3 Kiwis and 1 Canadian

Roman, Mike, Taylor and I are currently drinking lots of bottles in preparation for our first race this weekend in St. Louis, Missouri later this afternoon. The forecast is for high temperatures of 95 degrees and humidities that we are far from what we are used to. Tonight's regular criterium event will feature some of the top teams in the county as many riders have arrived one day early in preparation for Sunday's 130km NRC kremese. This evening will conclude with a two-up sprint competition along the main straightaway which should be very exciting as the route travels along the local bar strip; we will see how we go in the criterium before deciding to compete in the sprint competition.

The guys have started to blog the trip for Road Cycling New Zealand while I am have also started my own blog. We will be combining our pictures and thoughts for updates throughout the next two weeks of racing so be sure to check out the Rubicon-Orbea homepage or either of the blogs for information.

http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/TeamTalk/insights-from-the-kiwis-racing-in-american.html

http://cyclinginatoque.blogspot.com/

Our current schedule:

June 12-13: Tour de Grove: St. Louis
June 15-20: Nature Valley Grand Prix: St.Paul / Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 21-27: Tour of America's Dairyland
July 28-July 1: Travel to Portland

Hope you are all having a great time riding your bikes. The team is pretty stoked to get out of the car and rip it up. Time to giver skidoo in the big ring!

Ben Chaddock