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June 27, 2011

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 east coast 7 months ago

I suspect many of our juniors interested in cycling come up in the 13/14 and 15/16 ranks where they can just dominate less interested kids and win all the time. Then things start to get a little harder and a little less fun as suddenly the field gets deeper. In Europe they're probably in the "deep water" even in those 13/14 races and have to work harder from a younger age to get the results. But it still amazes me that they develop so many guys to that level. Although, I guess if you took all the American kids that are running track and cross country and killing it at 800 meters and up and put them on mtn bikes for 5 years instead, that they'd be doing pretty good. Maybe the high school leagues will help pull some of those types into cycling. I know a local 10th grader who's now turning a 4:05 mile and 1:53 in the 800. He probably would have been pretty good on the mtn bike. But even the track and cross country guys are mainstream compared to high school bikers.

Jimmy the Greek 7 months ago

Let the Greek break this down.

G Dork, SE is most likely enjoying the fruits of talent and hard work. The kid isn't enjoying a six figure road contract on the US mountain bike circuit. I'm going out on a limb that you need money for an in-depth doping program, you can't go buy the stuff at your local Wal Greens.
Easter, the reason the Swiss and Euro's kill the Americans on a whole is simple priorities. They offer incentives for riders to get into cycling as youth, where America hasn't really developed that program. Add to the fact top cyclists make big money and are worshipped on a scale in line with Kobe, Jeter or Tom Brady, while Adam Craig is a relative unknown to the general population, you have some, but not all the reason the Swiss and others run circles around us.
So PDX don't hate the player, hate the game. Squire did the smart thing, left an arena where he was struggling and moved over to road to try and make something of himself.
The Greek has spoken!

Dave McElwaine From trailwatch.net 7 months ago

Ask Jose Hermida, the current world champion, why is at the top of the sport. He left Spain and joined the Scott (Swiss) team with Thomas Frischknecht. They train like fanatics are ride gnarly stuff. Last year's champion Nino Schurter is also a Frischknect desciple. The Swiss cycling federation is giving the juniors huge support.

As for Stephen Ettinger, it is insulting and just plain stupid to suggest that there is something amiss with him. He has big skills, is a monster on the bike, and has put years of training. He is going to follow in the footsteps of Todd Wells, JHK, and Adam Craig. On top of that Stephen is a class act.

east coast 7 months ago

He's not off the chart, probably just has talent, drive and good physiology. Look at Joe Dombrowski - he left mtn biking. Now he's killing it as a 20 year old on Trek Livestrong - finished 5th or 6th overall at Tour of the Gila. He's squeaky clean for sure and ironically was under USAC's nose as a mtn biker, but couldn't even crack the top 10 when nationals were at 9000 feet.

The discussion I'd like to have is not about US U23's, but how a country like Switzerland consistently dominates mtn biking. They have 7 million people and can put 10 or more guys in the top 30 of a world cup. So ten times the riders compared to our one who might make top 30 and we have fifty times the population. So the Swiss are 500 times more likely to hit the top levels of world cup. What are they doing to develop their riders?
Look at the junior race at the Mt St Anne world cup - we have a super fast junior who wins all the ProXCT stuff in Keegan Swenson. He was nearly 6 minutes off the winning time of 1:09 by a Swiss junior - that's an 8% difference. And they put 8 guys in front of him in Offenburg. What's up with that?

G Block 7 months ago

If this were anyone from outside the US everyone would be talking doping. Can anyone confirm that these "breakout" results are clean and pure? Maybe not fair but you've got to ask given the sport and given his enormous jump from years past.

tex 7 months ago

If Stephan who at 22 is already getting top finishes in US Cup Races and U23 WC Races can't get a very lucrative deal from a top US Team, then Pro mtb. racing in the US is dead and the series might as well be an amateur series.

PDX Dave 7 months ago

For godsake please don't let this kid leave and go race the road. I'm sick of mtb racing being just another feeder program to the road scene. Look at Robbie Squire.. amazing U23 MTB talent, couldn't find a team that would take him, left to race road, and just won the U23 road national championships. You can be sure he's never coming back to the mtb! Hopefully some MTB team out there will pick up Stephan for next year before he leaves too.

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