Archive for 'interviews'
Catching up with Dan Ramsey post MBGP
Posted on 02. Jul, 2008 by lyne.
Time Pro’s Dan Ramsey, racing solo at the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix – as his team had sent a full squad to the Tour of Pennsylvania – pulled out a few attacks and escaped with Kayle Leogrande (Rock Racing) in the first half of the race. The duo was reeled in and Dan went [...]
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Post MBGP chat with Jelly Belly’s Brad Huff
Posted on 01. Jul, 2008 by lyne.
I caught up with Jelly Belly’s Brad Huff after the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix. With only 2 teammate, Matty Rice and Nic Sanderson, Brad finished third in the bunch sprint.
Since his return to racing earlier in June after knee injuries kept him away in the beginning of the season, the 29-year old has been showing [...]
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Post MBGP comments with Rock Racing’s Rahsaan Bahati and Fast Freddie Rodriguez
Posted on 01. Jul, 2008 by lyne.
Comments from a very relieved and happy Rahsaan Bahati and Fast Freddie Rodriguez after Bahati won for the second year in a row the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix last Sunday.
Rahsaan Bahati
About the win.
It’s like a monkey off my back, it’s weird going into a race that you’ve won the previous year, to have all my [...]
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Interview with Steven Cozzas
Posted on 24. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
I had to chance to chat with Garmin/Chipotle’s Steven Cozza at Tour de Nez following the first stage where he had tried a few attacks, unsuccessfully.
I first talked to Steven after US Pro last year where he was so happy with being back to racing after his serious head injury which could have stopped his [...]
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Ed Beamon – Navigating Team Type 1
Posted on 16. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
Ed Beamon is a familiar sight in the North American racing scene, and indeed in the global racing scene. For 14 years, he managed the Navigators Insurance squad that scored victories on six continents and included athletes from 15 nations, including National Champions of Canada, Russia, Ireland, Australia, Uzbekistan and New Zealand. The [...]
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Fabs Calabria – neo pro cyclist who happens to be Type 1 diabetic
Posted on 06. Jun, 2008 by lyne.
There are tons of interesting stories in the peloton, meet Fabio ‘Fabs’ Calabria, who is racing in his first Philly Week.
Australia Fabio is a young neo-pro cyclist, just 21 years old, who joined Team Type 1 in 2008 to embark on his professional journey as a cyclist.
Fabio is also a Type 1 diabetic, as [...]
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BMC did it the old-fashioned way – no team cars, no mechanics, no radios
Posted on 21. May, 2008 by lyne.
The BMC team came in under radar at Mt Hood Cycling Classic, as the race was not an official scheduled race for the team. Six riders decided to go to Oregon on their own to refine their form, and have some fun. Jonathan Garcia, Jackson Stewart, Darren Lill, Mike Sayers, Ian McKissick and Nathan [...]
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Value Act – ready for the Mt Hood Challenge
Posted on 15. May, 2008 by lyne.
The ValueAct Capital Professional Women’s Cycling Team came to Mt Hood Cycling Classic with the aim of getting rider Leah Goldstein on the top step of the podium for the fourth-time. In a row.
Last year, while riding for the Symmetrics team, Goldstein along with one and only one teammate Marni Hambleton, took the yellow jersey [...]
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Felicia Gomez – professional cyclist and associate professor
Posted on 02. May, 2008 by lyne.
Like most of the professional women cyclists, Canadian Felicia Gomez has a full time job. Felicia is an Associate Professor at Fresno State in the Department of Kinesiology where she teaches physiology and nutrition. In her fifth year of competitive cycling, Felicia has a long background of athletic competition; for eighteen years she [...]
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The man behind the wheel – Bissell’s DS Glen Mitchell
Posted on 25. Apr, 2008 by lyne.
The Bissell Pro Cycling Team executed perfectly in today’s stage at the Tour de Georgia.
Stage Five was the Tour’s longest stage at 133.4 miles (214.7 kilometers), the first of two mountain stages with three Cat 3 climbs with the last one at only 4 miles to go launching the riders in a dive bomb [...]
