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The John Lieswyn Diary

2002 entries

• 2nd Copa de Americas (January 6)
• Valley of the Sun Stage Race (February 15-17)
• Training camps, McLane & Sequoia (February 18-March 9)
• A tactical retreat - Visalia criterium (March 10)
• Taking on the Big Four - Redlands Classic (March 13- 17)
• A big finish - Redlands Stage 5 (March 17)
• Making the break - Solano stage 1 (March 28)

2001 Diary

• 1st Copa de Americas (January 7)
• McLane Pacific Races (March 3-4)
• Redlands Classic (March 13-18)
• Sea otter Classic (March 22-24)
• 2nd Annual Solano Bicycle Classic (March 31-April 1)
• Tour of Willamette (April 10-15)
• Shelby & Xcelerate Criteriums (April 27-29)
• Tour of the Gila (May 2-6)
• Housatonic Valley Classic (May 20)
• Snake Alley Criterium (May 26)
• Capital & Clarendon Cup Criteriums
• First Union Invitational
• First Union Classic
• First Union USPRO Championships
• BMC Arlington (July 8)
• A couple of rounds of Superweek
• Winning at Superweek
• Tour de Toona part one
• Tour de Toona part two
• Disaster to victory: Saturn Classic, USPro Crit, Chris Thater Memorial
• Mercy Classic Bike Race - My last race in the US for '01
• Herald Sun Tour
• Tour of Southland

2000 diary

• Index to all entries

Welcome to the John Lieswyn Diary. John is one of the most popular diarists on cyclingnews.com, and he continues to send in regular updates of his experiences in the US pro peloton. His writing style does capture the mood and excitement of professional bike racing, and we hope you will enjoy these entries.

He is an aggressive rider, who is suited to both criteriums and road races. Always on the attack, he has won over 50 races throughout his career performing well both at home and overseas. He has raced in the Regio Tour, Peace Race, Tour of Poland, Vuelta a Guatemala, Tooheys GP and Commonwealth Bank Classic with success, as well as winning a stages in the Sun Tour, Killington and Superweek. In 2002, he is riding for 7Up.