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accountability...

2012-05-24T08:21:00Z

9 Year Old's Lunch Blog Shames School System into Making Changes
http://grist.org/

Brazil and Cycle Chicness

2012-05-24T06:32:00Z

We're abuzz with Cycle Chic activity this year. It's off the charts. I'm particularly looking...

For the full photographic glory and the rest of the text, you know where to go. The Original Cycle Chic awaits.

Canaan Mtn BIke Festival

2012-05-23T22:25:00Z

saw this flyer for the Canaan MTB Festival on Sue Haywood's blog

http://susanhaywood.blogspot.com/

his hair is not like mine... well... the few hairs that remain

2012-05-23T21:51:00Z

a nice story with a photo to assist in telling the tale
Obama meets two young boys
each with a very different question
www.nytimes.com

stolen steamroller... put a lock on it

2012-05-23T20:30:00Z

someone stole Larry's bike today...
if you see it
if someone offers to sell it to ya
if you stole it

get it back to larry

Crowds welcome The Halfords Tour Series to Oxford centre

2012-05-23T17:00:27Z

Scott Thwaites leads Endura Racing to hattrick of wins to extend Series lead

Endura Racing made it three from three as The Halfords Tour Series made its first ever visit to Oxford, with thousands of spectators turning out to welcome Britain’s leading televised cycle race Series to the heart of the city on a warm Summer evening.

Scott Thwaites added victory on the St Giles circuit to his win in the opening round of the 2012 Series seven days previously in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

The double victory for Endura, who took both team and individual prizes, had looked against the odds, as Team UK Youth, under the watchful gaze of Team President and Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell packed the front group with four riders and again placed three in the top ten.

Endura though endeavoured to be in every move around the Oxford group, also putting three riders into the front group of fourteen that escaped midway through the race to contest the honours. With Thwaites placing third and Dean Windsor and Jonny McEvoy following it up with third and fifth respectively the team prize was once again heading to the Scottish team, who now have a seven point lead over defending champions Rapha Condor Sharp.

With warmth and sunshine finally arriving at the 2012 Halfords Tour Series, the heat and high-speeds around the Oxford course that combined technical slow turns with two long flat our blasts up and down St Giles took their toll on the legs, causing numerous splits from a peloton that was strung out from early on.

Windsor joined Marcel Six in the first meaningful attack of the evening to stick, as the Metaltek Scott rider began his hunt for Boardman Bikes Sprint points, and both were in the eventual group of just over a dozen that went clear.

Numerically Team UK Youth and Endura Racing had the advantage, but with Rapha Condor Sharp’s Ed Clancy seemingly perfectly suited to a course that echoed the Southport drag strip where he won in 2009 it looked like a win could be on the cards for the Team Great Britain rider.

Instead it was Thwaites and Six who duked it out in the final drag for the line from the last hairpin, with Windsor and Chris Opie in attendance, with the latter initially complaining he had been blocked in the sprint.

Victory though again fell to Thwaites, just edging Six who turned in an impressive evening’s work in both the overall and Boardman Bikes Sprints competition.

“We had three riders [in the leading pack] which was enough,” said Scott Thwaites afterwards. “Sometimes when you have more people expect you to ride harder so we were comfortable with that and kept the pressure on. We wanted to make sure the pack didn’t catch up.

“Dean and Jonny were riding so hard, I was maybe struggling a bit out of the dead turns, I don’t quite have the zip I had last year but it’s coming. I think I am a lot stronger than I’ve ever been but I am lacking that top two percent. With a sprint like this, quite a long sprint and into a head-wind, my strength came through.”

The win keeps Endura Racing top with maximum points from three rounds, behind the battle for second tightened up with Rapha Condor Sharp, Team Raleigh – GAC, Team UK Youth and Node4 – Giordana Racing all split by just two points with eight rounds still to run.

In the Boardman Bikes Sprints competition Marcel Six bounced back from a poor showing in Durham to take a clean sweep of all three ‘hot spot’ sprints. That wasn’t enough though to retake the yellow Boardman Bikes jersey, which instead went to Team Raleigh – GAC’s Bernard Sulzberger, who has a healthy seven point lead.

