Tour por la Paz 2022 Stage 1 & 2 Voler Factory Racing kicked off the 2022 season with a dive into the deep end, heading down to Guatemala for the 5 day, 5 stage Tour por la Paz in its 10th edition. From the squad…
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Dominican Republic 2020 Wrap up
by Blake Anton March 24, 2020With three stages of the 41st Vuelta Independencia Nacional in the books we were excited to see what the second half of the trip had in store for us. The typical morning routine would something along the lines of: waking up and heading straight the…
Dominican Republic 2020
by Blake Anton February 27, 2020Dominican Republic Days 1-4 By Bradley Wiggs When you pack your bag for a multi-week international bike race, there are lots of things you have to remember. A bike may be the most important thing, but it doesn’t work well without pedals. Guest rider Cameron…
Tour of Tobago, Stages 2-4
by Blake Anton October 9, 2019After 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…
Big event, small island style – Tour of Tobago Stage 1
by Blake Anton October 3, 2019The end of the season in America signals the start of of racing in Latin America and the Caribbean. With our bike cases and bags packed, we embarked on the journey to the South American islands of Trinidad and Tobago. After a rough day or…
Belgian Waffle Ride Equipment recap!
by Blake Anton May 14, 2019Last weekend wrapped up my 3rd Belgian Waffle Ride, and it was hands down, the hardest and most competitive of the three BWRs I have done. To put it into perspective, I rode almost 20 minutes faster than I did in 2018 (15th place) and…
Cantua Creek Race Recap
by Blake Anton February 21, 2019By: Colin Patterson For many racers, Cantua Creek Road Race is simply their season opener but for me it is much more. This was my first P1/2 win last year so the hype and pressure was on to pull a repeat. Located only 30 minutes…
When Phil recommends you do a race, but bails himself – 10/10 would not recommend
by Blake Anton February 13, 2019This photo from yesterday hopefully captures some of the most suffering I have ever experienced on a ride. Phil told @coolin815 and I that we should do some unofficial mtb race out of Muir beach that was long and had around 8k feet of climbing.…
Vuelta Guatemala Part 1
by Blake Anton October 27, 2018Written by Colin Patterson Usually October is considered the offseason for bike racers. A time when we get sit indoors and watch movies or cruise around town on an easy spin. But this October, we are doing just the opposite. After a hard crash forced…
From stitches to success in the Dominican Republic
by Blake Anton March 2, 2018By Gavin Murray: The 2018 racing season hit me in the face in a way that only cycling can do. The Marc Pro Cycling team training camp came quickly and left me with one day to go home and celebrate my birthday before flying out…