Tour de Todd

Matisse Julien, steady growth each season

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matisse Julien is originally from a town called Laval a city in Quebec, Canada. This season he's racing for the French team CIC U Nantes Atlantiq...

Norman Alvis, a racer for life

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Norman Alvis is a Sacramento, California native. He started out as an athlete running cross country. At the same time he rode a bike to and from schoo...

Willy Wauthle, history aficionado and motorcyclist in many of the biggest races in Europe

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Let me say this first, I'm a history buff when it comes to cycling. I love learning about riders from the past, present, their stats, and who won...

Yoeri Havik, six day man

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yoeri Havik and Jan-Willem Van Schip won the Madison World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland this year in fine fashion. To watch the race you would h...

Riley Sheehan, a champion in the making

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Riley Sheehan is dope. This young man won Paris Tours 2023. I don't know if you're familiar with the race but it's 213.9 km long and st...

Angelo Furlan, great Italian sprinter

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Angelo Furlan is a sprinting legend. In the early 2000's until 2013 Furlan was racking up big wins in the European cycling world. It was a time w...

Serghei Tvetcov, living with Leukemia.

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Serghei Tvetcov is living with Leukemia. He was diagnosed with cancer in September 2022. He was racing with his Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling Team i...

Henri Uhlig, just starting his pro career.

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Henri Uhlig recently signed his first pro contract with Alpecin Deceuninck. For the past two years he's been riding for their development team. H...

Simon Gerrans, one of Australia's greatest

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's been five years since Simon Gerrans retired from professional cycling.  2018 was his last season. Gerrans says it was a big transition leav...

Grant Koontz, on the path to greatness

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Grant Koontz started racing a bike in his senior year of high school. He was diving and then jumped on a bike. The Houston, Texas native says his phys...

Alexi Ramirez, a lady on a mission

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alexi Ramirez is from Trinidad & Tobago. She is one of their top cyclist. Recently she raced in the Indy Crit weekend races. She finished 12th on ...

Kaia Clemente, MTB Prodigy

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kaia Clemente is a household name in MTB racing here in the Sunshine State. She's always loved riding her bike with friends to the beach. But whe...

Rene Wenzel, former pro, coach, and directeur sportif

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rene Wenzel has a long history in the sport of cycling. He started out as a junior rider in Denmark. He was quite successful as a junior by winning Da...

Ashton Lambie, World pursuit champ, gravel racer, and sailor

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ashton Lambie is a busy man. He recently completed a 1,000 mile gravel race and is now preparing to be a cyclor on one of the worlds most prestigious ...

Raphael Clemente, a Florida legend

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Raphael Clemente is a Florida legend. In high school he was a swimmer but got burned out. So, he bought a bike. His first race was an open race in eit...

Steve Brunner, Maryland Cycling Classic

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Brunner is the man behind the Maryland Cycling Classic. Brunner grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This midwest guy has worked with some of the bigg...

TW Carbon, carbon repairs and custom paint jobs

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

TW Carbon started in 2014. They do carbon repair and custom paint. Most of their business is in the bike industry but they will venture out and do wor...

Dave Chauner, part 2

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Dave and I talk about his racing career, getting his start in race promoting and starting "Winning" magazine with Jack Simes...

Dave Chauner, racer and promoter

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I'm gong to let you know up front that this interview with Dave Chauner is going to be in two parts. Dave is an icon in the sport of cycling. He ...

Stage Race Roundtable, Redlands, Joe Martin, and Tour of Gila

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The debate continues on whether road racing is dead in America. In this episode a roundtable discussion is had with Sean Wilson, the registrar with Re...

Junior Discussion with Sean Wilson

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A few weeks ago I did a roundtable discussion about road racing, where it's at and how do we bring it back to its glory days here in America.  W...

Les Barczewski, champion sprinter

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Les Barczewski was born and raised in West Allis, Wisconsin. He and his brother Leigh started out as speed skaters and quickly progressed through the ...

Roundtable Discussion: Is road racing dead in America

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Tour de Todd Cycling podcaster have our first annual roundtable discussion. The topic? What's  happened to road racing in...

Yanto Barker, former pro and owner of Le Col premium cycling clothing

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yanto Barker began racing at 15. Some people would say he stared late. But by the time he was 18 he was a junior national champion. He got picked up b...

Eddy Gragus, former U.S. Pro Champ

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eddy Gragus was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His family eventually moved to Tampa, Florida. He got into cycling in his senior year of high school. He went...

John DeLong, a man with a big engine.

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

John DeLong fell in love with cycling at an early age. I think his love of the bike was nurtured through the simple fact his dad owned a bike shop. Jo...

John Slover, after all these years he still loves his bike.

