Robert Winder

GBR 9 - 1 USA
See you in Beijing.

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New racer, Thomas, seen warming up at Cherry Pie before the Masters 123 race.

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 Over on the view from the quiver, Hernandez says:
In the end, his viewpoint is ~ “are you going to save the world by doing that?”
and mine is, “well, i’m not going to **** it up more, am i?”
and isn’t that the starting place?
Don’t we have to STOP ****ING IT UP MORE before we can even begin to […]

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After a month of worry I finally got some good news.
In February I discovered a lump in my testicle, during a routine self-inspection. After an ultrasound and a meeting with a urologist a few days later I was told that I didn’t have testicular cancer. That was the good news. The bad news was that […]

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I’ve never raced at Land Park before, so Saturdays fun was “interesting”.  After hearing all about the “old” circuit and the crash park moniker I was pleasantly surprised by the circuit with its two pointy bits stuck on top of the  rounded park loop - just like the Vanderkitten cat.
Head wind back straight tailwind finish.  […]

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I just talked with Regan Clark over at BMW San Francisco.  He told me that Christopher is returning home tomorrow (Tuesday) to recover back in Germany.  This is completely understandable to be amongst loved ones at this time.  I hope he makes a full and speedy recovery.
Anyway, I collected some items over the weekend, thanks […]

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Get a good warm up on Saturday and Sunday.  The forecast is rain showers on Saturday in Sac and cold, but dry on Sunday at Zamora.  Maybe bring some baby oil to polish up the legs and maybe even some warming oil to aid the joints, pre race.
That reminds me of the days of wintergreen […]

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Over on NorCal Cycling News, MH has made a very generous offer of his time to collect items from teams that may want to contribute to Christopher Knapp this weekend whilst he’s in the central valley.
I’ll do the same for the Land Park/Zamora folks.  If you’ve got a donation to make, leave a comment to […]

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We’re struggling with the news of Kristy Gough and Matt Peterson, their sad and untimely death is a reminder to us all of the struggles we face in our chosen sport.  It’s hard to get to sleep thinking of the traumatic events on Sunday on Stevens Creek Rd, and as the descriptions of what occurred […]

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Both Kristy & Matt were killed today on a training ride as a police car crossed double-yellow lines and crashed into them.
At the front of the W3/4 field at Foothills RR last weekend, Kristy was wearing the winners jersey from the crit the previous day (right side of the photo).  She won the road race […]

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