Road Cycling - Olympic Cycling

Does anyone know where to find information on becoming an Olympic caliber cyclist (time trialist to be specific)?
Thank you!

Pedal hard. Turn left. Call the US Olympic commitee.

Ask coach Carmichael!!!


P.S.: This question does tell us a thing or two about CTS!!

at least in other events in the olympics it seems like the people who compete (and win medals) although they are good at what they do, are just regular people, not superstar athletes (not counting the all star NBA and hockey teams....)

so I think with enough training anyone can do it, maybe start a training schedule (CTS maybe) and begin competing in TT's or races, so you get used to it. track racing would probably be the closest.

Well, other events are still dominated by amateurs, but the pros have begun to contest the road race and time trial in the olympics. I'm positive about the road race, and pretty sure about the time trial. You'd be up against the likes of Ullrich and Armstrong if that was the case and, while it's post Tour, they're still damn fast. It'd be awesome to beat them. I'm assuming that you're talking about road TT and not a track variation that I'm not familiar with, which might require you to do more than turn left.

This is a serious suggestion, but what about Home Depot? They advertised like crazy about the olympic athletes that work for them throughout the last games. Maybe that's a place to start looking for folks that have an idea as to what to do?

It helps to be a citizen of a country with few top professional or amateur riders. Try riding for Chad or Yemen, rather than Belgium or Colombia.

Originally posted by MichaelW
It helps to be a citizen of a country with few top professional or amateur riders.
:roflmao:
Kind of like the Jamaican bobsled team.

Probably that is a question for the U.S. Olympic Committee. Whatever organizations sponsors U.S. Olympic athletes must have a web site.

Thanks for the info! I guess it's just a matter of talking to the appropriate organizations, but it's a bit intimidating at the same time :confused: Anyway, I'll go ahead and start looking around to find the right people to talk with and thanks again!

Good luck!