CODY RACING PRO TEAM - UPDATE

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The 2007 US Track National Championships was an extremely successfully event for Cody Racing Team, Inc.. Our athletes brought home six national titles with a total of fourteen podium appearances! Michael Blatchford won three national titles proving he is the best Male Sprint athlete in the United States, Colby Pearce won two national titles and Cari Higgins one.

Next stop for Michael, Colby and Des is the Revolution in England the end of this month then these three plus Kenny will be going to Sydney (2007/2008 UCI World Cup #1) the end of November and then on to Beijing (2007/2008 UCI World Cup #2) the first part of December. These three events will wrap up the 2007 season for Cody Racing.

Michael Blatchford named athlete of the month by the United States Olympic Committee.

After a fantastic year Michael was honored this week by being named athlete of the month by the USOC, another big mental boost for Michael and the team heading into the World Cup Season. On the Domestic side of track racing the National Track Racing Calendar wrapped up at the US Track National Championships and our own Colby Pearce has been crowned the best Men's US Endurance Rider for the 2007 season. In that same category Kenny Williams was third, Ryan Luttrell fourth and Kevin Suhr seventh out of 240 competitors that took points in the NTRC series.

Cari Higgins took second place in the NTRC Women's Sprints out of 109 competitors that took points in her category of the series. A very productive domestic track season for Cody Racing!

Cross season is in full swing and our Elite Masters team athletes are proving again that they are hard to beat with Karl Kiester leading the charge with four wins in his first five races. Brook Watts has also shown he is in good form with one win, two seconds and a third to start his season.

National Track Racing Calendar 2007 Standings
Men's Endurance
1st Colby Pearce
3rd Kenny Williams
4th Ryan Luttrell
7th Kevin Suhr
Women's Sprints
2nd Cari Higgins

For more info and schedules click here: CodyRacingTeam.com

STAR-CROSSED RECAP

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The cyclocross season is officially open! Seattle’s Star-Crossed event started the season with a bang last Saturday (September 22) night and it was a huge success. According to Steve Westover, Starcrossed PR guy, there were over 2,000 spectators (and that’s just those who paid) lining the top of Marymoor velodrome (or hanging out in the beer garden) and over 500 racers took part. Only in Seattle do that many people came out and pay to watch a cyclocross race! Of course it helps that the event is held under the lights and has a beer garden – there were even waffles this year – just like Belgium, and I have to say those waffles were mighty tasty. This year’s Star-Crossed was also blessed with great weather and a stellar pro field, including teammates Barry Wicks, Ryan Trebon, Geoff Kabush, Ben Jacque-Maynes and Swiss rider Christian Huele, who is currently 5th in the UCI rankings. Check out race report on Neil Brown’s (of ROAD magazine) blog.

We had the pleasure of hosting Neil for the second time in two weeks. Neil was up in the Seattle area just a couple of weeks ago to ride with the Raleigh group in the local MS Ride. It was great to have him back in the “Northwet” again as the weather always seems to be great when he comes up – “what rain?” Neil was not only reporting on the event, he rode the Category 3 race and did great! Steve Westover had asked us to provide him with a bicycle and clothing kit and we were only too happy to oblige. We set him up with a 2007 Rx 1.0 (Thanks Brian for letting us use your bike!) and we tricked it out a little with a little help from Shimano, FSA, TRP, and Mavic. A big shout out and thanks to Dave, Chad, Matt, Ric, Lance, and Larry – you guys rock! Shimano Dura Ace shifters and derailleurs, FSA handlebar, stem, seat post and crank, TRP euro style cantilever brakes and a set of Mavic Ksyrium SL wheels – pretty trick! The good news – the bike performed flawlessly and Neil liked it. If you are going to be in the Seattle area in September 2008 be sure to check out the dates for next year’s Star-Crossed and have a beer and waffle as you cheer on some of the best cyclocross racers in the world.

Neil doing his best Euro team pose.

RX 1.0 - dialed for the race.
Neil hopping the barrier.

Neil getting loud post race.

Enjoy.

BRAD LEWIS MEMORIAL CRITERIUM - THIS WEEKEND!

"He was a teammate, but more importantly he was a friend..."

This Easter Sunday, April 8th, will mark the 1st Annual Brad Lewis Memorial Criterium at Boat Street in Seattle. Last year Brad's life was taken suddenly--and all too soon--by an apparent heart attack on April 9th while he was racing in the Boat Street Criterium (now the Brad Lewis Memorial Criterium). Brad raced for our sponsored Recycled Cycles Race Team and was a fellow Raleigh employee before moving onto FSA. He will be celebrated by all racers and attendies at Sunday's Criterium - so come on down to Boat Street for a celebration/remembrance of Brad's spirit and a day full of top notch Northwest racing.

For a schedule click here.

For directions click here.

THIS SUNDAY APRIL 8TH, 2007 - HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!