VOLUME 13 NUMBER 8 FREE FALL/WINTER 2005 cycling utah RIDER OF THE YEAR AWARDS! •Tragic Accidents - p. 3 •Calendar of Events - p. 16 •Lance and Bob Roll - p. 2 •Lotoja - p. 10 •Moab Rim - Trail of the Month - p. 4 •Support Your Local Bike Shop - p. 5 •Rider of the Year Awards - p. 11 DIRT •Josie Johnson Ride - p. 8 PAVEMENT •Results - p. 18 • Commuter Column - p. 6 ADVOCACY •Cyclocross - p. 12 RACING •Cedar City Advocacy - p. 6 TOURING •Your First Cross Race - p. 7 MOUNTAIN WEST CYCLING JOURNAL 2 cycling utah.com OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2005 SPEAKING OF SPOKES him to come to North Carolina to train for a week. During that week, cycling utah Carmichael convinced him to return P.O. Box 57980 to Europe, finish out the season, and Murray, UT 84157-0980 EveningsEvenings withwith fulfill his contract. Armstrong told www.cyclingutah.com how he decided to do that, and You can reach us by phone: returned to Europe with the deter- (801) 268-2652 mination, not to win, but to do his ArmstrongArmstrong andand RRolloll best, Then, upon his return, the Our Fax number: good results and wins began to (801) 263-1010 By David Ward “They asked me to come for two come. Publisher reasons: Because I am a cancer sur- of the roughly 2500 miles ridden Upon mentioning North vivor and because I won a few bike during the Tour de France, he rides Carolina, cheers came from the An Evening with Lance races along the way,” he said. alone for maybe 60 miles. The rest audience. Armstrong smiled and “Being a cancer survivor is the bulk of the time he is in the peloton said he should mention some other “He’s a stud,” my wife, Karma, of the story.” With that, Lance where his team is important. places, and then said “We also went said when I asked her what I should launched in to the meat of his mes- He also described US Postal, to California.” A big cheer. “And write about Lance Armstrong. We sage. He went on to relate his story when he first started with the team, I’m from Texas.” Another cheer. had just attended Armstrong’s of being diagnosed with cancer, and as the “Bad News Bears” of profes- “And I have been to Japan.” A loud speech at the Nu Skin convention his fight for survival. Later, he sional cycling. “They didn’t even cheer from the large Japanese con- the previous evening, October 7, compared how that helped in bike have a bus. Every team has a bus.” tingent. Dave Iltis, Editor & and I was wanting to write this racing, fundraising, and other But it was the only team that would At one point, a member of the Advertising while his talk was still fresh in our endeavors in his life. offer him a spot and a bicycle. He audience yelled, “Go for eight!”. [email protected] minds. It was interesting to listen He spoke of the importance of detailed how with time, success and Armstrong laughed and said, “They selecting a team. He related his to him as a speaker. I realized I had more money, they developed US are making of DVD of last year’s David R. Ward, Publisher experience of searching out and Postal into a top team. “People never heard him speak, but only be Tour. Buy that and pop it in the [email protected] interviewed. ultimately selecting a team of doc- have said we have the best team DVD player next July.” It was an experience just getting tors and health professionals to help ever.” He claimed that he hopes, During a brief question and Contributors: Greg Overton, into the convention for the speech, him in his struggle. Prior to meet- because of the excellent team they answer period by the founder and Neal Skorpen, Gregg Bromka, and having to endure almost two ing the doctors he ultimately select- have in place, they can put someone the CEO of Nu Skin, he was asked Ben Simonson, Michael hours of the Nu Skin Awards Gala ed, he had been told by others that in his place, and have the same suc- about political ambitions. Gonzales, Lou Melini, Joaquim before Armstrong was brought on his prognosis was not good, and he cess, with him on the roadside as a Armstrong explained that one of the Hailer, Jason Bultman, Lonnie stage to speak. But that is fodder was not given much hope. But cheerleader. problems with politics was “the Wolff, Clair Jensen, Ted Wilson, for another story, except to say that when he visited with the doctors in He spoke of learning to not quit immediate loss of half your popu- Brad Karren, David Bern, Ryan I was beginning to wonder if listen- Indiana, they had the attitude, “We while battling cancer. He related larity.” Gurr, Ed Chauner, Ron Lindley, ing to him was worth all this effort can do this. You can beat this.” He the experience of being reminded Armstrong also spoke briefly of Brooke Merrell and waiting. subsequently compared that to the by his coach, Chris Carmichael, that the difficulties and challenges of It was. Armstrong was comfort- confidence shown by his team, US he could not quit racing. Armstrong bike racing and the Tour. He briefly Distribution: Michael able with the audience and confi- Postal, in coming to him after his had returned to racing in Europe mentioned , almost introspectively, Gonzales, Rachel Gonzales, dent in his speaking. He charmed successful finish to the 1998 come- with US Postal. However, when the “suspicions” and “challenges to David Montgomery, Doug the audience with his smile and back season and saying, “You can results were not what he had antici- your integrity”. But he then went on win the Tour de France.” So he pated or wanted, he had quit and Kartcher easy, affable manner. But, of to say that he would do it again. (To add your business to our course, it was the substance and agreed to give it a try. “And we returned home to Texas. It was then And then speaking more expan- won.” that Carmichael called him, told free distribution, give us a intensity of his message that was sively, and implying the inclusion of call) most captivating. Later, Armstrong explained that, him he could not quit, and asked his battle against cancer along with his career, he said, “I wouldn’t Administrative Assistant: change a thing.” Lindsay Ross An Evening with Bob Roll cycling utah is published On Saturday evening (October eight times a year beginning 8th), at the invitation of Mike in March and continuing Caldwell, president of the Greater monthly through October. Ogden Athletic Legacy Foundation (GOAL), Karma and I attended Annual Subscription rate: GOAL’s fund-raising dinner where $12 Bob Roll was the keynote speaker. (Send in a check to Roll had spent Friday and Saturday our P.O. Box) in the Ogden area visiting and rid- Postage paid in Murray, UT ing with GOAL sponsors and sup- porters. Editorial and photographic con- tributions are welcome. Send via Continued on page 14 email to [email protected]. Or, send via mail and please include a stamped, self- addressed envelope to return unused material. 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Temple on October 16th sports icon Donnie Pymm was I felt the cold creeping in and and their 9-month old daughter, Odessa. at 11:55 p.m. He was struck hit by a pickup truck early on wondered how long it would Allan was the Utah Cycling Association's top rider for 2005, a distinc- take me to reach the road far from behind by a 1996 Pontiac tion he held for the second time in his cycling career. During the 2005 October 6, 2005 on 700 East down the canyon on one ski. allegedly driven by Rogelio season, Allan won the Tour de Gap and Gate City Grind Stage Races, as near Dixie State College. He The tow plate of my binding Molina, 22. The vehicle con- well as stages within those races. Once the race was over, Allan was was rushed to Dixie Regional tinued on after hitting had split.