Criterium Nation: Recent Episodes
Rob Kelly
In this conversation, Brendan Rhim shares his journey as a cyclist, discussing his experiences in road racing, track cycling, and the evolving landscape of U.S. cycling. He reflects on his early successes, the importance of tactics in racing, and the camaraderie found within the cycling community. Rhim also addresses the challenges faced by American cyclists, the allure of racing in Europe, and his aspirations for the upcoming LA Olympics. Throughout the discussion, he emphasizes the significance of joy in cycling and the evolving definition of professionalism in the sport. We are brought to you by Hammerhead and the Karoo. Get you free HR strap by going to Hammerhead.io and use the promo code "CRITNATION"
In this conversation, Dr. Andrea Cyr shares her journey from growing up in rural Maine to becoming a professional cyclist and a medical doctor. She discusses the impact of personal tragedy on her life and career, her determination to succeed in cycling, and the importance of resilience and teamwork. Andrea also highlights her new cycling team, Higher Dose Renova, and her aspirations for the future.
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In this conversation, Rob Kelly interviews Caley Fretz, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Escape Collective, discussing the current state and future of cycling media. They explore the unique membership model of Escape Collective, the importance of diversity in cycling journalism, and the challenges faced by American cycling media. The discussion highlights the need for athlete engagement, the role of media in promoting cycling, and the potential for building a sustainable media ecosystem. Caley emphasizes the importance of passion and commitment in creating valuable content for cycling enthusiasts.
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In this conversation, Robert Kelly and Daniel Holloway discuss various aspects of cycling, including personal experiences, the transition to a non-alcoholic lifestyle, and the dynamics of criterium racing. They delve into the state of American cycling, the importance of etiquette, and the need for educational content within the sport. The conversation highlights the challenges and opportunities in cycling, emphasizing the role of professional athletes in educating the community and improving the sport's overall quality.
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In this conversation, Rob Kelly and Adam Mills discuss the multifaceted aspects of safety in cycling, particularly in criterium racing. They explore the physiological impacts of race neutralization, the identification of dangerous parts of a race, and the importance of technicality in making racing safer. The discussion also delves into course design, equipment regulations, and the role of speed in safety. They emphasize the need for rider education and responsibility, highlighting that safety is a collective obligation among all participants in the sport.
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In this conversation, Aline, a Swiss cyclist, shares her journey from Switzerland to racing in the U.S. She discusses her experiences in criterium racing, the importance of community, and her reflections on the Olympics. Aline emphasizes the significance of process goals in her racing strategy and expresses gratitude for the support she has received from her teammates and hosts. As she looks forward to future races, Aline remains focused on enjoying the sport and improving her skills.
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In this conversation, Erica Carney shares her journey as a competitive cyclist and the impact of motherhood on her identity and racing career. She discusses the challenges women face in cycling, especially after becoming mothers, and emphasizes the importance of mentorship and community support for female athletes. Erica reflects on her transition from a focus on winning to enjoying the sport and fostering connections within the cycling community. She envisions a future where motherhood and cycling coexist harmoniously, advocating for more support and funding for women's cycling teams.
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We've paid for the hosting, and done the miles with the riders, so we might as well go all in; but this time we are not taking half answers. We are raising our game as a show, and expect the same out of the riders who race our roads. That's why we've got Brody McDonald of the Golden State Blazers on the podcast. He has raised his game a lot this year and really committed to criterium racing. From a win at Cry Baby Hill to being one of the major foils and threat to the dominance of Team Cadence, he's got a lot going on.
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In this conversation, Robert Kelly and Zach Gregg delve into the intricacies of aerodynamics in mass start bike racing, discussing how it impacts performance, the importance of bike fit, and the role of strength training. They explore the nuances of aerodynamic claims made by manufacturers, the significance of rider position, and the evolving metrics in cycling performance. The discussion also touches on the implications of UCI regulations on bike design and racing strategies, emphasizing the need for cyclists to understand the balance between aerodynamics and practical performance.
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Two national champions, best friends, and teammates-- Lucas Bourgoyne and Luke Fetzer. However, where do they fit in our story, are they the heroes or villians, or maybe they are the bad good guys? Let's find out.
Katherine Sarkisov of CCB/Levine Law Group is a rising talent in women's bike racing. She's not new on the scene because she literally grew up riding and racing her bike; but she's definitely made some big steps and improvements in the last couple of years. After stints on LUX and Cynisca Cycling, Katia came home and joined CCB. Little did any of us know that in signing up to race US races, that we were about to see her light up the podium.
Canadian Sidney Swierenga is having a season most racers can only dream of. At 17 years old she became the youngest rider to podium the GC with second overall at the Redlands Bicycle Classic and then repeated the feat at the Tour of the Gila a week later. The next youngest rider to pull off that double podium was Mara Abbott at 21-and she went onto win the Giro D'Italia twice in her career.
Sidney then won a major junior race in France, a result that made her the number one-ranked junior in the world. Sidney talks about beating pros in running races at 12 years old, drops hilarious hot takes on the World Tour, and what it means to take on the world and win. Don't miss this one.
Photo Credit: Brian Knox Tour of the Gila
Lights, Live stream, action. We are back. Criterium racing is back. It is time to get 2025 started in a huge way. For the first time ever we brought competitors together to talk about how the race happened. Ok, when it comes to Will Hardin and Clever Martinez, it is hard to call either of them competitors, they are more like friends who want to push each other's physical and mental limits to the max. Either way, it is great to get the inside view from the guys who won the race.
From the top of one of the tallest points in Arizona we join our hero, Tyler Stites, as he prepares to set out on a new journey across the ocean to a fulltime spot in the European peloton. For the last 3 seasons we've got to enjoy his racing on Project Echelon but now he's signed a two-year deal with Caja Rural and he's ready to spread his wings. Before he does, we got a chance to talk with him about where he's been and how he's enjoyed the ride along the way.
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Alexis Magner 100% stands on her own when it comes to accomplishments. With a win at Acht van Westerveld, second at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Ronde van Drenthe in 2018; along with third at Dwars der Vlaanderen in 2021 while racing for Canyon-SRAM you may be wondering, how did she end up on the American criterium scene? We've got those answers for you in this episode. Plus we have the story of how she parlayed back-to-back wins at her hometown Athen's Twilight Criterium into a new opportunity with the UCI Contintental squad Cynisca Cycling. It's a lot to pack in, but our man Jordan Cheyne is on top of it.
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Seventy-five minutes of laughter, levity, cowboy hats, and some hot takes. It's Lucas Bourgoyne and he's 100% worth all of your time.
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We are taking a step back in time to the original days of this podcast. Back in the heady days of 2018 and 2019, a team known as Elevate-KHS dominated the scene. Many of our guests, and even one host, came through that program, and even more were mentored and influenced by riders who had Paul Abrahams as their DS. Jordan talks with Paul all about that time and his experiences in the sport.
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A discussion months in the making-- have we reached peak crit? The data has been compiled and the takes are all hot. It's time to give you the thesis and then let Allan Schroeder and Logan Jones Wilkins back it all up.
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One of our favorite Women's World Tour pros, and a true Canadian national treasure is back in the studio and ready to talk the Olympics, a full road and track season, and push-ups. So join Maggie Coles Lyster and Jordan Cheyne in this 100% pure maple syrup ride.
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Interview a classics PhD and another guest studying to get her PhD and you come up with intelligent titles with multi-tiers and meanings. The women of Work Hard Be Humble have risen, and turned what could have been the flaming wreck of a season into a meaningful quest and an opportunity to bond and grow. As a unit they have been born again, but born better.
