Two national cycling champions and one state cycling champion have spent countless hours climbing northern Colorado foothills, sprinting along back country highways, and submitting blood tests to the lab in their commitment to creating an honorable championship season in 2008. Riders, Brad Cole, the National Amateur Endurance Mountain Bike Champion (2007), Phil Mann, the National Collegiate Criterium Champion (2007), and Patrick McGlynn, the State of Colorado Time Trial Champion (2007) along with their fellow Team Legacy Energy teammates have made the commitment, not only to themselves and their sponsors but also their community, the City of Fort Collins, to train hard and race hard and to do it drug-free.
Team Legacy Energy, a newly formed cycling team based out of Fort Collins, CO, eagerly approaches its first season looking to the future of cycling when all riders approach the starting line with the knowledge that the best man will win based on his hard work and talent, and not on the latest designer performance enhancing drug. Supported by its community, this grassroots team formed with two major goals in mind. The first goal is to develop young, talented riders into seasoned, veteran riders who will one day use their talents to take their team from amateur status to professional status. The second goal is to achieve this first goal by racing without the use of performance enhancing drugs by partnering with Colorado State University to create a health profile of each rider that is monitored throughout the season, much like many professional teams are doing these days.
Team Legacy Energy calls Fort Collins home for the simple reason that Fort Collins loves bikes. It's a community that quietly produces fantastic riders. It's a community that, Team Director, Andy Clark, wants to surround his riders with. Everywhere his team looks, there's a reminder that bikes are a piece of the fabric that holds this community together. Bike lanes and paved bike trails support bicycle commuting year round, the National Collegiate Championships will be held in Fort Collins for the next couple of years, the Tour de Fat attracts thousands of riders annually, and mountain bikers roam the world-class trails just outside of town. Team Legacy Energy sees itself as the cycling ambassador for Fort Collins as it travels the countryside from race to race. It will embrace the community by hosting monthly, easy-going, community rides where people can learn to ride in a group and get to know team riders personally. Already, the riders have been fast at work in order to bring glory to local sponsors and the City of Fort Collins. This team knows that with the support of its community and sponsors and the commitment of its young champions, it can achieve great things.
If you'd like more information visit: www.teamlegacyenergy.com and/or to schedule an interview with Andy Clark, please contact Andy Clark at 970-218-9946 or email Andy at: ac@ciclismoracing.com
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