Planet Energy Tunes up for Tour of Missouri by Winning Chris Thater Memorial
Planet Energy Pro Cycling Team headed to Binghamton NY this weekend for the Chris Thater Memorial race and the final event of the NRC Series in the USA. It was an important goal for the team to race flat out cohesively and tune up for the Tour of Missouri beginning one week today.
Quebec Championships – getting ready for Tour of Missouri
It’s been a while since my last participation to the Quebec Championships. This season, I have decided to use the championships to help my preparation for the Tour of Missouri which the Team will participate to in less than 2 weeks. The individual time trial is the ultimate stage that will define the GC of the Tour. Therefore [...]
Elliot Lake Stage Race
With all of the team heading up to Quebec to take part in the last Mardis Lachine crit and do some intense training prior to the Tour of Missouri and me back at home in Ontario unable to attend due to some other commitments I headed North for the 2 day, 3 stage Elliot Lake [...]
A Win to End our Training Camp
Saturday was the last day of our team camp. After the final race at the Mardi Lachine, the whole team went to Bromont for an intensive 4 day training camp to be ready and top shape for the season final stretch (Tour of Missouri and Univest GP).
The Niagara Classic or the “Eff” as the Locals Like to Call it
The Planet Energy boys lined up Sunday to tackle the famous Saylors Hill in one of Canada’s true classic events which has character and history thicker than years old asphalt we raced on. On the line representing the squad was Randy Randell, Ryan “the bull” Roth, Andrew Huntinelli, Mark “I did chores this morning” Batty [...]
Good Friday Road Race – OCup #1
Team Planet Energy lined up for the 2009 edition of the Good Friday road race with just three guys: Andrew Randell, Buck Miller and myself. The plan was
UCI America Tour Ranking as per Feb 25 2009
The team is ranked in 3rd position after it’s first UCI race of the year.
On the UCI individual ranking:
20th – Francois Parisien
21st – Keven Lacombe
70th – Ryan Roth
103rd – Martin Gilbert
128th – Andre Randell
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Telmex Tour
Not six days after finishing the Vuelta Cuba we were off to Mexico to start the Telmex Tour. This was the early season and miles in the legs was the plan and that was just what we were going to get: the Telmex Tour was 8 days with most of the stages between 150 and [...]
1st Stage win Stage 1 Baracoa – Guantánamo by Keven (French version only)
Première étape au tour de Cuba, 150 kilomètres avec pluie et une montée 5 kilomètres après le départ.
Vuelta a Cuba TT by Francois (in French only)
Après six jours de course à essayer de sauver le plus d’énergie possible en vue du contre la montre, la septième étape du Tour de Cuba était enfin le temps pour moi de montrer ce que j’avais en tête depuis plusieurs semaines.
Training and Tunnels
Last time I wrote I was saying how getting out on the gravel roads was a great way to deal with the winter weather. Turns out I’m actually a bit of a wimp. On Tuesday I jumped in the car and drove about 13hrs down to Asheville, NC. Dan Timmerman from the team this [...]
The last 2 weeks
It’s time for a quick update from your not so favorite blogger. Over the last 2 weekends the boys of TRP and I have been busy. First up was the double race weekend of Chris Thater Memorial Crit, a fast hard hilly NRC in Binghamton, NY, and the last O-Cup road race of ‘08, which [...]
Rochester Omnium
Team R.A.C.E. Pro headed to Rochester this past weekend for the Rochester Omnium stage race. The race started out as a twilight criterium held over the last 5 years. (I think) t and this year it was expanded to include a short prologue-type TT and a 100mile point to point road race with 2 finishing [...]
Milwaukee Superweek 4 starts – 3 podiums
Stage 12, Cedarburg, WI. TRP started the week fast, and we don’t seem to be slowing down (other than Walters, he hit the deck on stage 13).
After Ryan’s strong win at the Holy Hill RR, we lined up the next day, stage 12, for a 115k (yes, 115k) 6 corner crit in Cedarburg, about 20 [...]
Roth wins at Milwakuee Superweek
Ryan Roth won the hardest road stage of the famous Milwaukee Superweek (International Cycling Classic) on its 40th anniversary. Ryan jumped away from a large breakaway of favorite’s to take his first stage win at the series and kick off 6 days of racing with Mark Walters, Adam Thuss and myself.
1st- Ryan Roth, Team R.A.C.E Pro 2nd- [...]
Tour of PA Stage 4 Race Report
Report by Keir Plaice
Stage 4 here at the Tour of Pennsylvania was a short and intense with a 95km parcours marked by 2 significant KOMs, the first beginning just 15km into the race. The aim going in was to consolidate my position in the competition for the white jersey and hopefully seize any opportunity to [...]
Smackdown in Philadelphia
It was hot…real dang hot in Philadelphia on Sunday. The temp’s were in to the high 30’s and humidity was at a maximum. The day started typical of UCI one day, with constant attacks after the 3 parade laps were over. Loads of attacks, splits, chases and a few solid crashes welcomed Team RACE [...]
