8/15

Kiel is heading to the Show!

Kiel's first publicity photo

Kiel’s first publicity photo

Kiel Reijnen, one of the little goofballs in our cycling club, just got called up to the big leagues.

By signing a two year contract with Trek Factory Racing, Kiel will see the start line at the grand tours, all of the spring classics (not just Milan-San Remo, which he has raced twice now) and he will have a good shot at making the next Olympic team.

Kiel is a good sprinter, best suited to uphill finishes and smaller groups (he’s a similar rider to Peter Sagan, albeit with a little less horsepower).  Kiel will likely be given protected status on his team in smaller stage races, the Ardennes Classics, and transitional stages in the Gran Tours.  The rest of the time he’ll be tasked with making it into breakaways and running back and forth between the caravan and the peloton as a “bottle boy”.

Way to go Kiel, all of those rides up and over Baker hill finally paid off.