“It was very tough tonight because of the hairpins. I was a bit worried because Marcel got the first sprint so I had to be up there for the next few. It was very tight, I think I only managed to win it by one point,” said Sulzberger afterwards.

“It’s good to get the jersey for the team. We’ve got Thursday and Friday to come so I am going to try my best and keep the jersey.”

Prior to the action in Round Three, Oxford University had taken on Cambridge University in a special varsity Tour Series race around the St Giles circuit.

There wasn’t to be a home victory however, with Wojciech Szlachta taking an impressive individual win, helping the light blues of Cambridge to victory in an event that is hoped will become an annual fixture of The Halfords Tour Series.

The Halfords Tour Series, Round Three, Oxford, Provisional Results

Round Three Individual Result

Scott Thwaites, Endura Racing
Marcel Six, Metaltek Scott
Dean Windsor, Endura Racing
Chris Opie, Team UK Youth
Jonny McEvoy, Endura Racing
Mike Northey, Node4 – Giordana Racing
James McCallum, Rapha Condor Sharp
James Stewart, Team UK Youth
Niklas Gustavsson, Team UK Youth
Bernard Sulzberger, Team Raleigh – GAC

Round Three Team Result

Endura Racing
Team UK Youth
Rapha Condor Sharp
Node4 – Giordana Racing
Team Raleigh – GAC
Metaltek Scott
Herbalife LeisureLakesBikes
Team IG – Sigma Sport
Team Hope Factory Racing
Cycle Premier – Kovert

Overall Team Standings, post-Round Three

Endura Racing, 30pts
Rapha Condor Sharp, 23pts
Team UK Youth, 22pts
Team Raleigh – GAC, 22pts
Node4 – Giordana Racing 21pts
Team IG – Sigma Sport, 12pts
Cycle Premier – Kovert, 11pts
Metaltek Scott, 11pts
Team Hope Factory Racing, 7pts
Herbalife LeisureLakesBikes, 10pts

Boardman Bikes Sprints winner Oxford: Marcel Six (Metaltek Scott)

Boardman Bikes Sprints standings, post-Round Three

Bernard Sulzberger, Team Raleigh – GAC, 32pts
Marcel Six, Metaltek Scott, 25pts
Kristian House, Rapha Condor Sharp, 21pts

Highlights of Round Three from Oxford will be shown on ITV4 at 20:00 on Wednesday 23^rd May. Round Four of the Series on Thursday 24^th May will be a first visit to Redditch in Worcestershire, home to Series sponsors Halfords.

The Halfords Tour Series is a sister event to The Tour of Britain, the UK’s biggest professional cycle race, which takes place every September. To take on the challenge of riding a Tour of Britain route in a Tour Ride, head to www.tourride.co.uk to find our more and to register for your challenge!

Veteran Racers Rise to the Top on ‘Old School’ XCO Course at La Bresse

2012-05-23T16:00:22Z

Challenging track and weather conditions made for exciting XCO races for the first of two stops in France at the 2012 RockyRoads.net UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano in La Bresse, France.

Julien Absalon (Orbea, FRA) took the hometown win for the Men’s Elite in front of the biggest crowds of the season. World Champion and 2011 World Cup Champion Jaroslav Kulhavy (Specialized, CZE) moved up after a poor start to claim 2nd and Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida, SUI) took 3rd in his quest for an Olympic spot on the Swiss team. Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower, SUI), who did not race because of illness, is still the 2012 World Cup leader, with 700 points.

U.S racers finishing in the Top 50 included Jeremiah Bishop (Cannondale Factory Racing) at 27th, Samuel Schultz (Subaru-Trek) at 34th, Stephen Ettinger (BMC Mountainbike Team) at 36th, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Subaru-Trek) at 47th and Todd Wells (Specialized) at 50th.

Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Multivan Merida, NOR) won the Women’s Elite and earned the 27th World Cup win of her career — her first since 2008. Crashes kept the racers on their toes and waylaid Katerina Nash (Luna, CZE), World Champion Catharine Pendrel (Luna, CAN), and World Cup leader Julie Bresset (BH-SR Suntour-Peisey Vallandry, FRA) but the medal standings shook out with Nash taking 2nd, Bresset taking 3rd and Pendrel finishing 4th.

