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Director's Cut: Volume IV

...But the sacrifices do not matter, we are all in for California. Every man, every machine, every resource we can muster is added to the formula and if some small magic can shine on our week then we must make it too. Read more

The Goat: The Director's Cut Vol. II

Things went spectacularly well and spectacularly unwell at San Dimas Stage Rage. Our DS Tad Hamilton takes some time to offer his perspective on the roller coaster ride. Read more

2012 Team Presentation: You are invited!

Come join Team Exergy for our 2012 Team Presentation and community appreciation party. Read more

The Director's Cut Vol. 1

Our DS, Tad Hamilton will be writing a column all season along covering the runnings of Team Exergy from the eyes of its director. Come on in for the first installment. Read more

Easy Living

Relaxed schedules, long miles, and lazy sunshine dictate the pace as Team Exergy Training camp takes off in Ventura, California. Read more

Announcing our new Assistant DS: Ken Mills

Team Exergy is proud to announce the signing of Ken Mills as Assistant Director Sportif for the team's upcoming 2012 season. Read more

!Bienvenidos a Boise!

Professional bicycle racing is made of two components: business and competition, and never the twain shall meet…except at Sponsor Camp. Read more

Sponsor Camp 2012

Its that time of year again, when all of the Team Exergy racers and sponsors, and staff convene to learn about the companies, people, and gear that make this whole thing happen. Read more

The Enemy of Good is...Better!

2012 is upon us! Here is a bit of news to bring you up to speed on what is going on with the team. Read more

Greetings from France!

Greetings from St. Lo, France! While Tad, Remi, and Dave are busy wheelin' and dealin' down in Sin City, shaking hands and signing contracts with sponsors at the Interbike trade show, we are in the heart of Normandy preparing for our final race of the season: Le Duo Normand. For those unfamiliar, Le Duo Normand is a two-man team time trial, covering 54 kilometers, based out of the nearby town of Marigny. Read more

USAPCC Stage 5

A final say of ferocious racing was on tap as riders tried to take time back from the leaders and vie for a stage win. Read more

USAPCC Stage 4: Presented by Exergy

Stage 4 of the USA Pro Cycling Classic was billed as a sprinter's delight. Considering the stage is sponsored by Exergy Development Group and Team Exergy has two of the best sprinters in the race, all eyes were on us to take charge today. Read more

Stage 3 Vail Pass TT

Stage 3 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge visited the Vail Pass Time Trial made famous by past Coors Classics and resurrected by the Teva Games in recent years. Team Exergy once again lined up with the world's best and rode the wind. Read more

USA Pro Cycling Challenge - Stage 2

Stage 3, the Queen Stage of this year's USA Pro Cycling Challenge, and probably the most hyped race of the year in the US, lived up to its billing by delivering an epic day of racing. Read more

UPCC Prologue Report

Team Exergy lined up with the best riders in the world today, and came away from the Garden Of The Gods with some fine results. Read more

View of Vail

If the riders aren't careful, the parcourse might just steal the show next week... Read more

I must be dreaming!

Tad had the strangest dream last night... Read more

Track National Podium

Ben Chaddock reports in on his podium performance at the Canadian Track National Championships Read more

Sebastian Salas signs Pro contract with Team Exergy!

Canadian climber Sebastian Salas has signed his first professional contract with Team Exergy and will represent his new squad at the inaugural US Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado. Read more

Elk Grove Stage 3

Even a torrential rainstorm with 20km to go couldn't put a damper on this year's Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove. Read more

Elk Grove Stage 2: Radiator Racing

Team Exergy attacked every opportunity today, and when the dust settled FF had put himself in striking distance of the podium while eliminating all but 5 other competitors from contention. Read more

Tour Of Elk Grove: Stage 1

Elk Grove, Illinois rolls out the red carpet and Team Exergy sets puts a number of riders within striking distance for the overall. Read more

Pro Challenge fan promo

Gear up to cheer for us at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge 25% off team jerseys and a continued 20% off the combined team kit. Read more

The final stage of the Cascade Classic took its tole on the peloton with 100 degree temperatures and a brutal course. Read more

Cascade Criterium

Some ups, some downs for the team in the Cascade Classic Criterium stage. Read more

Cascade Lakes - Stage 3

Stage 3 report from Cascade Classic courtesy of Le Tad! Read more

Cascade stage report

Team Exergy grabs the sprint jersey and turns in some solid TT work. Read more

Cascade Classic

Carlos ends day 1 in the sprint leader's jersey, and the team enjoys the newer racer friendly pace of the event. Read more

Alzate wins inaugural UBC Grand Prix

Sweet victory in Vancouver B.C! Read more

Delta finale

The final day of the Tour De Delta brought another round of intense racing and team work for Team Exergy Read more

Stage 2 - Tour de Delta

Exergy grabs the overall lead and some (Canadian) Dolla's in the second sage at The Delta. Read more

The Best Race...You've Never Heard Of!