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

John Slover started racing BMX in Southern California. He says he got a chance to ride and hang out with some top pros like Eric Rupe to Byron Friday....

Peter Stetina, sometimes change is good

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Stetina raced 10 years at the highest level of road racing, the World Tour. This man had a great career racing a total 8 Grand Tours, Liege Bast...

Andreas Muller, full of talent and a masterful tactician

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Andreas Muller was born and raised in Berlin, Germany. He started racing at 14 years old  which he considered late. At the time the scene in Berlin w...

Chris Lillywhite, U.K. all-arounder

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Lillywhite started racing when he was 14 years old. His first love was football. But he began to get into some trouble and his dad made the deci...

Len PettyJohn, coach, teacher, and team director

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Len PettyJohn got started with bike racing while in school in Wisconsin. His first race was in 1974 in Colorado. He would eventually take a break from...

Mark McKay, Northamptonshire's finest

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mark McKay got interested in racing bikes by watching the 1984 Olympics here in America. He vividly remembers Alexi Growl and Steve Bauer coming to th...

Scott Moninger, one of America's greatest climbers.

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Monger got involved in riding and racing through his dad. At the time Scott's family lived in Wichita, Kansas. BMX is where he got his star...

Dave Towle, Americas announcer.

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Towle grew up in Boulder, Colorado. It was a time when the Coors Classic was the biggest bike race outside of Europe. The race was a big influenc...

Ed Clancy, a winner in every sense of the word.

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Clancy is from a place called Barnsley, in the U.K. He's a guy who didn't come from a cycling family so his accomplishments are that more...

Red Walters, working towards greatness.

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Red Walters is a cool dude. I noticed him a few years back while reading about U.K. road racing. I've followed Red ever since. When I see Red Wal...

Mathieu Hermans, one of the greats.

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mathieu Hermans is a Dutch legend. He started racing in 1971 when he was 8-years-old. He didn't win right away when he was young. But by the time...

Yoeri Havik, Points race world Champion 2022-23

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Yoeri Havik comes from a cycling family. His uncle is the great six day Danny Stam. He started racing when he was nine years old. he raced all over Ho...

Rico Rogers, a testament to tenacity

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rico Rogers is from New Zealand but currently lives in Australia. To be exact he raised in Palmerston North. Rico started out on mountain bikes and wa...

Alex Stieda, Canadian legend.

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Stieda is a Canadian cycling legend. He was a hockey player first. To keep up his fitness in the off season he turned to riding a bike. He bought...

Dr. Jason Galeah, concussions from cycling is the topic

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jason Galeah is with a program called "Headset Sports." They work with elite athletes. He also has a private practice working with peopl...

Thomas Craven, biker racer, chef to director sportif

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thomas Craven was raised in Winston Salem, North Carolina. At first he had not interest in racing bikes. He played soccer. Yet, there was a bike race ...

Jason Allen, a kiwi legend.

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Allen is a kiwi legend. He was initially into soccer before he discovered the bike. He got on the bike to stay in shape for soccer. He quickly g...

Freddie Rodriguez, part 3 and final interview.

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is the third and last episode with Freddie Rodriguez. We sit down and talk about the foundation he started after retiring, coaching, his clothing...

Freddie Rodriguez, interview #2

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the 2nd part of my interview with Freddie Rodriguez we start where we left off at, coming off the Poggio in Milan San Remo in 2002. We dig into wha...

Freddie Rodriguez, brains over brawn.

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Freddie Rodriguez followed in his dad's footsteps when it came to racing his bike. His dad was a racer in Colombia in 50's and 60's. Hi...

Music I train with on my Wahoo Kickr

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is all about music. Since I'm having  road bike issues I'm forced to get on my trainer in the garage and go at it. Mus...

Star Track, a program introducing kids to track cycling.

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The "Star Track Youth Program" is based around the Kissena Velodrome in Flushing, Queens. The program focuses on kids between the ages of 8-...

Tommy Nankervis, one hell of a bike racer

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tommy Nankervis comes from a cycling family. His dad raced and his grandfather raced. But, it was the great Sid Patterson who first got him on the tra...

Michael Vaarten, Mr. Versatile.

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Maarten started out knowing he always wanted to be a biker racer. His parents made him wait to race. Michael's parents wanted him to focu...

Eamon Lucas update

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Eamon Lucas is in the midst of his season riding for a UCI continental team, Evo Pro Racing. At the moment he's close to 40 races so far this sea...

Erik Saunders, the Tour and fights at bike races

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Tour de Todd Cycling Podcast I'm doing something a bit different. I recorded this episode during the last weekend of the Tour...

Mike McCarthy, success earned not given or stolen

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mike McCarthy got his first taste of bike racing at the Kissena Velodrome. After a few years away from racing he picked it right back up at 14 years o...

