Sam Bewley « U23 Team

STATS:

Hometown: Rotorua, New Zealand
DOB: July 22, 1987
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 82 kg

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
National Record Holder- Teams Pursuit and Scratch race

2009
NZ Omnium Champion
Silver NZ Madison Champs
4th – NZ Individual Pursuit Champs
National record-Team Pursuit
2nd – Beijing World Cup- Team Pursuit

2008
1st – Stage 1, 3 Jours des Ans-Provence(France)- Nat div 1
1st – Stage 2 La Cabri Tour(France)-Nat div 1
National champion-Madison and Scratch race
Olympic Bronze medalist Beijing 2008- Teams Pursuit
3x Silver medalist- Track Cycling World Cup Classics- Team Pursuit
4th – World Track Cycling Championships-Team Pursuit

2007
2nd – Stage 4 Tour Des Deux Serves(France)-Nat div 1
4th – Stage 2,3 Tour Des Deux Serves(France)-Nat div 1
1st – Stage 1 Tour of Wellington- UCI 2.2
4th – World Track Cycling Championships-Team Pursuit

2006
2nd – Stage 1 Tour of Wellington- UCI 2.2
1st – Stage 8 Tour of Southland- UCI 2.2

2005
Junior World Champion- Teams Pursuit
Silver Medalist Individual Pursuit Junior World Championships

ABOUT SAM…

How did you get started in bicycle racing?
I started out as a recreational mountain biker when I was younger. I would head out to the forest most weekends with my father. As I begun to get better, I started to compete as a mountain biker. I later became a double Junior National Champion and an Oceania Champion before switching to road and track cycling.

What is your favorite memory or experience on the bike?
My favorite memory on my bike is winning the Junior Oceania mountain bike champs in 2004 in my hometown. I had just returned from an injury and wasn’t sure my form would be up to it, but I lead from start to finish and won the title on my home track in front of all my family and friends. It was my first ever international race success.

What makes you most excited about riding for the Trek-LIVESTRONG team?
It would have to be the opportunity to be involved with a team that is the initiative of arguably the greatest cyclist in the world, Lance Armstrong and also to work under the guidance of another cycling great Axel Merckx. The knowledge that Axel has chosen to pass onto the team is something you could never put a price on and could very well be the start of great futures in cycling for everyone on the team. It’s an opportunity I am very excited about.

What accomplishment or career achievement are you most proud of?
Olympic Bronze medal and breaking 4 minutes three consecutive times in the Teams Pursuit at the 2008 Olympic Games.

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2010 Race Schedule

February 7-12: Tour of Qatar
February 14-19: Tour of Oman
March 24-28: Redlands Bicycle Classic
April 18: Battenkill
April 28 – May 2: Tour of Gila
May 17-23: Olympia Holland
May 30: Paris-Roubaix U23
June 12: Trek 100
June 15-20: Thüringen Rundfahrt
June 16-20: Nature Valley
June 23-27: USA Cycling U23 Road National Championships
July 20-25: Cascade Cycling Classic
July 30 – August 1: Tour of Elk Grove
August 18-22: Tour of Utah
August 30 – September 5: Tour of Missouri

The Team

Welcome to the Trek-LIVESTRONG Development Team. Created as a project to help develop the next generation of great young cyclists, the Trek-LIVESTRONG Team features top up and coming talent, including national champion and US Olympian Taylor Phinney and leadership from ten time Tour de France rider Axel Merckx, son of the great Belgian Eddie Merckx. This year, in an effort to support Lance's historic return to professional cycling and the launch of worldwide cancer campaign, the team will proudly wear LIVESTRONG on their jerseys, helping to spread awareness for the global cancer fight.

LIVESTRONG ™

The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) fights for the 28 million people around the world living with cancer today. There can be - and should be - life after cancer for more people. That's why the LAF kicks in at the moment of diagnosis, giving people the resources and support they need to fight cancer head-on. The LAF finds innovative ways to raise awareness, fund research and end the stigma about cancer that many survivors face. The LAF connects people and communities to drive social change and calls for state, national and world leaders to help fight this disease. Anyone, anywhere can join the fight against cancer. Join the LAF at LIVESTRONG.org.