Bittersweet Gila
The Gila Monster is described by many as a legendary climb in the New Mexican Wilderness. The climb itself is relentless as it is exposed to high speed swirling winds, while gradient shows no mercy on a cyclist. Any rider tackling it from either side is forced to grind, weave and struggle slowly up the long climb. Every year, both sides of the Gila Monster are featured in the Tour of the Gila’s final 170km ...
Suite à la première étape de Gila où Adam Carr a effectué l'échappé du jour. plusieurs articles et vidéos ont été publiés. Voici un excellent vidéo vu sur youtube.
After the first stage at Gila where Adam Carr did a 106 break. lot of video and articles were posted. here one seen on youtube....
First Race of the Year – always Interesting.
The first race of the year always generates a shock that is at times overwhelming. The nervousness of a 200 rider peloton never assists in unraveling tangled nerves. Even once the race has begun, the rhythm, extra intuition for the group that develops with racing is absent. Familiarity with a large group is integral as it allows a cyclist to relax and focus on competing, rather t...
New Mexico –
Global climates around the world possess features that define them. Every environment has aspects that are beautiful in their own way. As such, a desert environment is notably a remarkable place. A desert is more or less defined as a region where evaporation exceeds precipitation over long periods of time. This inherently accounts for the aridity of a desert environment. Deserts can be intimidating, relentless and har...
The team left California for the Hot and dry sun of New Mexico to take part of the prestigious Tour of the Gila. The team is based in a nice sweet home lost in the desert of Silvercity! We are actually staying at a bit less than 5000 feet; it is the good place to be used to the low air density. It will be a big hard race in the beginning of the season. But this race will give a lot of experience for the next UCI races in the season. Pierrick Naud, Antoine Matteau, Charles ...
Next Sunday, April 15th, EKOÏ.com / Gaspésien pro cycling team will take part of the very popular classic Tour of the Battenkill in Cambridge, New York. This race is the official start of the racing season for EKOÏ.com / Gaspésien pro cycling team. The six riders selected to take part of this event are: Adam Carr, Mathieu Roy, Antoine Matteau, Pierrick Naud, Charles Bryer and Francois Chabot. This 200km long classic with several unpaved sections is ...
Après la pluie, le beau temps
Every cloud has a silver lining. Or literally, in english, "after the rain, comes nice weather". While usually this is the case and more so here in Southern California, that hasn't been lately. Much to surprise of the east coast the weather here in the west has been terrible in the past few weeks.
As you all know, not only am I the "American" on the team I am also the only western coast team member. I d...
Aujourd'hui malgré le froid, la veste thermal de ekoï m'a permis d'aller essayer notre nouvelle voiture de guerre ! Au menu 6x 2km de derrière moto avec sprint à la fin. Le vélo est super, rigide comme j'amais et extrêmement confortable ! La nouvelle création 2012 de Devinci est à mon avis totalement réussi. J'ai bien hâte de l'essayer en course....
En guise de dernière sortie, nous avons planifié un parcours vers Georgetown où nous n'étions jamais encore allés. Étonnamment, nous avons trouvé les rares routes de plat autour de notre condo. Cela n'était pas une mauvaise chose dû à la fatigue accumulée lors des deux dernières semaines. En quittant la ville qui était à 2h de vélo, j'ai fait une crevaison, l...
Après deux journées de froid et de pluie, la température clémente était de retour au Texas. C'était même presque trop chaud avec une température ressentie de 33 degrés. Ça ne nous a pas empêché de faire notre plus grosse sortie du camp, un 5h sur le vélo. Nous en avons profité pour entrer Austin dans notre itinéraire. Après un arrêt crevaison et...
