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Check it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcoboB3aaHI Almost made it…..

So the wind has been non existent the last couple days. Our plan worked perfect and Kohler made the break from kilometer 0. The 3 man break lasted 130km before getting sucked back into the group. We made it to the finish with little drama. Another crash right in front of me limited my sprint, [...]

This one wasn’t too dramatic. One section of cross wind that was hard but no major separation. It came together for a bunch kick. Boonen won. I was top 15 I think. I waited too long to get to the front. There was a nasty crash right next to me at the finish. Thankfully all [...]

This report is gonna be short and sweet. I’m not stoked about today. We went slow the first hour. Then hit the first cross wind section and it all blew apart. I was in the front echelon with maybe 30. Then I punctured out of it. Then 3 groups passed before I got a wheel. [...]

The 2010 Tour of Qatar kicked off with a 8.2 km TTT. I got the sweet position in the line-up to follow Ballan, which made for a hard battle when he was taking the lions share of the pulls. Everytime he pulled I just hoped I’d be able to still take mine! In the end [...]

So the day before the Tour of Qatar, we got rained on our training ride. One thing I was told about Qatar was that it NEVER RAINED. Clearly the saying applies, never say never. Anyways, the race kicks off tmrw with an 8.2 km team time trial. Its going to be a violent effort for [...]

With just 48 hrs at home after camp, I’m off to the first big objective race of the year. We are in Paris, France before getting on our flight to Qatar this afternoon. Tour of Qatar is 6 days that starts with an 8km TTT. In case you were wondering, a TTT is probably the [...]

So after the first week at camp, we’ve seen almost as much rain and cold riding as one should see in a years time. Hopefully the next week will bring some sunny days, but lots of training for sure regardless. We’ve gotten all our new clothes and bikes dialed and hopefully the weather will let [...]

It all begins today.  I’m writing this from the plane in route from Atlanta to San Francisco.  We will be staying in Santa Rosa, CA for the first week before heading to Monterey, Morro Bay, and then Agoura Hills for the final week.  I can’t wait to meet all my new teammates and get all [...]

By Jered Gruber- John Murphy has been promising big things for a long while now. The rider has moved consistently up the ranks over the past six years starting as a promising U23 talent, to upcoming domestic pro, to USPRO Criterium Champion this August. Murphy’s path has been steady and upward, and now it’s on [...]