Jim Vandeven Tests Early Season Form At Froze Toes

Jim Vandeven narrowly missed out on a top-10 finish in the final sprint of the Elite Froze Toes Road Race, hosted by the Columbia Bicycle Club and Racing Team. Vandeven was forced to unleash his dirty alter ego not once, but twice, in order to pull himself back into contention after multiple flat tires threatened to ruin his chances on the harsh and salty roads of Missouri. Both solo efforts meant that there was not much strength left for the final field sprint and Jim narrowly missed the top-10 when he was passed a few meters from the line.

When not racing his bike, Vandeven spends his time pounding nails as a union carpenter in St. Louis and trying to keep his daughter Kirsten from flushing all of her toys down the comode.

Many thanks to The Columbia Bicycle Club for hosting an event on a blustery and miserable Sunday in February.

"Just raced the cherry pie crit...fast freddie was in it as well as other pros. Did not get dropped!"

This past Sunday, Eric Wiecek popped the top on the 2008 Team Get A Grip Cycles road racing season at the 2008 Cherry Pie Criterium, hosted by the Eagle Racing Team in California's Napa Valley. Wiecek held his own against some of the nation's top professional teams (BMC, Colavita-Sutter Home, California Giant Strawberries), and even granted Rock Racing's Fred Rodriguez his wheel at a critical point in the race.

Afterwards, Eric was succinct in his comments: "Just raced the cherry pie crit...fast freddie was in it as well as other pros. Did not get dropped!"


And, you saw it here first (almost*). Fred Rodriguez in Rock Racing colors. Seems like one of the nations leading fashion moguls feels that green, white, and black make for a fashionable ensemble.


*Actually, the team's west coast transplant, Angelo Digiovine (the source of these photos), beat us to the punch by just a few, scant hours.