Some of these photos may be a double-post but they are from our first school visit to the St. Andrew's School in Nassau during the Tour of the Bahamas.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
SIRV
In addition to just racing our bikes this year, Chemstar p/b UHC is also participating in a number of community outreach programs to try to give back a little while racing our bikes. The community outreach branch of our team is known as SIRV-which stands for Supporting Integrity and Responsibility in Velosport. We're starting by promoting cycling and health with over 40 visits this year to various schools, with a a focus on under-served communities. We're also running a helmet donation program and running several larger events at some bigger races. In the future, we hope this program grows along with our team, and that we can make an impact as we travel to other countries to race. It'd be great if everyone with a facebook account could look up SIRV on facebook to stay up to date with what we're doing, and go to Chemstarcycling.com and click on the link to SIRV as the website gets up and running.
Some of these photos may be a double-post but they are from our first school visit to the St. Andrew's School in Nassau during the Tour of the Bahamas.
Some of these photos may be a double-post but they are from our first school visit to the St. Andrew's School in Nassau during the Tour of the Bahamas.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Heading South
Team Chemstar might be a brand new team, but at the beginning of March, we will start our first UCI International stage race at the Rutas de America in Uruguay. I'm really excited to be on the roster for this race, and to visit South America for the first time in my life. It looks to be a tough race with Pro-Continental teams from Europe attending as well as the top South America competition. It's a true Pro stage race held over 6 days. Myself, Shane Braley, David Guttenplan, Curtis Winsor and Coulton Hartrich will all be representing Chemstar presented by United Healthcare. So Maconites, if you see me flying down the road glued to the bumper of a car or scooter, you know why.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
roll out
Team Chemstar rolled out the season at Tour of the Bahamas not too long ago. No spectacular results form yours truly but great training and some time in the sunshine. We also did a school visit as part of our community outreach program, something I'm really excited about this year. Overall we had an amazing time and I'm really excited about the coming season. At the moment I'm just building fitness and looking towards San Dimas, Redlands and Battenkill after a few more local races. Please check out chemstarcycling.com and look for us on facebook to see what we're up to this year.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
2011
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I'm very excited to be a member of the new Chemstar presented by United Healthcare Pro Development team in 2011. I got in touch with team manager Todd Hancock late last year and he has done nothing but impress me throughout all our contact. The team is a mix of young riders and older guys who have a lot of experience to pass down. We have a great mix of sponsors, great staff and quality riders, so we are all looking forward to a big year in 2011.
Aside from that, I have just been training, although a bit of sickness and this weather is making things tough again. I think we all miss the winters of 50 and 60 degree temperatures or even getting those wonderful weeks of short-sleeve weather. Unfortunately, there's nothing to be done but bundle up and put in the miles.
I'm very excited to be a member of the new Chemstar presented by United Healthcare Pro Development team in 2011. I got in touch with team manager Todd Hancock late last year and he has done nothing but impress me throughout all our contact. The team is a mix of young riders and older guys who have a lot of experience to pass down. We have a great mix of sponsors, great staff and quality riders, so we are all looking forward to a big year in 2011.
Aside from that, I have just been training, although a bit of sickness and this weather is making things tough again. I think we all miss the winters of 50 and 60 degree temperatures or even getting those wonderful weeks of short-sleeve weather. Unfortunately, there's nothing to be done but bundle up and put in the miles.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Tour of Southland
The tour of southland was a great race and a really great trip. I'll spare you too many racing details because those can get boring, but I'll give you a quick run down: I personally didn't race great, just lack of form, had a bit of a crash as well. The Jackson Plumbing team road amazing however, with all of us supporting Mike on his way to 5th place with Sergio just behind in 7th (I would bet on Serge winning the 1st hilltop finish next year as he flew up it this year after getting caught in a crash near the bottom). Cody also had some good stage results in the sprints.
