Cycling Genetics

[witcombusa]

With all the recent success of Tayler "All-Twitch" Phinney, who just happens to have both parents being world class cyclists, are there any others? Certainly there are 2nd generation cyclists who have one gifted parent, Axel Merckx comes immediately to mind. Perhaps one day TJ and Lyne will have a baby 'crosser.......

Are there others?????

[coylifut]

Jon Paul von Poppel and Mirjam Melchers have a son aptly named Boy von Poppel who won the junior world championship in CX two years ago in Zeddam. Jon Paul won 9 tour stages.

[Elefantino]

Axel and his wife, Jodi (a triathlete), have two daughters who will probably be a-lot-of-twitch, too.

[Viper]

I just received a PM from e-RICHIE. I don't believe in sharing the content of PM's, but I feel this time I must. e-RICHIE said, "Viper, I am your father. Serotta Pete never told you. Search your feelings, you know this to be true. I'm getting back to my new book, Harry Potter atmo."

So yeah, maybe I got some genes after all atmo.

http://www.bog-brush.co.uk/index.php/?p=2151

[J.Greene]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elli_Ochowicz

JG

[old_school]

look out for Gavin Mannion (http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/exec/view.cgi?archive=9&num=2564) from Dedham, MA
at 17 he took first at the junior national crits last July
both his father and grandfather were Irish champions