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Sigma Sport returns to Inferno Racing's program for the fourth consecutive year and is the team's official bicycle computation provider.
The team uses the BC 1706 HR wireless computer, the BC 1106 Team Issue and the Onyx Fit Heart Rate Monitor. Sigma gives the athletes so many options to choose from, allowing the athlete many personal variations of information gathering.
Be sure to check out these items on our team machines while attending your next race! For more information visit sigmasport.com, or call 1-888-744-6277.
Bonk Paint Protection Films are an essential armor to protect any of your cherished rides! Bonk makes films for virtually any vehicle, and supplies our team with protective films for our team bikes and team vehicles.
Bonk is also our official supplier of custom, indestructible decals. The company has designed and donated name plates for each rider's helmet and bikes, team labels for every helmet and bicycle in the fleet and has taken on the task of customizing our pop-up team event tents!
Next time you see one of our rides, check out the custom labels! For more information and product availability, visit bonkprotection.com, or call 1-480-515-2898.
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Matt is new to Inferno for 2008. While only racing his road bike seriously since late 2005, Matt has been competing on his Mountain Bike and entering Triathlons since 1995. In 2007, Matt opted to retain the services of super-coach and established pro rider, Eddie Hilger. It did not take long for anyone involved to see the U28 rider's obvious strength and wealth of untapped talent.
With the call from Eddie and another recommendation from elite-level coach and long-time Inferno coach/rider, Andy Applegate, the natural choice was to give Winstead a shot at high-caliber racing on our potent team roster.
All-around means exactly that with Matt, too. "In 2008, he has had all top 10 finishes in every race he has entered. This includes sprinting events, criteriums, time trials, stage races and road races. A true 'Jack of all trades'!" states GM, Chad Thompson. I have been so impressed with Matt's talent and undying team work ethic, that I actually had to call Eddie and say thanks."
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News
We have lift off! The 2008 USA Crits Series and USA Crits Speed Week Series got under way last night with the 29th edition of the Athens Twilight Criterium in Athens, GA.
The team aims to defend its Speed Week title (won last year by Mark Hekman while riding for Inferno's program) and pursue the national series as well, lost after an unfortunate crash to then team leader, Mark Hekman. The untimely crash saw the team lose the lead in 2 of the 4 competitions that seemed a lock throughout the season!
Photo credit - epicimages.us
Team Inferno starts this year's edition with much of the same hunger that launched our team into the spot light in 2007. Bennet van der Genugten rocked a phenomenal ITT CompuTrainer effort on Friday's qualifier for 6th and set the tone for the pin-striped posse.
Athens did not disappoint with the country's top sprinters coming to the line for the win. While Rock Racing's Rahssan Bahati scored the victory, a photo finish for the next 7 spots saw Jeff Hopkins taking 5th place on the line behind Haedo and a hard charging Kevin Lancombe of Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast. The team placed 4 riders in the top paying spots as well, hopefully placing Team Inferno Pro Cycling as the team competition leaders . . . here we go again!
Make it 2! Josh England has done it again, by winning his second US race in as many entered on consecutive days. Unbelievable.
Both Kiwi sensations, Josh England and Joe Cooper found themselves in the top 5 today after a flawless day of teamwork and selfless efforts by Cooper and Aledia at the Tour of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Ohio.
Next up for Josh is the USA Crits Speed Week Series, and Joe can be found at RATL and the US Air Force Cycling Classic in the coming weeks. Good job, lads!
Repeat offender! Josh England has done it again, by winning his first race entered shortly after arriving to the United States.
As he did in 2007, England has flown from his home country of New Zealand, organized himself at the team house, acclimated and started tallying the victories.
In a field boasting current National Elite Road Race Champion, Paul Martin, Kirk Albers, a very strong RGF team and even members from Team Type 1, England was the stand out talent on the day. The final break of the race saw Josh out numbered with teammates Martin and Albers, RGF members Jeremy Grimm and Stefan Kadar, and one isolated Kiwi (Josh). Despite the odds, Josh responded to all attacks and sprinted to the top spot. Great job, Josh!
More roster adjustments for April. A severe illness has attacked Team Co-Captain, Remi McManus. Though Remi is doing fine and on the road to recovery, it has quashed all of his hard off-season work and set him back for a month. As a result, both the US Air Force Cycling Classic and USA Crits Speed Week Series rosters have seen adjustment.
Revised USA Crits Speed Week Roster:
- Marco Aledia (USA)
- Jim Baldesare (USA)
- Josh England (NZL)
- Jaime Gandara (MEX)
- Bennet van der Genugten (USA)
- Rich Harper (USA)
- Jeff Hopkins (AUS)
- Matt Winstead (USA)
Revised US Air Force Cycling Classic Roster:
- Andy Applegate (USA)
- Joe Cooper (NZL)
- Ryan Gamm (USA)
- Jaime Gandara (MEX)
- Hayden Godfrey (NZL)
- Christian Parrett (USA)
- Tim Swain (USA)
- Matt Winstead (USA)
Congratulations to Jeff Hopkins and Leigh Valetti on their recent engagement! She actually said "yes" to the wacky Australian. They plan to wed later in 2008 and currently reside in Decatur, GA.
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2008 Events
USA Crits Speed Week Series
SE United States
USA Crits Championship Series
United States & Canada
Jacksonville Cycling Classic
Southpoint Criterium
Jacksonville, FL - CANCELED
Jacksonville Cycling Classic
Penny Farms Road Race
Jacksonville, FL - CANCELED
Athens Twilight Criterium
USA Crits SW & Championship Series
Athens, GA
Beaufort Memorial Classic
USA Crits Speed Week Series
Beaufort, SC
Walterboro Cycling Classic
USA Crits Speed Week Series
Walterboro, SC
Uptown Greenwood Cycling Challenge
USA Crits Speed Week Series
Greenwood, SC
Steadman Hawkins Cycling Classic
USA Crits Speed Week Series
Spartanburg, SC
Historic Dilworth Criterium
USA Crits Speed Week Series
Charlotte, NC
Sandy Springs Cycling Challenge
USA Crits Speed Week Series
Sandy Springs, GA
US Air Force Cycling Classic
US ProTour
Arlington, VA
Joe Martin Stage Race
Fayetteville, AR
Bank of America Grand Prix
Wilmington, DE
Kelly Cup
Baltimore, MD
Tour de Leelanau
US ProTour
Leelanau County, MI
Tour of Somerville
Somerville, NJ
Pop Kugler Memorial Criterium
Somerville, NJ
Tulsa Tough
USA Crits Championship Series
Tulsa, OK
Rocky Boots
Nelsonville Starbrick Crfiterium
Nelsonville, OH
Tour of Ohio Stage Race
Central Ohio
AT&T Austin Criterium
USA Crits Championship Series
Austin, TX
American Eagle Outfitters
Tour of Pennsylvania
US ProTour
Pennsylvania, USA
Cox Charities Cycling Classic
Providence, RI
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