Ansel and Brendan on the Jr. National Team in Geneva, Switzerland!

Ansel and Brendan on the Jr. National Team in Geneva, Switzerland!
(left to right) Geoffrey Curran, Brendan Rhim, Phil O'Donnell, Ansel Dickey, Justin Oien, Miguel Bryon

KMS at the ECCC collegiate races

KMS at the ECCC collegiate races
Ansel, Brendan and Peter, Jr. take 1st, 2nd and 4th at the RISD/Brown Univ collegiate crit in downtown Providence, RI

Congrats to Ansel and Brendan for being chosen for the Jr. Nat Team trip to Switz and Germany!

Congrats to Ansel and Brendan for being chosen for the Jr. Nat Team trip to Switz and Germany!
Brendan and Ansel take 1st and 2nd at the Tour of the Battenkill

KMS' Erin Donohue on the 2012 US Jr. Worlds Team

KMS' Erin Donohue on the 2012 US Jr. Worlds Team
(bottom row 4th from left)

Erin Donahue in the Jr. Women World Championships Road Race in Limburg, Holland

CONGRATS TO ANSEL AND BRENDAN FOR THEIR 1ST AND 2ND PLACE AT THE TD BANK MAYER'S CUP CRITERIUM!

CONGRATS TO ANSEL AND BRENDAN FOR THEIR 1ST AND 2ND PLACE AT THE TD BANK MAYER'S CUP CRITERIUM!

KMS/Start House's Brendan Rhim wins the 17-18 National Criterium Championships in Augusta, GA!

KMS/Start House's Brendan Rhim wins the 17-18 National Criterium Championships in Augusta, GA!

KMS' Ansel Dickey places 3rd in the 17-18 Junior National Road Race Championships!

KMS' Ansel Dickey places 3rd in the 17-18 Junior National Road Race Championships!

Thanks to Champion System for Brendan's amazing National Champion's kit!

Thanks to Champion System for Brendan's amazing National Champion's kit!

KMS Cycling Team Program Detailed Overview

The KMS Cycling Team is a comprehensive junior cycling development program. The team is coached by 1985 US Junior Worlds Team Member, 1989 US Collegiate National Champion, past pro racer and 30- year racing veteran, Peter Vollers, and Development Team Coach, Brad Ramsay. All team equipment and technical assistance is provided by the The Start House Ski and Bike Shop in Woodstock, Vermont.

The program starts with children of young ages with weekly bike rides (on any bike) from the Start House. These rides are organized by our elite and development team members so we have immediate integration of all levels of the team. During the summer months on Tuesday evenings, some of our cubs/kids team members have their first racing experience on the mini infield track at Twin-State Speedway in Claremont, NH and our cubs are encouraged to take part in the many cub-level cyclocross races taking place all over New England in the fall and winter.

From our cubs/kids team, the riders progress to the KMS Development Team. Many team members will also join our program at this level. KMS Development Team members focus their racing on New England prep school league racing as well Eastern Conference Collegiate Racing in the spring (KMS worked with USA Cycling and eastern conference promoters and officials to arrange for any high school student in the country to register a team and race in the well-developed collegiate conference races) and northeast region USAC races, including the entire fall/winter cyclocross season.

From our development team, some of our top juniors graduate to the KMS/Start House Cycling Team (KMS elite team). These riders are heavily supported with racing bikes for both road and cyclocross from Trek and Bontrager from the Start House, free kits and help with entry fees and travel expenses so they can attend international races like the International Junior Tour of Ireland , the Tour de Rimouski, the US Junior National Championships and other top level races. The team also takes part in the full New England cyclocross season.

Many of the riders on both the KMS development team and the elite team attend our sponsoring school, Killington Mountain School, which now offers a full-time cycling program where students in grades 8 thru 12 can attend the school while taking part in the KMS Cycling Team program. Just like with KMS' skiing and snowboarding programs, the cycling student-athlete's curriculum is arranged around their training and racing program to allow for maximum flexibility. The KMS school program is a great way for kids who are not from the Woodstock area to take part in our program and train and race with the team on a full-time basis.

If you're interested in the KMS Cycling Team program, please contact Head Coach, Peter Vollers, at pvollers@killingtonmountainschool.org or call him at 802-291-2419 or KMS Development Team Coach, Brad Ramsay, at bramsay@killingtonmountainschool.org.

