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By Colin Patterson Locked and loaded after a successful Rum Punch Picnic we were ready for the final stage of Tour of Tobago. Preparing ourselves for 75 miles with 10k of climbing we moseyed ourselves to the start in Scarborough for the earliest start yet.…

After a great week of racing in Tobago and a brutal final stage, we were all ready for a few easy days before getting back to a bit of racing. Monday’s recovery schedule included some snorkeling at a coral reef right in front of our…

After a hot and rowdy first day of racing, the second day continued in similar fashion. With an aggressively steep climb and a technical descent in the middle of each of the 5 laps, the field grew continuously smaller as the race progressed. A sudden…

I recently built up my new team bike, a Cervelo R5 Disc with a Shimano Di2 drivetrain, and it’s a beautiful machine. One of the most unique and striking parts of the bike is the completely blinged out gold and carbon fiber oversized pulley system…

By John Borstelmann What was the coolest thing about my first UCI stage race? Easy. The people. Dropping their work and lining the streets of every community we hurtled through to celebrate this storied, 58-years-and-running nationwide festival of Guatemalan cycling. Shouting, dancing, and clapping. Launching…

By Kyle Kirby After an early morning and a quick drive down to the Tecate border crossing, three of us from Marc Pro (Dave, Nate, and myself, Kyle) got suited up and headed out to the start of the Baja Bike Race. There’s not too…

The 90 mile second stage of Chico Stage race in Paskenta, California started out early and very brisk with temperatures just above 40. The course entails two large 45 mile windy laps of mostly flat but with some undulating hills. The final 15 miles of…

Tour of Poyang Lake 2017 September 12-23 The unpredictable chaos that is international racing began weeks before the race even commenced. In 2016, we had gotten our invite for the Tour of Poyang Lake just a week before it started, which left us with impossibly…

Today was the 3rd and final stage of the Coqui Dorado stage race in Puerto Rico.  Team Herbalife went into the stage with Gavin tied with two other riders for 2nd overall, Colin in 9th, and Dave in 10th on the general classification. Our morning…

A stage race isn’t a real stage race in Latin America without a hotdogger crit. With that requirement in the mix, the Clasico de Ciclismo Internacional El Coqui Dorado gave us a 1.5 mile loop with 80 ft of climbing per lap. Add in some…