TIME Factory Development Team

The TIME Factory Development Team isn't your average American elite amateur team. Under the leadership of former pro Erik Saunders, the program has created an environment in which riders can gain the experience, knowledge, and fitness to get results instead of simply tossing riders into races and hoping they succeed. Along the way, the riders will live, eat, ride and race together as they learn how to become professional bike racers. For further reading about the team, visit the

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Back to basics

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After our last solid block of racing in Virginia and Ohio, we've had a bit of time to settle down a...

Teams & Riders
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Old school fury

By TIME Factory Development Team published

We've been racing all over since last we wrote, most recently we did a ten-day road trip that took...

Teams & Riders
The kid races are always the best show of the day and get the best crowd support.

US Criterium Series Southeast

By TIME Factory Development Team published

This week we ventured forth to the US Criterium Series Southeast . Prior to the Smith Barney Classic...

Racing
Reeds gap hits 18 percent here...

Getting out of Dodge

By TIME Factory Development Team published

Stages 4 and 5 have passed without too much problem in the racing. Stage 4 from Douthat State Park...

Racing
This is my first race in the team car, and I sat in the car for 20 minutes in staging because I didn’t know what else to do.

The hardest day

By TIME Factory Development Team published

Stage 3 of the Tour of Virginia from Bedford to Covington was the hardest day of racing that I have...

Teams & Riders
Chris Montleone has great expectations for himself at the Tour of Virginia, as does the entire team.

Gearing up in time for Virginia

By TIME Factory Development Team published

Its been a while since I have written much of anything, but that's not because our team hasn't been...

Teams & Riders
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Making sense of it all

By TIME Factory Development Team published

We're at the Tour of Virginia now and my eyes are wide open after a much needed reality check the...

Racing
DS Erik Saunders show the double fisted hammer technique that will smash any peloton

Culture and planning for the future

By TIME Factory Development Team published

After a lot of hard work in putting the team together and getting it off the ground I am happy with...

Teams & Riders
Jered Gruber in the fork shoals road race

Success comes quickly

By TIME Factory Development Team published

I've been racing my bike for a decent amount of time now - I started racing back in 2002, and I've...

Racing
Brandon McKeever

An introduction to the Time Factory development team

By TIME Factory Development Team published

Welcome to our first diary* In the US, cycling is a weird sport where you can get really good really...

Cycling Culture