There's other teams that have riders that show on the 'A' circuit year-round.

The American riders tend to do a lot better on the finish circuit. They are more used to it than the European-based riders. This will definitely play into who wins the stage - it's who wins the turns. I like one of the American teams for this stage.

I'm usually bikini-ready all year round.

It takes a lifetime to get it down pat. It's not something you can pick up in a matter of weeks or months.

[Even though other teams and other riders have worn the various leader's jerseys and won other stages of the 2005 International Tour de Toona, the team holding all the cards at the end was Health-Net Maxxis, lead by veteran pro Scott Moninger in yellow.] We were all about the overall win on GC, ... The team focused on that win and second to that was the stage win - we just wanted to control the race.

On March 13 we brought two Welsh ponies to the Ronald McDonald House. We also brought two riders and two girl scouts from Katy to give rides to 30 kids.