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Star Track is super proud of our junior rider Billy Taylor for having some great rides during rounds 1 & 2 of the Revolution series.
Billy has had a tremendous racing season in 2017, a pinnacle moment was becoming a junior national champion in the team pursuit and now he's in Europe racing with the worlds best junior track racers.
Congratulations Billy!!
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We're still settling down from the incredible racing that took place over the weekend in Glasgow. The guys battled hard, won a few, lost a few but came out to race another day.
We're super proud of Dominic, Joe and Billy, plus thrilled to race with our guest riders Chris Lawless and a special thanks to Matt Rotherham who stepped in and partnered with Chris for the madison time trial to take home a very respectable 4th place.
Team Star Track currently sits in 9th place overall in the Champions league!
Many thanks to the Revolution Cycling Series for hosting an amazing event and to our sponsors Chefs Cut Real Jerky Hincapie Sports and the Center for Spine Care + Mobility!
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The boys in blue had a solid run during round 2 of the Revolution series... check out Dom winning the handicap race.
Photography courtesy of Chris Maher... thank you for the incredible pictures!
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Bicycle Diary of Billy Taylor (age 15).
11/20/2017
Gran Fondo Hincapie... next stop Revolution Series!
Back from South Carolina where I did the Gran Fondo Hincapie, it’s a fun ride event format with a great course whether we were going up a hill or on the flat bits.
I managed to finish the 80 mile ride in around five hours and twenty minutes. I didn’t break any records, but I came to have a good time, and I did. I rode with friends, and I managed to stop at every rest stop and sample the food. I had a great day.
Since I’ve been back in New York, my focus has been training for the Revolution Series in the UK. I’m really excited to be going overseas in a couple of weeks to compete in this amazing racing series. The first race is in London on November 25th. I’ve been preparing by doing a lot of indoor training sessions to help get my leg speed up which is important when you are riding junior gears.
This past weekend I trained at T-Town… we had a Star Track team training session lead by our Coach, Gil (Gibby) Hatton. I love working with Coach Gil. He really gets me, and he always pushes me to be the best I can be.
The first event I’ll be racing during the Revolutions will be the Madison, which isn’t a race I do too often so I’ve been practicing with my training partner and friend Justin Butsavage. Justin’s a few years older than me, but he is great to train with, and I am learning a lot of great tips about Madison racing from him.
For the revolutions, I’m paired with an English guy Billy Lazenby… they’ve paired the two Billy’s together. We haven’t met yet or raced together so hopefully Billy and I get a chance to practice before the first race.
Til then I have a ton of training to log, and not enough time… Stay tuned for more insight into my final preparations for the London Revolutions!
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Star Track is proud to share a new day in the life of series, a diary of sorts via the perspective of our Star Track riders and their adventures as junior racers.
Enjoy and tune in for our new day in the life of series, "Bicycle Diaries".
This is the Bicycle Diary of Billy Taylor (age 15).
10/20/2017
Talent ID camp.
I just got back from USAC Talent ID camp which was held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. I was there for five days with around 20 other riders in my age group. It was a great experience. All of the riders got along really well, and we learned a lot.
The food at the Olympic Training Center was awesome and I now have a good reason to work hard to get back there, unlimited good food. The camp was at a pretty high altitude so it made it harder to breath but overall I had some good rides, I was happy with my training and it was a great experience.
I came back on Sunday, then on Tuesday I drove with my family to South Carolina to ride at the Hincapie Gran Fondo. I am doing the 80 mile Gran Fondo this Saturday. Today I got to go on a recon of part of the course with a great group of riders. Besides George Hincapie, there were at least three other former professional riders. Christian Van de Velde, Erik Zabel, and Bobby Julich. It was a great ride in the hills of South Carolina. We rode around 55 miles today.
This is really great training for me because recently I was lucky enough to be selected to ride at the Revolution Series in the UK over the next few months. The Revolution Series is a three part track racing series that takes place in London, Glasgow, and Manchester. A lot of great professional track riders race there and i'm very proud to say that I will be in the “Future Stars” Group.
The events will be televised on Eurosport TV, but I think they use the Future Star races to run the commercials, so you probably can’t see me race... but I'm still really excited. My Teammates Dominic Suozzi and Joe Christiansen will be racing with the pros so I am lucky to share this amazing experience with them.
Hope you enjoyed my stories and adventures, i'll check back in soon and let you know how the Fondo went.
Thanks!
Billy Taylor
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