Thom Wiesel with members of the Champions ClubSo who are those serious looking guys all kitted out in US Cycling Federation/Foundation gear? They are some of the men behind the reorganinzation and rebirth of US Cycling, fronted by none other than Thom Weisel. If you're thinking that name sounds familiar, then you only have to look as far as your old US Postal Service cycling jerseys and hats to see his name stamped on them.
In the June 2006 issue of Outside Magazine (the one with Landon Donovan on the cover), Bill Gifford takes you behind the "Billionaire Cycling Club," where the entry fee is $100,000, and whose membership includes such cycling benefactors as actor Robin Williams.
Although the article doesn't mention the recent expulsion of Gerard Bisceglia former chief executive officer of USA Cycling (the article probably having been authored beforehand) it certainly offers a glimpse as to the reasons behind the forced resignation.
Another interesting tidbit is Thom Wiesel's initial refusal to bring Lance Armstrong into US Postal because of the young Armstrong's well chronicled brash and arrogant nature.
In the June 2006 issue of Outside Magazine (the one with Landon Donovan on the cover), Bill Gifford takes you behind the "Billionaire Cycling Club," where the entry fee is $100,000, and whose membership includes such cycling benefactors as actor Robin Williams.
Although the article doesn't mention the recent expulsion of Gerard Bisceglia former chief executive officer of USA Cycling (the article probably having been authored beforehand) it certainly offers a glimpse as to the reasons behind the forced resignation.
Another interesting tidbit is Thom Wiesel's initial refusal to bring Lance Armstrong into US Postal because of the young Armstrong's well chronicled brash and arrogant nature.
After reading the article, I couldn't help but feel that although the future of US Cycling is bright, its taken some necessary evils to get it to where its at. "Can you handle the truth?"
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