John Lieswyn

John Lieswyn is one of Cyclingnews' most popular and sometimes controversial diarists. John started road racing in Florida in 1985. After college graduation in 1990, he raced three seasons for the US National team in Germany, France and Italy, turning professional in 1993 for Coors Light. In 1995 he returned to Europe, scoring numerous top ten results and winning the Delemont (Switzerland) mountain stage of the Regio Tour. After taking a hiatus in 1996, he focused on the US domestic scene with over 40 major wins. In the pre and post season (US) he competes in South America, Australia and New Zealand, notably taking three stage wins in the Herald-Sun Tour (Australia), and overall victory at the Southland Tour (NZ) and Tour de Beauce (Canada). He has written for Cyclingnews.com since 1999 and continues this season with Team Health Net presented by Maxxis.

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Fayetteville calling for Health Net at Joe Martin Stage Race

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Our team plan was to attack all day every day, aiming for either ridiculous odds in a break or at...

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A 150 km "rest day"

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Don't get the impression from yesterday's headline that everything is awry, actually we had a good...

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And the NRC is go

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The week after returning from Chile's summer to Iowa's winter, I recovered in just four days from...

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Blowing out the cobwebs

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Oof. This race is just what I needed to blow out four months of cobwebs. No training I did in Tucson...

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The Health Net training camp

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My last entry, written from New Zealand at the height of the US election, went too far. I'm guilty...

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For the record

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(Editor's note: the following diary entry relates to the eighth stage of the Tour of Southland in...

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Slow start then BOOM at Lancaster Wachovia

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It was the slowest Lancaster opening laps in my memory. A whimsical explanation? Bobby J riding his...

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Nature Valley Grand Prix - NE/NRC Minnesota, USA, June 8-12, 2005

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Red Wing Road Race, 163km with six hilly finishing circuits 7km each. The course includes two dirt...

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World's and beyond

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My bike was lost by the airlines in London, so Fast Freddie lent me one of his two spare Ridleys....

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Missing the break at Philly

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So, what happened at Philly? John Lieswyn, the guy who never seems to miss the break (thanks for...

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