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All systems go for road race

By:
Tejay Van Garderen
Published:
September 29, 18:02,
Updated:
September 30, 14:17

Tejay and his U23 teammates ready for a challenging day in Mendrisio

Inside the American bus.

Inside the American bus.

  • Inside the American bus.
  • America is high rolling on the Highroad bus this week.
  • Headed to the road race.
  • Kirk Carlson on the way to the start.

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Tejay Van Garderen and his four American teammates approached the U23 world championship road race on Saturday in Mendrisio, Switzerland with high hopes.

"We have a winning team. We have a strategy and a good idea of what we're going to do."

Headed to the road race.

Headed to the road race.

America is high rolling on the Highroad bus this week.

America is high rolling on the Highroad bus this week.

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Tejay Van Garderen

Follow American Tejay Van Garderen's exclusive photo blog from the U23 world championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland.

21-year-old Van Garderen is fresh off of finishing second overall at the Tour de l'Avenir and hopes to continue his run of good form in the U23 world championships where he will compete in both the time trial and road race.

Van Garderen spent the 2008-2009 seasons racing for the Dutch Rabobank Continental team. Winner in 2009 of France's Tour du Haut Anjou and the final stage of the Netherlands' Olympia's Tour (plus second overall), Van Garderen will make the leap to the ProTour in 2010 having signed with powerhouse Team Columbia-HTC.

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