Name: Anderson Bortoletto
Age: 43 Place of Birth: Fernandopolis, Brazil Occupation: Principal design engineer in the appliance industry. Why you started riding / racing: I always had been on the bike since early childhood to final days in college. Further education and work put a hiatus in my cycling life but after moving to WI I couldn’t pass the opportunity to get back to it and start racing. What you think your strength is: climbs and breakaway instigation. Racing / riding highlights: 2016 – 2nd GC – Couri Insurance Stage Race M35+ 1/2/3 2016 – 2nd place Couri Insurance Stage Race Road Race Masters 35+ 1/2/3 2016 – 3rd place Couri Insurance TT1 and TT2 Masters 35+ 1/2/3 2016 – 3rd place HCC Muskego Park Race Masters 35+ 1/2/3 2016 – 2nd place GDVC Spring Crit Masters 35+ 1/2/3 2014 – 1st place Diablo Cycling Crit Masters 35+ ¾ 2014 – 3rd place GDVC Crit Masters 35+ 1/2/3 2013 – 1st place WI State Road Championship Open 4/5 2013 – 1st place GDVC crit Masters 35+ 4/5 1995 – Woke up one morning and decided to ride home from my college town on my old GT mtb with some fruits and a little of cash. 8 days later and 20lbs lighter I got home. |
Name: John Svanda
Age: 43 Occupation: Mechanical engineer Started riding my bike after years racing off-road cars. Friendships, fitness and the freedom a bicycle provides keeps me riding today. Strengths: Ability to read a race Racing / riding highlights: ToAD & WCA race winner CX State Champion WCA CX Season Champion |
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Name: Aaron Schindler
Age: 49 Place of Birth: Milwaukee Occupation: Equity and futures trader, adjunct physics professor, piano tuner, indoor cycling class instructor I started riding in the 90's while living in Bermuda to improve my health and burn some calories. Then I got hooked and started racing. Strengths: tapering, refueling, and rehydrating. Racing / riding highlights Three time State Time Trial Silver Medalist 2008 Masters 40+ WI State Road Race Champion 1998 Cat 3 IL State Criterium Champion 1997 Bermuda National Road Race Silver Medal |
Name: Andy Schwartz
Age: 61 Place of Birth: Mayville, North Dakota Occupation: Decision Analytics, Aurora Health Care Strengths: I've been riding for fun and fitness most of my life but I didn't do my first race until I turned 49. A good friend talked me into doing the two man TT at the Firehouse 50 (which we won). The next Spring we were out riding when he turns to me and says, "you know, the WCA has a category just for old guys like us." That next Sunday I did my first Crit. My sprinting days are long in the rear view mirror. So if I'm good at something it's endurance strength. Racing / riding highlights: Age group State TT Champion. Many time Age Group State TT Championships podium finisher. Two time WCA category series champion. |
Name: Tyson Beck
Place of Birth: Pewaukee my entire life Occupation: Restaurant manager Why You Started Racing / Riding: I dated a gir that lived 10 miles away on top of a big hill. I raced to and from her house for 6 months. My first race was a 10 mile time trial and I won by just about a minute. I've been hooked every day sense then. Strengths: Until the last few years my strength has been flat crits and primes. Racing / riding highlights: I have won the crit championship four times in my career, overall at super week once as a cat 4, and twice third place overall at super week. 2 times the state over all champion as a 3/4 as well. 
Name: Randy King
Age: 47 Place of Birth: West Allis, WI Occupation: Technical Support Analyst Why You Started Racing / Riding: Riding started as an opportunity to be free and to break beyond the barriers of the safe neighborhoods I grew up within. Once I was riding, the world became an endless adventure – just pick a direction. I rode my bike to school from 7th grade through high school – all year round. The bike was my mode of transportation for my first job. When I was 19, I rode to Door County and back from Milwaukee on the free bike received after a television purchase from ‘Crazy TV Lenny’ of American TV in Pewaukee. Racing started with a nudge from a former race cyclist in my neighborhood – Glen Blatzoff. He was coming off the race scene, but still trained hard; I jumped on his training rides. He would soon help me join my first team in 2007. After a few moves, I joined LAPT. My best results have come while being a member of the Masters Squad. Strengths: Rolling terrain and distance Racing / riding highlights: 2015 – 3rd place WCA Overall – Masters 45+ 3/4 2015 – 2nd place Wisconsin Time Trial Championship – Masters 45+ 3/4 2012 – Wisconsin State Sup Champion – Masters 35+ 4/5 2012 – 2nd place Café Hollander Sussex Crit – Masters 35+ 4/5 2012 – 1st place Lake Geneva Road Race – Masters 35+ 4/5 |
Name: Mike Raasch
Age: 31 "No I'm not old enough to race Masters yet" :-) Place of Birth: Milwaukee WI Occupation: Controls Engineer Why You Started Racing / Riding: why you started riding / racing I met my wife on a blind date and she was way out of my league. We started dating and I started running. Which lead to running a lot of Marathons until my knees could not take the abuse. So did a triathlon and really like racing the bike leg and it was all down hill from there. Strengths: Endurance/maybe hills Racing / riding highlights: Coming Soon 
Name: John Gamaché
Age: 59 Place of Birth: Grew up in Muskego WI. Currently living in Waukesha WI Occupation: Financial Advisor I started riding in 1981 as part of summer training for Nordic skiing competition. Tired of constantly chasing snow and being away from home I gave up ski racing to pursue bike racing exclusively in the early 90’s. I stopped racing in ’99 to start my current business as a financial advisor. After gaining 50 lbs and feeling my health deteriorating I decided to start riding again in 2008. I’ve since been amazed that I’ve been able to get back to such a fitness level that I took up racing again in 2016. Currently riding cat 3 masters. Life is good! Strengths: Racing / riding highlights: |
