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| 2004 Archived
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2004 Team iomega-Orbea
cyclists (left to right): Chris Abbruzzese, Justin Mayfield,
Gary Casella (Mgr) Eric Ransom, Esteban Jukich, and Tad Hamilton
(not pictured: Matt Weyden, Gonzalo Tagliabue & Steven
Parker) <see
team bios> |
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| Nov 15-
Shain Official Sponsor for 2005 |
 Shain
Helmets will be the official helmet sponsor
for Team iomega-Orbea for 2005. Shain Helmets
from Italy are pretty new to the US market but have
been used by teams such Lampre including 2003 World
Champion Igor Astarloa in 2004.
With their innovative designs with
features such as Multi Impact technology with Re Up
Foam, Easy Fix removable pad system, Sandwich Inner
Shell, Air Intake Net, and DFC System pushing your sweat
away and keeping your skin dry help Shain be an industry
leader. Meets American CPSC safety standards.
iomega-Orbea will be using the BK 100 Corsa and BK 500
TT Rapido models.
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For more information on Shain Helmets
go to
www.shainhelmets.com
or Call 618-393-2955 |
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July
25- iomega-Orbea makes
cover photo of the Sunday Sports Page!
iomega-Orbea rider Matt Weyen graced
the cover of the Idaho Statesman Sunday,
July 25, 2004, Sportspage covering the previous
evening's Twilight Criterium. <click
here to see full story> |
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June
20 - iomega-Orbea gets
Dirty
This past weekend iomega-Orbea riders took to the dirt
to compete in the NORBA Knobby Tire series and
the Wild Rockies MTB events. Tad Hamilton
took 3rd in the Pro class on Sunday. Steve
Parker also took 2nd on Saturday. |
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June
2 - Matt Weyen gets
Olympic Selection race invitation!
Matt Weyen due to his fine performance
at the Ecology Center Classic last weekend which placed
him among the top 150 riders in the USA, received an
invitation to Redlands, California to participate in
the Olympic Selection events. The invitation only
event also had the names of riders like 5 time Tour
de France winner Lance Armstrong, Tyler
Hamilton, George Hincapie, and
current US Pro Champion and 2004 Giro de Italia stage
winner Fred Rodriguez.
CONGRATULATIONS MATT on this terrific accomplishment! |
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May 31- iomega-Orbea
makes presence felt at NRC in Missoula
The iomega-Orbea squad finished off their best ever NRC race
with a 5th place overall by Matt Weyen this
past Memorial Day weekend. Matt was quick to give credit
to his teammates who helped him throughout the 4 day event
to obtain his best ever NRC finish.
The team rode magnificent together with an all for one, one for
all attitude that was displayed throughout the weekend.
Team manager/director Gary Casella said "I
am very pleased with the way the entire team rode..
Very selfless, as there were many instances this weekend we
could have easily fallen out of the top ten." "Furthermore,
the integration of our seasoned stage racers (Esteban,
Gonzalo, Tad) really helped guide Matt to his fantastic
finish." |
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| May 28...Weyen
takes 6th in stage 1 at Ecology. Ransom Crashes Hard.
<see
full story> |
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| May 27... iomega-Orbea
sends full squad to Ecology Center Classic NRC <see
news for full story> |
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| May 16...Weyen
2nd & iomega-Orbea places four in the top 10 at
Eagle Hills <see
news for full story> |
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April 18...New
iomega-Orbea rider Matt Weyen takes 5th at Blacks Creek Road
Race.
Matt Weyen finished 5th in the third stage
of the George's Spring series race, Blacks Creek Road Race.
Matt rode well as almost everyone on the team had been home
for less than a week from Uruguay and the travel wrecked havoc
on the riders legs. From cramps to just discomfort the
20+ hours of flying and travel took its tool. Bad luck
still loomed large as Justin Mayfield flatted in the early part
of the race as well as Gary Casella just before
the finish. |
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| April 15 (Posted
July 14)... 2004
Vuelta de Uruguay, bad luck, tough hard racing... but still
a success. Post race thoughts
from Team Director Gary Casella.. Part 2 of 2 <read
full story> |
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| April 15 (Posted
June 23)... 2004
Vuelta de Uruguay, bad luck, tough hard racing... but still
a success. Post race thoughts
from Team Director Gary Casella.. Part 1 of 2 <read
full story> |
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May 10...
