Beeeep! Beeeeep! Beeeeep! The sound of the alarm at 5:30 AM is never too exciting. Although, when it comes to racing I can’t complain. It was the last stage here at the Merco Cycling Classic. The course was 120 miles of mostly flat and some rolling hills. In my past experiences this course usually came …

The Hilltop Ranch Road Race was the final stage of the Merco Credit Union Classic and featured a course that consisted of a 24 mile loop of rolling hills. After three days of racing, the Hilltop Ranch Road Race was the last chance for riders to go for a stage placing or try to maintain or improve their …

Racing opportunities were abundant once  again this weekend. For the speedsters, there was California Bicycle Racing’s Surf City Cyclery Criterium which was held in Costa Mesa. If you prefer to go against the clock, then the San Diego Time Trials at Fiesta Island provided a great event to test your time trialing skills. In addition, …

What a day! After dinner with my wonderful host family (that they prepared, cooked, and served for me) I contacted my coach Ashley Knights and talked with him about today’s criterium. It was a .9 mile course with a semi technical and somewhat bumpy terrain. I told him how I was feeling and expressed what …

The McDonalds Downtown Grand Prix, a .9 mile criterium, set the stage for the speedsters to throw down on Stage 3 of the Merco Credit Union Classic. US Pro Criterium Champion Ken Hanson (Optum pb Kelly Benefit Strategies) was the fastest for the day and won the Pro Men’s race, followed by Fabrizio Von Nacher …

When stage racing, especially in the U.S. , time trialing capabilities are crucial to a GC (general classification) rider/contender. Usually the time trial is where most riders really earn there spot in the GC. I for one, have never been a specialist at the time trial. I definitely could improve on it, but tend to …