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The beauty of long-form journalism is that the person and the story evolve. You get to see and learn so much more because the time is dedicated, and we all end up better for it. The story of Chris Tolley is evolving and changing. The version that we interviewed in 2022 has given way to this more distinguished thought provoking one (that's not to say the 2022 version lacked anything in those categories). However, with more time we have more to work with, and we hope you enjoy the result.
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Look up the road or at the front, that's where you'll find this week's guest Michael Garrison of NICH +SpeedClub. Singlehandly he animated, disrupted, and changed the outcome of races like Tulsa Tough this year. In a sport built around the best teams he has been a solo revelation and we are lucky enough to have him on the show.
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5 years or 5 episodes, it's all about celebration and a learning curve. Jordan Cheyne and Rob Kelly sit down and talk about what they've respectively learned about podcasting and North American bike racing over their respective tenures hosting a podcast about it. And yes, Taylor Swift can fix all problems.
As a rider, Mike Creed raced on some of the most storied teams in North American cycling history, from US Postal to Slipstream to Optum Kelly Benefits. As a director, he guided the Smartstop team to one of the great underdog seasons in recent memory, featuring a win at Nationals. He now leads the charge at Aevolo Cycling, the premier US based development squad which will be part of the EF Education First organization starting next season.
Mike has lived this sport for decades. Fortunately for us, he isn't afraid to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly. Tune in for insight, entertainment and some takes you won't hear anywhere else.
When have we lived up to our potential? A lot of us never really get to answer that question; but rather must deal with the pitfalls life throws in our way. Some of us are lucky, or stubborn enough, to push on beyond those pitfalls and create opportunities for themselves when none present. That is the story of Joe Laverick of Ribble Rebellion. When opportunities did not present themselves at the close of his U23 career Joe set out to make his own, and found a willing partner in Ribble. Together they've built an impressive bike racing team that has come to the US and taken the fight to all the best that we have here, and returned victorious.
At a time when many American racers are taking to Europe to race, Cecile has done the opposite. Trading in Mt Ventoux and baguettes for Mt Lemmon and burritos, Cecile is making the bike racing dream work in North America from crits, to UCI podiums to gravel wins. Whether it is for the adventure, the laughs or the complimentary French lesson-you don't want to miss this one.
New host, who dis?
Can our Criterium Nation survive a new host? And a Canadian one at that? We are about to find out as retired pro Jordan Cheyne takes the front. But what better guest than the lead out woman herself, Kimberly Lucie of DNA Pro Cycling. Kim is one of the few bike racers in the peloton who can actually say they are really, genuinely, 100% a Tucson, Arizona native.
We are now at the end of the beginning and poised for a new phase of the domestic racing scene. That means it is a perfect time for us to check in on what has happened, identify some solid trends and talk about all the takeaways that we can from the first part of 2024.
On April 15 the National Cycling League shuttered its doors for 2024, and announced that it will focus on 2025. That has left riders and teams in limbo, and a lot of confusion as to what is happening. We are joined by journalist Logan Jones-Wilkins to help provide context and build a historical picture for what has led up to this point.
Job, wife, child, pro bike racer. That's a full day and for Matt Zimmer that's his reality. He's come a long way since being the high schooler in Iowa who just raced bikes, and he is here to share that journey with us along with tidbits about racing in Europe and how we can make racing here more inviting.
Your reputation is who you are before you actually arrive. It's the version of yourself that stays behind long after you have left. It opens doors and definitely gets some doors closed very hard. In bike racing your reputation is just as important as the results that you put on your race resume. This episode we talk with retired pro and current stand up comedy star Jordan Cheyne about reputation.
There are a lot of firsts that are set to happen this year, one thing that we are very proud of is our effort to be the first to bring data into American bike racing. It's all in an effort to do what has not been done before which is to set basic standards within our community. By building a medal count and collecting data on who is winning the biggest events in the country we are poised to help the fans follow the sport closer and at a higher level of education than previous. So let's get this party started with Allan and me, sitting on a couch.
It's amazing to watch people grow and excel. This podcast has been fortunate enough to have had a myriad of incredible guests who have achieved tremendous levels of success. Now, for the first time, we have a World Tour Pro on the show in Maggie Coles-Lyster of Isreal Premier Tech Roland. One of our favorite alums is back to tell us about her adventures in Europe and the somewhat rocky road she had to take this year. However, it's not all rough because it ended with her solidly and comfortably going pedal-for-pedal with the best sprinters in the world.
We are fortunate to occupy this stage for only a brief period of time. What happens after we leave? How do we maintain the progress we've made and ensure that others can stand on our shoulders? It's a question that we must grapple with in criterium racing. We've made a ton of progress over the past couple years but when our current leaders have moved on who comes next is unclear because it is our obligation to train our replacements. Gabe Lloyd and Daniel Holloway from The Call Up just us for a discussion on this very topic.
"To thine ownself be true"-- Billy Shakespeare, Hamlet.
Will Gleason of CS Velo and I went for a long bike ride among the crisp leaves of autumn in western Connecticut. We didn't do much leaf peeping but we did a whole lot of talking, reminiscing, theorizing, a touch of gossiping. Then we had a lobster roll, ice cream, and a beer before sitting down and pressing record on the microphone. This episode is what happened next.
A lot has happened since our last recap episode following Intelli. Good thing we've got fellow Wide Angle Podium contributor Bill Schieken to help us delve through the details of Littleton, the NCL, Momentum Indy, Gateway Cup and Bucks County. Yep, it's a lot.
Things may sound just a bit different because we are 100% live from Gateway Cup with Will Hardin from Project Echelon and Melanie Wong from ButcherBox. Our good friends from Urban Chestnut brewery in the heart of the Grove were gratious hosts and the environment was perfectly cozy. So join the audience, grab your favorite Zwickel, Schnickelfritz, or Dorfbier and get ready for some good times.
Race promotion is a learned trade. There is a guide, but the real lessons are learned through trial and error, and with a lot of help and experience. Without good events our community is nothing but solo training and group rides. A great event can make someone's year and can become a focal point of a summer. In today's episode we talk with Graham Costa on how he and his team have brought together local interests and created a legitimate community event and bike race.
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We go north of the border for this week's episode to meet with the captain of the new squad UNC Lotto Max-- Logan O'Krafka. Despite their youth and newness to the scene, they really stamped their authority on Intelligentsia Cup. Logan gives us the scoop on the team and its mission, and also how one of the premier criterium series played out over 10 days of intense racing.
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Nationals, ACC, Boise, NCL, Salt Lake City, UCI Transgender Ban, and so much more. We cover a lot of ground in this episode.
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At its core the popular image of cycling in the United States is stage racing. Fortunate for us, every major American stage race comes complete with its own demanding and technical criterium. Meaning, when we talk stage racing we remain very much on brand. That being said, stage racing, as a whole, is still a fundamentally critical part of road racing. Now that we are beyond the pandemic, stage racing is seeing a resurgence in popularity. It is time for the media to get back behind it, and in today's show we discuss why we love it and what it'll take to push stage racing even further forward.
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We are going back to the original format-- bringing you a story about a rider you may not know much about, yet. For this story we go all the way down to the mountains of northern Mexico and the city of Monterey. It's there we meet the 22-year old Katia Martinez who races for Goldman Sachs ETFs. Now in her second year of criterium racing in the US, she's had a growing impact but still is trying to find her legs in the argie-bargie final laps. So come along and meet Katia.
It's the longest day of the year and time for the biggest party of the American cycling season, that's right it's time for Tulsa Tough. We are joined by Adam Mills of Source Endurance once again to break down all the action, startegy, and meaning.
