If you have any input or would like to advertise email me at info@yourgroupride.com

Thanks for all of your support and enthusiasm.

Enjoy,

Dan

and for the love of all things holy please forward this email to everyone with a bike!

Sounds like the pro 1 2 mens race got neutralized because of a crash in another race.  It’s all gonna come down to the crit for those guys.

Century Ride from the Oval  10 AM Sunday Sunday Sunday

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/co/-old-town-fort-collins/574612778200

check the forum for info

http://thegroupride.freeforums.org/feb-15th-ride-from-oval-t37.html#p134

WARNING THIS IS BAD

Your comments please.

TENTATIVE 2009 BAR/BAT Schedule

Believe it or not FTC has two racers at the ATOC.   Jon Garcia has been dragging us around all winter and is riding strong.   TIBCO pro Meredeth Miller has touched down in Cali and will be givin’ it hell as well.

On the eve of what could be considered the biggest race of his career Fort Collins pro Jon “the Chatterbox” Garcia was kind enough to send us some shots of his BMCs and other prerace happenings.

Be sure to tune into Versus tomorrow at 3pm for live race coverage.

Team BMC

After a strong cross season Meredth Miller is ready to throw down on the road. She and her TIBCO team will be trying to repeat last years win in the ATOC Crit on Sunday.

Valley of the Sun

We also have several riders racing down AZ at the Valley of the Sun Stage Race.   Amanda Miller of Lip Smacker went deep and got second in the opening TT as did rumored future FTC resident and Ciclismo rider Ben Kneller.  In the mens P,1,2 field Sheldon Deeny of Bissell,  Ian Holt of RMCEF Dan Lionberg of Team Rio Grande Racing will be looking for results in Saturdays Road Race and Sundays Crit .

Rachel Knott had a great race in the SW3 s and placed 9th.

We have no less than 10 riders in the valley so check back for results.

CSU Criterium Flyer

FTC has two, count ‘em two races coming up in less than a month here is all the info you need.

CSU Criterium

Frostbite Time Trial

Frostbite Time Trial

So what did we decide to do about the Oval route?

Hit the forum for the latest discussion.

Please join the CSU Rams Cycling Team for an evening celebrating the past, present and future success of your favorite collegiate cycling team! Head upstairs at the Rio Grande Restaurant (143 W. Mountain Avenue) on Thursday, February 19 Wednesday the 18th from 6:00-9:00pm for a fun night of food, live music, a silent auction, and of course Rio margaritas.

This year’s silent auction includes some fantastic items, including signed jerseys from Fabian Cancellara, Tyler Hamilton, and Tom Danielson, a complete bike courtesy of Peloton Cycles, original artwork, personal coaching, and much more!

Tickets are $10 and will be sold at the door. Both your ticket and anything you purchase in the auction is 100% tax deductible. All proceeds from the evening go to the CSU Rams Cycling team. Bring friends and family for a great night and a good cause!

We look forward to see you all there!
Your CSU Rams Cycling Team

Feel free to print off and/or forward the attached flyer!

For more information or if you would like to donate to the silent auction contact:
Erick Carlson (President)
(970) 689-5462
or
Caley Fretz
caleyfretz@gmail.com
(802) 598-9262

Check out the flyer

CSU FEBRUARY FEISTA

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Like I have said in the past, I’m trying to be less blatant about my copyright infringement so you will have to go to the NY Times site for the full article.

Like most of you I have been hearing the name Svein Tuft for years.  I just thought he was another trust fund roadie.  Definitely not the case.   This dude is hardcore. Read on.

Canadian Rider Has Made Unorthodox Climb to the Top

Those who have heard the tale of Svein Tuft have wondered, could it possibly be true?

How he dropped out of school in the 10th grade, lured by the freedom of the outdoors. How he evolved into a barrel-chested woodsman with Paul Bunyan biceps. How he ventured, at 18, from his home in Canada into the wilderness on a $40 thrift-shop bike hooked to a homemade trailer.

They have learned of the way he traveled sparingly, towing only his camping gear, a sack of potatoes and his 80-pound dog, Bear. The way he drank from streams and ate beside an open fire. Or hopped trains across Canada, resting as the land flickered by.

Now 31, Tuft is out to prove that all the raw travel and personal drive can translate into something beyond his survival. Recruited by one of the world’s top cycling teams, he is about to begin a more disciplined journey. It starts next weekend with the Tour of California, where he will race with the Garmin-Slipstream squad, and is likely to continue this summer at the Tour de France.

“He’s a late, late bloomer who lived a lifestyle that has been completely incongruent with any professional cyclist out there,” Jonathan Vaughters, the team’s director, said. “In Europe, you are pressured to succeed by the time you are 18, and if you don’t do it by the time you are 21, then you’re done. But Svein? He’s somebody who has lived life according to how he wanted to live it.”

Tuft figured out he was a natural racer at 23. He was home from a cycling trip to Alaska when his father suggested he try racing. In his first event, a local road race, he was in the lead when he dropped out with a flat tire. Two races later, he won for the first time.

From there, he blossomed. But Tuft also felt trapped between a life in the outdoors and one in the structured world of professional competition.

Kevin and Mark Cunningham, owners of the Symmetrics Cycling team in Canada, found Tuft in 2004. He was mowing lawns. After racing in virtual anonymity for three professional teams, he had quit the sport because he said he did not want to be associated with its doping problems.

But the Cunninghams wanted him. They knew he had the potential to be one of the fastest cyclists in the world.

“At first, you have this idea that this guy’s a nut case,” Mark Cunningham said. “But he’s not. He’s super down to earth, kind and a straight shooter. I thought he was going to be this extreme sports, in-your-face guy. But he was the opposite.”

Read more here

The Oval Dirt Section Feedback

So, what did you think about the new dirt section on the ride?

Opinions are being heard here

Updated Versus ATOC Schedule

Preview Show Starts Today on Versus

230 heretime (something about a Lance comeback)

Be sure to tune in to watch Garcia knock some heads.

http://thegroupride.freeforums.org/oval-route-changes-t35.html

Word on the streets is that some heavy hitters are coming up from Boulder too.