Two American racers earned top 20 finishes; Georgia Gould (Luna Pro Team) finished 6th and Lea Davison (Specialized Racing) finished 16th.

Racers took over the streets in the village of La Bresse for the final cross country eliminator (XCE) event of the 2012 World Cup season. Swiss Patrick Lüthi won the Men’s Elite and Jenny Rissveds won the Women’s Elite for Sweden. U.S. racers Brian Lopes (Ibis) finished third for the Men’s and Chloe Woodruff (Race Club 11) finished 10th for the Women’s.

Cross country and downhill events will return to the U.S. June 28 – July 1 at Windham, N.Y. Windham is the eighth stop on a tour that also visits Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; Houffalize, Belgium; Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic; Val di Sole, Italy; Fort William, Great Britain; Mt. Sainte-Anne, Canada; Val d’Isere, France; and Hafjell, Norway.

For more information or to volunteer, visit www.racewindham.com.

2012 Giro d’ Italia: Stage 17 Results

2012-05-23T15:25:25Z

Another stage win and another day in the maglia rosa for Spain’s Joaquin Rodriquez in the 2012 Giro d’Italia.

Wednesday’s 17th stage of the 2012 Giro ran 186 kilometers from Falzes to Cortina d’Ampezzo, and featured five climbs, including the fearsome Cat.1 Passo Giau, before finishing at the fashionable ski resort after a long, technical downhill.

The day starts with Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) leading Canadian Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin) by 30 seconds at the top. Ivan Basso (Liquigas) is third at 1:22 ahead of Astana pair Paolo Tiralongo and Roman Kreuziger – at 1:26 and 1:27. Defending champion Michele Scarponi (Lampre) has been quiet but lurks in sixth at 1:36.

Italian Matteo Rabottini of the Farnese Vini team still holds the blue mountains jersey after his exploits in stage 15; Britian’s Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) proudly wears the red jersey and pledges to continue on towards Milan while another Sky rider, Colombian youngster Sergio Henao, is in the white jersey as best young rider.

44 km in, the break of the day forms. Branislau Samoilau (Movistar), Matteo Rabottini (Farnese Vini), Kevin Seeldraeyers (Astana), Jose Serpa (Androni Giocattoli) and Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r-La Mondiale) open up 35 seconds on the peloton.

Within 17 km, the break has opened a gap of 4’20″. As the break makes its way up the Cat.2 Passo di Valparola, Samoilau leads the quintet up the climb. The gap briefly approached six minutes at the base of the climb, but the peloton ratchets up the pace and brings the gap back down to 4’17″ by the time they reach the summit.

With seven Euskaltel riders pulling the peloton along , the gap comes down to 3’40″ in advance of the Category 1 Passo Duran. The gap dwindles to 2’40″.

As Liquigas moves to the front of the peloton to take up the chase, the gap continues to fall, now to 1’50″. Euskaltel’s Mikel Nieve and Amets Txurruka make an attack. Txurruka falls back as Nieve powers ahead.

Nieve’s move looks to be holding as he pulls away from the peloton and edges closer to the break.

Indeed, Nieve catches some of the break, but Kevin Seeldraeyers has attacked the break and leads by 36 on the approach to the Category 2 Forcella Staulanza.

Nieve’s trio briefly catches Seeldraeyers before he once again surges to grab some points at the intermediate sprint at Zoldo Alto.

With about 40km remaining, Seeldraeyers continues to steam ahead as the rest of the break has decided to sit up and wait for the peloton. Liquigas, Lampre, Garmin, Astana, Katusha and Sky lead the largest chasing group.

Over the top of the Forcella Staulanza it’s Failli, followed by Caruso and Capecchi. Liquigas is working their way down the descent, doing their best to position and protect team leader Ivan Basso.

The group at the front continues to dwindle on the Passo Giau ascent. Capecchi was setting the pace for Basso while Hesjedal, Henao and Pozzovivo were staying close. With 25km to go, the lead was Basso, Scarponi, Hesjedal, Rodriguez, Pozzovivi and Uran.

Hesjedal makes an attack, but is quickly marked by Basso. As they near the summit, it was Scarponi leading Hesjedal, Rodriguez, Pozzovivo, Basso and Uran.

An attack from Pozzovivo shreds the lead group a little more as Uran falls off the pace.

