Established: 1963

Club President: Eric Ragot

Category I: Yes

Category II: Yes

Category III: Yes

Category IV:Yes

Sprinters:Yes

Climbers: Yes

Roulers: Yes

TT Specialists:Yes

Trackies: Yes

Cyclocrossers: Yes

Du-/Triathletes: Yes

Ridership: Around 100 members with widely varied skills and interests. We have both juniors and senior citizens. We have eople who race the road, track, and cyclocross. Some members race all three. We also have members who mountainbike, triathlon, and duathlon.

Website: www.kissena.info

contact: Eric Ragot

Sponsors: Verrazano Bicycles, Bike Works NYC, Carmine Street Custom Guitars, Rudy Project.

Profile: A complete club, members run from Category V to Category I, racing somewhere between once a year and 60 times a year. We coach and mentor our own. We have developed city, state, national, and international champions (heard of George Hincapie? he’s just one of many). We promote races on the road, track, and rollers. We manage racing programs at the Kissena Velodrome. Our racers have made their presence felt up and down the East Coast, getting in the mix everywhere from local training races to pro/ams on the road, track, and dirt.

Highlights 2004: Re-opening the track, growing our race series, countless top ten finishes, some podiums and victories…

What to expect in 2004: More and better of everything. Better races, more results, better victories, state championships, members upgrading, club growing, everyone happier healthier and faster, re-starting our cross races…

Photo courtesy Marco Quezada