greatest cross team ever assembled?

[stevep]

here is myself and what i think is probably the best collection of cross riders ever in the same jersey.
l to r
josh thornton- fixeds buddy from fla, rode some cross in the day
bart wellens- 2 time elite mens world champion, 2 times u-23 world champion
tommy vanoppen- mens elite world silver medal, u-23 silver medalist 2 times
dave lipman- how'd he get in there?
tim johnson- worlds u-23 bronze medalist ans top us cross racer as well as road.

this was 1999. bart, tom and tim were the gold, silver and bronze medalists at the world championships that year in the u-23 race.

was cool to have these guys here for that summer. this photo was taken at the tour of ohio.

e-richie- eat yr heart out.
pardon the fuzzy photo. its a photo of a photo of a photo.

[roman meal]

wow.

No photoshop on that, right?

[J.Greene]

Thorton is still tearing it up in Florida.

JG

[Erik.Lazdins]

Why did you wait so long to post it?

Great pic!

[e-RICHIE]

e-richie- eat yr heart out.
stevep i'm glad we reared thornton for ya. what - when
he was with us he went from 15 y.o. newbie to national
team member with a stars and stripes jersey to end his
junior career. did he ever get it done as a u23?

[William]

Is that a Serotta "S"?

Just wondering. Not that there's anything wrong with that. ;)




William

[Fixed]

Thorton is still tearing it up in Florida.

JG
Josh Thornton, Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Professional

yeah bro he getting coached by my friend simon kessler (simon says cycling )
http://www.simonsayscycling.com/testimonials.html
stevep man what a cat he's touched the lifes of a lot of kids ..it must feel good to do so much good in the world ..
cheers

[J.Greene]

Josh Thornton, Kodak Gallery Sierra Nevada Professional

yeah bro he getting coached by my friend simon kessler (simon says cycling )
http://www.simonsayscycling.com/testimonials.html
stevep man what a cat he's touched the lifes of a lot of kids ..it must feel good to do so much good in the world ..
cheers

A teammate has tried to get me to talk to Simon. I have been tempted.

Thornton won the Jax NRC race I think.

JG

[stevep]

i got a batch of stuff i will chuck down... trouble is a lot of the stuff is in slides and they are a nuisance to make into files for me.

next ill put up my best junior team
watch for it.

too many stories about these kids...

[stevep]

stevep i'm glad we reared thornton for ya. what - when
he was with us he went from 15 y.o. newbie to national
team member with a stars and stripes jersey to end his
junior career. did he ever get it done as a u23?

he was/is a bull on the bike. had some great races with me and then life interfered a little. always able to pick and make the break... probably still.

there is so little money for these young guys that its tough to survive without some one's support.

[Fixed]

bro i don't want to talk for him but he had a hard time in europe ..
cheers

[stevep]

bro i don't want to talk for him but he had a hard time in europe ..
cheers

europe is nothing but a big time pressure cooker for the kids who go there as juniors or u-23.
i think its not th thing to do.
its not what they expect. thats for sure.

there is a lot of pressure that cracks way more kids than it helps.

[swoop]

i can only imagine the gifts this man will bring to the day spa industry as he mentors up and coming hair removers and massager types.

[e-RICHIE]

i can only imagine the gifts this man will bring to the day spa industry as he mentors up and coming hair removers and massager types.
the pooch surely has the magic touch atmo.

[stevep]

i can only imagine the gifts this man will bring to the day spa industry as he mentors up and coming hair removers and massager types.


swoop,
i told you hair remover once a month...not every day.
you will be a billiard ball w/ the everyday thing going.
s