The Exergy crew heads up north for some Canadian racing action. Read more

Team Exergy invited to USA Pro Cycling Challenge!

Expanded invite list announced and Exergy is primed to race in the Rockies! Read more

Chaddock podiums for Exergy at Canadian Crit Champs!

Ben Chaddock took the bunch sprint and 3rd overall at the Caniadian Criterium Championships against a stacked field. As if that weren't awesome enough, he sent in a great writeup of the day. Check it out! Read more

Victory at Manhattan Beach GP

"Hollywood" scores big in California. Read more

Little Race on the Prairie

Dropped smack-dab into the middle of this crit fest is a beautifully difficult, 100mile road race just over the state line in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Read more

Up all night

Stage 4 of the 2011 Nature Valley Grand Prix saw the action move across the Mississippi River to Uptown Minneapolis. Read more

Nature Valley Stage 3

A hard ride for all in Stage 3 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix! The short stage barely covered 105km, but that just meant a wide open throttle from start to finish. Read more

Manual For Speed team kit promo

Manual For Speed is live, and we're celebrating with a 20% off promo! Read more

Road Rage

Sunday in Tulsa the Omega Squad (Quinn, Ben, and the Ginger twins) became men. Okay, maybe they already were, but they put in a huge race either way. Read more

Air Force Classic

The first day of the 2-day Air Force Cycling Classic Omnium was contested in Clarendon, Virginia. The day's parcourse was a twisting and turning track around a 1km loop, and with 100 circuits to be covered on this sultry Saturday, the Clarendon Cup was destined to be one of the toughest criteriums of the summer Read more

First Philly

It's not often that I brag on the squad, but after Team Exergy's first trip to the Philadelphia International Challenge I feel obliged to boast. Read more

Team Exergy Expands Roster

Team Exergy, looks to the future. Adding experience, knowledge, power, and determination to it’s already battle tested squad with the addition of 3 new riders for the summer season. Read more

Nationals Report

The U.S. racing calender is filled with criteriums and stage races, and very rarely do we get to compete in a one-off time trial or road race here in the States. Memorial weekend in Greenville, South Carolina was an exception to that norm as USA Cycling crowned its 2011 champions. Read more

Road trip continued...

Tad continues his long journey eastward. Along the way he has close brushes with meth dealers, tornadoes, muscle seizures, and the rapture. Read more

Roadtrip

The results sheet for Redlands or Philly or Flanders is a reflection of an endless mountain of work performed by people no one has ever heard of. The past week leading up to US Pro Championships perfectly illustrates this picture. Read more

Walterboro crit

We've got a fresh crop of pictures from Speed week to share. Enjoy! Read more

Speed Week Day 3: Beaufort Criterium Recap

Ben Chaddock has been tearing it up at Speed week, and on top of that he found time to hammer out a blow-by-blow race report of the Beaufort Crit. Read more

The smoke breathing Gila Monster

The final stage of the 2011 Tour of the Gila turned out to be the hardest day of U.S. racing so far this year. Known as the Gila Monster, the course consists of 105 tortuous miles of desert, wind, and mountains. Read more

!Cuidado...Team Exergy es en fuego!

In the Gila crit, the squad placed both of its G.C. contenders in the danger move of the evening....1,300miles away in Athens, Ga, Team Exergy rider Carlos Alzate and another breakaway companion took an early lead and kept on charging. Read more

Stage 3 Tour of the Gila: Windy TT

Stage 3 of the 2011 Tour of the Gila saw the mighty winds of spring return to New Mexico just in time for the individual time trial. Read more

Stage 2 Tour of the Gila: We Lost Erik!

It was a mostly uneventful day at the Tour of the Gila today, and after yesterday's carnage that was definitely a blessing. Read more

Tour Of The Gila Stage 1: We lost Kai!

