Team Ride with Scott Nydam, Dec. 7

Team Ride with Scott Nydam, Dec. 7

Scott Nydam has been a generous mentor for the Team Swift riders for over two years. Team Swift will be joining Scott for a ride from West County Revolution around the Sebastopol area where he lives. We will be taking video coverage for http://cycleto.com/ -- so be sure to join the fun. After the ride we are looking into making lunch plans. Additional details will be emailed soon. Parents and friends are invited to join the ride and all youth under the age of 12 are required to have a participating parent or guardian in attendance. For those not current registered members of Team Swift you need to bring a signed waiver and release to join the ride which can be found at http://teamswift.org/join/. Be sure to read the Team Swift Riding Rules below so you come prepared.

1. All Team Ride:
· All Team Ride is December 7, 2008
· 10 AM at West County Revolution in Sebastopol
· Ride Leaders: Coach Laura. Parents are invited to join the ride and must abide by the Team Swift Ride Rules.
· Skill Level: All levels invited. Riders under 12 years old must have a riding parent in attendance.
· The ride will be between 2-2.5 hours.
· Heavy Rain will cancel the ride but not if it is just light rain.

The All-Team Ride is a chance for all levels of riders to learn cycling skills and start a ride together. Team Swift Alumni members, rider assistants, are also often on these rides which gives upcoming riders a chance to learn from their experience. Parents and supporters of Team Swift are welcome to join as well. We will start together and then break into different groups depending on skill level. There will be a coach and/or parent with each group. The ride will be approximately 2.0-2.5 hours depending on skill level and age.

Start Location:
West County Revolution Bike Shop
6731 Sebastopol Ave, Suite 130
Sebastopol, CA 95472 (map)
(707) 829-2192
www.westcountyrevolution.com
info@westcountyrevolution.com

2009 Schedule

The first three months of the 2009 road racing schedule is up at ncnca.org. Some major dates:

Feb. 8, Cherry Pie Criterium, Napa
Feb. 14, Sausalito Criterium, Sausalito
Feb. 21, Snelling Road Race, Snelling
Feb. 22, Merced Criterium, Merced
Feb. 28, Merco Downtown Grand Prix, Merced
Mar. 1, Merco Foothills Road Race, Merced
Mar. 7, Berkeley Team Time Trial
Mar. 13-15, Madera Stage Race, Madera
Mar. 22, Bariani Road Race
Mar. 28-29, Ronde Van Brisbeen, Brisbane
April 16-18, Sea Otter, Monterey

Cycle with Champions, Oct. 26

Team Swift and BMC Pro Racing Team invite you to ride with our cycling celebrities this Sunday in Santa Rosa. The Cycle with Champions is a benefit ride for Team Swift Junior Development program and great chance to meet top Professional Cyclists.

Tony Cruz
Team: BMC Pro Racing Team (PREVIOUS TEAM DISCOVERY CHANNEL 2007)

Career Highlights:
(2006) 1st Overall Tour de Nez
(2000-2002) Member U.S. World Championship Road Team
(2000) 1st U.S. Olympic Road Race Trials
(2000) Member U.S. Olympic Road Team
(1999) 1st USPRO Criterium Champ
(2008) 4th USPRO Criterium Champss

Scott Nydam
Team: BMC Pro Racing Team
1st Place, 2008 King of the Mountain Leader, Amgen Tour of California
3rd Place Overall G.C. Tour de Nez
2nd Place Nevada City Classic

Mike Sayers
Team: BMC Pro Racing Team
2 Time World's Team Member
9 Time Team NRC Champion
1st Place, 2007 Tour de Nez Reno Criterium

Steven Cozza
Team: Slipstream/Chipotle
Top US finisher at Pro Worlds—23rd
4th Place, 2008 USA Pro ITT Champs
1st Place, 2005 USA National Time Trial Championships, U23/Espoir
1st Place, 2007 Best Young Rider at the Tour of MO

We have lots of auction and raffle items for the event this Sunday. Bidding is open online through Friday, October 24th at midnight and will have the final bidding end at 2:30PM on the day of the event. Raffle tickets are available at the event and the drawing will occur during lunch. If you unable to make it out for the ride then join us at 1PM for lunch at the SCDS.

We hope to see you this Sunday with Team Swift and the BMC Pro Cycling Team at the Cycle with Champions Event. All directions and event information is at: http://teamswift.org/events

Thank you,
Team Swift

For more information contact Laura Charameda at teamswift@aol.com

Directions:
Sonoma Country Day School
4400 Day School Place
Santa Rosa, CA 95403

Sonoma Country Day School is just north of Santa Rosa. You can
find us from U.S. route 101 by following these directions:
Take the Airport Boulevard exit and head west.
Turn right at the first traffic light onto Aviation Boulevard.
Follow Aviation Boulevard for approximately ½ a mile.
SCDS is located on your right. Look for our colorful and distinctive entrance sign at the corner of Aviation and Day School Place.

Nationals U-23 and 17-18 RR

Lindsay Myers was 2nd in yesterday's U-23 Women's Road Race and has already received a grant from US Women's Cycling Development, who is flying her out to the Tour of Missouri!

Tyler Brandt had a strong 11th place in the 17-18 Road Race today, finishing 4th in the field sprint, which finished about 45 seconds behind a break of 7.

All in all a pretty amazing Nationals for Team Swift and Dewars Racing.

Nationals Road Race

The day was going so well, until . . .

The last race of the day, when RR favorite Ryan Eastman crashed on the first lap and broke his collarbone in the 15-16 Road Race.

The day started with a 10th place by Stanley Goto in the 10-12 Road Race and a 15th place by Joey Nygaard in the 13-14 Road Race, where he sprinted with the lead group on the finishing climb and ended up just 5 places behind 5-time National Champion John Funk.

Then Ashlyn Gerber got her first podium spot of this year's Nationals with a 5th place in the Women's 15-16 Road Race. Guess she can't say he isn't a climber anymore.

The course seemed perfect for Ryan, with a long gradual finishing climb and a bit of climbing on each lap, but the 15-16 race was filled with crashes, taking out many of Northern California's best, including James LaBerge, Joel Shaffer, and Zach Wick.

Nationals Criterium

Ryan Eastman finished on the podium in 3rd in this year's Nationals 15-16 Criterium!
That's two races and two podiums for Ryan.
Ashlyn Gerber finished just off the podium in 6th in the Women's 15-16 Crit.
Stanley Goto finished in 9th after a long, tiring chase back to the pack after a crash in the 10-12 Crit.
Joey Nygaard finished in the pack (35th) in the 13-14 Crit, as did Tyler Brandt (51st) in the 17-18 Crit.

Junior Nationals TT

Team Swift podiumed twice at the Junior Nationals TT! Ryan Eastman was 5th in the 15-16 race and Stanley Goto was 4th in the 13-14s.

In addition, Ashlyn Gerber was 7th in the Women's 15-16 TT; Josef Nygaard was 20th in a closely fought 13-14 TT (the first 3 places were separated by just .5 sec) and Josef finished just 1:33 behind the winner; Ethan Weiss finished 25th in the 17-18 TT; and Tyler Brandt was 52nd in the 17-18 TT.