KMS Kids Ride

Wondering how the team trains in the Vermont winter? Click on this video:

KMS/Start House Cycling Team (KMS Elite Team)

  • Ansel Dickey (18) Team Captain
  • Brendan Rhim (18)
  • Peter Vollers, Jr. (17)

KMS Development Team

  • John Ramsay (19)
  • Alden Suokko (17)
  • Jonah MeadVanCort (17)
  • Tommy Shebell (17)
  • Noah Barrow (15)
  • Ian Clarke (15)

KMS Cubs Team

  • Turner Ramsay (13) Cub Team Captain
  • Caroline Keller (14)
  • Carl Gebhardt (11)

Thanks so much to our van and trailer sponsors!

Thanks so much to our van and trailer sponsors!
Randolph National Bank, Janice Graham, CPA, Vollers Law, Start House Ski and Bike, Performance Unlimited, Sudie's, About Face Orthodontics, Sushi Yoshi, Suokkos, DHMC, Seiple Home Inspections, Green View Advisors, Toast and Jam, Killington Resort, Dunne & Calder, McNeill Construction

Care to become a MEGACAP, van or trailer sponsor? Just click on the bikereg link below!

KMS Cycling Team Training and Event Calendar

KMS Team Bike

KMS Team Bike
2012 Trek Madone 5.5 with Bontrager Aeolus 5 D3 Tubulars all available from the Start House Ski and Bike Shop in Woodstock, VT

Thursday, March 24, 2011

A family that rides together stays together

All those planning on racing the weekend of April 2-3 (Charlestown RI crit and Myles Standish RR), please reply to this email so we can plan accordingly.




Spinning next Monday will be a little later than usual. I won't be able to leave Woodstock until 4 pm, so please get started without me. I'll bring the clothing kits up to the school with me, so please come by if you'd like to pick up your kit.



Next Monday's spinning will be the last one of the winter as we'll be training on the road the week of April 4. I'll send out a training schedule next week.



There will be the usual Wed afternoon road ride from the SH at 4 pm on Wed, March 30.



Thanks!



Peter

last spinning workout for winter on Mon, March 28

All those planning on racing the weekend of April 2-3 (Charlestown RI crit and Myles Standish RR), please reply to this email so we can plan accordingly.




Spinning next Monday will be a little later than usual. I won't be able to leave Woodstock until 4 pm, so please get started without me. I'll bring the clothing kits up to the school with me, so please come by if you'd like to pick up your kit.



Next Monday's spinning will be the last one of the winter as we'll be training on the road the week of April 4. I'll send out a training schedule next week.



There will be the usual Wed afternoon road ride from the SH at 4 pm on Wed, March 30.



Thanks!



Peter

Monday, March 21, 2011

March 21 update

First of all, big congrats to KMS CT member, Spencer Smith, and Coach Hadley for their great win at the J4 Future Stars race last weekend!




In other news, we had a fantastic Battenkill preview ride (www.tourofthebattenkill.com)yesterday with Ansel, Stockman, Peter, Jr., Erin Donohue and Tim Dickey. Epic course and we were all totaled after the ride. Can't wait for the real deal on April 10.



Clothing is in! I'll bring the kits up to spinning this afternoon at KMS.



First official team training ride outdoors will be Monday, April 4 at 4:00 pm at the Start House. We'll do a super easy out and back hour ride just to get everyone going. Please plan to show up with bikes ready to go and make sure you have a good helmet (email Stockman for the awesome green team helmet stockman22293@gmail.com) as they're required on all team training rides.



Again, if you have any questions whatsoever about equipment, please contact Team Technical Director, Dan McKenna, at the Start House in Woodstock: 457-3377.



While there are a few returning team members racing the April 2-3 southern RI and MA weekend and Battenkill on April 10, the first real race for the KMS team will be the Hanover Time Trial on Saturday, April 16. A TT is just like a ski race. Individual racers starting at 30 second intervals (or so) on a closed course and the rider with the fastest time wins. This is a great race running right through the Dartmouth campus and it would be great to have as many KMS kids take part as possible. Racers and parents are encouraged to stick around and watch the collegiate criterium race later in the day to see a good example of American-style criterium bike racing. See the team website for our racing schedule after the Dartmouth TT.



****Please send me a quick email if you plan to race the Dartmouth TT as I need to send the promoter our race roster****



Reminders:



1) Get bikes dialed in for 1st team training ride on April 4.



2) Get team helmet from Stockman: stockman22293@gmail.com



3) Get USAC racing license (see team website for link) and don't forget to send the signed release to USAC.



Thanks!



Peter