who is playing for 2nd place

ranch colors at the col de planche

views at champex

Rider emilian - hanging out with a rider wearing the surm (see blog race dates) 230k black forest race - admiring the mountain cirq at 1900m- the weekend weather was rider perfect topping +25 - no wind - those that made the effort - the gods were smiling - and they won.

riderhowe and the alps - the "i own pain" award

For 2 epic efforts with a hobbled back - riderhowe is awarded the "i.o.p." of the weekend. Little less than one week ago rider howe was a self labled "walking parabola" - unable to tie his shoes - riderhowe refused to give in to pain - muttering "base miles - base miles" as he soldiered up climbs of 15k. Pictured above stretching at the summitt of the col de planche - we all applaud his dedication and wince.

rider eazy-e and the alps - "i push" award

rider eazy-e showed strong early season form as he consistently pushed both days of training in verbier. For consistent challenges on the orsier-champex climb - as well as his solo le chable - verbier up in which he dug deep and suprised all with an end of day sub 50 - he wins the "i push" monster of the weekend.

BERGAMO Dinner - Felice Gimondi

Hey RIDERS. For the upcoming Felice Gimondi cycle event, we would like to organize a pre-race carbo-load dinner on Sat night 12 May 2007 in Bergamo. Please respond if you would like to attend and we will find a place to make the reservation. It will be an early night, probably aiming to eat dinnner around 7pm to be in bed by 10pm!

-Riderturbo & Ridermama.

VERBIER- training weekend

Guys, next weekend is our first training weekend hosted by riderpitts in Verbier. Flights are VERY cheap I have booked swiss from cityairport leaving on friday returning on monday morning- Hope to see a strong contingent of ranchcycling team riders out there.

riderwanna

jury is out - "wanna" is pictured above giving his single bicep in an attempt to sway the judges in his bid for ranch membership. girth aside - we will let the people decide - does "wanna" get the sacred prefix of rider - or does gladiator die?