June 12, 2010

Flying into Form at the Delta Tour, Stage 1

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Steven The Stache Ready Set Go 2010

June 12, 2010
Written by: Steven Cozza

We had awesome teamwork today at the Delta Tour. Very cool how well we all rode together and as a result, we helped get Tyler into the leader’s jersey. Timmy, Travis and I led Tyler out for the last time bonus sprint and blew the field to pieces. Additionally, three of our guys, including Tyler, got away in a break of 12 with just 20k to go.

As I said, it was a great day for team Garmin Transitions. The best part is, I had good legs for the first time in a long time. I’m Very excited to be feeling the form coming on. I’m really looking forward to all the racing in August, September and October – my 3 favorite racing months.

Man… there’s a lot of wind in Holland.

Steven

June 11, 2010

Anticipation Leads to Roaring Cheers – The Real Hero – Heroine

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Anticipation Leads to Roaring Cheers – The Real Hero – Heroine from scott cozza on Vimeo.

Credits: Video by Gene Berman, avid cycling fan, a hero to all who know him and a good friend of Steven Cozza

Stage 2 Amgen Tour of California 2010 was like any road race stage in any part of the world. Cycling fans of Road Racing share one thing in common – Anticipation! They wait. And they wait. They wait sometimes for hours and hours. They wait for the site of a cyclist powering by or sometimes struggling by them for a brief moment in time. When that moment occurs for a fan it is like the race stops and the cyclists slow down to a slow motion in space and time. And then suddenly abruptly they turn to a blur of colors as they pass by. How dare they! We waited for hours and they don’t even stop to say hello. Some of them even have the audacity to throw their water bottles at us! Maybe they throw the bottle because they are envious of us. Because they see us eating and drinking and having fun as they race by suffering from the strain of their effort to be the first to the finish line.

I love the professional sport of Road Racing. I love the anticipation. I love the companionship that takes place among fans. I love to watch the beautiful colors of the peloton with the backdrop of nature or the buildings of a city as it races by. I admire the professional domestique cyclists because they are courageous, going to battle with little armor and giving themselves up for their teammates to win. They remain in the shadow of the peloton, but are in deed its strength.  They are the true heroes or heroines of the peloton, of the race.