Over the summit, it’s Hesjedal leading the descent, while Uran and Scarponi try to chase back on. Pink jersey Rodriguez and Basso chase just behind.

With 11km to go, Rodriguez has made his way up to Hesjedal, while Basso and Pozzovivo continue to chase. Scarponi looks to have pulled up a bit and allows Uran to go by.

You wouldn’t know it from the course profile, but there is actually a small climb into Pocol before the final descent into Cortina d’Ampezzo. The four leaders are back together. Basso drives the pace, with Hesjedal, Rodriguez and Pozzovivo sitting on his wheel. Scarponi was another 10 seconds back after suffering with cramp, while Gadret and Nieve are riding 1:20 back, ahead of a larger chasing group that included Cunego.

Uran catches the lead group as Scarponi continues to claw his way back.

With just 3km to go, Hesjedahl has moved to the front. With no time bonuses on the line, Basso probably figures that who crosses first won’t make a big difference. Scarponi had re-connected.

Okay, I was wrong. Basso attacks. It doesn’t last though. Everyone is watching each other quite carefully.

Scarponi opens the sprint in the final meters, but its Rodriguez for the win with Basso second and Hesjedal third.

Stage 17 Brief Results:

Joaquim Rodriquez (KAT)
Ivan Basso (LIQ)
Ryder Hesjedal (GAR)
Rigoberto Uran (SKY)
Michele Scarponi (LAM)
Domenico Pozzovivo (COL)

General Classification After Stage 17

Joaquim Rodriquez (KAT)
Ryder Hesjedal (GAR)
Ivan Basso (LIQ)

New leaders in Pro GRT men’s and women’s standings

2012-05-23T14:00:37Z

The USA Cycling Professional Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) rolled into its second of six events, the Eastern States Cup-Mountain Creek, in Mountain Creek, N.J. on Sunday. The riders dueled on course and now there are new leaders of the men’s and women’s standings.

MEN
Aaron Gwin (Temecula, Calif./Trek World Racing) assumed the lead on the Pro GRT men’s standings after winning Sunday’s contest in Mountain Creek, N.J. Gwin registered a time of 2:10.09, four seconds faster than Justin Leov (NZL/Trek World Racing). Gwin now holds a 40-point cushion on second-place Steve Smith (CAN/Devinci Global Racing). Leov is in third place, 18 points behind Smith. There is a two-rider tie for fourth place asMick Hannah (South Fork, Colo./Hutchinson United Ride) andPhil Kmetz (Keene, N.H./Von Cooper) each have 30 points, 12 fewer than Leov. Kmetz placed third Sunday, nearly eight seconds behind Gwin.

WOMEN
The Pro GRT women’s standings are jammed as only 38 points separate the top six riders after two events. After winning on Sunday, Lauren Daney (Stafford, Va./DRD Intense) holds an eight-point cushion on the previous leader, Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash./Team Norco International). Miranda Miller (CAN/SantaCruz-SRAM) and Elinor Wesner (ISR/Fastline Racing) each have 40 points to tie for third place, after each recorded a second-place finish in the first two events. Similarly, Holly Feniak (CAN/GoPro-Cove-Shimano) and Katelyn Parhiala (Arlington, Mass.) are deadlocked for fifth place with 30 points apiece.

Full results from the Eastern States Cup-Mountain Creek.

USA Cycling Pro GRT Standings:

Men
1. Aaron Gwin (Temecula, Calif./Trek World Racing) — 100
2. Steve Smith (Nanimo, CAN/Devinci Global Racing) — 60
3. Justin Leov (NZL/Trek World Racing) — 42
4. Mick Hannah (South Fork, Colo./Hutchinson United Ride) — 30
4. Phil Kmetz (Keene, N.H./Von Cooper) — 30

Women
1. Lauren Daney (Stafford, Va./DRD Intense) — 68
2. Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash./Team Norco International) — 60
3. Miranda Miller (CAN/Santa Cruz-SRAM) — 40
3. Elinor Wesner (ISR/Fastline Racing) — 40
5. Holly Feniak (Sechelt, CAN/GoPro-Cove-Shimano) — 30
5. Katelyn Parhiala (Arlington, Mass.) — 30

For complete standings, visit the Pro GRT’s official webpage at usacycling.org/progrt.

