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Road
Trip!
Vaughn’s
Excellent
Adventure
at
the
Volvo-Cannondale
Training
Camp
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Preface
Many
DP
readers
have
requested
that
we
cover
mtn
biking.
So
it
is
only
natural
that
the
Daily
Peloton
start
at
the
top
with
the
#1
Pro
Mtn.
Bike
team
in
the
world
–
Volvo
Cannondale.
Volvo-Cannondale
Team
Manager
Eric
Wallace
invited
the
Daily
Peloton
to
their
training
camp
in
Sedona,
Arizona
so
that
we
could
spend
some
time
with
the
team
and
find
out
about
Volvo-Cannondale.
So
here
is
the
first
of
several
stories
about
the
Volvo-Cannondale
Training
Camp.
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We
stayed
at
the
Hilton
Sedona
Resort
and
Spa,
a
beautiful
hotel
set
against
the
backdrop
of
red
rock
buttes
in
the
northern
Arizona
desert.
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Friday
Friday
morning
after
a
quick
breakfast,
we
met
behind
the
hotel
with
the
mechanics,
the
soigneur,
Stephanie
Graham,
and
members
of
team
for
the
morning
ride.
The
team
was
joined
on
the
ride
by
local
riders
as
well
as
some
riders
who
came
to
Sedona
on
vacation,
found
the
V-C
team
there
and
were
lucky
enough
to
join
in
on
a
ride.
I
talked
briefly
with
Stephanie
and
the
mechanics,
but
passed
on
the
ride.
Instead
I
went
over
to
the
Bike
&
Bean
bike
shop,
met
Craig,
Chad
and
Dave,
who
ended
up
making
me
quite
a
few
excellent
café
lattes
during
my
stay.
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Preparing
for
the
Friday
ride
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Cedric
Gracia
gettin'
ready
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Anne-Caroline
Chausson
ready
to
go
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Team
Manager
Eric
Wallace
on
the
right
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Head
Mechanic Mike Napieralski
(back
to
camera
in
V-C
shirt),
Eric
Wallace
and
Geminis
in
the
rack
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The
Cannondale
CAAD
5
in
team
colors
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Portrait
of
the
CAAD
7
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CAAD
7
and
the
Volvo-Cannondale
team
car
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Friday
Continued
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Copyright
(c)
2002
by
Daily
Peloton.
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