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Get pumped for cyclocross. Now.

Joachim Parbo called me up to talk about cx and offer his congrats about my Tour of Ohio result! He is coming over to the USA and had tons of news from Europe. After Bjarne confessed, Parbo lost a bunch of sponsors. Looks like the Super Prestige series lost a big money sponsor too and [...]

Blow shit up.

Ouch. Work is crazy right now! I got back from Ohio, got run down with work, got food poisoning at the movies, barfed for a couple days, raced the Oregon state road race and was pretty wasted from it, got a cold from it and work being so busy, one of my mechanics hurt himself [...]

Turn down the suck knob.

Yikes! I wrote this last week after I got back from Ohio but then life got pretty hectic… — Back in town, FINALLY! I cannot stress how fucked my flight back was. The abridged version: a 1 hour layover in Phoenix turns into a 3 hour wait to repair our plane + 3 hours at [...]

Stuck in the Phoenix airport.

Our plane is broken and they don’t have any extras. At least there is free wifi. Wrapped up the Tour Of Ohio in 5th place overall. All tales from back home sound normal: rained out track races, brutally hot stage races. I miss my ladyfriend and my house.

Footage from the circuit race stage 4 + video reports.

After breaking spokes in my front wheel I got back in and finished just outside the top ten. It was a really hard day on the bike. This is my teammate Ben’s video update after stage 5. And my take on the situation.

Tour of Ohio stage 5:

Started Stage 5 tired but, motivated to do something special. I was 10 seconds down on a couple riders and really wanted to move up on GC from 9th place. The bulk of the field is tied for 7th and I want out of that scrum. The race: an 11 mile loop around Antioch college! [...]

Tour of Ohio stage 4:

40 mile circuit race. (think mt. tabor with shorter laps.) I am pretty beat tonight. 33 laps up a big ring hill on tired legs. I got chopped and lost some spokes in my front wheel, got a spare and got back in, finished in 11th or 12th in the field sprint. Again, missing crashes [...]

Tour of Ohio stage 3:

It is my fault for not knowing the course but… My teammate Akira went in a mid race break in the long road race yesterday and I had the pleasure of blocking and chasing down little groups for the last 30 miles. His break looked set to stay away but we caught them on the [...]

Tour of Ohio stage 2:

55 mile circuit race today. 130 starters. We got the internets working at the host house tonight so I get to write. We started the race in the middle of a midwest thunderstorm with the warning: “if you see lights and hear horns flashing at the start/finish line that means the race is over!” It [...]