The Pro GRT stays in the northeast next week as riders are slated to contest the Eastern States Cup – Plattekill in Roxbury, N.Y. on May 27.

Lezyne Metal Patch Kit – 35% Off!

2012-05-23T14:00:21Z

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Injured Tory Nyhaug to miss UCI World Championships

2012-05-23T13:00:22Z

Canadian BMX rider Tory Nyhaug of Coquitlam, BC sustained injuries in the men’s final Supercross two weeks ago, in Papendal, Netherlands, while competing at the UCI BMX Supercross race of the 2012 season.

As a result of the injuries, Nyhaug has-been withdrawn from the Canadian entry for the upcoming UCI World Championships to be held in Birmingham, Great Britain.

“Tory is a determined and resilient athlete. He is an athlete who has been identified for a medal at the 2016 Olympics, but if the opportunity presents itself and that Tory is ready for the London Olympics, this summer, there is no doubt that Tory’s family, his medical team and his coaching staff will work together to ensure that he participates in the Games, ” said Jacques Landry, director of high performance at the Canadian Cycling Association.

The accident occurred on the third lap of the track at Olympic Training Center BMX Papendal. Nyhaug suffered a ruptured spleen and was hospitalized. He has been kept in hospital for observation and constant medical care.

my younger son Grant

2012-05-23T09:36:00Z

pausing in front of the National Zoo on our ride home from school on the bike

we do not ride the bikes every day

should have brought the bikes today

but sometimes it is hard enough just getting the kids out the door

Grant is AWESOME!

Grant is a good kid!

I am proud to be Grant's Dad!

the keys are a tell tale sign of the dog walker

2012-05-23T09:34:00Z

juan

2012-05-23T09:33:00Z

juan walking the dogs...

not the shot I wanted
snapped a few shots
somehow the images got corrupted on the card

cycling in style... fashion is function and function can be fashion

2012-05-23T09:30:00Z

Momentum Magazine has a piece about Cycling in Style
Cycling in Style Summer 2011 Profiles
http://momentummag.com

http://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/search?q=brewer

http://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/search?q=momentum

that is a shot of a man rolling up to the Capital Bike Share launch a few years back

dogs... dog owners... and dog walkers

2012-05-23T09:23:00Z

an interesting photo essay would be DOGS...

dogs area as interesting to me as bikes

sadly... I lack the time to devote to my bike blog to devote any time to keeping a dog-dog walker blog

but

it is tempting

I really should have gotten lower

a dog's eye view face to face with the owner in the background is how I would like to capture the dogs

so close that there is hot breath on the lens

my older son Dean... on his bike getting ready to ride home from school

2012-05-23T09:16:00Z

good kid that Dean

I am proud to be his father

nice commercial...

2012-05-23T09:15:00Z

a very simple idea that I played with but never followed up on
but still see worth repeating

I am a Cyclist
www.youtube.com

SOME GREAT RANDOMNESS ON THE GWADZILLA PAGE PERTAINING TO PSAs
http://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/search?q=PSA

Andreu Lacondeguy wins the Red Bull Berg Line

2012-05-23T12:00:52Z

Andreu Lacondeguy from Barcelona took home the victory at the Red Bull Berg Line in Winterberg, Germany. In a neck-and-neck final he showed the most spectacular and clean tricks within anextraordinary high level rider line up. Have a look at the youtube web clip with an interview of Andreu and the biggest tricks of the competition: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=6lQWxyisi8U

Thousands of spectators came to the Red Bull Berg Line Event in Winterberg to root for the strong and encouraging rider line up on the extremely demanding slopestyle. When Andreu Lacondeguy heard that the course offers some of the biggest jumps ever, it was clear that he had to participate at the Red Bull Berg Line. Andreu is well known for his passion to massive jumps. His unique and big airtime-orientated style landed him in first place. It was his second run that catapulted him all the way to the top. He started with a x-up at the 7 meter drop, double backflip 12 meter dirt jump, followed by a 360-flatspin, into another 360 onto the step up, backflip at the step down, tailwhip over boner log and a table top at the quarter. With a run like that, the top of the podium was well deserved and the judges had no doubt scoring him with the highest points of the day. His double backflip brought him also 1^st place for the best trick. But instead of taking the victory for himself he decided to catch Sam Reynolds (who did the same trick), pulled him up to the podium and shared the award with him.