Do what you need to, to stay in the sport as long as it brings you happiness. That may not mean the same thing for you as it does everyone else. What motivates different people is not a single universal truth. Rick Arnopol joins us to talk about the importance of letting people be themselves and to take joy from this sport in the ways that each individual sees fit.
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This episode was first aired on March 3, 2020, but when it comes to the central place that photography plays in criterium racing we believed that it was time to share it again. Photography remains the primary means by which the story of criterium racing is told. The photographers we have worked with over the past 3 years have helped us grow this show and tell these stories. Without them this sport would not be as inspiring or newsworthy. Bruce Buckley helped us launch this effort and we want to make sure everyone gets to hear what he has to say.
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Every year we put together groups of men and women from all over the country, and with potentially little connection to each other, on teams and expect them to go out and race together with a unified purpose and vision. How that is actually accomplished can be a mystery but when done right it is a thing of beauty. After years of being on a team with a consistent roster and a singular goal, Brandon Feehery has shifted to a new squad this offseason. Now he, and his teammates need to work some magic, and turn a disparate group of riders into a squad.
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There are a lot of things Project Echelon does very well that they are not supposed to be good at doing. They weren't supposed to be an elite team. They weren't supposed to win big races. They weren't supposed to win stage races. And, lately they weren't supposed to win a field sprint. Sorry to disappoint but these are all things they are doing...frequently. It seems Project Echelon is really just good at proving their critics wrong. This week we have Cade Bickmore, the sprinter, on to talk about doing what his team is not supposed to do...win by using his talents and his team's total committment.
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Kim Stoveld of Automatic Racing is new to road racing but she's already made an impact with her power and results. As her experience and skill continues to improve so will her spot on the podium. She's received a ton of advice from some very well meaning individuals; but sometimes that advice could be better timed and directed. In our effort to figure out how to encourage people into the sport and keep them in it, we look to the way we mentor inexperienced riders, and how that effort can be done better. Kim is our guide.
We've been gone for a little while, sorry. While we've been out a lot has happened and we need to talk about it with you. The NCL had its first race. The ACC is starting going. And CRIT was announced with zero details. On top of that race tactics, good and bad, were on full display at Spartanburg. Bill Schieken from Cyclocross Radio joins me to talk about what's been going on and what it means for criterium racing.
How do we talk about ourselves to others? How do we brand the sport? And what is the messaging that we choose to use? These are all critical questions and ones that we should look at as criterium racing angles to grow and attract fans and participants. So let's get some help and to do that we can turn to our friends in gravel racing to see how they have encouraged people to do insanely challenging races and have fun at the same time. We are joined this week by Michael Marckx, one of the creators of the Belgian Waffle Ride series of races. He and his team are looking at expanding into criterium racing and bringing the skils they have developed from unroad racing into this market. We should listen and learn because they are doing something right.
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Hopefully when you get to the end of this episode you know more than you do now. We are joined this week by Jonathan Crain to help crack the enigma that is the NCL. Information has slowly dribble out but our goal is to collect everything we've seen plus a bit more that we have been able to compile and present it to you in one place, so you can be educated fans.
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Let's apply what we've learned about media from our last episode and do so by taking a deep dive look into the docuseries recently released by Cold Collaborative about the 2022 Life Time Grand Prix. Sure this has nothing to do with criterium racing; but it has everything to do with how we can gain and grow an audience through sharply produced post-event content. So join us as we go off road and a little bit outside our comfort zones.
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Let's start 2023 the right way by talking about how criterium racing can learn from other sports to make its media experience better and more comprehensive. When criterium racing's fans are more educated they are more engaged. When they are more engaged they are more likely to become hooked and follow the events, teams, and riders. Hooked fans are more likely to stir all the watercooler #critbeef on their own. No single person in criterium racing is more aptly placed than Brad Sohner, the broadcast voice of the sport, to talk us through how media is critical to developing the sport, what a mature media looks like, and where we are right now in that process.
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Chris Tolley is here and we are so excited that it caused us to get introspective. Come with us on a thought experiment as we explore the inner workings of the mind of a man who has become an institution in Central Texas. He has become an advocate, a leader, a guide, but most importantly he has become himself.
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Our friend, Prof. & Coach Adam Mills of Cycling University, is back in the studio and delivering a level 205 college course on how we need to learn the rules of criterium racing and then rethink them. Rules define a sport and help make it safe and stable. They can also alter the trajectory of a sport and can even turn the fortunes of failing sports around. It is high time we talk about them.
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We've done it, we've made it to Episode 100. We've got so much more work to do in this sport, but for the moment we will celebrate getting to this benchmark. This one goes out to all of you, the loyal fans and listeners; and that's why we turned to you to write and produce this episode. We pulled together comments and responses that you provided via Instagram about what road racing needs to do in America to improve. We organized, categorized, and made a plan, and now we present them to you with our thoughts.
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We've done it, we've made it to Episode 100. We've got so much more work to do in this sport, but for the moment we will celebrate getting to this benchmark. This one goes out to all of you, the loyal fans and listeners; and that's why we turned to you to write and produce this episode. We pulled together comments and responses that you provided via Instagram about what road racing needs to do in America to improve. We organized, categorized, and made a plan, and now we present them to you with our thoughts.
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Ricky Arnopol joins us for the hour to talk about how coffee is so much more than just an addiction, racing in Europe and tattoos. But more importantly, we talk about salaries in bike racing and have a frank conversation about where we are now as compared to where other sports currently exist.
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Positivity, optimism and having fun. Use the opportunity to train, race, and be alive for good. We learn this and a ton more in this week's episode featuring Clever Martinez of Miami Blazers.
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Positivity, optimism and having fun. Use the opportunity to train, race, and be alive for good. We learn this and a ton more in this week's episode featuring Clever Martinez of Miami Blazers.
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He's the hero we need and this is his story. His name is Brandon Feehery but we call him Monk. In chapter 4 we bring you the Epic of Monk.
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We catch up with "Crit" Ricky and Wünderkid Ethan Crane this week. Don't worry, there is a special Monkisode coming; but we've gone far too long between shows so we need to split things up.
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We learn from the best. We learn from those who come before us. We learn from each other. The key is that we learn and become better.
We are joined by Peter Olejniczak and Adam Myerson to talking about their mentor-mentee relationship and how to do it yourself.
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Tulsa Tough, we recap it. We are joined by Prof. Adam Mills from the criterium school of hard knocks who gives Allan, Céline, and I a graduate level course in how the races were won and what it means moving forward.
A quick recap and a solo show. We know that there's a lot of bike racing coming up and want to keep on top of things for you, so this is a full show just about the Armed Forces Cycling Classic this weekend.
Who is Liam White? No really, I need to know. This week's episode we discover together just who is the man from Victoria, Austrialia, the guy who ended up on the podium at Athens Twilight. Plus we hit Rochester Twilight, the Joe Martin Crit, Plainfield, and Somerville in the fastest 2...er...5 minutes in crit racing.
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We are going on a West Coast swing for this week's episode with the Bay area's very own Dani Morshead of LA Sweat. Non-spoiler alert...she loves Parish Publick House’s fries.
She also loves bikes and especially crits. We talk about her fixie-crit background and then go in deep on her recent success at the Wilmington Grand Prix.
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The story gets deeper and the questions get harder. Your protagnists confront new challenges from coast-to-coast and then across the ocean as well. Join us in chapter 2 as we get back in the saddle with Project Echelon's Ricky, Monk and Ethan as bones break, teeth are extracted, and jerseys are won.
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A lot of bike racing just happened- Sunny King, Redlands, Gila, Spartanburg, Athens, all of Speed Week. It's a lot. We unpack a the themes and storylines from this huge block of racing.
