My team stuff is moving along. Every day this week I have had good news and am that much closer to finalizing everything. I am thinking I will race less, maybe just local stuff. That way I could bring on another rider that has the full throttle mentality it takes to make it to the next level. I have some committed sponsors and am now negotiating with industry folks. I really wish I had started this a little sooner but a month ago I hadn’t even thought about starting a team so I guess I am happy with where I am at. My plan is to have a mix of younger guys and NRC veterans focusing on local/regional racing in in Colorado and the Midwest as well as 10-15 NRC races. I will get the guys to the races and in a position to get some results and provide an opportunity to get noticed by the domestic UCI teams. I am still probably a week away from being able to really move forward with making offers to riders but I am extremely confident it will happen and am 100% committed to doing it.

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