2004 Vuelta Report by
Tad Hamilton
Read
entire story |
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April 29...
Update on "Bike for Bittle Project"
Here is an update on an earlier story
about Mark Bittle, a local man who suffered the loss of a
limb and now a stolen mountain bike used for therapy. Local
cyclist, Jeff Gasser and Team iomega-Orbea
rider Tad Hamilton, with the help of the local community,
have raised about $1300 in donations to purchase a new bike
for Mark.
Tad Hamilton comments
on the overwhelming success of the project:
"Since there has been such a
large response to our request for donations, we'll be able
to purchase Mark a brand new bike. On Friday, April 29th Jeff
and I will select the bike, and make the changes necessary
for any of Mark's special needs. The next day, we will present
Mark his new ride. The weather forecast is very good, so Mark
should be on his new bike that day."
Thank You to all that sent in their support.
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April 29...
Pictures and full results,
team results and diaries from Uruguay coming soon!
Additions to Official
2004 iomage-Orbea Roster
Upon returning from Uruguay, team
manager announced and confirmed the addition of new riders
to the squad. For 2004 Team iomega-Orbea has secured Idahoan
Matt Weyen a strong Time Trial rider and
good all arounder and Uruguayan Gonzalo Tagliabue
another strong all around rider who has raced in Austrailia
and was placed in the top 15 in the 2004 Vuelta de Uruguay
before a crash ended his chances. Fully recovered he arrives
this week with Esteban Jukich who rode with
the squad last season and finished 18th overall in the Vuelta
for iomega-Orbea. |
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April 23...
Photos of Vuelta de Uruguay
Local Cycling website and
info source IdahoCyclingNews.com
operated by Team iomega-Orbea member Justin
Mayfield has posted some excellent photos of Team
iomega-Orbea Athletes at the Vuelta
de Uruguay. <see
photos>
CHECK BACK
SOON...
for the Full Story on the team's
trip to Uruguay!! |
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April 23...
Tad Hamilton helps local Amputee get Bike
"When I heard about Mark
Bittle's story, I was shocked, pissed, sad and amazed
all at once. How could so much bad luck happen to one guy?..."
<read full Idaho Statesman story> |
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April 2...
Team iomega-Orbea arrives
in Uruguay
Team iomega-Orbea
arrived in Uruguay yesterday and all seemed excited to be
in Uruguay for the event. All had a good flight and
got setteled in and had a short ride before dinner and heading
off to bed for some rest after the long flight.
The first stage starts tomorrow
with the Team Time Trial which iomega-Orbea drew the last
spot to start. Approx: local start time 5:15pm (1:15pn
MST time). |
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| March 30...
Follow team iomega Orbea live
during the Vuelta de Uruguay <read
full story> |
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March 25...
Team Gears Up for Vuelta
This weekend marks the final tune
ups for the Iomega-Orbea squad before their first International
race, the Vuelta de
Uruguay, April 2-11.
Idaho based riders will test their skills
in the Ola-Sweet road race and
Esteban Jukich with team director/rider Gary
Casella will be racing in
Montevideo, Uruguay.
The team will be meeting in Montevideo
April 1st for final preperations
before heading off to Piriapolis for the start of the Vuelta.
Stay tuned here for news, pictures
and updates on the teams performance at the 61st Vuelta de
Uruguay, the longest running stage race in the
Americas. |
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March 21...