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The U23 Class of 2019 was insanely talented, and it included our guest this week Michael Hernandez of Best Buddies Racing. This week we talk inclusivity, we talk elite bike racing, and we talk about a love story.
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The most ambitious effort we have yet undertaken, a show literally 30 hours and 500 miles of bike riding in the making. We proudly present the first chapter of our ongoing series following the men of Project Echelon through the 2022 season.
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Inspired equally by The Slow Ride Podcast and the epic movie 1917, here is a one take episode of our show. It's a bit more raw than normal, filled with all our hot takes, a game with ill-defined rules, and a few inside jokes that long-term fans of the show will surely enjoy.
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What is your mantra? What are your centering words? Paige Kostanecki of ButcherBox Cycling joins us to talk about how she has battled negative self talk and invasive thoughts to turn defeat into victory.
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Collegiate cycling has expanded greatly in the United States in the last 30 years. It has slowly become a pipeline for riders from high school to college and then on to greater successes. What has helped spur that growth, along with the successes of these athletes, is the hard work and inspiration of coaches like our guest this week-- Tim Hall of Lees-McRae College. Coach Hall joins us to help explain the structure of collegiate cycling and how he helps the next generation advance and harness the power of motivation.
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Athletes want to compete and will compete even when hurt. It is their very nature that injury is ignored, often times until it becomes detrimental to a career. Harriet Owen suffered a serious concussion in March of 2021 at a training camp; but kept trying to compete and push herself. She paid a price for it, and eventually had to end her season early and suffered with post-concussion syndrome long after she stopped racing. Now, months later she is putting everything back together and hoping that 2022 will be the year that she can return, injury free, to the top of the podium.
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Danny Estevez of Best Buddies Racing launches the 2022 season for us. He's an athlete who made the choice to leave the sport as a junior and then, when he was ready, to come back and drive for the top step on the podium. In 2021 he achieved that goal, winning the amateur national title in the road race and the crit. Now he's setting his sights on even bigger prizes.
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The final episode of the season has arrived. Céline, Allan, and I breakdown, hopefully in a lighthearted fashion, what we liked about 2021.
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It's retrospection time and we've got our professor, Adam Mills, from Source Endurance here to breakdown the lessons that we all should have learned this year. We've have four lessons in today's class, and we are sure you'll enjoy.
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Our guest this week, Julie Kuliecza, has made it to the end of her professional racing career. We are here to celebrate that milestone with her; but also to learn from her wisdom and experiences. We all stand on the shoulders of giants, that's how we learn.
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In road racing, the autumn is the time of expectations and fresh starts. It's when we get to dial in where we want to go in the future. The future for Scott McGill is bright with a new contract with Wildlife Generation and bigger opportunities in Europe and beyond. We talk about that; but also about this past year, including what happened in those final corners at Pro Crit Championships.
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In this week's episode we provide you with just the inspiration you need to get through the shorter days and cool temps. Allan and Céline cover for me in my absence with this great conversation with Ama Nsek of L39ion of LA.
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A lot has happened in our criterium nation in the past couple of weeks. There will be good that comes from some terrible news. We will be here to convey that good news and explain it when the time comes. For now we need to talk about what we know about the recent controversy and start to take those next steps forward. This week we present our interview with Spencer Moavenzadeh of ButcherBox, one of those people who is working to make not just bike racing, but the entire world a better place.
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We are getting ready for a couple week break here; but before we do it, Boedi, Céline, Allan and I need to fill you in on all the details from the big weekend in Winston-Salem and two days of phenomenal racing.
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Coming from Maple Ridge, BC, Canada, Maggie Coles-Lyster of DNA Pro Cycling has been a force in the criterium peloton this year. We got a chance to sit down with her and hear about that whirlwind of success. We also discussed the very sad; but very real fact that sexual assault, abuse, and harassment takes place all too often in our sport. Maggie is the victim of sexual assault stemming from events in 2017 when racing in Europe and she was brave enough to speak with us about it here.
If you have been a victim of any type of abuse in our sport there are resources, like SafeSport here in the US, or International Safe Sport abroad. In addition The Cyclists' Alliance is also there to provide guidance and help for its members and supporters.
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The criterium season is winding down, which means more time for lazy Sunday mornings brunching with the cats outside. But before we pack up the Zipp 808s for the winter there is a veritable buffet of racing to cover including the Momentum Indy weekend, the Sun City Crit and Bucks County. With all that racing we need a full crew to help break it all down, fortunately we've got the best of the best here to do it.
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Kerry Werner, a double threat with Project Echelon and Kona Maxxis Shimano, joins us for the hour from the most unique host housing situation in the history of domestic bike racing to talk about CX, crits, and what it will take to make a purely American version of an very international sport.
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Olivia Ray of Rally Cycling and George Simpson of Project Echelon sub in for the usual suspects on the Crit Squad to talk about the Experience Fayetteville Criterium which is the final stage of the Joe Martin Stage Race. We breakdown the action, and delve into a lot of wonderful information that may qualify as a tangent.
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A lot has happened lately which means a lot to cover. The full crit squad was back but we needed more, so we brought in our clean-up guy Micheal Boedigheimer to give us that extra little push. Tune in for coverage of the Hammerfest, Spartanburg, Athens, and Grant Park.
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This may sound a bit different, that's because our good friend Boedi steps in to take the reins on this mustang of a show. He, Allan and Céline take you to Salt Lake City, Littleton and far beyond to tell you about the good and the great of the last couple of weeks of racing in our criterium nation.
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They did it again, L39ion of LA dominated another weekend of racing at the Boise Twilight Crit. Céline and Allan, the full crit squad, is back in the studio again to help breakdown the action and talk about some strategies the field can employ to try and derail the L39ion winning plan.
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The full crit squad is back together, Allan Schroeder (CS Velo) and Céline Oberholzer (Wolfpack) are with me in studio to breakdown the happenings at Sunny King and to get into detail about what we learned in the first month of racing this year.
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A few hours away from being a junior this year, Luke Lamperti of Trinity Racing came through the chaos of the final couple corners of the Pro Crit Championship victorious. Here's his story. Plus we’ve got a special story from Inside the Peloton submitted by our correspondent Allan Schroeder of CS Velo.
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An all star cast including Céline Oberholzer, Bill Schieken and Micheal Boedigheimer joins me to break down a surprising week of racing at pro crit nats, TOAD, and Harlem.
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L39ion of LA was simply unbeatable this weekend at Tulsa Tough. A complete sweep of the top step of every podium in all the pro races, men's and women's, is just a dominating result. Adam Mills, and Céline Oberholzer join me to breakdown everything that happened over 3 days in Tulsa.
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Céline Oberholzer, Wolfpack, and Kyle Tiesler, Support Clean Sport, help breakdown the action from the first big weekend of crit racing in 2021 at Armed Forces in Arlington, VA. It was a hot and humid couple of days with some familiar names like Kendall Ryan, L39ion, taking a win; but then some new names like Stephen Vogel, Project Echelon, make their appearance in emphatic style.
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What happens when you are one of the most admired and respected bike racers in the American peloton...you win races. Emma White of Rally Cycling is the reigning criterium champion and she won it in Knoxville by racing hard and smart and with the help of her team. Now she has her eyes set on adding an Olympic gold medal to her World Champion jersey and national title.
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2 episodes, 2 weeks in a row, 2 pro criterium national champs. If you want more #critbeef it's inside. If you want insight into the mind of one of the best athletes in the US, it's inside. If you need more Danny Estevez content, it's inside. If you need more info about how this is going to be the hottest year on record for the crit circuit, it's inside. Travis McCabe of Best Buddies Racing is here and he's not holding back.
