A Year in Pictures

It's hard to believe but as of the 5th of February I have been living on my own for a year.  Time flies when you are surrounded by great people and have fun.  Here is a summary of the year in pictures! Enjoy!

Thanks again to everyone who made this last year possible for me!

2012 Announcements!

  Its the first blog post in 2012 and the first in quite a long time! My apologies! I am delighted to announce that I have signed with a new u23 team for 2012 season.  I will be relocating to St. Louis, Missouri in late April to be a part of the Harley Davidson cycling team directed and coached by Jim Schneider and Kevin Livingston (ex-US Postal rider).
  Here is our tentative race schedule.  We would love to see you at some of the races!

2012 National

Racing Schedule

Date	Race	Where	Type
April 14	Presbyterian Hospital Invitational	Charlotte, NC	Crit - NCC
April 26 - 29	Joe Martin	Fayetteville AR	Stage race - NRC
May 2 – 6	Tour of the Gila	Silver City, NM	Stage race - NRC
May 12	Tour de Grove	St. Louis, MO	Crit - NCC
June 2	Glencoe Grand Prix	Glencoe IL	Crit - NCC
June 8 - 10	Tulsa Tough	Tulsa OK	Crits - NCC
June 20 – 24 (?)	NATIONALS	Augusta, GA
June 28 – July 1	Tour of Dairylands	WI	Crits - NCC
July 17 – 22	Cascade Classic	Bend, OR	Stage race - NRC
July 28	Herman Miller Grand Cycling	Grand Rapids MI	Crit - NCC
Aug 3 – 5	Tour of Elk Grove	Elk Grove, IL	Stage race - NRC
Aug 25 – 26	Chris Thater Memorial	Binghamton NY	Crit - NCC
Sept	Gateway Cup	St. Louis, MO	Crits

·         Races in italics are maybe’s

More detailed announcements to come soon!

Thanks for reading!  Happy 2012!

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A look Back at a Great Season

While on my ride today I was looking back on what an amazing experience I had this past season living in California with teammates and racing for Specialized.  One of the greatest parts about this was not just being able to leave high school a semester early but all of the great people I have met that have helped me along the way this year.  I want to say a special thank you to some of the people that made this year possible.  Larry Nolan, Wyatt Weisel, Steve Cassani, Dylan Casey, Specialized and last but not least my parents.  I couldn't have made this happen without any of these people.
Plans are starting to work out for next year and will be announced in about a month.

College!

With my season wrapping up I have started college.  I am attending Fort Lewis College in Durnago Colorado.
It is going well so far.  I have some of the best room mates I could ask for Payson McElveen and Kyle Amberman.  Payson is one of the United States top mountain bikers in his age group.  With him here it makes training a bit more exciting as I am not always riding alone.
  I am majoring in exercise science.  Coincidentally so is Payson, of my five classes we have four together.
As for the racing next year I am still undecided on which team I will race for.
I am planning on doing a much better job of updating the blog in the future!
Thanks for reading 

Tour de L'abitibi

 I am currently in Quebec Canada with Team Specialized racing the Tour de L'abitib.  A six day seven stage race.  Yesterday was the first stage, 112km mostly flat.  I was able to make the winning break of eight riders.  Two New Zealand riders, three Kazakhstan riders, one rider from Thailand and one Mexican rider.  The break went clear about 70km into the race.  We all worked very well together.  I was a little surprised we stayed away as the French national team and the USA national team were not represented. 

We start stage two this afternoon I am sitting 5th on GC, we are sitting 3rd on team GC.  Looking forward to the time trial in the morning and a short stage in the afternoon.

Whats coming up!

Nationals is just around the corner!  I will be heading to Augusta, GA on the 20th along with the rest of the Specialized team.  We are anticipating a very strong showing in all 3 events.  

After Nationals we will have a team gearing up for L'abitibi held in Quebec.  This is known as the Junior Tour de France.  Held over the course of a week with 7 stages.  It is the only internationally recognized race on North America.  We will be targeting the overall as well as stage wins.  

   I will updating my new twitter account with more frequent updates from Nationals and L'abitibi.  My twitter name is willyzellmer.

Thanks for reading!

Very Quick update from the weekend

Here is a quick update courtesy of Marcus Smith on our weekend of adventures.  Just goes to show we might be a little bit crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjAq1fYoTQ8&feature