Monica Van Haute, team manager and soigneur to the stars

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Monica Van Haute graduated from college and ended up becoming team manger of PUCH Women's Cycling Team purely by being in the right place at the ...

Ron Kiefel, life is good

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ron Kiefel got into cycling at the age of 13 when his dad bought "Wheat Ridge Cyclery" bike shop. the he got on his Nishiki ten speed he gai...

Bill Clay, a sprinter in every aspect

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Clay got his first race bike when his grandfather took him down to Turin bike shop in Illinois. He eventually ended up at the Ed Rudolph Velodrom...

Ep. 47 - Danny Van Haute, still in the game and thriving

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Van Haute started racing at the suggestion of his dad. Being a midwest guy he raced Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois. He loved racing at...

Ep. 46 - Shane Kline, determination and progression

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Shane Kline got the but to race because of his uncle. His uncle had a birthday party at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center. Shane says it was the spe...

Ep. 45 - David Lipscomb, driven to improve cycling through coaching and diversity

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Lipscomb got involved with the bike through his dad. Back in 1993 he began racing in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He took his skills of martial arts...

Ep. 44 - Marianne Berglund, a World Champion with intelligence and integrity

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marianne Berglund grew up on a farm in Sweden. She literally grew up by the Arctic Circle. She got involved with the bike because she had a crush on a...

Ep. 43 - Rider, Coach, and Legend

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Humphreys started riding out of necessity. He'd gotten into some trouble because of traffic tickets. So, he sold his car and bought a bike a...

Ep. 42 - Richard McClung: Traveled the world on a bike

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Richard McClung did his first race in June of 1981 in Stillwater, Minnesota. The event was a circuit race on the infamous steep hill in the city. the ...

Ep. 41 - Richard Sachs, craftsmanship, creativity, and inspiration are a few of his muses

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A bike to Richard Sachs is hard to put in words. Each frame he builds eventually leaves his hands and heads to the paint shop and the relationship end...

Ep. 40 - Giddeon Massie: Faith, a great work ethic, and amazing parents

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Giddeon Massie was raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was introduced to the bike at 10. Racing soon followed. Massie ended up having the best of bo...

Ep. 39 - Zwift: An online platform that's ridden all over the world

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Tour de Todd Cycling Podcast was invited to do a live episode in Boca Raton, Florida recently. I felt what better time to sit down with Charlie I...

Ep. 38 - Ed Beamon, still discovering what life has to offer

18 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Beamon is a man who loves all things cycling. His journey into racing started when he was already in his 20's. He quickly moved through the ra...

Ep. 37- Chad Hartley, Cycling couldn't ask for a Better Ambassador

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chad Hartley is a midwestern guy through and through. He was born and raised in Illinois. As a junior he dabbled in triathlons but it was the bike tha...

Ep. 36 - Scott Savory, finding balance within a busy lifestyle

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Savory was born on the Caribbean island of Guyana. he started racing at a young age. At 18 he left the island moved to New York City. Once he mo...

Ep. 35 - Heading Down the Path to Reclamation

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Austin Carroll is back on the bike and racing. In the early 2000's he was on the fast track to the Olympics. He raced for some high profile teams...

Ep. 34 - Clay Murfet took on American racing...and thrived!

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hailing from Tasmania, Australia. Clay made his way to the states in 2006 as a 17yr old to race on the velodrome in Pennsylvania. In 2008 Clay turned ...

Ep. 33 - Part 2 of John Eustice interview

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 2 of the John Eustice interview. John Eustice was one of the pioneer American cyclists to break into the world of European pro cycling. H...

Ep. 32 - John Eustice, his love of cycling is eternal

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

John Eustice was one of the pioneer American cyclists to break into the world of European pro cycling. He founded and captained the first U.S. team to...

Ep. 31 - Bike Swap and Flea Market at Florida's only Velodrome

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Tour de Todd Cycling Podcast we're going to do something a little different. On this episode the focus is on the velodrome at...

Ep. 30 - Headline: Tyler Locke, California Kid living the dream

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks podcast is with Tyler Locke, a professional cyclist with the Corratec Professional Cycling team. Locke started racing when he was 20 years ...

Ep. 29 - Benoit Vetu Coached with Passion

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Benoit Vetu began racing after seeing French sprinter Frederic Magne race. He never had a desire to race on the road. Once he began racing on the trac...

Ep. 28 - Charlie Issendorf, still loves cycling after all these years

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Charlie Issendorf is a name you need to know. Let me give you a rundown of his story. Charlie started racing in 1978 at the age of 8. He turned Cat 2 ...