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It's time to talk racing. This episode is jam packed with information previewing the 2021 USACRITS competition, the Pro Road Tour, Nationals, all of the best events in the country. Plus we reveal our first week of power rankings. Allan Schroeder, CS Velo, and Céline Oberholzer, Wolfpack, help break it all down.
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critbeef is real. It has sharpened the focus of the upcoming crit season, and provided a reason to the top athletes to compete. It has also opened up an opportunity to look at why the US has an amateur and pro crit championship and whether that makes any sense any more. Adam Myerson joins us to provide context and historical perspective for how we've gotten here and what it all means going forward.
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Your subject matter expert, and guru, Zack Allison of Source Endurance stops by to answer our questions on a variety of different criterium related topics.
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Tiffany Thomas is a transgender woman, she's a bike racer, and a human. She is living in extraordinary times, right alongside all of us, and this is her story. Discovering and living her identity as a person and an athlete isn't easy; but it's her truth. We learn about that truth and what we as fellow members of the bike racing community can do to be there with her.
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The community we build is our legacy. The time we spend in this sport is only a part of the overall story of the sport; and what we do to make it better than it was when we started, stands as a testament to our character. Jed Schneider, multi-time awesomeness and dear friend, took some time to talk to me about the view from this side of 30 years in the sport, and what he hopes to do in the 30 more years that he has left to go.
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The single biggest question facing a lot of us is when will it be safe to race. For Levine Law Group Elite Cycling that decision has a bright line-- when you are completely vaccinated. As a team, they have decided that it isn't right to race without being vaccinated amidst an historic epidemic which has now seen more than 550,000 deaths in just the United States. We are several months into the vaccine rollout; and it's not been even or smooth everywhere; but it's happening, with nearly 4 million people being vaccinated every day. Emma Bast and Dakota Topp tell us about this decision, how the team came to it, and why they felt it was important to speak out.
CLIF Bar has been at the front, or more aptly put off the front, at many of the biggest USACRITS and domestic road events for the past couple year. In that time their roster, sponsors, and overall team ethos has remained largely unchanged. That level of consistency and stick-to-it-ness is commendable in sport. We sit down with four of the guys who have been a part of the organization to find out about how the team works, and how they've kept themselves focused during the down year.
Matt Allen (The Slow Ride Podcast) and Micheal Boedigheimer (The Media Pit) help send our SEO into orbit with this discussion of food in bike racing. Topics: criteriums, cyclocross, Belgian cyclocross, Wout van Aert, egg sandwiches, breakfast, coffee, espresso, tea, gas station food, chicken-on-a-stick, Mpls, NOLA, DC, Giro (the ride in NOLA), Ant McCrossan, porridge, muesli, oatmeal, bad decisions, McDonald's, shame eating, beer, IPA, saison, Belgian country ale, pineapple, pizza, provel, Chicago, Ohio, topo chico, city museum, burritos, Chipotle, Pizza Hut, Mayor Pete, diplomacy, carrots, plums, light treason, handlebar bags, town line sprints, cafes.
Seventeen days of criterium racing across some of the biggest and best events in the American calendar. We are one nation united by criteriums. Each event, as a standalone race makes perfect; but the union of events in a series or as part of a calendar is a touch lacking. Where is the story? Where is the drama? What links them all together? Right now it doesn't seem like too much.
Eric Hill of Project Echelon gives us his take as a racer and team director on what the PRT is, why his team does it, and what ways he thinks it can better serve our community.
Lily Williams of Rally Cycling and I discuss the recent survey on salaries in women's professional cycling published by the Cyclist's Alliance. More than that we confront a lot of issues in the women's peloton, including overcoming the taboo about talking about wages, the value of trade unions, and why having an attorney or someone with contract negotiations experience in your corner is a valuable asset when looking at offers.
A lot to unpack in this episode, Conor Delanbanque of Good Guys Racing talks about his youth growing up as a mixed race kid living in England before coming to the US. He tells us about what it's like to race on the islands and helps convince us that we should all give it a shot. And he also helps start the conversation that will occupy so much of 2021, which is whether to race our bikes while Covid is still a huge threat to our society. He's made the decision to race and tells us about that thought process.
In the final installment we speak with our eldest of the new generation of American/Aussie crit racers, Owen Gillot of Team CLIF Bar. At 25 years old he's reached a point in life where remaining at the top of the sport, and being a professional in the work force require compromise and balance. It's not impossible to do both; but it certainly requires making choices.
For our third installment in this series we feature Céline Oberholzer of ATX Wolfpack p/b Jakroo. When life as a professional dancer became impossible because of a series of injuries, she was fortunate to find bike racing through the Little 500 at Indiana University. She quickly fell in love with the sport and her passion led her to chase racing all across the country.
The backstory of life before bike racing included struggles with an eating disorder. She talks about those struggles and her efforts at promoting social justice and equality. If you, someone you love, or simply someone you know is suffering with an eating disorder there are tons of resources for you. Kristen Arnold, MS, RD, CSSD, has been kind enough to provide us with a few resources like Eating Disorder Hope or the National Eating Disorders Association. There is hope and help.
In part 2 we take a look at faith, the faith that a team and veteran riders place the future and the younger riders in whom they see potential. Dalton Collins, of Automatic Racing, is just 21 years old; but he has the faith of the 2019 USACRITS individual champ, Tom Gibbons and the full squad of veteran heavy hitters on team orange.
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A new year brings with it promise and potential; and, that is what this four part series of episodes is all about. We've linked together stories from four of the best and brightest hopes for criterium racing's future and present them to you at the beginning of this year.
The first up is Tyler Reynolds of Pella, IA, and First Internet Bank Cycling Team. He's the 2017, 15-16 national road race champ, and is on year two of being on the verge of stepping up to the big leagues with his spot on a domestic elite team.
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There's nothing quite like New York City. It's got lights, life, culture action, and plenty of crit racing. Yes, you don't have to have miles and miles of open farm roads to have crit racing. You can do it right in the heart of the biggest city in the United States. Michael Tan of Good Guys Racing p/b High Water Women is here to tell us all about it.
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We all have our favorite holidays, and Starla Teddergreen's is Christmas. There is something about gift wrap and the joy of opening presents that fills her with joy. For us, the joy has been watching her race the best criteriums and road races in the country. She's set to take on the world now, with a new contract with a Team Illuminate she will be taking her show on the international road in the coming future. Fortunate for us, we got a chance to talk with her before she set out on this journey.
The Lioness has found her way back to the pack. Kendall Ryan, now of L39ion of Los Angeles is focused on earning her spot on the the US Olympic team for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the Team Pursuit and the Madison. However, that focus isn’t going to preclude her from pursuing her dreams of complete and total domination of the #critlife. The Crit Queen joins us to talk about how she’s taking the time to invest deeply in herself and preparing for the challenges that are going to face her in the coming year.
We also talk about her focus on recovery including the vital importance of sleep. She’s became an ambassador for ChiliSleep and cannot say enough good things about their product. And just for you she’s here to provide a promo code: Kendall22 to help save 22% off your purchase of a unit that she says has changed her sleep quality for the better.
When you think of the geography of crit racing in the US, you don't often put Boise at the top of your list . . . but you should. The guest on today's episode Allan Schroeder of CS Velo tells us all about why the Treasure Valley should be on your list of places to go, ride, race, and live. Allan is fresh on the scene; but he's already making an impact. That sort of energy gets noticed, and that's why he's been picked up by Philadelphia-based CS Velo. So come on board this week and learn more about Idaho and tacos.