The Tour Of The Gila dished out a grueling first stage yesterday. If you've never seen the condition of an athlete at the end of a grueling event like this, it is hard to imagine how wrecked they are. Read more

Podium Insight: Tad Hamilton interview

The fine crew over at Podium Insight have a great writeup of the racing season so far and Team Exergy's DS Tad Hamilton shares some thoughts Read more

Sea Otter Classic

2011 marked Team Exergy's first time racing the Sea Otter Classic, and the team worked together to made a big first impression. Read the stage by stage breakdown here. Read more

Sea Otter Pics

Check out these behind the scenes pictures of Team Exergy at The Sea Otter Classic. Full writeup coming soon! Read more

Thats Racing!

Sometimes pictures tell the story better than words. Case in point: The Redlands Crit results sheet. Read more

Redlands Crit

It was a fast and aggressive day at Redlands, with a mechanical for Diaz and a crash in the peleton that left us asking: Is the glass half empty or half full? Read more

It must be hard...

Redlands Stage 2 Report. Temperatures remained high, and Team Exergy rode aggressively to close in on GC and a possible stage win. Read more

Redlands Stage 1 TT

Hot hot heat in the Southland challenges all the riders to snap into summer mode for the grueling first stage uphill TT. Read more

San Dimas finale

Team Exergy's Matt Cooke battled for the CG podium while Carlos Alzate went toe to toe in the final sprint. Read more

San Dimas Stage 2

Day 2 of the San Dimas stage race was a hard fought battle to protect Matt Cooke's 2nd overall position on GC. Read more

The Hot Seat

Matt Cooke put in an amazing ride and spent the day in the hot seat on the first stage TT of the San Dimas Stage Race Read more

2011 San Dimas Stage Race

Results for Stage 1 (unofficial) Read more

Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar

My current house-mates are Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar and Ben Chaddock. Carlos doesn't speak much English, and Ben doesn't speak much Spanish. I speak a little of both. Read more

Bogus Dream

...My Sporting Director Spidey Sense was alerting me that the lads on the squad are having evil thoughts. Evil, wicked thoughts!... Read more

Party Time. Spread the word!

Team Exergy is throwing a community appreciation party for all of our fans and supporters. You are invited. So is your uncle. Read more

"!El equipe is muy bueno!"

"The team is very good!" As the Sporting Director for Team Exergy, and an admitted sports junky, these words spoken from the mouth of an Olympian cyclist with a Pan Am Games championship to his credit give me great cause to smile. Read more

To the victor go the spoils!

Team Exergy took the final stage of Callville with a brilliant sprint finish by Carlos Alzate and cemented the GC win in the process! Read more

Racing For Survival

In a stage race like this you have to finish every day to start the next. A lapse in judgement when it comes to clothing and protection can make or break the week, and only through sound decisions and proper preparation is it possible to avert this disaster. Read more

In our neighborhood, you have to prove it.

In the first 2 days of racing at the Callville Bay Classic, Team Exergy has quickly slapped an H-O-R-S on the rest of the field. The Stage 2 Time Trial, a tasty uphill treat with a touch of a tailwind, proved that this team is ready to race Read more

The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

Team Exergy took its first win in its First race of 2011 at the Callville Bay Classic! Read more

...a friend indeed!

It takes a village of friends and supporters to help keep a professional cycling team rolling. Over the last few weeks one couple in particular have made huge contributions to Team Exergy Read more

The Price Of The Road

The racers and staff on a bike team have a great thing going, but living the dream also comes at a cost. Read more

Team Exergy Pull-Up Contest

When the team isn't riding their, bikes they gotta stay busy. Read more

!Me Espanol es muy mal!

The title Professional Bike Racer requires open-mindedness and flexibility. It's not just about training and racing, but about building the strong bonds to help teammates survive the rigors of racing, Read more

Foos.

From the lightning quick pitch at team exergy’s service course, to the more traditional sloped table at our training camp headquarters, foosball has been the one avenue for riders and staff to put their game face on. Read more

2011 Team Exergy Sponsor Camp

Team Exergy kicked off 2011 with a gathering of all the players that it takes to launch a modern pro cycling team. Riders, management, sponsors, and support staff converged on the Exergy hometown of Boise, Idaho for four days of orientation, education, and team bonding. Read more