echappe representatives

Gabe Lloyd: Category 1 Road racer, Category 1 Cyclocross Racer. Current Team: MetLife Pro-Am

I grew up swimming competitively for 12 years starting at the age of 4. When I was 16 I needed a change of pace and turned to cross-country running for the rest of my high school years. In those two years I was part of the regional and state championship teams in Pennsylvania - twice. After graduating high school, I went to Rhode Island School of Design. While in college, my passion for cycling slowly grew as I spent my summers in Boulder racing mountain bikes. After graduating from RISD, I picked up road riding for the first time. I was an entry-level racer at 23 years old, but I loved it and three years later I'm still riding and racing my bike. I'm now a category 1 racer. I've spent a summer racing in Belgium, raced several NRC and UCI events and am looking to continue to race at the highest possible level.

David Wiswell: Category 1 Road Racer, Category 1 Track Racer. Current Team: DS Jordan NYC

As a junior, I spent the majority of my time racing and training on the track in Trexlertown. I was a track sprinter and ended up my final year as a junior with a handful of second places at Junior Track Nationals and a ninth place at Junior Track Worlds. The transition to the elite world of track sprinting was a huge jump and I quickly realized I was best suited to the demands of endurance racing. Since making the switch to endurance track and road racing I have spent a couple of seasons racing over in Europe. One season I raced for a Belgian squad while my second season was spent with an amateur team out of Brittany in France. Last year I returned to the States and resumed school at Columbia University while racing for the CRCA/Sakonnet Technology U25 Team. The guys at Sakonnet provided me with the opportunity to further my cycling career and this year I signed my first professional contract with the Nerac Professional Cycling Team.

Philadelphia: Andrew Shanks.

Shanks likes to keep himself busy with about 4 jobs and 20 hour training weeks! Shanks is Echappe's resident Triathlon Expert (so listen when he talks) who tries to blend with the cyclists. Andrew got hooked on Triathlon's back in 2005 and has since competed in 3 Ironman's and over 40 other triathlons. Goals for this season are to make it to DU Worlds and to actually upgrade out of his CAT 5 status. You can find Andrew on a Podium near you.

JC Gillespie

JC is our only rep "south of the Mason-Dixon line", as she says. JC is regular to the TT, 'cross and shortly to the road scene in the area. JC hits races from New Orleans to Atlanta and Nashville. If you think you're going to be at a race in that area, let her know!