Olivia Ray is back on the show after completing her journey across the international date line and over the equator. She returns just in time to tell how she won the 2021 New Zealand National Criterium Championship and sealed a deal with Rally Cycling on a contract to ride with them for the coming year. We are also joined by her new sporting director Joanne Kiesanowski who fills in the details on how Olivia caught the team's attention and what their plans are for her now that she's a part of the team.
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This week's episode is Avenger's Endgame worthy. In this episode we bring together the guests from 2020 to give you a show about finding happiness and giving thanks in a year that was not designed for either. To do this we enlist the help of guest co-host Lily Williams of Rally Cycling and the 2020 Team Pursuit World Champion. So grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the stars of this year in order of appearance:
- Robin Meidhof
- The guys from The Gravel Lot
- Lindsay Goldman, Eliel Cycling Apparel
- Dino Piskopanis, ButcherBox Cycling
- Adam Mills, Source Endurance
- Madison Kelly, CWA Racing
- Adam Pulford, DC Velo
- Ali Sheehan, Team Tekkerz
- Christina Gokey Smith, Team Colavita
- Olivia Ray, ButcherBox Cycling
- Zach Gregg, Project Echelon
- Maize Wimbush, Team Twenty24
- Jason Meidhof, Monster Media
- Eric Hill, Project Echelon
- Bruce Buckley
- The guys from The Slow Ride Podcast
- Amanda Nauman, SDG Factory Team / The Groadio
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In summer 2016, the Meidhofs packed, 2 dogs, a cat, and their possessions into an RV and took off for California and a new adventure. Just a couple weeks after arriving, and without much in the way of a support system in LA, Jason was hit by a negligent driver and seriously injured. This is the story of his recovery, and return to form.
Previously a master's world champ on the track, he was forced to rebuild his fitness and reconnect parts of his brain that were injured. Fortunately he wasn't alone, and neither was his wife Robin. The two of them came closer together than ever before; and thanks to that bond, and the countless hours of help from others, they were able to get back to normalcy. And when you suffer a traumatic brain injury, normal is such a beautiful word.
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Experience is a great; yet brutal teacher. The lessons we learn from it can make us stronger; however, we don't need to suffer the most onerous lessons ourselves. Rather, we can learn from others. In this episode we share with you some of the important ones to know when you line up for your first big race. Our teachers are the best of them all...the real life pros that light up the world's biggest crit stages.
Sit back and listen as your instructors Tina Pic, Kristen LaSasso, Christina Gokey-Smith, Whitney Allison, Kristen Arnold, Tyler Reynolds, Eric Hill, Stephen Vogel, Ricky Arnopol, Evan Hartig, Natalia Franco Villegas, and Cesar Gallego share what it is they wish they had known before signing up to race the best of the best.
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Ata Marie, is good morning in Maori, the language of the native population of New Zealand, and the home of Olivia Ray. At just 22 years old, she already owns 16 U.S. and New Zealand national championships and a dominating crit racers. We met her earlier this year at the ButcherBox team camp in Southern California and knew we had to have a sit down with her to talk bike racing, the Olympics, and so much more. But our timing took a huge turn when she said she was willing to fly 26 hours, and quarantine for 14 days just to get back to Auckland to try her hand at the Vantage New Zealand national criterium championship in Christchurch. Cleary, Covid was also discussed.
Follow Olivia on IG @oliviaraycycling or her team @butcherboxcycling.
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It’s been a rough year for us criterium racers. If some of us were lucky, we were able to sneak in a race in warmer climates or out west in March or February before the coronavirus hit our shores and shut everything down. It’s left a lot of us trying to figure out how to keep training and riding; or looking at other priorities in our lives.
For some of us, it has led to some incredible creativity and new discoveries like baking sourdough bread or that long-lost talent for guitar. However, for most of us it has left us frankly wondering what if.
Well look no further than this episode to answer that question. What if the 2020 crit season had taken place? Who would have walked away with the biggest prizes in all the land, from winning the USA Cycling criterium championships to the vaunted USACRITS overall in both the team and individual competitions. We’ve got that covered.
In addition, you’ve probably been thinking to yourself; what are the criteriums that can make a cyclists career? Why don’t we have the monuments of crit racing like the World Tour has its 5 monuments? Again, we’ve got you covered. We draft the top 10 essential criteriums in the US and Canada and explain why they’ve made our list.
And you might be asking, “we” who is we? This episode features a very special guest co-host. If you like what he does here please let us know and we’ll keep him around. So much going on in this episode, you are definitely not going to want to miss it.
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Perseverance is far from easy. When you get tossed off your horse and break your back, or when a tragic crash shatters bones in your body, you could be forgiven for giving up. However, Christina Gokey-Smith of Team Colavita never got that memo about giving up. She’s battled hardship, injury, and adversity to get to where she is among the elite of crit racing in North America. As she has gotten older she hasn’t slowed down; but rather gotten better and stronger. Each year she dedicates herself to refining and developing new traits to improve her training and performance; including delving deep into meditation and mindfulness, two often overlooked elements of athletics.
In late 2017, long after most teams were formed and with full rosters, she and long-time friend Tina Pic, picked up the pieces of Team Colavita, a legendary women’s organization with a storied history. Through trial and error, and with some serious bumps along the way, they cobbled together a group of women who would in time become sisters and cement themselves as the best crit team in the United States. They have the hardware to prove it, with the overall women’s team title and best U25 racer jersey from the 2019 USACRITS competition.
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Everyday 22 veterans commit suicide in the United States. It’s a sad reality that has plagued our nation for far too long. In the absence of comprehensive public assistance programs, private citizens and organizations have stepped up to provide much needed services to this community. Enter Eric Hill of Project Echelon. After a veteran friend of his made his third attempt at suicide Eric acted to create a program to help veterans confront the emotional and psychological struggles they face through physical activity. At the same time he created an elite cycling team to help spread the message beyond Wisconsin and the Midwest. Thus was born Project Echelon the team, and the foundation.
Move forward 5 years and that team is now one of the best in the country and poised to start European campaigns in addition to their domestic schedule. This is where Zach Gregg comes in, already a collegiate national champion, and at 27 years old, at the beginning of an incredible career in bike racing. Zach’s rise in the sport mirrored that of his new team, coming from obscurity in 2016 to winning the general classification this year at The Tour of the Southern Highlands, he has quickly become a leader on Project Echelon, by his actions.
But when Covid 19 brought the in-real life season to a halt. Eric, Zach and Project Echelon went online into virtual racing where they have fundamentally altered its development.
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Reviresco is a latin word which translates multiple ways; but our favorite is “I shall rise again.” Six months into the quarantine and amidst social turmoil we are confronted with unprecedented challenges to our cycling community. Those challenges face not just individual bike racers; but also the companies in the cycling industry. We are learning just how interconnected we all are, the lack of races means less marketing opportunities for clothing manufacturers, less bike racing means people are foregoing upgrading equipment and bike companies are struggling to keep up with a demand that went through the roof at the outset of the quarantine. The events of 2020 have exposed the limits of our industry; but also they are creating new opportunities. In this episode we speak with 3 storytellers about the industry. First we speak with Ryan Cady of Eliel Cycling Apparel about creating a brand and what it takes to grow a company in the challenges of normal life. Then we speak with Simon Marks of Feature Story News about the macro impacts of the economy facing North America. We also talk to Spencer Haugh, the genius behind the Slow Ride Podcast and a life-long cycling insider about how 2020 is impacting our narrow part of the world.
Follow Eliel on IG @elielcycling. Follow Simon on Twitter @SimonMarksFSN. Follow Spencer on Twitter @spencerhaugh and The Slow Ride Podcast @TheSlowRidePod.
