Monday, September 25, 2006

Fort Lewis College racers are getting A+ after a week of learning.

A higher-level of knowing will make you faster. Want to learn more, then go to a university for a higher-level of knowing the facts. In this case, the Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish. Rick Crawford's Fort Lewis College team has done just that. They set aside a whole week to teach their racers the facts or science of their pedal stroke.

After a week of Wobble-naught & Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish, starting at 7am and classes stopping at 5pm, the racers who came to their 3 hour lesson "one-on-one," put their lesson to the test. It seems that they have done their homework.

The higher education or "the truth" about their pedal stroke is making a difference as they rule top universties in their conference. Teams like CU. They quickly excelled, as they surprise their friends, coaches, and the world w/ their success.

"We have amazing depth on the men's side," said Crawford. "I could pick three or four complete teams from the talent we have, and all of them would be competitive."
They took the top 5 placements.

On the gals side, just after her fitting, Teal Stetson-Lee of Fort Lewis College races to victory in the short track event Saturday morning on the opening day of the annual Squawker MTB Classic in Durango.

For more info go to www.durangoherald.com.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Kristin Armstrong Wins World TT Championships!!!

TEAm Lipton/Boise's ARMSTRONG WINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ELITE WOMEN'S TIME TRIAL

SOME DREAM OTHERS ACHIEVE!!!

Two Americans on the Podium for the First Time in History.



Salzburg, Austria (September 20, 2006)--Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/TEAm
Lipton) became the third elite women's time trial world champion in American history Wednesday with a win in the 16.23-mile race.

Armstrong joins 1994 winner Karen Kurreck and 2000 world champion Mari Holden as the only elite women's world time trial champions for the United States since the discipline was added to the world championship program in 1994.

Armstrong beat two-time defending champion Karen Thurig of Switzerland by 25.57 seconds.
Christine Thorburn (Menlo Park, Calif./Webcor-Platinum) earned the second medal for the United States in today's competition, riding to a bronze behind Thurig. It was the first time two Americans have been on the podium in the same year in an elite women's tt.

We have a small number of riders who hit the road early before work many times per week. We are lucky to get the chance to ride w/good friends, including time riding w/ Kristin in the Boise area. It has been fun to watch her build up to this huge success. It makes it even more rewarding to know that she is down to earth. She is a credit to the sport.

When you ride w/ her you can see that she has the motor, plus the mental power to reach her dreams. "Dreams do come ture," w/ hard work!!!

Kristin had to get some new footbeds just before she left for Europe a few weeks ago. It seems that she had lost her shoes & footbeds. There was concern about the new Sole footbed working?
I guess they worked just fine!

I also spoke to Richard Sawiris today about her win who owns www.WheelBuilder.com We got Richard build the wheels for Kristin and the TEAm Lipton gals. He also built the wheels for Floyd Landis. Nothing but the best!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/worlds06/?id=results/worlds061
Congrats to Kristin, her efforts, TEAm Lipton gals for a "dream come true season." World TT Champion? Now that's cool!

Monday, September 18, 2006

Nat Ross takes the Inaugural 24 Hours of Landahl

Our other racer using Wobble-naught CAD fit Marenchin, Ernesto A. takes 2nd.

Granny Gear Productions Inaugural 24 Hours of Landahl
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Friday, September 08, 2006

Game over "Kristin Armstrong" takes GC in the Netherlands

Euregio Ladies Tour
Netherlands, September 5-8, 2006

Kristin Armstrong had many of her TEAm mates from TEAm Lipton working w/ her. Three TEAm Lipton gals made the USA team. Very cool!

Final general classification 1 Kristin Armstrong (USA) USA National Team 9.26.342 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 0.213 Katherine Bates (Aus) Mix3 Nurnberger Versicherung 0.334 Nathalie Bates (Aus) AA-Drink Cycling Team 0.425 Emma Johansson (Swe) Bizkaia - Panda Software - Durango 0.436 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 0.497 An Van Rie (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam 1.148 Luise Keller (Ger) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team 1.279 Tanja Slater (GBr) Mix2 Team Fbuk 1.3210 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen-Caprisonne-T Interim 1.3611 Corine Hierckens (Bel) AA-Drink Cycling Team 1.37

Kristin Armstrong TEAm Lipton riding as USA National Team is #1 after stage 3

Euregio Ladies Tour
Netherlands, September 5-8, 2006

It looks like Kristin is gearing up for good results for Worlds. A win today in the Netherlands can give her the needed confidence, plus personal motivation to meet her full potential. Victories give you an edge over the rest of the field.

It really helps to take a win at the top level to handle the pressure of a up coming soon upcoming world championship, keeping things simple and relying on the skills & techniques developed through the years will be put to the test!!!

Stage List Start List General classification after stage 3 Kristin Armstrong (USA) USA National Team 6.06.14

Bermuda Grand Prix Results.

Bermuda Grand Prix -
Bermuda, September 7-10, 2006

Good results for men & women in Bermuda GP. Scottie Weiss A&F takes 4th in mens pro and Laura Van Guilder TEAm Lipton takes the win followed by TEAm mates LaraKroepsch 7th, Liza Rachetto 15th, Meredith Miller 20th.

Main Page Results Overall standings Next Stage

Monday, September 04, 2006

Jeremiah Bishop still on a roll!

Shenandoah Mountain 100
Harrisonburg, VA, USA, Sep 3, 2006
WN fitted Bishop sets new course record. Jeremiah's friend, also WN fitted Nick Waite takes 5th, followed WN fitted Ernesto Marenchin 8th. Three in the top ten, not bad!!!

Fresh off the best UCI mountain-bike world championships performance by an America man in the last eleven years, Jeremiah Bishop (Trek/VW) won his hometown stop of the National MTB Ultra Endurance Series on Sunday. Breaking his own course record by 15 minutes in the Shenandoah Mountain 100. Jeremish rode w/ teammate and six-time 24 Hours of Adrenalin Solo World Champion Chris Eatough until the final checkpoint, then upped the tempo and took the win.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb/?id=2006/sep06/smt100_06