Welcome to Episode #343 of the 303 Endurance Podcast. Y

Scott Mercier born January 24, 1968 is an American former cyclist on The US Postal Team in 1997 where he participated in a grand tour in the 1997 Vuelta a España. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics

 

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In Today's Show

• Feature Interview with Scott Mercier
• Endurance News
• • Tour de France Standings
  • Challenge Roth Results
• What's new in the 303
• • Boulder Peak Race Sunday
• Video of the Week
• •  Kristian Blummenfelt: Hurts More to Lose

 

Feature Interview:

Scott Mercier born January 24, 1968 is an American former cyclist on The US Postal Team in 1997 where he participated in a grand tour in the 1997 Vuelta a España. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

• Win True
• 2 dads
• Graduated HS same year as me
• Valedictorian and Berkley
• 1997 living in Europe. Were you living with/near Greg Lemond in Belgium?
• "Saturn to Postal - being in the right place at the right time" -- what did you mean by that?
• Darren Baker - 100% sure some guys wouldn't make it in the peloton without the doctors. Is that still true today?
• Sister Lorraine's wedding

 

 

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Endurance News:

 

2022 Tour de France and standings

The 2022 Tour de France is the ongoing 109th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 1 July[2] and will end with the final stage at Champs-Élysées, Paris on 24 July.[3] The race will be followed by the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes, which will have its first stage on the final day of the Tour.

 

 

Challenge Roth Results

Challenge Roth 2022 results: Danish delight for Magnus Ditlev - Elite News - TRI247

At just 24 years of age and in in only his second full distance start, Denmark’s Magnus Ditlev proved (again) that he is far more than an uber-biker, producing an impressive all-round performance to claim victory at the DATEV Challenge Roth 2022.

 

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