With the stormy present surrounding us all the time, sometimes it’s hard to remember that the future exists, and that the sun will rise tomorrow. Judging by the athletes who make up the juniors ranks, that future may be way brighter than we think. Take Maize Wimbush of the Team Twenty20 Junior Team, and a 14-year old from southern Maryland. Maize is already a multi-time champion in the Mid-Atlantic Bicycle Racing Association; but she’s set her sights on an even loftier goal— becoming the first African American woman to represent Team USA in cycling at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. We had the opportunity to sit down with Maize and her father Mark to talk about her growing up a bike racer and how she’s primed herself to be one of the next great ones. But beyond that, this episode explores the issue of diversity in bike racing and how it takes a whole community to raise a champion. This community must be strong and vibrant, because Maize’s future looks solid.
Follow Maize’s story on Instagram @amaizencyclist or her team, @teamtwenty20.
Titanium was first discovered in Europe in the late 1700s. Its value was immediately apparent as a lightweight yet incredibly strong metal. It goes into our bikes, and in some cases our bodies. After coming to the United States from Colombia, Sait Arana started racing bikes in the Mid-Atlantic in 2015. His rise up the ranks was legendary and in 2019 he landed himself on a UCI continental team, Skyline Bicycles. The bike racing world was his oyster. Then, at Spartanburg, he caught the edge of a metal crowd control barrier at full speed and found himself in the hospital. That crash earned him a titanium rod in his right arm and recalibrated what he considers important in the bike racing world.
2020 dawns with him sporting a slightly darker shade of green for Kelly Benefits Strategies and a positive attitude about life on and off the bike. That’s where this story picks up, I was lucky enough to get him to come over and hang out with me in the courtyard for a socially distant in-person interview.
Follow Sait on IG @saitaranofficial or his team Kelly Benefits Strategies on IG @kbs_cycling
In Mr. Automatic, the 2019 USA Crits men's individual champion Tom Gibbons of Automatic Racing joins Rob from the back porch of a cabin in Idaho City, ID, to talk about the proper pronunciation of Boise. After getting that out of the way, we voyage on to "is it really the dream we think it is to race in Belgium." But mostly we focus on the place we all love and know-- criterium racing and what it takes to be the best in the country.
Follow him on IG @vandergibbon and Automatic Racing @automatic_racing. And visit the Automatic Endurance website.
We also announce, in this episode that I will donate $1 per every mile I ride from June 24 - July 8 to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to help support the continuing struggle for racial justice and equality. Please consider donating yourself as well.
Interested in American racing? Want to learn more about the people, teams, and places that make our Criterium Nation so exciting? Then this is the podcast for you. Come join us every two weeks as we talk to the racers, promoters, team directors, and people who make the fight for each corner so captivating.
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This episode was intended on being the first installment in a season-long documentary about the ButcherBox Cycling team. It features the three founders of the organization and they have a message for the cycling community-- we can do better. Unfortunately, most of the other episodes have been claimed by the lack of racing this year. But that doesn't stunt the message of this organization and its mission to bring human-high performance to city centers and downtown criteriums everywhere.
Follow them on Instagram @butcherboxcycling
or on their website: www.fasturdaysracingalliance.com
The time away from the hustle of commuting and office jobs has given some of us a little bit more time to think and an opportunity to be a bit more introspective than normal. So we thought we’d use that extra bit of introspection to talk with this week’s guest Madison Kelly of CWA Racing p/b Trek about her earliest memories of bike racing and what motivated her to come back ,time and again to the pointy end of the peloton. We also ask what is it that defines success in racing, and it isn’t always finishing on the podium.
Follow Madison on Instagram @madison_m_kelly or check out her team @cwa_racing. And definitely don’t miss the CWA Racing p/b Trek website. Or for more views of these super cool Safetti kits and the remainder of their lineup, click here.
As Steve Cullen of ButcherBox eloquently put it back in Episode 21, criteriums are America, they are the ultimate test of racers, machines, and teams. They are also a style of racing that lends well toward modern cycling media and with a huge fan engagement both at the event and remotely, the crit could quite possibly be the way forward for road racing in America. If we let it. And we see no reason why not, so we dive in with Scott Morris of USA Crits to talk about the league that he and others are working to create— a legitimate professional criterium league complete with standards, expectations, and savvy marketing.
Follow all the action from 2019 and in the future with USA Crits by visiting its website. Or find your favorite racer in any number of competitions and get ready to follow him or her in the future by going to Road-Results.com.
Follow USA Crits on Instagram or Twitter (@usacrits).
The paved road sometimes ends, but that doesn't mean the ride needs to. In this episode we explore the who, what, when, where, and how of the growth of gravel racing and help you to answer why you should think about doing it. This episode features gravel star Amanda Naumann and Source Endurance head coach Adam Mills as they help breakdown gravel racing and give you a heads up on how to avoid some of the common mistakes made by folks new to the discipline.
Follow Amanda on Instagram and Twitter @amanda_panda_ or follow Adam on Instagram @the_adam_mills or Source Endurance @sourcendurance.
And don't forget to check out The Groadio on the Wide Angle Podium network.
The 2020 season has been interrupted moving forward, but it doesn’t mean that cycling didn’t happen in 2020. Just ask Lily Williams of Rally Cycling and Team USA. She earned her rainbow stripes in the team pursuit in Berlin. Alone that is worth the story; but there is way more to Lily than just being a world champion. In this episode we talk about what it’s like to be an Olympic hopeful, her rise to prominence in cycling and how it took a total burnout in her prior life in track to discovery the simple joys of just being on a bike.
Follow Lily on Instagram: @willy_lilliams or on Twitter: @runt2pb
And learn more about her team Rally Cycling and all their great partners. And don't forget to register your bike at Bike Index.
First Aired in The Parts Bin
The coronavirus pandemic may be a defining moment in our lifetimes, and it certainly has been a story that has, and will continue, to dominant the world and our news cycles. It definitely has had an impact on our lives including the sport of bike racing. With events being postponed/cancelled, and an uncertain future, we are confronted with options on how to respond. In this episode we change the script a bit and talk with four different people from four different parts of the sport to see how it is effecting them.
First we speak with Bill Schieken, @CXHairs on Twitter and Instagram, about his views on the impact the virus has had on the cycling season and the emotions that come with it. Then we turn to Zack Allison, @zacharylallison on Instagram, a cycling coach for Source Endurance (www.source-e.net), a pro with Team CLIF Bar Cycling, @clifbarracing on Instagram, and an event director for the FoCo Fondo, @focofondo on IG. Zack tells us how he’s approaching the situation when it comes to his event and how Team CLIF Bar is managing to maintain its focus without racing.
Up third is Ali Sheehan, @ali.sheehan on IG, you may remember her British accent from last season’s show about her journey to the US from England to explore our crit scene. She had an adventure three times as large planned for this year and because of the virus it’s all been interrupted. That would upset the best of us; but Ali shows us how she’s managing and keeping a positive attitude despite it all. The episode wraps up with Adam Pulford, @coach_AP on Insta and Twitter, a cycling coach for Carmichael Training Systems (trainright.com) and provider of perspective. As always, Coach Adam helps us see the forest for the trees and dial in on the things that are really critical.
Previously Published in The Parts Bin Our sport denies slowing down, it is fundamentally antithetical to bike racing. But when you live at Mach 12 with your hair on fire, you miss details. That's why photography remains so important, it allows us to freeze a moment in time, and to embrace all that is within it, the good, the bad, the triumphs, and the failures. The guest on today's show, Bruce Buckley, is a photographer extraordinaire who specializes in capturing imagery of two-wheeled accomplishments. In this episode we explore the how, the why, and most importantly the details of capturing the fastest paced action for all time. Find more of his work at www.brucebuckleyphotography.com or Instagram at @bruce_buckley.
