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Doug Shapiro (see the picture gallery) |
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Thanks to Swiss/Tex friend Andre Bohren and Doug Shapiro for sending this information, which I paraphrased. Additional information available at www.wikipedia.org, or Google Doug Shapiro, or contact Doug through his web site www.bicycleexpertwitness.com:
Unlike many American cyclists Doug was very fortunate to spend a lot of time racing in Europe as a Junior with stellar results and because of that the Europeans knew who Doug Shapiro was. When Doug became a Senior he continued to spend time racing in Europe with the US Team. His race results were once again excellent. Doug had chartered new territory for American`s in Italy, France and Belgium - he made a name for himself. His success showed other Americans that it was possible to beat the Europeans and success started to happen quickly for other Americans. In fact, in April 2010 the International Cycling Museum in Belgium is going to induct Doug as a Pioneer of Contemporary American Cycling.
Jock Boyer (Jonathan `Jacques` Boyer), was the first American to compete in the Tour de France, followed by Greg Lemond and then Doug Shapiro. Doug was the 3rd American to ever compete and finish the Tour. In 1985 there were only 2 American`s that competed in the Tour, that being Greg and Doug. Doug was recruited to the Kwantum team in 1985 because he won the 1984 Coors Classic and beat all the best Amateurs from around the world. His climbing and sprinting skills impressed them and as a result Kwantum hired him to be Joop`s personal domestic in his last Tour (Heindrick Gerardus Jozef Zoetemelk); Joop finished 13th and I finished 74th. Had Doug not been a domestic he most likely would have finished in the top 10 -15. In 1985 the Kwantum team was ranked 2nd or 3rd in the world. It was a wonderful experience for Doug.
Doug competed on two USA Olympic Teams (1980 & 1984). He earned the nickname of `bullet` due to his ability and reputation as a good hill climber & sprinter. As of 2010 Doug is still active in the cycling community; for the past 20 years he has been and continues to be a consultant and expert witness in cases involving bicycle accident litigation. See the picture gallery. Visit his web site at www.bicycleexpertwitness.com.
[Shapiro, Doug]
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Kate Veronneau, 2011 Woman`s USA National Champion, 2km 30-34 age bracket. |
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Kate Veronneau of Topton, PA/Kutztown Cutters captured the Gold medal at the 2011 USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships which were held at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Breinigsville, Pa.
All of the women`s races were contested at the two kilometer distance. Kate posted the fastest time (2:41.036) among all of the women to earn the 30-34 age bracket gold medal. Gleaned from the USA Cycling web site (http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=6879). This photo by Anthony Skorochod, www.cyclingcaptured.com. Additional photos and text pending.
[Veronneau, Kate]
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Marshall `Major` Taylor |
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The majority of this information & pictures are from the web site, http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/ and the book titled The Fastest Rider in the World, An Autobiography of Marshall W. `Major` Taylor © 1928, printed by the Commonwealth Press of Worcester, MA. An original copy of the book in in this collection; it is autographed to Roland Geist by Hans Ohrt on the date of July 30, 1951. Major Taylor was a true champion bike sprinter. He raced world wide for 17 years and although he was prejudiced against due to his color, his perseverance, training habits and abilities enabled him to champion the many other competitors of the period. He won his first race at age 13. Additional pictures and text pending. [Taylor, Major]
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Michael Weiss-Professional Triathlete, 2010 |
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Michael Weiss is a professional triathlete competing in 2009-2010. This is a marketing card printed on both sides. He is sponsored by SRM (PowerMeters) and Cannondale. [Weiss, Michael]
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Nathan Rogut |
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Nathan Rogut and his son. Additional text & photos pending [Rogut, Nathan]
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