Better Know a Teammate

I can't say there's much news to report. I continue to have my mind blown on a daily basis by the sheer awesomeosity of the training camp here in Mallorca. I've never had better riding or more quality training than in the past ten days. Cherie, Eddie, Helen and Pete have done an amazing job of taking care of all the logistics and organization leaving me and the other riders with no worries beyond smashing ourselves on the bike and making it back up the stairs to our rooms. Every other detail has been worked out, every necessity provided, and it's the huge efforts on the part of those four that have allowed us to have such an amazing camp. Huge thanks to them!

Eddie and Chez playin' it cool:

Pete: this guy knows his schiz.

Helen, always willing to go the extra mile.

It's also allowed us a bit of extra time and I've managed to steal a brief interview with none other than DJ Sparls. I wanted to ask him about his goals for the season and his riding style and what kind of food he likes before a race, but he wasn't going for it. I tweaked the questions a little bit and what follows is the result. I'm really hoping that I get a chance to interview all of my teammates, so hopefully I'm presenting you with Part 1 of the 11 part series: "Better Know a Teammate." Enjoy.



Ready for a more wacky antics from JSparls? Head here, or here.

TRMTCD3&4

Jaime (that's not a spelling error) has done a pretty awesome job of documenting this Mallorca excursion so far, and if you haven't already done so you need to go check out his witty ramblings.

Here's a few more shots to fill in the blanks. In no particular order:

Hotel Shot

This is what you get when you translate Russian to Spanish to English. Nice steps, though...

Hot chocolate comes with TWO sugars!

Matt Jones makes sure to tag even when he's on the road.

Turns out the real Spanish Steps are in Spain.

P$ Mooney. Yes, it really is this nice.

Recovery ride with the OG

This is what addiction looks like.

Busted. That's a whole plate of mussell shells and THREE bowls of dessert.

"Why are there two toilets?" -JJ

Brian from Raleigh America taking in the view from Randa.

Earning that view.

Put 12 guys in tight quarters and they revert to children. Yes, I got punked.

Shot from a bit of TT practice. Rickety Cricket doesn't even need a draft.

Today we're making a summit attempt. Hells yeah.