Chasing the Green Jersey: May 2011

Monday, May 9, 2011

Amgen Tour of California ~ Pre Race Warm Up

Cynergy Cycles hosted the HTC Highroad Team Presentations for the Amgen Tour of California. All proceeds for the event benifited The Right to Play Organization. It was the perfect Pre Tour warm up. We had the wonderful opportunity to meet the riders and team managers.

Bernard Eisel

Brian Holm

Rolf Aldag

Sergio Hernandez

Martin & Peter Velits

Phil Keoghan - Master of Ceremonies

Loren in front of the Team Bus

About Me

One of the most asked questions: How is a mom, a college professor, and a woman who has only owned a Huffy from Kmart so into cycling? My two daughters have been riding and racing for over 10 years as well as my brother in law. The kids, including our son, took up the sport as an off season cross training for speed skating. Yes, there is speed skating in southern California. We found ourselves shuttling the kids between skating rinks and velodromes for training everyday of the week. So when the kids were asked to choose one sport, cycling won. Our son lost interest in both focusing in art and computers. The girls continued and were able to go to college on cycling scholarships competing nationally, winning collegiate titles on the track and road. All this happened about the time Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France. I remember watching the Tour de France for the first time and being confused how the race worked. Since watching it for the first time I’ve become a bit of a fanatic. I'm not an expert by any means, but I've probably been to more races than anyone can count. From local criteriums to Friday night races at the Encino velodrome -- from Junior track State Championships to Collegiate Track Nationals -- not to mention every San Francisco Grand Prix and AmgenTour of California . In high school my son did become interested in a different form of cycling, BMX. He also became interested in film, so I bought him a video camera which he used to film and edit many of his own BMX videos. The video camera became a great investment because he is now a 3D Motion graphics designer for Fox Head Inc.