The Whole News
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11/30/09Whole Athlete coach, Meredith Miller (Cal Giant) rides to an impressive silver medal at the US Cyclocross National Championahip in icy Bend, Oregon. Way to go, Meredith!! |
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11/22/09Emil Gercke wins the Laramie Cyclocross Challenge. |
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11/20/09Shelley Olds (Proman Hit Squad) earms a silver medal in the points race at the Melbourne, Australia World Cup only a few short weeks after taking the bronze in the scratch race at the Manchester World Cup. The top step of the podium is not far away... |
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11/15/09John Bennett (Whole Athlete Cycling Team) takes second in the Collegiate Western Conference Championships MTB cross-country and 5th in the short track. |
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10/02/09Shelley Olds (Proman Hit Squad) has successfully defended her US National Scratch Race Title. Next stop: the World Track Cup Curcuit. Stay tuned! |
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09/20/09Travis Duro wins the Fremont Peak Hillclimb in the Masters category. When asked about his experience, Travis responded: "At 48 I feel I've achieved the best level of fitness in my life and this is the best finish I've ever had over almost 20 years of racing including triathlons." |
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09/20/09Will Curtis (Whole Athlete Cycling Team) wins the junior US Cup Final XC in San Dimas, CA. Teammate Will Patterson takes a strong 3rd place as well. |
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09/20/09Shelley Olds (US National Team) wins the sprint jersey competition, and takes 3rd on stage 5 in the women's Tour of Tuscany. |
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09/20/09Tony Smith (Whole Athlete Cycling Team) wins the junior Fremont Peak road hillclimb. |
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08/22/09Greg Anderson (Morgan Stanley-Team Spine) takes yet another win at the San Ardo Road Race in the Masters 35+ field. |
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08/09/09Will Curtis (Whole Athlete Cycling Team) wins the junior Cat 1 Howell Mountain Challenge. Teammate Davis Bentley takes 2nd place. |
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08/09/09Dario Fredrick (Whole Athlete Cycling Team) wins the Cat 1 Howell Mountain Challenge. |
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08/09/09Jo Ann Clark produces yet another podium finish in the TBF Tri for Real Series with a strong second place in her age group. |
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08/02/09Whole Athlete coach Meredith Miller (Team Tibco) is the newly crowned women's US National Road Race Champion. Congratulations, Meredith!! You deserve it. |
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08/02/09Nick Newcomb (Whole Athlete Cycling Team) wins the NorCal/Nevada District Road Race at Ft. Ord, becoming the junior 17/18 district champion. Teammate Riley Predum takes a strong second place. |
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08/02/09John Bennett (Whole Athlete Cycling Team) wins the Ft. Ord Road Race in the Cat 3 field. |
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07/19/09Whole Athlete founder and Cycling Team Director Dario Fredrick is the US National Mountain Bike Cross Country Champion, Cat 1 40-44. |
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07/12/09The Whole Athlete Cycling Team juniors takes the top two podium spots in both cross country categories, and in All-mountain first in sport and 4th overall junior at the Downieville Classic (Tony Smith & Nick Newcomb - Jr Expert; Alec Kassin & Bobby Zidek - Jr Sport; Max Houtegar - Sport & Will Patterson - Jr). |
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07/11/09Shelley Olds (US National Team) wins the field sprint for 2nd place on Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia Donne (women's Tour of Italy) in her first-ever participation in the event. |
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07/04/09Greg Anderson (Morgan Stanley) takes two wins in two days in the ever-challenging Leesville Gap Road Race and Davis Criterium against strong NorCal Masters 35+ fields. |
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06/21/09Shelley Olds (Proman Hit Squad) wins the Nevada City Classic Criterium with a dominant solo ride. |
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06/21/09John Bennett (Whole Athlete Cycling Team) wins the Nevada City Classic Criterium in the Cat 3 field with a last lap solo move. |
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06/14/09In preparation for competing in the women's Giro d'Italia in July, Shelley Olds (Proman Hit Squad) takes 2nd on GC, the sprinter's jersey, and multiple top-3 stage finishes at the Nature Valley Grand Prix Stage Race. |
