Interview: Chris Baldwin
by lyne on Aug 30, 2008 12:44 PM EDT
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After a self-professed frustrating year, the 2-Time USPRO Time Trial Champion, in 2003 and 2005, Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) is skipping the TT this year to focus on the road race in the upcoming US Professional Championships in Greenville. Combined with the lost of the team sponsor, 2008 has been a rough ride for the (almost) always smiling rider but that didn’t dim the tremendous passion the 32-year old still feels for the sport or his optimism about the state of cycling in the US.
"I would race as long as the opportunity is there. No diminishing fire for the sport at all, I really feel that it’s what I was meant to be doing, I could keep at it as long as somebody wants to put up with me. "
After playing phone tag with Chris, I caught up with him while he was on an afternoon bike ride with his lovely wife Kimberly, a retired professional cyclist. He took the time to answer all my questions about his year, his future and his thoughts about US cycling.
Read the interview here.
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Another great interview Lyne
Keep up the great work we really appreciate it.
"...The mind has to rule the body and tell the body, shut up and do what I tell you to do..." Jens!
i liked this one
i hope he’s right about the north am teams coming together eventually. it’s sounding a bit messy at the moment. it is true, though, that it often works out that way – last minute, teams start popping up out of nowhere. here’s hoping.
yeah I was surprised by that myself, but he sounded quite confident about it
here’s to hoping that he’s right
Cyclngnews put up a 3 part
series on the state of NorAm pro racing recently. It’s a good read.
by Christopher See on Sep 1, 2008 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Another great one Lyne.
Thanks for taking so much time to do them and share them. I’ve found myself going back and reading some of your older ones too. Really great stuff. Thanks!!!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
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