By John Borstelmann What was the coolest thing about my first UCI stage race? Easy. The people. Dropping their work and lining the streets of every community we hurtled through to celebrate this storied, 58-years-and-running nationwide festival of Guatemalan cycling. Shouting, dancing, and clapping. Launching…
By Kyle Kirby After an early morning and a quick drive down to the Tecate border crossing, three of us from Marc Pro (Dave, Nate, and myself, Kyle) got suited up and headed out to the start of the Baja Bike Race. There’s not too…
Written by Colin Patterson Usually October is considered the offseason for bike racers. A time when we get sit indoors and watch movies or cruise around town on an easy spin. But this October, we are doing just the opposite. After a hard crash forced…
The 90 mile second stage of Chico Stage race in Paskenta, California started out early and very brisk with temperatures just above 40. The course entails two large 45 mile windy laps of mostly flat but with some undulating hills. The final 15 miles of…
By Gavin Murray: The 2018 racing season hit me in the face in a way that only cycling can do. The Marc Pro Cycling team training camp came quickly and left me with one day to go home and celebrate my birthday before flying out…
You know how in life and bike racing you always have a plan and it always falls apart completely and the script gets flipped upside down? For the first time this year, we had a plan, stuck to it, and everything, strangely, clicked into place…
La Vuelta Independencia Stage 1 Racing in Dominican Republic always has its hardships. Language barriers, different foods, questionable water, and the Caribbean’s hot and humid climate in addition to the hard race terrain and heavy competition always prove racing down here is difficult. I have…
Lighting the cobwebs on fire might be a better analogy with how fast this race is, but this February 22-27 Marc Pro Cycling is sending Blake Anton, Dave Christensen, Gavin Murray, Quinten Kirby, Sam Boardman, and Nate Freed to the Vuelta Independencia in the Dominican…
November rolls around. I swing my leg over my trusty steed to ramp up training for my final goal of the season. I am putting in some big miles leading up to the 23rd, so I can cram my face with copious amounts of turkey,…
As my first year on H24 comes to a close, there are a couple pieces of gear that have really stood out for me on our beautiful team KTM Prestige bikes. As a competitive racer for over half my life now, I have ridden and…