welcome to the 2nd half of 2007!

Well, the 1st Half of 2007 has just flown by, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to share with you some of our highlights.

- Teamwork! 54 wins, 139 podium, and 277 top-ten finishes by our Junior and Masters.
o James LaBerge (14) and Charlie Avis (16) are both NCNCA district Criterium champions (Jr 15-16 and Jr 13-14)
o Davis Bentley (15) won the NCNCA district Jr 15-16 Time Trial championships
o Marco Hellman (46) won the NCNCA district Elite Time Trial championships
o Kevin Metcalfe (47) won the NCNCA district M45-49 Trial championships
o Kent Bostick (54) won the Tennessee State Elite Criterium championships
o Tom Doughty (55) won the Illinois State M55-64 Criterium championships
o And, we still have ½ a year to win more!

- Opportunities!
o Ben Barsi-Rhyne (18) spent 3 weeks in Europe racing for the USA National Team, including a trip to Czechoslovakia
o Joel Shaffer (15) and Charlie Avis (16) will head over to Belgium right after the USA Cycling Junior Road National Championships
o Both Ben and Joel are in Colorado Springs right now at the USA Cycling Junior Track National Championships
o Micah Herman (18) attended the USA Cycling Western Regional Junior Camp in Texas in early June, earned a spot on the Tour ‘labitibi team and will head to Quebec, Canada straight from the USA Cycling Junior Road National Championships
o A team camp was held in June to provide the juniors with some testing, teamwork and just hanging out together. Great stuff.
o Joel, Davis, Marcus, Davis, Micah, Charlie, James and Chris all plan to compete at the USA Cycling Junior National Championships next week.

- Updates! stories, pictures, and loads of results can be found on our www.AMDmasters.com website
o plus, the website is getting a new design so we will be rolling that out soon. Expect product reviews, training tips and whole new look.

We want to thank you again for your support for our program.

Larry Nolan, on behalf of the whole AMD-Discovery Channel Cycling Team

Thanks to our generous sponsors: AMD, Bicycle Outfitter, Bontrager (components), Clif Bar (fuel), deFeet (socks), Discovery Channel, Equinox (fitness center), Fi'zi:k (saddles), Giro (helmets), Hincapie Sportswear, Rudy Project (technically cool eyewear), Shimano (pedals and shoes), Trek USA (bicycles), and Thomas Weisel Partners.