What really made the race special was the beautiful scenery of New Zealand, and more importantly, the people. The team gelled really well for a composite team, and our staff were amazing. Thanks to Robert, our director, for organizing everything, and to Grame and Julie for their amazing support, and Derek for the masseuse work. And of course to Jackson Plumbing and Plumbing World for making it all happen. I've added some pictures so you can see a little of what made the trip special.
The school kids were out at the race all week supporting the riders. One of my favorite moments of the week was when Gordon McCauley led a couple hundred school kids in chants of "rouley sucks," (referring to rival and eventual race winner Hayden Roulston) and it was shown on National News that night. We even had a few of our own fans, two of which are shown here.
On the 200k double day we were lucky enough to have a hotel room for the few hours in between stages, making things much, much easier. Here's Cody showing some stage race living.
Me in Te Anau, at our hotel for the one night we spent out of Invercargill. It was more beautiful than words or pictures can do justice, and I hope to be back.
Another shot of Te Anau
Top of Crown Range, at the stage 4 finish.
What really made the race special was the beautiful scenery of New Zealand, and more importantly, the people. The team gelled really well for a composite team, and our staff were amazing. Thanks to Robert, our director, for organizing everything, and to Grame and Julie for their amazing support, and Derek for the masseuse work. And of course to Jackson Plumbing and Plumbing World for making it all happen. I've added some pictures so you can see a little of what made the trip special.
The school kids were out at the race all week supporting the riders. One of my favorite moments of the week was when Gordon McCauley led a couple hundred school kids in chants of "rouley sucks," (referring to rival and eventual race winner Hayden Roulston) and it was shown on National News that night. We even had a few of our own fans, two of which are shown here.
On the 200k double day we were lucky enough to have a hotel room for the few hours in between stages, making things much, much easier. Here's Cody showing some stage race living.
Me in Te Anau, at our hotel for the one night we spent out of Invercargill. It was more beautiful than words or pictures can do justice, and I hope to be back.
Another shot of Te Anau
Top of Crown Range, at the stage 4 finish.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
The Blog returns
Hey everyone,
For various reasons the blog has been on hiatus for quite awhile now. Here's my first post on the attempted comeback trail. It's fitting that this post comes from a different hemisphere and a race that blurs the lines of the 2010 and 2011 seasons-yep, that's right, I'm starting a stage tomorrow, the 1st of November. I'm in Invercargill, New Zealand for the Tour of Southland with the Jackson Plumbing composite team, made up of myself, Mike Olheiser, Cody Stevenson, Sergio Hernandez, Kevin Nicol and Lang Reynolds.
The race is 6 days and 9 stages starting with tomorrows TTT and 90k hill-top finish road race. Although the weather is nice at the moment the usual deciding factor of this tour is the wicked winds and rain, sleet or snow that can terrorize the peleton. I'm looking forward to a few of the hillier days and helping Mike for the GC. We've got a variety of international riders and the southern hemisphere's best talent, including a few protour riders like Hayden Roulston, Greg Henderson and Clinton Avery to contend with. More later,
Christian
For various reasons the blog has been on hiatus for quite awhile now. Here's my first post on the attempted comeback trail. It's fitting that this post comes from a different hemisphere and a race that blurs the lines of the 2010 and 2011 seasons-yep, that's right, I'm starting a stage tomorrow, the 1st of November. I'm in Invercargill, New Zealand for the Tour of Southland with the Jackson Plumbing composite team, made up of myself, Mike Olheiser, Cody Stevenson, Sergio Hernandez, Kevin Nicol and Lang Reynolds.
The race is 6 days and 9 stages starting with tomorrows TTT and 90k hill-top finish road race. Although the weather is nice at the moment the usual deciding factor of this tour is the wicked winds and rain, sleet or snow that can terrorize the peleton. I'm looking forward to a few of the hillier days and helping Mike for the GC. We've got a variety of international riders and the southern hemisphere's best talent, including a few protour riders like Hayden Roulston, Greg Henderson and Clinton Avery to contend with. More later,
Christian
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