Stage 5- “Hell of the Desert TT”
With Team Monavie-Cannondales recent string of bad luck at the Intermontane Challenge, Sue Butler was taking no chances in the final Time Trial. With a large lead she could afford to be careful and rumor has it she carried an entire tool box with her including spare parts and [...]

Stage 4- “Top of the World”
“With all this road rash and bruising, I am very surprised there are no fractures.” – Trauma Doc
“Germans have strong bones” – Ben Sonntag

Happy Birthday Ben!

He never quits smilling!!!

The trauma ward in Kamloops!!!

Big thanks to Chris Sheppard for sacrificing his race and sticking with Ben during his state of unconsciousness. He [...]

Stage 3- “Great Lakes Loop”
“Some days just go better than others.”
Day 3 of the Intermontane Challenge was not one of the better days.  Things started out early with a race delay and a course reroute from 80k to 50k. This was needed as a disgruntled local trail builder had sabotaged a large section of trail including altered markings and [...]

Stage 2- Dew Drop Epic

With temperatures again soaring into the triple digits, today proved to be another exercise in “heat management.”
Team Monavie-Cannondale gets it done again with frozen bottles, ice packs in jerseys at feed zones, cooling vests, post race ice baths, VelEau mobile hydration systems, BD flash hydration packs, and off course ice cold [...]