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06/07/09Shelley Olds (Proman Hit Squad) wins two stages and the overall Tulsa Tough NRC Stage Race, then follows it up a week later with a strong 3rd place podium finish in the Liberty Classic NRC in Philadelphia. |
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06/07/09Whole Athlete Cycling Team Juniors (Will Curtis, Davis Bentley, Riley Predum) sweep the podium at the Tamarancho Invitational XC Race in Fairfax, CA. |
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05/10/09Will Curtis (Whole Athlete Cycling Team) wins the Berkeley Hills Road Race in the Junior 17/18 category. |
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05/10/09John Bennett (Whole Athlete Cycling Team) wins the Berkeley Hills Road Race in the Category 4 field. |
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05/02/09Davis Bentley (Whole Athlete Cycling Team) wins the junior MTB cross country race at the CCCX in Monterey, CA. |
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05/02/09Shelley Olds (Proman Hit Squad) wins the Cat's Hill Criterium in impressive style. |
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05/02/09Jo Ann Clark takes an impressive top-10 at the Wildflower Triathlon with 7th place in a huge women's 40-44 field. |
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4/18/09Marian Jamison wins the women's Cat 3 road race at the Sea Otter Classic. |
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4/05/09Whole Athlete juniors make an impressive showing at the NorCal High School League race #3 in Monterey, taking 3 out of the top 4 Varsity (John Bennett 1st, Will Curtis 2nd and Tony Smith 4th), 5 out of the top 11, #1 Sophomore (Roman Brockley), and two top-10s in junior varsity (Alec Kassin & Bobby Zidek). Next stop: Copperopolis Road Race and Sea Otter! |
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4/05/09Athena Kraus finishes on the podium with second place in the women's pro field at the Napa Valley Dirt Classic. |
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4/01/09Steven Cozza (Garmin/Slipstream) takes a strong 11th place in the final TT stage of the Three Days of De Panne. |
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3/29/09The Whole Athlete Cycling Team takes nine podium finishes at the Fontana Pro Cross Country Tour/US Cup MTB Races! |
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3/15/09Kim Ladd (Hopkins Honda/Code 3 Racing) kicks off her 2009 season with multiple placings, taking 4th at the Menlo Park Grand Prix, 3rd in the Crit at Madera Stage Race, and 2nd at the Madera Road Race. |
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2/22/09Steven Cozza (Garmin/Slipstream) has successfully completed the 2009 Tour of California. Playing an important domestique role, Steven helped teammate Tom Peterson win stage 2, giving everything to drive the breakaway with Peterson, through the cold, rain into Santa Cruz. Steven was also critical in working to protect and solidify Dave Zabriske's 2nd place overall finsh. Congratulations, Steven on an excellent race! Next stop: Paris-Nice and Milan-San Remo. Stay tuned... |
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2/15/09Christina Yglesias (Proman Hit Squad) wins the Davis Junior Criterium under the most challenging cold and wet conditions. |
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2/14/09Shelley Olds (Proman Hit Squad) takes her best world cup result yet, with an impressive 3rd place in the points race at the track World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark. Shelley's top-5 finsh automatically qualifies her for the USA World Championship team! |
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2/01/09Rachel Lloyd (Cal Giant/Specialized) takes a strong 11th place at the Cyclocross World Championships in Hoogerheide, Netherlands. Lloyd was the 2nd US finisher behind Katie Compton, who finished on the podium in 3rd. You can read Rachel's race report here. Congratulations, Rachel on an outstanding cyclocross season! |
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1/26/09Rachel Lloyd (Cal Giant/Specialized) takes her second top-10 finish in a World Cup in as many weeks with 5th place finish in the final round of the cyclocross World Cup series in Milano, Italy. After a strong 7th place finish at the challenging, muddy Roubaix World Cup last weekend, Rachel broke into the top-5 at Milan as she finalized her preparation for the Cross World Championships in Hoogerheide, Netherlands next Sunday. Stay tuned! |
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1/16/09Shelley Olds (Proman Racing) scored two top-10 finishes at the track World Cup in Beijing. Against the world's best, Shelley took 6th place in the points race, and 8th place in the scratch race. Only 10 days prior, Shelley showed her track prowess at the 6 days of Rotterdam with 2nd, 1st, 6th, & 2nd in the elimination races, as well as 7th overall in the madison with Dutch partner, Sissy van Alebek. |
