretty funny.

An interview with Ian Mckissick

2007-07-15T09:14:00.000-07:00

here at Hotel talk with Ian McKissick,
in Bend OR at the Cascade Classic.

Q: last time we saw you in the results was the Giro del friuli.
that was a while ago.. . you got 5th at Hood in the Stage 1 TT .
what have you been doing since?
A: been doing some cyclin'monk training up in the N, north of Seattle.

Q: Let's get a little background here. what's the biggest moment in your life?
A: probably... being born.

Q: whats you favorite food?
A: cookies

Q; favorite cyclist?
A: Nathan O'neil

Q: when was the first time on a road bike,. .
A: 8 yrs old, in Coltus Lake Canada. my cousin's, it was red.

Q: what was that like?
A: i remember the foamy bar pads .. .

Q: why the world would you take a pay cut from your engineering career, to put yourself through pain on the bike and away from the comforts of the the American dream?
A; i still work, to supplement my cycling. . and being on a pro team, it sort of justifies it to my girlfriend.
Q: What is it like being teammates with Scott Moninger and Mike Sayers.
A: It's good... those guys are fast.

Q: Do you prefer to wear Tight Jeans or Baggy....

A: Medium... In the middle.

Last Question..
Q: What is the one thing in cycling you want to be known for?

A: I would like to be known as a GC guy.. Not just a one trick TT guy.

Thanks ian.

Cascade TT and Crit

2007-07-14T07:52:00.000-07:00

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2007/jul07/cascade07/cascade073

so close but gotta keep trying

2007-07-12T16:08:00.000-07:00

The last two days we have been about 1k short of the win. Yesterday, nydam/ and i were very close but only fading in the last k. Today more of the same, Victoria got up the road at the start of the climb, the selection was made and as Toyota brought the gap down, I jumped across to vics group (took me a bit), it was down to lowder, victoria and myself with a k 1/2 to go. Lowder gave a hard punch and vic was done and I was just trying to hang on with 1 k to go. the group of 8 remaining, had us in there sites. phil z from the navs came across blew my me and moments later so did the rest. at that point is was up to Moninger and Nydam for the win. I think Moninger was 5th naydam was 8th and I was around 10th place?? not for sure? we did put 4 guys in the top 15 so our team GC IS looking good and hopefully nydam is still in the kom jersey. The team rode great and i think our day will come very soon.

Tour Picks

2007-07-06T15:14:00.001-07:00

I was reading Nydam's blog, and he had a few predictions for the tour. So, Here is my pick:
It's a tough decison but I picked one of Astana top hopes for the overall. (pictured left) Astana has been keeping him secret until now. I hear the guy can climb, TT, and he is in excellient shape. I always like to pick the underdogs.

Hungry anyone??

2007-07-04T07:00:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th to Everyone!!
It's Crazy how fast things change in a year, and they definitely have changed for me. Last Year at this time, I was Living with my parents, I was racing for Einsteins, I didn't have any money, and I was traveling around the country in a van. It may sound like I'm complaining, I'm actually not. I'm very thankful for those Experiences. Looking back, I was hungry and thinking about it, I don't ever want lose that. Something to think about.............

Cascade- July 11-16
Toona- July 23-29
US Pro RR- Sept 1-3
Tour of Missouri- Sept 11-17

Pics are Cool!!!

2007-07-03T19:33:00.000-07:00

2007-07-02T19:19:00.000-07:00

2007-07-01T15:27:00.000-07:00

Left to Right- Arron, Jason, Scott, Me
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of getting in some big miles with a few of my Buddy's. (pic above). Jason D, Scott Nagelkerke, Arron Hune. Pretty Big day, 6 hours 119 miles.

2007-06-28T09:45:00.000-07:00

This is Jason Donald's Toe.... Wow! No wonder he can push so many watts. I need to get a Toe like this. If anyone knows where I can find one let me know. I'm willing to pay. Jason is a good buddy, and it has been nice chillen with He and his Toe the last few weeks.

Dead Dog Stage Race

2007-06-26T07:40:00.000-07:00

I hitched a ride with this guy, up to Wyoming for the Dead Dog Stage Race. 3 stages 2 Days. The man was very nice, other then he would not stop for fireworks. A great weekend of training, with a stage win and 2nd overall in GC. Things are coming on well for Cascade in 2 weeks.

Super Fans

2007-06-25T15:19:00.000-07:00

Super fans.... A super fan is up early to see you off at your race. A super fan sits in the sun/cold all day to sometimes see you past by once. A super fan Drives/fly all over the country for hours, chasing you to maybe get a glimpse. Or say i think i saw you,and still be excited about it. A super fan walks miles up steep hill's just to see you past by for maybe a second, and then walks down. A super fan holds your bag for you and stands around near you, but can't really talk to you. A super fan then gets in the car for a 3 hour drive home, with their days dedicated to you. Somtimes as cyclist, we are so lost in our little cycling world of me me me, that we forget to appreciate the people who are the most supportive in our lives.
To all you Super fans out there... Thank You!!! I couldn't do what I do without you.