Andreu’s Statement: “I heard about the Red Bull Berg Line comp and that the jumps will be huge! That’s exactly my thing! I loved the course and really wanted to win. I crashed in my first final run and Reynolds set the benchmark real high, so I had to go for it in my second run. I said to myself: ‘double or nothing’! And it worked out! I am happy also for my German bike sponsor YT Industries. It was my first big win on the new bike at the biggest German freeride event and they saw me winning!”

Andreu has been quite busy in the last weeks since his season started with two film shootings that will be released in the next few months. This week the Catalan flies to Utah to film for the new Freeride Entertainment movie called „Where the trail ends“.

Be wound up to see Andreu soon back at the next contests, whether it will be Les Deux Alpes, Whistler or Rampage – Andreu is on fire for 2012!

In order to enjoy again Andreu’s top performance at the Red Bull Berg Line, especially his double backflip, go on redbull.tv’s page and watch the replay of the live webcast: http://live.redbull.tv/events/ 54/red-bull-berg-line-2012/

Full final results:

NAME

NAT

AGE

TEAM

SCORE

1st

Andreu Lacondeguy

ESP

YT INDUSTRIES

95.00

2nd

Sam Reynolds

GBR

POLYGON

94.00

3rd

Sam Pilgrim

GBR

NS BIKES

92.33

4th

Anthony Messere

CAN

MORPHEUS CYCLES

91.67

5th

Thomas Genon

BEL

UMF VELO TEAM

90.67

6th

Mitch Chubey

CAN

MORPHEUS CYCLES

90.33

7th

Peter Henke

GER

SCOTT

81.00

8th

Darren Berrecloth

CAN

SPECIALIZED

75.33

9th

Brett Rheeder

CAN

TREK

73.00

10th

Linus Sjöholm

SWE

YT INDUSTRIES

27.33

11th

Yannick Granieri

FRA

POLYGON

25.33

12th

Cameron McCaul

USA

TREK

0.00

Stay in touch with Andreu on his official facebook fanpage: www.facebook.com/ AndreuLacondeguyOfficialFanpag e

Sam Bewley Joins Orica-GreenEDGE

2012-05-23T11:00:56Z

New Zealand’s Sam Bewley has joined Orica-GreenEDGE upon the departure of Australian icon, Robbie McEwen. Bewley, 24, will represent New Zealand in the team pursuit in the 2012 London Olympics before switching his focus 100% to a road career. He raced for two years with RadioShack and spent the first half of this season with Pure Black Racing.

“I’m excited to be part of an Australian team,” said Bewley. “I’m not Australian of course, but New Zealand and Australia are pretty united when it comes to sport unless we’re competing against one another. Even then, it’s a friendly rivalry. I’m really happy to be part of a team from the Southern Hemisphere that’s racing in Europe.”

Bewley makes his debut with the team at Bayern Rundfahrt in Germany on May 23, 2012. He returns to the track in the build-up to the Olympics before rejoining the team for additional road racing in the fall.

“We weren’t able to sign Sam until Robbie retired because we were maxed out on numbers,” explained Sports Director Matt White. “This ended up working out well for both Sam and the team because of Sam’s track schedule. He has a lot of potential on the road when he’s able to fully concentrate on road racing, and we’re looking forward to helping him develop his complete potential. We’ve signed him for this and the next season, and while we won’t see him much this year, he’ll be with us full-time on the road in 2013.”

Bewley calls a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2008 Beijing Olympics his career highlight.

“Most of my highlights are on the track as that’s where I have put my energy,” Bewley said. “The Olympic medal in Beijing stands out the most. I haven’t gotten a real highlight on the road yet, but I’m happy to join a team where I think that’s a real possibility ”

Without much road racing in his legs, Bewley expects Bayern Rundfahrt to be a personal challenge.

“It’s going to be a shock to the system racing at this level,” he said. “I’m here to get some racing in my legs and make a good impression to my new teammates and staff. I’ll work as hard as I can for the team. We have some strong riders here on the hunt for stage wins. I’ll support their goals wherever I can.”