Euro Pro Connection #2

This is an update on how our mid-western Pro's did in Europe this past week.

In the Criterium International, Matt Busche (Radio Shack) from Wauwatosa, WI, rode to 82nd in the Stage 1 road race, 62nd in the Stage 2 Criterium, and 77 th. in the final time trial, 59 seconds behind the winner David Millar. Overall "Flip" finished 81st out of 112 finishers in his first outing with the European peloton. In his blog he reports: "Euskatel Euskadi went to the front and it immediately got difficult. Not going to lie, I was in the pain cave feeling like quitting instantly." He writes further: "Sunday afternoon brought the TT. It was another lesson for me! I had not ever ridden my TT bike, so that was problem number one. I did not pre-ride the course either = problem #2. I suppose there were maybe only 2 problems, but they certainly hurt my chances of going faster than I did." None the less, congratulations to Matt for a successful first European Pro race!

Also riding for Radio Shack, Bjorn Selander (USA) Team Radioshack competed in the 90th running of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, finishing 147th out of 156 in the seven stage, 988km stage race near Barcelona, Spain.  

Christian Vande Velde (Garmin - Transitions) from Lemont, IL. also rode Spain's Volta Catalunya. He finished a strong 31st and he's got the Tour de France on his radar.  You can read more about that HERE in an interview at Cyclebetting.com.(originally from Velonews).

Upcoming races: Bjorn Selander will be racing in the Circuit de la Sarthe in France on April 6-9, 2010 along with teammates Lance Armstrong, Yaroslav Popovych, Jose Luis Rubiera, and directors Johan Bruyneel and Alain Gallopin. Matt Busche will be riding in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in Spain on April 5 - 10, 2010 along with teammates Chris Horner, Andreas Kloden, and Haimar Zubeldia with directors Viatcheslav Ekimov and Jose Azevedo.