Name; Craig Richey
Age: 26
Hometown: Smithers, BC
Team: CyclocrossRacing.com p/b Blue
Disciplines: Cyclocross and Cross Country Mountain Bike

I am originally from Smithers, BC and have been living in Victoria for the last eight years. As a kid I wrestled and cross country skied competitively as well as rode mountain bikes for fun. After high school I moved Victoria to attend the University of Victoria and hopefully get more into cycling. My first year at UVIC I joined the triathlon club that was coached Dan Proulx at the time and contained many future cycling stars such as Catharine Pendrel. Through the Triclub I met a bunch of great cyclists and my coach Keith Wilson. Over the next seven years I progressed as a competitive cyclist while completing my business degree and then while working in advertising. While I continued to get faster my progression over the last couple years has been limited and I felt like I was bumping up against the limitations of being a nine to five working man.

On September 8th I quit my job at Neverblue Media, cashed in my RRSP’s and began living the pro cyclist lifestyle. Based on my strengths and weaknesses I felt that cyclocross was my best opportunity to make it as a professional racer. I have only been racing cyclocross for a couple years but managed to finish sixth at Canadian Nationals in 2009 and finished in the top twelve at a couple North American Cyclocross Trophy series races. Between my savings, sponsor support, and living a frugal lifestyle I have the budget for eighteen months of training and racing. The plan is to race as many UCI Pro Cyclocross races as possible during the 2010/2011 season to gain more racing experience, then train through the spring and summer and crush the 2011/2012 cyclocross season.


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