Farewell To Redlands

After 4 days of tough racing the "A Team" said farewell to Redlands and our wonderful host families, Carol and Dick Gentilli and Laurel and Andrew Haglund. Most of the team is heading home for a few weeks to rest and train before returning to California for the Sea Otter Bicycle Classic.

I couldn't have been more happy to see the team ralley on the tough and final stage, The Sunset Road Race...it's a race of attrition that can take down some of the best riders but our team seemed to have one of it's best days which to me shows a lot of character.

I want to give a big thanks to our staff, Jon Husk and Carrie Edwards, who made my job a heck of a lot easier as well as Gus Gomez who just jumped in and did whatever he could to help out the team and staff. Also, thank-you to Barbara Dowd, who came all the way out from Athens, GA to support the team and take photos all week.