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ARLEIGH JENKINS
ANDY THIEMAN
ANDREW McDERMOTT
BRIAN PACE
BUDDY BRIGGS
CHARLES YOUEL
CHIA KUNG
CORY SCHUMACHER
DAN SWANSON
DANIEL FANNIN
DANIEL KREGER
DANIEL PORTER
DAVID ZIEMER
DERYK SZCZERBAK
DESIREE FICKER
DICKY HARSOJO
DOUG NIXON
DOUGLAS SOUTHWICK
DYLAN STUCKI
ESPRIT DE CORP TEAM
GARY SHANTZ
GREG LESCHISIN
GREG MARTIN
JAMES LALONDE
JASON MAHOKEY
JEN DERENGOWSKI
JEFF KERKOVE
JEFF DELVECCHIO
JEFF HALL
JEFF WEYRENS
JEFFREY SLADE
JESS SINGERMAN
JOHN GIORDANO
JOHN SELLINGER
JORDAN PETERSON
KAI HAROLDSON
KANDY WELCH
LAWSON FALL
LAUREN GROVES
MARK FITZWATER
MARC VETTORI
MATT THOMPSON
MELANIE McQUAID
MICHAEL OPPERMAN
MIKE DOURISBOURNE
MIKE HEENAN
NAT PELLMAN
NICHOLOS CONNOLLY
PAUL INCOGNITO
PAUL STUCKI
PETE RYAN
PETER ANDERSON
RICH McLAUGHLIN
RYAN COOGAN
SAM ST. PIERRE
SHAE RAINER
STEVEN SCHULTZ
TREVOR SIMPER

DOUG NIXON
Minneapolis, Minnesota

AGE: 35

CURRENT SPONSORS: Wookiee Juice Racing, Fitger's Brewhouse, The Skihut, Kenwood Laundry

CURRENT BIKE: Custom Trek Fuel 98

DREAM BIKE: Anything with 1000cc's and a throttle.

BEST RACE RESULTS: I'm sort of a pass or no pass racer. Racing with style is what counts.

WHY DO YOU RIDE: Because I like to tell people I'm in the best shape of my life, and I don't like to lie.

RIDING OR RACE RELATED SUPERSTITIONS: Before the gun goes off I like to tell anyone who will listen that their tire looks flat.

DUMBEST THING YOU’VE EVER DONE ON A BIKE: Crashed hard while showing the neighborhood kids how to really fly off of a dirt jump they built.

MOST HELPFUL TRAINING TIP: Ride up grades, not upgrades.

FAVE BIKE SHOP: The Skihut, Duluth, MN

MOST INSPIRATIONAL RIDER RIGHT NOW: Jure Robic: Slovenian Ultracyclist and RAAM Solo Champion.

FAVE BAND: Led Zeppelin

FAVE BEER: Bell's Two Hearted

MOST FLATS IN ONE RIDE: Three

BEST COLOR FOR A BIKE FRAME: Ti

BEST THING BOUGHT ON EBAY: Vintage Dukes of Hazzard t-shirt for only $1.00

TOUR WINNER IN 2006: Jan Ullrich: He's German and he looks good in pink.

VEGGIE OR CARNIVORE: Meat, three meals a day.