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CONGRATULATIONS to Colleen Wanty, who scored an awesome win at the 2006 US Mounatin Bike Nationals at Infineon Raceway!
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Preston Tucker 35+
Russ Wright 35+
Nicho Ybarra 45+
David Tom 35+
Steve Oz 35+
Peter B Libby 35+
Michael Lucaccini 35+
Andrew Lyndon 35+
Austin McInerny 35+
Bill Carslay 35+
Jon Suzuki 45+
Janie Dalton Elite
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Since 2004, The Missing Link has been the proud shop sponsor of the Berkeley High Mountain Bike Team, and supporter of the NorCal High School Mountain Bike League.
Matt Fritzinger, a teacher at Berkeley High founded the league with the 2001 NorCal High School Mountain Bike Series. As the coach of the Berkeley High team he saw that a school team could succeed, but that competition would be required for it to thrive. In the first series mountain bikers from schools all over Northern California answered the call and came to compete as semi-organized high school teams. Now well over a dozen schools offer well organized mountain bike programs that operate much like other after school athletic programs.
More here: http://www.norcalmtb.org/index.html
The Berkeley High School Mountain Bike Team was the first high school mountain bike team to compete as an organized high school team in northern California races and has played a prominent role in the growth and advancement of junior cycling in the Bay Area.
The BHS Team won the first ever NorCal High School State Championship Series held in 2001 and continues the tradition of providing a great learning opportunity both on and off the bike as well as great success in competition against top high school athletes.
More here: http://www.bhscycling.org/
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SInce it's inception in 1995, the Missing Link Racing Team has acheived astounding results at both the elite and amateur level. From very humble beginnings, Missing Link Cycling has grown into a highly successful, nationally recognized team. The Missing Link racing program has benefitted from the enormous pool of talent found in the Bay Area. Several of Missing Link Team alumni have gone on to highly successful careers in the cycling world and beyond. Here are a few of our success stories:
Jennifer Klish
A former Missing Link Coop member, she went on to become a Pro Downhill racer and eventually became the first ever female mechanic on the Pro Downhill Circuit, as Lisa Shers(2002 National DH Champion) wrench.
Gina Hall
A charter member of ClifBar's Luna Chix Team. Gina has competed at the World Cyclocross Championships for the past two years as part of the US Team. She placed 13th at Zolder, Belgium in 2002, and 11th in Monopoli, in 2003!
Ben & Andy Jacques-Maynes
Once touted in VeloNews as "collegiate cycling's twins of terror", both Ben and Andy are accomplished cyclocross racers. In 2007, Ben will compete as a professional for the Priority Health Cycling Team.
 
Nicole Hahn
Nicole moved on from racing as a Missing Link Team member to become an independant filmmaker. Her work includes "Hardihood", a film about the world of Women's downhill racers, and is currently filming the mountain bike World Cup circuit for ClifBar.
Janie Dalton
Current Missing Link Team member, coach, and mother. 1998 NCS Expert National XC Champion and 1999 Masters XC World Championship bronze medalist.
Kate Maher
2002 Missing Link Team member, two time collegiate National Champion (road and mountain), Velonews 2001, 2002 "Collegiate Women Cyclist of the Year". Kate also won the Collegiate National cyclocross title at Domaine Chandon this past December.
In the coming season Missing Link Cycling will return to it's roots, and refocus on Amateur level racing. We will retain our strong masters level program in road, mountain, and cyclocross. For 2006 we are proud to become an official sponsor of the Berkeley High School Mountain Bike Team, and will continue to be a sponsor of the UC Berkeley Cycling Team.
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