Racing age:
35
Marital status:
Married
Job:
Engineer
Hobbies:
Skydiving (on-hold for know), scuba diving (water is too cold around here, so on-hold), hiking
Category:
Cat 4
Preferred type of racing:
Road Racing
Race resume:
Tons of Mountain bike races in Venezuela
Road racing last season (2001):
- Early Bird Crit (13)
- Early Bird Crit (13)
- Early Bird Crit (16)
- Early Bird Crit (7)
- Early Bird Crit (12)
- Snelling RR (10)
- Land Park crit (12)
- SeaOtter Classic (20+)
- Wente RR (20)
- Wente Crit (13)
- Cat's Hill (10)
- Modesto crit cat 5 (3)
- Modesto crit cat 4 (12)
- Burlingame crit cat 4 (20)
- Watsonville crit (14)
- Alameda crit (20+)
- Carson Crit (13)
- Carson RR (14)
- Timpani crit (20+)
- Corral Hollow (DNF)
- University RR (??)
- Giro Di San Francisco (20-)
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Memorable Milestones:
First overall in Sports class in MTB racing in Venezuela for the East Region
Who is your cycling icon and why:
Zabel, Indurain, and of course Mr. Super Lance.
Why I started cycling:
The bicycle was my first mean of transportation for going to school, from there it got competitive when I became part of the Triathlon team at the University in Venezuela. After finishing my studies I didn't have time to train on the three sports, swimming, running and riding, so I concentrated my efforts in the bike, especially MTB but always training on the road. After a couple of successful years in MTB, I took a break of three years due to work, and here I'm back on the saddle in these super competitive world of road racing.
Why I am still riding:
Keeps me alive.
Why I still Race:
What better motivation to be in good shape, also in all the sports I had practiced it had always been at a competitive level, so why not this one.
Favorite Ride:
Palomares / Redwood Rd and Pescadero through Old La Honda.
Nemesis Ride:
Snelling RR.
My Race Bikes:
- Fuji
- Cannondale R600
- Bianchi SL
- Cannondale F500
My worst bike:
They were the best at their times.
Training Philosophy:
- Last year: Ride hard and ride hard again
- This year: train smart
Style:
Be aggressive during the whole race and die right before the finish line?
Short Term Goals:
Become cat-3 by mid season.
Long Term Goals:
Keep riding.
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