Celebrating the 2019 Season
It’s hard to believe the 2019 season is coming to a close for many of our athletes. We wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year and recognize all of the incredible accomplishments our athletes have achieved.
We also had the exciting addition of Jackson Duncan to our coaching staff this year!
The Disciplines
Achieve athletes compete across a variety of disciplines, and we were especially excited to see the expansion of gravel racing and events in 2019! Athletes participated in seven disciplines including: Gravel, Road, Track, Cyclocross, Cross Country Mountain Bike, Downhill MTB, and Enduro.
While cycling and bike racing goes far beyond results, we’d be remiss if we didn’t recognize the incredible success our talented athletes had on the bike.
The Highlights
1 World Championships Team Selection for Team USA
1 USA National MTB Championship Title
1 Zimbabwe National Championship Title
1 Single Speed Cyclocross District Championship Title
1 Signing with a National Racing Calendar Team in 2020
25 Victories
32 Podiums
50 Top 10s
5 Category Upgrades
5 UCI events raced
2 Babies born
1 First-ever bike race
1 Healthy recovery from surgery
The Athletes
What better way to celebrate the year than to hear from our athletes as they reflect on their seasons.
Like father, like son. Andrew Waite’s son participating in his second-ever MTB race.
“My 2019 season was filled with personal and professional achievements. I was guided by Coach Sofi into my first winter of training on a time trial bike that led to podiums in the TT and overall at Valley of the Sun and Chico Stage Race Pro/Cat 1 Races. I tapped into my aerobic engine more than ever before and realized my potential in gravel events like the Grasshopper series and Belgian Waffle Ride. I developed into a rider valuable for personal and team accomplishments which opened the door to joining a national-calendar team next year. Plus, I completed my medical residency.” – Stephen Vogel, Road & Gravel Cyclist
Blake Harper was no stranger to the top step of the podium this year.
“Coach Ryan guided me into the sport with empathy, encouragement, and a whole treasure-trove of NCNCA insight. From the very beginning he listened well, understood what I wanted to achieve in the sport, and helped me to see my potential. I honestly cannot imagine what the season would have been like without his support.” – Blake Harper, Road Cyclist
Teamwork. Team Dolce Vita rode like a well-oiled machine year round.
“I’m super proud of my team Dolce Vita’s results, camaraderie, and overall ethos Personally, I improved my nutrition and achieved target weight as well as increased my 20-minute power to 394 watts.” – Trevor Gilmore, Dolce Vita Team President, Road Cyclist.
“The last seven months have been such an eye opener. My expectations have been met and then some! Communication, motivation, inspiration, and a good amount of ‘Steve you got it bud!’ It’s those little things that make me excited to get on my bike and believe in the process. Coach Ryan has a bottomless pit of knowledge.” – Steven Tortorelli, CX and Track Cyclist
“Above all, we had a new addition to our family in May, our son Brendan born on May 9th. The support from AchievePTC has launched me into the next level. The nutritional support is top-notch, I lost 16 lbs and kept the weight off without any emotional suffering or power loss (I even improved my FTP and sprint power during this time). I have a much better concept of choosing the right foods to eat on and off the bike.” – Marco Lei, Road Cyclist
Ryan Rinn - extraordinaire as bike rider and dad
“I’ve made a goal of having more fun on the bike and taking some pressure off myself when it comes to racing. I knew I was going to be a dad all of 2019 so the goal was to try to do as many rides and races as I could. I rode away with another District/State Cyclocross Title, my 5th or 6th title. I also won the inaugural Grinduro Canada and overall Grasshopper Series. Ryan has been an amazing coach and helped me through some stressful times this year to help me keep perspective and focus. I’ll be looking forward to balancing riding and fatherhood and continuing to share the love of cycling with my wife Erin.” – Ryan Rinn, Cyclocross & Gravel Cyclist