Few things in bike racing are more personal than the kit we wear. A well made/good looking kit can make any ride incredible and a bad one... In this episode we sit down with Brad Sheehan, one of the founders of Velocio to talk about the future of cycling apparel and the building of a company.
Check them out www.velocio.cc. Or visit them on Instagram @VelocioApparel.
Go deep inside the world of high performance and criterium racing with one of the founders of the 2019 USA Crits' Men's Team Champion Butcher Box Cycling. We discuss why we love racing, why criteriums are the ultimate form of it, and where the future lies for his organization. Then he announces his boldest goal yet, to become the first to win the men's and women's team championships in the same year.
Warning, there is explicit language.
Follow them on Instagram @butcherboxcycling or Steve @fasturdays.
Check out the team's page or watch the documentary American Crit by Attack Pictures.
Photos by Patrick Daly Photos
The requirements for the modern athlete have changed, we must now be masters of not just our sport, but of our presentation as well. In this episode we talk with Lindsay Goldman, former owner/GM of Hagens Berman/Supermint and now the Director of Membership for USA Cycling about her approach to managing and nurturing a public persona while being an athlete and leader.
For more about Lindsay check out her blog The Dirt Field, follow her on Twitter @thedirtfield or enjoy her gallery on Instagram @thedirtfield. And if you want to go really deep into her new world, listen to her new podcast, USACommunique available on the Wide Angle Podium network of shows.
Photo credit for this episode's cover shot goes to Snowy Mountain Photography.
This is the way to end the inaugural season of this podcast, with a huge name and an even bigger message. Rahsaan and I grabbed a spot on a comfy couch, set up the microphones and then just talked about life and bikes. The end result was a great conversation about how a sixth grader took a "punishment" and turned it into a profession and a passion. We explore the education that getting outside of your bubble brings to those willing to give it a shot. And then we finish up with what the peloton may look like 10-15 years into the future. Follow Rahsaan on Social Media: @bahatiracing (Facebook, IG & Twitter) Bahati Foundation website: www.bahatifoundation.org or on Facebook @bahatifoundation or IG @bahatifdn Methods to Winning @methodstowinning (on IG or Facebook) Photo by @totally_tish
CX Hairs invited me to his studio and I couldn't say no. How could I? When the guy who wrote the book on podcasting about bike racing agrees to talk about his art you gotta roll with it. Needless to say, we have a wide-ranging conversation but in the end, I learn something new, and maybe you will too. Website: www.cxhairs.com Instagram: @cxhairs Twitter: @CXHairs YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CXHairs
Chasing your dreams in bike racing isn't easy. Having to travel to do so makes it even harder. But what if you have to travel across oceans in pursuit of your ambitions? Our guests this week, Jen Darmody (Sydney Uni Staminade) and Ali Sheehan (Bianchi Dama Cycling Team) are first timers to the American crit racing scene. Guest riding for Butcher Box Racing, they've come to the United States to test themselves against the best crit racers in the world at some of this country's most challenging criteriums, and they are loving every second of it. We sat down and tried to figure out why they did it and what they are learning from it. For More About Our Guests Check out: Butcher Box Racing: website(https://fasturdaysracingalliance.com) Instagram @butcherboxcycling Bianchi Dama Cycling Team: website (https://bianchidama.com) Instagram @bianchidama #celesteisbest Sydney Uni - Staminade: Instagram @sydneyuniwmn Ali Sheehan: Instagram @ali.sheehan Jen Darmody: @jendarmody For Jen's article on fundraising in women's sport: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/women-sport-dont-ask-help-why-jennifer-darmody/
Coach for Source Endurance and Nutritionist Kristen Arnold (MS, RDN, CSSD) joined us to talk about eating right and preparing your body to be its best before the race starts. We talked about the nutrition basics and then explored specifics for different times a year before concluding with a discussion about eating right on the bike and what to talk about with your coach. Kristen's website: www.arnoldrdn.com Source Endurance: www.source-e.net
In this episode we get down to business with Colin Reuter of Road Results/CX Results on where you stack up, i.e. where you rank, against your cyclist friends. We also talk about upgrades, and how to improve the upgrade system. We then explore disc brakes, or more aptly we explore how to remove a thru axel from your knee. For more on Road Results visit their website www.road-results.com For Colin on Twitter @resultsboy
In the third and final part of our interview with Rob Laybourn, we talk about the National Association of Professional Race Directors, why it was created and what it is doing to make bike racing better. Then we talk about bringing in different sources of revenue including through television and sports gambling and finish up by talking about the basic structure of the racing calendar. Find out more about the NAPRD at www.NAPRD.org Find out more about the Armed Forces Cycling Classic at www.cyclingclassic.org or on Instagram at @af_cyclingclassic.
In part 2 of our interview with Rob Laybourn we talk about the business end of promoting a pro bike race. In it we discuss revenue streams, what it takes to keep sponsors engaged, motivated, and happy. Then we delve into where he sees professional race directing going in the future for his event and new ways to bring money into the sport. To learn more about the event go to: www.cyclingclassic.org or on Instagram @af_cyclingclassic Photo by Bruce Buckley and courtesy of MABRA
In part 1 of a 3 part series, we talk with Rob Laybourn, the race director of the Armed Forces Cycling Classic about how he created a vibrant and successful race. Cover photo by Bruce Buckley and courtesy of MABRA.
DJ Brew of DC Velo sits down to talk to us about how bike racing is a social activity and why having a positive community is so vital in keeping the sport fun. Photo by Will Nelson.
Zack Allison, CLIF Bar, Kristen Arnold, Butcherbox Racing, and Whitney Allison and Julie Kuliezca of Hagens Berman Supermint talk with us about what it means to be a professional bike racer in America, how this is most definitely a team sport, and what it's really like living the pro bike racer life.
What happens when you make the leap and go from being the dominating force in the cat 3 field to one of the guys in the M1/2? You start learning all over again. Learn about Scott's story, where the team is going, and about Murphy the dog's dedication to chasing the tennis ball. https://youtu.be/rPsNnjKr4es
Angela tells us about her upbringing in Italian restaurants, how that shaped her career, and how she took the leap and joined up with one of MABRA's most storied men's programs to start a new women's legacy.
We talk with the head guys from Amp Human about coming up with PR Lotion, how it works and why it should be part of your training regime.
Bike racing is hard but it can also be the thing that helps you through the tough times and adds brightness to you day. In this episode Emma Bast of Levine Law Group p/b Huseby.com tells us about her journey from Cat 4 to the top of the American criterium circuit. Then we discuss her favorite muffin and pick the best jerseys (other than #pinkwatts) in the USA Crits peloton.
It's been a long time coming; but we got Coach Adam Mills of Source Endurance on the pod this week to talk bikes, figuring out where you want to go with your season and how to get there in the best form possible. If you don't know about Midwestern bike racing history now; you'll sure know about it by the end of this podcast.
This week we talk to the 2019 M1/2/3 Road Cup champion about being a part of a team with a special ethos, the intricacies of training for the year 2050, racing road and track, and then we go to the lightning round.
The 2019 MABRA Lifetime Achievement Awardee Ruth Stornetta shares her experiences as a long-term promoter, talks about the status of bike racing promotion and shares some funny anecdotes.
Your 2018 National Masters Criterium Champion talks to us about overcoming health issues and the stresses of dad life to win one of the biggest bike races around. Then we discuss mentoring and the DC Velo Development team before launching into the lightning round.
A candid, yet light-hearted interview with the 2018 Properties on the Potomac Road Cup with Erin Bougie of NSMI Racing