Ep. 27 - Quincy Alexander: Determination Personified

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Quincy Alexander is from Trinidad and Tobago and I would say a legit track star. He's a gold and bronze medalist in the Pan American Championshi...

Ep. 26 - Preparations for TOAD

23 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 26 of the Tour de Todd Cycling Podcast I spoke with Andrew Frey. He's one of the managing directors of The Tour of America’s Dairyla...

Ep. 25 - Stefan Logan has gone from the NFL to acing a bike

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stefan Logan is a Miami native. He began playing football at a young age. His dream in life was to play in NFL. After not playing a few years of high ...

Ep. 24 - Never underestimate Haseem McLean

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Haseem McLean got into cycling when he was 4. By the time he was 17 he was riding with the national team representing Trinidad and Tobago for Junior...

Ep. 23 - A New Crop of Clean, with Jame Carney

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jame Carney's pedigree in the sport as a cyclist himself is unquestioned. He twice earned a trip to the Olympic Games, the first time in 1992 in ...

Ep. 22 - Michael Creed, From Pro Cyclist to Team Director

27 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Creed is a 13-year veteran with over 20 national titles to his name, Creed has been a notable presence in the pro cycling world since 2000. Th...

Ep. 21 - Multiple British Champion Shaun Wallace

19 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From the early 80s and through the 90s, Shaun Wallace hit his stride by taking medals at National, Commonwealth and World level. Shaun Wallace was a ...

Ep. 20 - Midwest legend Dan Casebeer talks career and bike shop ownership

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Casebeer is the epitome of class and kindness. He was born in Oregon but began racing bikes in Southern Illinois. This son of a college professor,...

Ep. 19 - David Clarke: A Legend you can't forget

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Former English professional David Clarke is known as a legend in British cycling.  He's raced his bike all over the world from Africa, Asia, and...

Ep. 18 - Music is Dre Bouie's life and love...but riding is his passion

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From managing music tours to riding his bike Dre Bouie is dedicated to greatness. The Seattle native says throwing a leg over his canyon road bike sav...

Ep. 17 - Off On A Ride, with Erik Saunders

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of I sat down with former pro Erik Saunders. We talked about his start to the world of bike racing in Richmond, Virginia, his time as ...

Ep. 16 -Daniel "Hollywood" Holloway - One of America's top riders in his time

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Recently I spoke with Daniel about not being selected to the Olympics, his career, family and what he's doing now since he retired. 

Ep. 15 - Frank Travieso: From Cuba to America

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Frank built his career as a cyclist his own way. He didn't ride very long with the Cuban national team. He says the system simply didn't wor...

Ep. 14 - Marco Aledia, Hard Work, and Determination to Succeed

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marco Aledia is an Ohio native who got into racing bikes at the suggestion of a friend. That suggestion would help him live in travel the world racin...

Ep. 13 - Eamon Lucas is thriving in Belgium while racing kermises

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Eamon Lucas is based in Belgium the heartland of bike racing. The versatile Californian spoke with me recently about his humble beginnings near Monter...

Ep. 12 - Florida native Michael Hernandez with Best Buddies Cycling Team

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael is a young thunder cat on the USA Crit scene winning races with a who's who of cycling teammates. Michael is South Florida's very ow...

Ep. 11 - Living and Coaching Halfway Across The Globe

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sterling Magnell was a successful pro who rode for teams like Toyota United to Rock Racing. Upon his retirement, he thought he was done with cycling. ...

Ep. 10 - Speaking with a Legend

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rahsaan Bahati is known as a cycling legend on the road and track. Nowadays he's running his foundation, riding/racing, and living the life of a ...

Ep. 9 - Full Speed Ahead

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Tour De Todd cycling podcast. In this episode I interview race promoter Kevin Abbate. He breaks down what it takes to put ...

Ep. 8 - My Story, Part 2

20 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We pick up where I left off in part 1 about Arkansas and getting back on track racing BMX...and how it led me to start road racing again.   

Ep. 7 -My Story

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I decided to give some background on my journey as a competitive cyclist, where I went wrong, and how it all sent me in an entirely different directio...

Ep. 6 - Taking on South Florida's Velodrome

29 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 6 of the Tourdetodd Cycling Podcast, I speak with Lenny Hall. Hall is the director of the Florida Velodrome Association. We talk about trai...

Ep. 5 - Continuing The Ride w/ Ivan Dominguez

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 5 is the second and final part of my interview with former pro Ivan Dominguez. This time we talk about becoming a pro-triathlete, coaching, an...

Ep. 4 - A Strong Move with Ivan Dominguez

16 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Come along for a ride with Todd and former pro Ivan Dominguez. He takes us through his humble beginnings in Cuba, his defection, and his rise to a dom...