Estaban Jukich takes podium
in Canelones
The day started
brisk with temps low enough to call for armwarmers and
legwarmers as the race started out at 7:30am. As the sun came
out and the mist lifted the days temps got hot and so did the
racing. <read
full story> |
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| official stages for the
Vuelta de Uruguay |
stage |
date |
where |
kms |
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april 2 |
Piriapolis TTT |
7 |
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april 3 |
Piriapolis-Rocha |
188.5 |
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april 4 |
Jose P Varela-Melo |
147 |
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april 5 |
Melo-Tacuarembo |
201.8 |
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april 6 |
Tacuarembo-Salto |
169 |
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april 7 |
Salto-Payasandu |
116.5 |
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april 8 |
Paysandu-Frey Bentos-Mercedes |
157 |
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april 9 |
Mercedes-Frey Bentos TTT |
35 |
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april 10 |
Frey Bentos-Trinidad |
189.8 |
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april 11 |
Trinidad-San Jose-Canelones-Montevideo (finish@velodrome) |
202 |
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total distance |
1415.9 |
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March 7... Casella
hits the airwaves
n his 2004 racing debut, Gary Casella started with a splash.
Before turning a pedal stroke in competition, he was briskly
taken away by radio station Radio Crystal 1470am, Uruguay's
sports radio station that covers all the nations top sporting
events including being official radio station of the Vuelta
de Uruguay. <read
full story> |
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Feb.
18... Uruguay?
Where is that?
After yesterday's announcement
of its invitation to participate in the Vuelta de Uruguay,
a common reply was...Uru-where? Uruguay.
Uruguay is a small country nestled between Argentina
and Brazil in South America roughly about the size of
Washington State...
<read
full story> |
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Feb.
18- It's Official!
Team iomega-Orbea today received their
official invitation from the Federacion Ciclista de
Uruguay to participate in the 61st edition of the Vuelta
de Uruguay. This year's event runs from April
2-11, 2004 and will be a UCI 2.5 event. The team
will officially accept the invitation and send a full
squad of six riders to the event. .
<read
full story> |
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Feb.
13-Nutra Fig
Cheetah Bars Official Energy bar of Team iomega-Orbea.
Team iomega-Orbea has formally announced a new sponsor
in Cheetah Bar, as the Team's Official Energy Bar for
the 2004 season. <read
full story>
www.nutrafig.com |
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Feb. 12-Team
gearing up for 2004
With the 2004 season around the corner,
the iomega-Orbea squad is looking towards
the new season with some new goals, new riders and new races
to travel to.
The team's goals for 2004 are to
improve on the development of the riders from where they were
last year. With the entire 2003 roster coming back and
the team's new additions iomega-Orbea is looking to be a stronger
deeper squad than in 2003. <read
full story> |
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Jan. 17-Not
our Tad Hamilton
Win
a date with Tad Hamilton is a new movie to be
released Jan 23, 2004 which is a comedy/drama, about
a checkout girl who wins a contest and wins a date
with none other than movie star...Tad Hamilton. The
date goes better than expected as Tad falls for the
checkout girl. The twist is when bagboy tells checkout
girl that he also loves her and now checkout girl
needs to choose between hollywood hunk or the bag
boy. Is that really a decision?
As funny as it sounds it
is totally a true movie. Before rumors fly that the
dream date is in fact iomega-Orbea rider Tad Hamilton
we just want to be clear that sorry girls....its not
our Tad Hamilton.
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Nov. 22-Tipo
Wins at Eagle Island
Conditions at the
Eagle Island Cyclocross race were bad, but for Tad
Hamilton of iomega-Orbea, that was the last thing
on his mind. With his sick baby boy Hudson having
to undergo some unpleasent testing at Saint Luke's
hospital. With his win, he dedicated his victory to
his son Hudson, by symbolically rocking the craddle
as he crossed the finish line. <more>
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| Nov. 23- Jukich
takes 8th in rain soaked race <more> |
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The Great Pumpkin
Race
Oct. 28... Cyclists,
Tad Hamilton wins and Justin Mayfield takes 2nd in
the Great
Pumpkin race.<more>
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IdahoCyclingNews.com
Nov. 4... Check
out this great site that is run & managed by our
very own Justin Mayfield. See race
results, photos & more...
<visit
the website>
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TEAM iomega-Orbea
USA is proud to be one of only 2 US cycling race
presence for ORBEA: a bicycle company from the Basque
region of Spain...<more> |
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