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The John Lieswyn Diary
A pro racer who now mostly concentrates on the US domestic scene, John Lieswyn is one of Cyclingnews' most popular and sometimes controversial diarists. He has been racing since 1985 and a Cyclingnews diarist since 1999. John likes both criteriums and longer road races, and seems to particularly like it when the going is hard. 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 astages in the Sun Tour, Killington and Superweek. In 2002, he is riding for 7Up/NutraFig.
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 & 2 (March 28)
- Movin' Up - Solano Stage 3 (March 30)
- Crit Month (April 6-28)
- Tour of the Gila stages 1 & 2 (May 2)
- Double cold trouble - Housatonic Valley Classic (May 21)
- Four Races and a Crash Fest (May 28)
- Responses to reader letters about 'Four Races...'
- First Union/USPRO Week
- With a little help from my friends - Nature Valley Grand Prix (June 14-16)
- Unraveled at Beauce, hopeful at Fitchburg (June 17-28)
- Making the break - Fitchburg stages 2 & 3
- Fitchburg finale
- Heat and hydration at the Cascade Classic (July 10-14)
- Cascade final, Tony Cruz' Vuelta war stories
- US Elite National Championships (July 21)
- Tandeming, Superweek & Toona (August 1-7)
- USPRO Criterium Championship (August 17-18) - part one
- USPRO Criterium Championship (August 17-18) - part two
- Great Lakes Cycling Classic, Chris Thater Memorial (August 24-25)
- The heart vs the head - Gateway Cup (August 30 - September 2)
- Yeah! San Francisco GP (September 15, 2002)
- Mexican Radio - El Debate Tour of Sinaloa, Mexico - Stages 1 & 2 (September 21-22)
- The crashing stops - El Debate Tour of Sinaloa, Mexico - Stages 3 & 4 (September 23-24)
- Tarantula! - El Debate Tour of Sinaloa, Mexico - Stages 5 & 6 (September 25-26)
- Did you get its number? - El Debate Tour of Sinaloa, Mexico - Stage 7 (September 27)
- Mexican hospitality - El Debate Tour of Sinaloa, Mexico - Stage 8 (September 28)
- Mechanicals in the sun - El Debate Tour of Sinaloa, Mexico - Stage 9 (September 29)
- Tour of Southland - Stages 1-5 (November 4-9)
- Tour of Southland - Stages 6-10 (November 4-9)
- Training tomorrow's riders - and a New Year Resolution (December 31)
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
