It seems like it’s been an abysmal year for the American road racing calendar. First, The Tour of the Gila showed record-low turnout rates for competitors in both the men’s and women’s field, with word getting around the peloton that the race organizer/owner was funding…
THE CONTEXT: It’s been a little under a week since I completed my first Copperopolis, and I’m still managing to find tiny little asphalt bits in places I didn’t even know existed. I guess that’s why they call it asphalt. Get it? Because it gets…
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…
First race of the NCNCA 2018, and I think Dave and I were still reeling from our Dominican Republic adventure, as we had arrived with 15 minutes till the start of the race. Where as, island time would have dictated that there be a mandatory…
Its always fun to get the first crit of the season out of the way and the fact that I could ride my bike to it from my front door was icing on the cake. My single teammate Sam Boardman and myself didn’t have…
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…
Team sprinter Willie Myers checks in after Snelling Road Race. While most of the boys were away racing in the Dominican Republic, Willie launched his season early by heading out as a solo rider for the first race on the NorCal calendar. You can read…
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…
Coming back at you with a quick report from the Dominican Republic. After an aggressive day of racing that saw many members of the team represented off the front in breakaways, the race came together in the finale and Quinten launched early in a bid…