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

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Barre and other important stuff

Great job at Sunapee today everyone! Thank God the rain held off long enough for us to race.




For Barre tomorrow, we can leave a little bit later as we have no one doing the first two races of the day, so let's plan on leaving my house at 7 am sharp. Also, Paul McNeill has generously offered to bring his grill up and cook up some chow for us between races, so bring your appetite!



Some other things to think about:



1) I've booked 5 rooms for the Whiteface RR / Saranac crit weekend at the Grand View Motel in Wilmington, NY for Friday and Sat night, June 10-11, so that's 9 kids who can go as it's 2 to a room and I'm going. So, please let me know who's going AND PLEASE PRE-REGISTER IF YOU'RE GOING (enter your respective junior age category). If need be, we can book more rooms. As for Jack and Carl, there's a great kids race on Sunday at the Saranac crit, so there're welcome to come along as well. VARSITY, JV, CUBS AND KIDS



2) It's time to really start selling our Fourth of July Fundraising Fondo (info at www.kmscyclingteam.com)! Each racer on the team is REQUIRED to get FIVE PEOPLE to sign up for the fondo. To sign up, just go to our bikereg page: http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=12296.



3) For Killington Stage Race next weekend, it's fine for our JV kids to sign up for the Citizens races on Sat (Plymouth loop) and Sun (Time Trial).



Thanks!



Peter

Thursday, May 19, 2011

plan for weekend

Tonight: mt. biking at 5 pm at Pine Hill Park




Friday: rest day



Sat: Sunapee Road Race: Van will leave SH at 7 am. Very little time before races so please show up with clean, tuned bikes and with two water bottles. We'll be back to Woodstock by mid-afternoon. Bring money for lunch stop on way home.



Sun: Barre Criterium: Van will leave SH at 6:30 am. We're doing mult categories, so plan to stay for most of the day. Bring lunch or money for food in town.



Thanks and think sun!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

training race

Hi guys:




It's looking like rain, rain and more rain all day, so no race for us tonight. Try to ride your trainers for an hour if you can. I'll keep you posted on tomorrow's race.



Thanks!



Peter

Monday, May 16, 2011

Plan for the week

Weather looks lousy folks, so here's what we've got:




Monday: kids' ride canceled UNLESS, by some miracle, it clears this afternoon. If so, I'll send another email. VARSITY, JV, CUBS, KIDS



Tuesday: Twin-State Speedway training race. Leave SH at 4 pm. Bring $5 entry and money for Windsor Pizza Chef dinner stop. VARSITY, JV, CUBS, KIDS



Wed: Proctor Circuit Race, Louden Speedway. Leave SH at noon. NOTE: This race will be canceled if definite rain is forecasted. VARSITY, JV



Thurs: WBC Mt. Bike night at Gavin Vaughan's in Sharon (Gavin is tech at SH and No. 2 ranked pro downhiller in Northeast). Get your mtb skills on on Gavin's technical and fun backyard course. Meet at SH at 5:15, riding by 6, back to Woodstock by 8 pm. VARSITY, JV, CUBS AND KIDS



Friday: rest day



Saturday: Sunapee RR. Please prereg. I'll do weekend update later in the week. VARSITY, JV



Sun: Barre Crit. Please prereg. I'll do weekend update later in the week. VARSITY, JV, CUBS AND KIDS



Thanks!

Plan for the week

Peter,




I'm still trying to find about 5 course marshal volunteers for the Woodstock portion of the Monday, May 30 KSR Road Race: Time commitment is about 3-4 hours from 9:30AM.



I need 2 volunteers at the Feed Zone on Rt. 12 and Gulf Rd North entrance, 1 volunteer (or 2 is ok too) at Rt. 12 and Prosper Rd - cyclists make right turn onto Prosper Rd. - and 2 or 3 volunteers at Prosper Rd and Rt.4



All very exciting- action packed course locations. All volunteers receive KSR 2011 T's + swag and are invited to the volunteer dinner -with a great raffle where everyone walks away with some great bike gear.



And while I'm at it --if you happen to know of anyone who'd like to help course marshal for the AM or PM Saturday KSR circuit race - I still need a few more volunteers - again for some prime locations - like the finish line.



Please have them contact me (see below)- or you can send me their contact information and I will contact them.



Cheers,



Good luck training for the race.



Melanie Simon

KSR Volunteer Coordinator

802-583-6705 w.

802-496-7654 h.

msimon10790@gmail.com